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Show an 111111111 1 iiiiiiiiiiiinif 1 SpeaJuHf off I Isi?iaipi 1 By ROBERT McSHANE S lOMd by Wtiiwn NiwipoptrUnioe n 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i "THE death of Howard Harding Jones, University of Southern I California football coach, brought to an end one of the greatest coaching coach-ing careers in gridiron history. During a lifetime of coaching. Jones was responsible for some of history's greatest football thrills. He is remembered in the Big Nine conference for the two championship champion-ship teams he coached at Iowa in 1921-22. He is remembered in the I East for the two terms he served 1 at Yale, from which university he j was graduated in 1908 after starring i as an end and halfback. .He also i coached at Ohio State and Duke. But he Is remembered best for his titanic struggles against Noire j Dame teams. When Jones went to Southern California in 192 i, the j school was a not overly strong mem- I ber of the Pacific Coast conference, j About 1926 the Trojans rose to their , place among football's greatest ' teams. From 1929, Jones led five j championship teams into the Rose ! Bowl, where he never was defeated. In those five thrilling seasons his teams whipped Pittsburgh twice and Tuiane, Duke and Tennessee. Rocknes Revenge The Southern California-Notre Dame series began in 1926. Rockne needed another game for the Irish and wanted revenge. Jones' 1921 championship team at Iowa bad broken one of Notre Dame's long victory marches. Football fans will long remember those three times Rockne's teams whipped the Trojans by a one-point margin. In the last game the Irish had little trouble, beating a favored Southern California team 27 to 0. It Is certain, however, that the Notre Dame team which will be remembered re-membered longest by Southern Cali-fornians Cali-fornians was that of 1931. Johnny HOWARD JOXES Baker's field goal won the game for the Trojans in the final period after they fought back in the last quarter to overcome Notre Dame's two-touchdown two-touchdown handicap. Some of the greatest crowds in sport history witnessed those tilts. On two occasions more than 110,000 fans fought their way into Soldier Field in Chicago. The Los Angeles coliseum, with a 101,000 capacity, was filled to overflowing by the struggle. Jones established one record which is ample evidence of his j unique ability. During his 33 years of coaching he developed 24 all- ! America football players-more j than any other coach. A couple of i years ago he was requested to name ; his own all-America. His choice: Ends John Reed Kilpatritk, Yale, and Francis Tappan, Southern California; tackles Bill Horr, Syracuse, Syra-cuse, and Ernie Smith, Southern California; guards-Aaron Rosenberg Rosen-berg and Harry Smith, Southern California; center-Carroll Conney, Yale; backs-Aubrey Devine, Iowa, and Morley Drury, Ernie Pinckert and Gaius Shaver, Southern California. Cali-fornia. , ,, i Except that they were overlooked by selectors of all-America teams, Jones added that he thought Duke Slater, Iowa tackle, and Stan Williamson. Wil-liamson. Trojan center, belonged on his team. Powerhouse Jones' teams were based on pow-er-and plenty of it. He paid little or no attention to razzle-dazzle and built a running game around terrific tackle play, which, in turn, depend-ed depend-ed on split-second angle blocking. A native of Excello, Ohio, Jones might have had a career in major league baseball. But football was his first love. He stood by the gridiron grid-iron game even though he starred n baseball as a pitcher. Hurling "r yale-with his brother Tad com-pleting com-pleting the battery-Jones defeated Harvard several times. An extremely shy man, Jones was more than a coach to his players. He felt that a school had a dcfin.te obligation to its athletes following I their graduation. It was through his efforts that many of his players found Jobs. To him. footnai P,ay; crS were more than a means to a., end. Their likes and dislike, and their pprsonalities wenni nrpl. edThe University of S..uil;rn Oil. forni won't be able to rrpla, ' -arJ Haritng '' '"' Notre ranie co-il. r., ... RocVie |