The Los Angeles Times has an interesting story about Penn State's strange journey to the 1923 Rose Bowl. It's a tale that includes Mary Pickford (left) and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Some sportswriting from that era:
"In place of the sweet incense of freshly brewed attar, the smoke of battle will issue from the Rose Bowl in Arroyo Seco, hewn from the rock and today dedicated to that monarch among sporting events, the annual East vs. West struggle for moleskin supremacy," wrote Harry A. Williams in the Jan. 1, 1923 edition of The Times.
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