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Show Gridiron Topnotchers This continues a series of articles featuring outstanding football players play-ers from schools throughout the nation. Watch their records during the coming season. IN BEING named All-American left guard last season, Harry Smith of the University of Southern California merely maintained a tradition. tra-dition. Previous years saw such Trojan guards as Johnny Baker and Aaron Rosenberg accorded the same high honors. Under the Trojan system the left, nr nmnins. cuard leads the interfer- ence. A fast, nard - running, hard - hitting player is needed need-ed to fill that spot and that's where Harry Smith j he of the unusual un-usual name-enters name-enters into the picture. Big, (weight, 207; height, 5 feet, 11 inches) fast and tough,! Smith is the answer to any Harry Smith coach's prayer. His defensive work is on a par with his blocking, for he plays in the center of the line. Only two touchdowns were scored against Southern California last year on running run-ning plays. Smith's best game last year was played against the University of California. Cal-ifornia. Harry played 60 minutes of ball in true Frank Merriwell fashion fash-ion knowing that his substitute. Floyd Phillips, was injured. The hapless Bears were held to two first downs, both coming in the lat six minutes and both of them on passes. This coming season will end Smith's college football career. But his record will live as long as those of the 10 other Southern California Ail-Americans developed since 1928 by Coach Howard Jones. .Released by Western Newspaper Lnlon.l |