From the "Amby" Schindler Story

The football story of the San Diego Golden Boy introduced me to the events of the day. I became a microfilm freak and spent gobs of time researching sports and all of a sudden, how the events of the day effected the way we looked at the modern game of football...Hope you won't mind this time out to review New Year's Day from one of hour favorite newspapers, the Examiner. I [paraphrased the newspapers article. 

January First of 1937 Pasadena Rose Parade was witnessed by a throng of over one million spectators on Colorado Blvd and believe it or not, the weather forecasters called the wrong play. They had forecast rain and mud for the game, but were wrong, to the chagrin of the Washington Husky dogs who played in the muck, slush and mud up north in Washington.
   The big game featured the Washington Huskies against "Jock" Sutherland's Pittsburg Panthers. The Washington leaders promised the ducats would go quickly and they did for two and up a-piece. The Panthers wished to put their lackluster performance of the past three Rose Bowl's behind them. They had been more than humiliated and their coach, the "Dundee" Dentist wished to make amends.
   The rooters at L.S.U. and Alabama had been robbed according to many local writers. But it just may have been the ghost of Andrew Carnegie who had helped in polling them ahead of the other two. The  majority of writers believed that Pittsburg had the best team in the nation with only one loss to mar their [perfect season.
   I was named after one of their standout players, "Biggie" Goldberg as Marshall was his middle name, and on August 16 of 1939 it would become  mine. My namesake stood only five ten and weighed in at 176 pounds, but had been there spark plug at the running back position. He had averaged over five yards a carry in 1936 and handled the pigskin 151 times for a gain of 861 yards. Non other than the greatest sports writer Grantland Rice called Mr. Goldberg one of the best ball handlers of that year.
  The Panthers practiced their craft in the mountains of Big Bear and the a favorite spot foe the movie stars, Lake Arrowhead. Unlike the Panthers, the Huskies worked out in Santa Barbara with lots of distraction since the city provided lots of variety with a gorgeous ocean view. Besides football, the Examiner wished happy birthdays to Marion Davies, Sid Silver, and also Ida Lupinno.
But a different game of football was practiced in the South Pacific and the continent of Europe. The Japanese invaded Korea, Indochina, Manchuria and eased their way into the Chinese sphere of influence. Chang Kai-Shek had been kidnapped and then freed and the Russians and Germans had a pregame warm-up inside Spain, where it rained bullets and the Nazi's of Germany won out in the end and would soon set up Franco as the new dictator of Spain.
  All awhile, Schindler was taking advantage of some time off at U.S.C. to take his treasure future birde to the Mission Bay Ball room in San Diego and enjoy his Mom's roast beef and potatoes. The U.S. consensus stated he paid them rent for a room inside their San Diego's Golden Hill's address.
  And oh yes, the Panthers would win the game to stop their Rose Bowl losing streak at three.

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