Jackie Robinson as a football player

"Bill me for three donuts also...and where, may I ask are the papers?
"To your right and do you wish for a bag?
  I placed the roast, orange, potato, and onion inside my knapsack and took a seat next to the Starbucks at the Von's. Am at the store off of Magnolia and Atlantic. 
  To the left of the sport's page was a picture of the retired Dodger broadcaster. He was at the stadium as a statue of Jackie Robinson was to be unveiled showing him as a football player. It reminded me of my notes about Jackie I had taken from the Pasadena library and what Schindler told me. it reminded me of what I had written about the four letter man from Altadena, California
   In 1937 played for a local team in Pasadena to play a baseball game against the  Chicago White Sox. Jimmy Dykes, their manager,  became awestruck while watching Robinson play against his team. He corralled Jackie and told him that he would become a great player if only he had been white. Pasadena Star News also pictured Joe Louis, a heavy weight fighter, playing the harmonica while he brought a band of softball players for a game. Jackie Robinson received 24 letters while at U.C.L.A and also defeated a local handball champion even though he had never played the sport in his life.
   Schindler mentioned that Robinson had been in Jail prior to the 1939 game against the Trojans but I found nothing to colaberate this tale. Schindler did work for the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department and may have received the news from one of their staff.
   A headline in the paper showed big time prejudice reigned in Pasadena as a it stated that a "Negro Thief Given a Long Term. My Dad Harry was pulled over by a cop and jailed because his name was Goldberg. His Dad Louis heeded to bail him out. 
   The paper mentioned that Robinson had trouble with the law...or even better, he stood up for his rights. In 1937, Bill Spaulding quipped that his lanky Negro, had a cold and a sprained finger and might miss an upcoming game. He spoke about Kenny Washington. Izzy Cantor or Hal Hirshon would replace him.  At the same time, the Trojans prepared for Francis Schmidt and his razzle dazzle style of play against the Trojans and Schindler.
    Betty Grable, a movie star known for her legs, must have dazzled them at the Grand Central Station as in all probability the Trojan head coach had sent her there to greet them. Ohio State had clobbered Columbia to the tune of 70-0 before entraining to Southern California.
    In other news of in 1939, Culver City was going to shut down gambling dens. Hitler blamed the British and the Jews for an assasination attempt on his life  And in the upcoming game, Robinson had a bad knee and Kenny Washington was an outstanding threat and a defensive stalwart. Robinson had a bad knee and didn't suit up. Robinson was rested prior to the U.S.C. game in 1939.

Studabakers and Pontiacs showed strong sells as that month of December, you couldn't buy a Pontiac if you wanted to. 13 football teams remained unbeaten into November of 39 among them were Tennessee, Cornell and some team named Slippery Rock. At the Pan Pacific Auditorium there was skating and badminton and a Dr. James Naismith, the inventor of basketball was fighting for his life.
Cornell Tires were advertising at Pep Boys for $4.65 and a battery for your car was $4.44. Don Dallessandro led the coast league with a .368 batting average and Ripper Collins of the Angels had collected 26 home runs.
  In the game at South Bend in 1939, Schindler was moved from quarterback to fullback.

  The New York Times mentioned that a license was needed to shoot duck or hunt for deer...None was needed to jail Hebrews or Negroes. (Unedited)