Sport: Jimmy-on-the-Spot

The football game of the week was a grudge game, and the stakes were high: a chance for the Rose Bowl jackpot. California, ranked fourth in the nation and trained in an offense that had not been shut out in 60 games, was meeting an old enemy: seventh-ranked University of Southern California (U.S.C.), owner of a bone-rattling defense that had yielded only 19 points in five games. California, a six-point favorite, had the three top-ranked running backs of the Pacific Coast, including All-America Candidate Johnny Olszewski; U.S.C., a conservative single-wing team, had a middleweight (5 ft. 9 in., 164 Ibs.)...

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