Show 1 Football Not All the World to Tulane Mentor 1 I si s 's Uses marine captains captain's i j result i one of 7 t v country taa teams i. jc t 3 e i 4 T 1 Here lIere Is Is' Coach Bernie Bierman head football coach at Tulane university in an informal pose with his With the power behind the great Green Wave Wa are Mrs l Bierman and their two sons William 8 ind nd James JamesS 5 Bierman returns to his alma mater Minnesota as head football coach January 1 Tulane Coach Returns To Alma Mater as Grid Mentor at Minnesota Bierman Will Succeed Crisler as Leader of Gopher Team MINNEAPOLIS MIl Dec 5 IP The W-The The call of his alma mater was answered today oday by B. B W. W Bernie Bierman and andon andon andon on January 1 he will become head football coach at atthe atthe the thc University of Minnesota Appointment of ot I 1 the master of gridIron gridiron gridiron grid grid- iron play at TuI Tu- Tu I lanc lane whose teams i 4 have not lost a a Southern conference confer confer- I ence game since 1928 was anIs announced an- an Is by lL H O. O I Fritz Crisler whom he succeeds I as chief chic of the football football foot foot- I. I f ball staff here Crisler who for Crisler nearly two years ears nas been both head coach and athletic director informed university officials yesterday he planned to remain at Minnesota de- de despite I de-I spite pite rumors to the contrary I Henceforth Crisler who came here from rom the University of Chicago will devote his time to the athletic directorship directorship and the physical education department WILL RATE AS PROFESSOR Bierman Berman head coach at Tulane since 1927 1027 will have a faculty rating of professor and Crisler said have fun full freedom in selection of coa coaching hing assistants subject to approval of President L. L D. D Comm Coffman and the university university university uni uni- regents The new coach already has a sIzeable sizeable sizeable size- size able niche In the Minnesota sports hall of fame and will seek for the Gophers the first Big Ten championship championship championship champion champion- ship that may come Minnesota's way since he captained its gridiron team in 1915 For three years he played brilliantly brilliant brilliant- ly as a halfback and starred in basketball basketball bas bas- track and baseball His return return re rc- turn carries out Crisler's policy o of naming Minnesota alumni to coachIng coachIng coaching coach coach- ing positions as extensively as pos pos- sible COACHED MONTANA 1 Bierman coached at Montana before before be be- fore going to Tulane in 1923 as as as- as In 1925 he became head coach at Mississippi A. A M. M and returnee returned to Tulane two years later as chief when Clark went to Loyola His Tulane teams have been outstanding outstanding outstanding out out- standing and today the Green Wave again Southern conference champions and the only unbeaten and untied major major ma ma- jor eleven in the country this season season season sea sea- son meets Washington State at New Orleans in an intersectional battle Crisler in completing his coaching career here after giving Minnesota a 1931 aggregation which he ho described as the greatest team and the finest fines men with whom I ever have been or ever will be The Gophers with play that alumni alumn haled as the most deceptive and alert aler Minnesota has had in many years finished fifth in Big Ten standings FOLLOWED SPEARS Crisler came to Minnesota as head coach after the rc resignation of Dr C C. W W. S Spears ars now at Oregon brought brough broughton broughon on by a period of ot turbulence concerning concerning con con- Gopher athletic policies A short time later Athletic Director F F. W. W Leuhring left leU and Crisler took over that position also He said today he was leaving active coaching with the realization that I have at least in a small mall measure |