Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-10-29
COPHERS DRAW
EYES OF NATION
Minnesota Has A Great
Football Team That Does
Honor to State.
Crowds Paying to See
Games, Average More
Than 10000.


That the King of Sport can do much
toward advertising certain locality
or state to the world is once more
borne out by the achievements Of
the Minnesota university's football
team, the Golden Gophers. That team,
coached by Bernie Bierman, has won
81 consecutive victories occupying the
past three year period and is ap-
parently headed for it's third national
championship. The teams played are
scattered in various parts of the ma
ton.
The team has attracted nationwide
attention to this state, for sport writ
ers to the east, to the south and to
the west are calling treir readers
attention to the stalwart Vikings of
the Gopher state. The twenty-first
pense of Purdue Qndiana) University
Saturday and Dick Cullum, sports edi-
tor of TIE Minneapolis Journal, tells
about it and about the game to come
| Saturday with Northwestern Univer-
sity at Evanston, Ill. Mr.. Cullum's
comment cleaned from the weekly
session of the Quarterback club held
Monday in Minneapolis follows:
"Northwesterns first team will not
be so strong against the Gophers as
Purdues first team was last week,
Bernie Rierman It'd The Minneapolis
Journal Downtown Quarterbacks in
their weekly meeting in the Hotel
Nicollet Tuesday noon, but its Sec
ond team will be considerably stronger
than Purdue's second team was. And
remember the coach said, we didn't
| beat Purdue's first team. We beat
the second team by having more STAN
| ina and by making a second half
drive against a tired opponent.
Northwestern won't tire. Well
have to do something we didn't do last
week. Well have to beat team
that can stay fresh for 60 minutes
Bierman does not believe that the
Wildcats will present such a pair of
dangerous ball carriers as Isbell and
Drake of Purdue, but he added, the
next opponents will have better bal
ance in the backfeld with at least
10 backs who although not in a class
with Isbell and Drake, are fine backs
| just the same
| But l have lot of confidence in
my boys now. l know they won't crack
the line. but the team that beats Rem
will have to beat a team with Lot
of courage and poise that can play
60 minutes of hard football The
Journal Downtown Quarterbacks took
this to mean that Bierman believes
his team should be the favorites to
win from the Wildcats Saturday, but
that it would be close, vicious game.
"Bierman told the Downtown Quar-
terbacks that he was pleased with the
play of many of his less experienced
men Saturday. He mentioned BUTLER,
Faust, WrightsOn, Bates, johnson and
Moore. We must remember, how
ever he said, that they went into
the game when Purdue was mighty
tired. We can't expect them to play
as well as they did if they get into
game early when the opposition
has it's best strength on the field.
Chance for Indicated Season.
If we can win Saturday and then
just remain steady and keep hard at
work, said Bierman, we should be
able to win our three remaining
games That was about as broad a
concession as the Minnesota coach had
ever been heard to make.
| asked If he believes the injury
of Julius Alfonso had any bearing on
the outcome of the game Bernie said,
I haven't any doubt Julie would have
made a couple of touchdowns if he
had stayed in there. He was playing
very we'll; but maybe those would
have been the touchdowns one of the
other boys got anyway
Bernie answered in the affirma-
tive, and rather enthusiastically,
when asked if the big sophomore,
Charles Schultz, ranked about tops
as an offensive guard. He predicted
that Horace Bell. another sophomore
guard. might kick a few field goals
before the end of the season. He's
really good field goal kicker said
Bernie. If we have to win by
field goal some day, maybe on wet
field, Bell will probably deliver
1T is. known, however, that Bier
man does not approve of field goal
kicking as scoring method. He be-
lieves the team that learns to rely
on the kick has tendency to lose its
| touchdown punch. Sometimes under
very unfavorable playing conditions,
however, it is an asset to have a de-
pendable kicker available.
Eleven thousand seven hundred
Minnesota fans have bought tickets
for the Northwestern game"