Show gridiron Topnotch ei ers s this is the first in a series ol of articles lea featuring turing outstanding 10 football 1 ball players from schools throughout throughout ghou 1 the nation watch W atch their records during the coming season hes a throwback to the halycon days when minnesota teams were dubbed the giants of the north but hes an indispensable cog in bernie biergans Bier mans streamlined 1939 gopher machine his name Is win and his football story reads a little bit like a hollywood scenario narlo it j goes back five j or six years ago when big j win was a student at minneapolis west high school fellow students questioned his courage because y the big rangy kid did win not so go out for football a sport which held little interest tor for him that hurt and to redeem himself he be d donned all nned football togs for the first time during his senior year at the end of that year he was named all city tackle and one of the greatest linemen in west high history lie he fully demonstrated his courage last season when he played out of a possible minutes a playing time equal to seven complete games and football in the big ten a affair his reward came in being named captain capaan of the 3 39 squad the past summer determined to make a successful bid for the tackle job left vacant by the he graduation grad a on of lou Al idler found foun a job unloading farm machinery at a warehouse ile he topped the be days work off with a three mile run around a nearby lake the result has brought the husky minnesotan the coveted first team assignment with the golden gophers and almost as important to him has answered his schoolmates who thought he lacked courage released Rele eted by western newspaper union |