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Quarterbacks Cub in their weekly
meeting in The Hotel Nicollet Mon
day.
Purdue will be harder for us to
handle than either Washington or
Nebraska was" Bernie told the
Quarterbacks. The Gophers de-
feated each of those earlier oppon-
ents by a single touchdown. Our
own team is pretty big" the Min
nesota coach explained, But Pur-
due will outweigh us nearly 10
pounds per man. Their line aver
ages shade over 210 pounds, and
their backfield about 1877. In spite
of their size they are fast and YER
satile."
Their two best backfield men,
Isbell and Drake, make a stronger
combination than Nebraska had
with Cardwell and Francis. They
are also exceptionally strong at
kicking and passing"
Evidently Bernie has not aband-
oned hope. II don't say they'll beat
u.s." he said, "but do say we'll
need to make unusual improve
ment through the week of practice,
and will need to play our very best
game of the year to have an even
chance to extend our winning
streak"
The Gopher coach was frankly
pleased with the showing of his
sophomore players in their 26 to 0
victory over Michigan last Satur-
day. Many of them played better
football than a coach has any right
to expect of first year men. I feel
good deal easier about our re-
serve strength now"
Asked specifically about Wilbur
Moore the young right halfback,
who played so sensationally against
Michigan, he said, II have known
for some time that Moore would be
a fine player. Unfortunately he had
a broken ankle in an intro-murafI
basketball game last winter. An
operation was necessary. He miss
ed spring practice and his ankle
was not at full strength when prac-
tice started this fall. Considering
these handicaps he has come along
very well. From now on he will
help us a great deal" It was Moore
who intercepted Michigan pass in
the fourth quarter and ran 60
yards for touchdown, the first
touchdown ever scored against one
of Harry Kipke's teams on an in
Perception. Bernie explained that
the Michigan team, made up main
ly of sophomores, did not present
especially formidable opposition,
but predicted it would become a |
strong team later in the season if |
it kept its morale up.
He was asked If Purdue was |
strong this year mainly because Of
its fighting spirit, inspired by the
death Of two team mates in a show
err room fire last month, or because |
he had good material. 'It is I'M
an inspired team" said
he, "but it has top quality in mat
erial. too. It has those specialists
who can kick, pass and run. In
other words, 1t Is dangerous team
likely to break up a game at any
In answer to query as to which
fullback candidate is
the hardest line plunger, Bierman
replied he was not certain him
self. zone day one Of them seems
to have the most power. The next
day he seems to have the least. I'd
say that three of them are about
On par and that they are all COM
ing along fairly well. I'm really not
about our fullbacks. They'll
Keep improving from Saturday to
by the end of the season
we may be nearly as strong at full
packs as we were last year."
The Minneapolis Journal Down
own Quarterbacks watched the
notion pictures of the Minnesota
Michigan game and cheered as
Justify as if they had been in the
stands actually watching a game.
The Gophers, Bierman said, sur
rived the Michigan game without
injury and will be in top physical
for their game with Pur-
lue. Next time I see you, howev-
r." he added, II may have to tell
'ou how it happened that our win
ling streak ended. In all serious
Tess I'm scared to death about the