Show I 1 by ROBERT mcshane Z tl oil by newspaper union S THE HE death of howard he harding arding bjones jones university of southern california football coach brought to an end one of the greatest coaching careers in gridiron history during a lifetime ot of coaching jones was responsible for some of his torys greatest greate st football thrills he is remembered in the big nine conference for the two cha championship maion teams he coached at iowa in 1921 22 he is remembered in hi the east for the two terms he served at yale from which university he W was as graduated in 1808 1908 after starring as an end and halfback he also coached at ohio state and duke but he is remembered best for his titanic struggles against notre dame teams when jones went to southern california in 1924 the school was a not overly strong member of the pacific coast conference about 1926 the trojans rose to their place among footballs greatest teams from 1929 jones led five championship teams into the rose kose bowl where he never was defeated in those five thrilling seasons his teams whipped pittsburgh twice and tulane duke and tennessee rocksie s 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 had nad broken one of notre dames long victory marches football fans will long remember those three times Roc knes 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 longest by southern californians forn ians was that of 1931 johnny V M 4 r HOWARD JONES bakers field goal won the game for the trojans in the final period after they fought back in the last quarter to overcome notre dames two touchdown handicap some of the greatest crowds in sport history witnessed those tilts on two occasions more than fans fought their way into soldier field in chicago the los angeles coliseum with a capacity was filled to overflowing by the struggle jones established one record which is ample evidence of his unique ability during his 33 years of coaching he developed 24 all america football players more than any other coach A couple of years ago he was requested to name his own all america his choice john reed yale tale and francis tappan southern california tackles bill horr herr syracuse and ernie smith southern california center aaron rosenberg and harry smith southern california center carroll conney yale backs aubrey devine iowa and morley drury ernie and gaius shaver southern california except that they were overlooked by selectors of all america teams jones added that he thought duke slater iowa tackle and stan williamson li amson anison trojan center belonged on his team powerhouse jones teams were based on power and plenty of it ile he paid little or no attention to razzle bazzle dazzle and built a running game around terrific tackle play which in turn depended 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 game even though he starred in baseball as a pitcher hurling for yale with his brother tad completing the battery jones defeated harvard several times |