The U.C.L.A. verses U.S.C. game of the week.

You can just bet that somewhere in the stands Saturday, Li'l Amby Schindler is watching the game  from his forty yard line seats. 
   'Leg's Schindler is still awarded two tickets for every game, that is while he is still alive. He is 97 years of age at the time of this writing.  and is the only one kicking from his 1939 Trojans under Howard Jones.  is at 76 years of age, and he us the only one kicking from the 1930 teams of Howard Jones. 
    But what you may not know is that Schindler came out of the Los Angeles Good Samaritan Hospital with his two San Diego buddies and suited up for the pivotal 1939 game, game against the Bruins.  in 1939. He and several mates had come down with the flu. .   The boys from Westwood came into the last game with a brilliant record except for two tie games. U.S.C. had only one tie game. If they could tie the Bruins, they would be elected to go to their sixth Rose Bowl. 
    Howard Jones was the consummate chess player. He could get into the mind of the opposing team and his Assistant Coach, Sam Barry who doubled as a scout, knew what plays came from each formation. The Trojans were scholarly coached and Jones had a chance to go to Pasadena for the sixth time without a defeat. 
    U.S.C. barely scrapped by the Washington Huskies earlier that season. With the Trojans trailing late in the fourth quarter, Howard Jones pulled Doyle Nave in favor of Schindler who banged the Husky line toward their end zone. Schindler threw an errant pass so Jones yanked him in favor of 'Fog over Pasadena's' Grenny Landsdell. John Stonebraker snatched victory out of the hands of those Huskies. He caught a last minute pass from Grenny keeping the Rose Bowl hunt in view.  
    In 1939, U.C.L.A chose to pass instead of run with the ball on fourth down. Robertson flicked the ball out of Jackie Robinson's hands on fourth down. Now the Trojans had the ball close to their end zone In the "waning moments of the tie game", Doyle Nave decided to pass. Jones pulled Nave for Schindler with orders "to freeze the ball.  He did and the Trojans prepared for their sixth Rose Bowl.