Imperial Valley press., 1938-12-14
McLENORE GETS
Long Interview on
BOWL TILT RESULT
By Henry McLemOrc

This Is an interview WIFI hiO"oiN
Jones. head coach of Southern Cal
ifornia football. and 1 warn you
now that it is likely to be very
brief Because Mr.. Jones is brief.
He undoubtedly has his thoughts
on the Rose Bowl game with Duke
but he keeps them to himself.
doubt if even Edgar Bergen could
make Mr.. Jones talk very much.
spent two hours with Mr.. Jones
Yesterday. determined to Wrest
from him what he thinks OF his
football team, how he would com
pare it with his strong teams OF
the past and what he thinks 1t
will do with Duke in the Pasadena
fiesta on January ,.
The two hours were not entirely
fruitless. Probably because he
wanted to get rid of me and my
what is downright gabby for him
and spoke as many as two senten-
ces at a time before lapsing into
silence
He rates his 1882 team, which
kicked Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl
as the strongest starting eleven
Southern California ever fielded.
That was the club with Startling
and Palmer at the ends. Smith and
Brown. tackles, Rosenberg and Ste
vens, guards, Youell, center, and
Mohler. McNeish, Clemens, and
Griffith. backs.
But as powerful a club as that
was. Jones isn't sure it could have
licked the one that thumped Notre
Dame two Saturdays ago.
1T was a great first team he
said. but l didn't have nearly so
many reserves as I have now. My
present second team has better
record than the regulars
Being a fact fanatic, as all my
readers know, I checked on this
statement and found it to be true.
Of the 25 touchdoWns the TrojanS
have scored this year, IS of them
have been scored by the second
stringerS. 1t was the second team
that ruined Notre Dame. The boys
who did the dirty work were Al
Kreuger. Oliver Day. Mickey An
derson, Jack Banta and others who
weren't in when the game started.
Kreuger. Anderson, Day and Banta
have each scored three touchdoWnS
this season.
Bill Spaulding, whose U. c. L. A.
took terrible kicking from the
TrojanS this year was present
when 7 was probing Jones for in
formation about his team, and VOL
untcercd that the Trojans OF this
year were the best Jones had ever
coached
They're faster than the 1882
team" he said. land they're cap
able of lifting themselves to greater
heights. The team six years ago
knew it was good and took every"
thing in stride. Never got excited,
boys this year-and he must have
fifty red hot ones, because | saw
that many when they were kicking
US all over the place-get fired up
and there is no stopping them"
THE team this year is a better
passing bunch, too" said Jones,
much TO my surprise. Il never saw
Davey O'Brien pass, but no one
will ever convince me he threw a
ball better than Granny Landell
did against California. Day can
pass, too. SO can Anderson.
7 acryn6 Cnanl6ifoO tO pan1p the
weakness of the Trojan team that
will meet Duke.
Hasn't any" he answered. 1T
has passers and gluey fingered
ends. 1t has power to burn And
it is so strong defenseively that 1t
can get in a hole without worry
ing. 1T has more reserve strength
than an army, and it is plenty
smart"
I asked Jones how he thought
the team would fare in the Rose
Bowl
I'VE never lost Bowl game" he
answered
And they won't lose this time
either" said Spaulding.
They left me at this point, Jones
to work with his team for the Rose
Bowl, Spaulding TO work with the
Uclans, who leave on Friday for q
game in Hawaii
This left me free TO call up Shlr-
ley Temple for a game OF hoE
! scotch.