Evening star., 1931-12-24
GREEN|ES STRESS
PASSES IN DRILLS
Southern California Team
Counters by PerfeCtinu
Aerial Defense.
BY FRANCIS J. POWERS.

7 OS ANGELES, December "a.
Regardless of the outcome
IL Of the Rose Bowl game in
Pasadena, January /. Bernie
Bierman will leave great record
behind when he quits Tulane a
few weeks hence to become head
coach of the University Of Mime
sofa foot ball team. Taciturn to
an extreme, and very difident.
Blerman is one of the master
coaches Of the generation and
should do much to restore the
former glories of Minnesota in the
Western Conference, once he be-
comes acquainted with the present
competition in the Big Ten.
Since his arrival on the Tulane
campus in 1927, Bierman has deyeloped
teams that have won SO, lost and tied
2 games. The Green Wave has not
been beaten in the South since Octo-
per 1928, and the only team with
victory over the New Orleans eleven
during that span is the powerful
Northwestern crew Of 1880. This wears
Tulane eleven has won II games and
scored 1888 points 10 its opponents 35.
All Greenies Are Fit.
With every player in fine physical
condition, including Capt. Jerry Dali
rymple, the All-America end. the Tl-
lane SQUAD has started practice for its
New Year day game with Southern
California. Although the Trojans are
favored TO win the holiday game BY a
wide margin, the Tulane PLAYERS re-
fuSe to give the powerful Southern
California team any edge in the COM
ing battle. In two seasons no team
has been able TO riddle the Tulane line,
and with a strong running and passing
attack the Greenies hope to smash el
Trojan
Ted Cox, the man who will succeed
Blerman as head coach of Tulane,
here in the capacity of an assistant
to the departing GREENE leader. Like
Blerman Cox is a Minnesota man and
played his foot ball under the Gopher
banner when Bill Spaulding was head
coach az Minneapolis Spaulding, now
head coach at the University of Cali
tornla, Los Angeles. predicts a great
future for Cox az Tulane.
Cox IS one Of the giants of foot ball,
He IS feet 3 inches in height and
weighs 220. Only 26 years Of age. Ted
still is able to give personal demOnstra-
tons to his players and IS a real student
Of foot ball. Ted made the Minnesota
varsity when only g years Of age. and
became famous in Minneapolis as the
man who stopped Red Grange the
Ghost, who was running wild over Md
western gridirons in 1924
Drill for an Attack.
Tulane began its preparation for
Southern California with long drill on
forward passes. Donald Zimmerman is
the ace paSser Of the Tulane team, and
ne tlnds fine receivers in Dalrymple and
Vernon Haynes, the Two fankers.
DaIrymple has fine pair Of hands and
is able TO catch passes from almost am
angle without losing speed Fclts and
Dawson, TWO Of TulaneS regular backs,
also are fine pass receivers.
While the Tulane team was working
at exhibition Park in Pasadena. Howard
Jones was driving the TrojanS in South
Los Angeles. The TroianS have a thor
ough respect for the Southerners' pass
Ing ski! and are working diligently on
an aerial defense.
Blerman is planning to start line
up against Southern California that will
average 209 pounds on the line and
have ample power and speed in the
backfleld. After the Georgia game,
| Southern California is figured to beat
| Tulane as it looks, but there is much
: ability on the Greenies squad. and the
| Trojans are likely to find a tartar if
they take the game too lightly.