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leliriiig Coach•NTON. Tex. lAP- - It fiomreoming Day at North s Stall University today — t me for leave-taking by Mitchell, veteran football ,1 at the big, sprawling iric school.ut a letter, a blood-stained .es^age of praise and apprecia-t'on to Mitchell from a wounded ,\*arine Corps captain, high-* , lighted and saddened the day.Mitchell, excited over ending 42 years of coaching, barely no-tic^ the brownish-red stain on the letter from Capt. George Herring, cocaptaIn of the North Texa.': State F^agles in 19^.“I understand this homecoming all of your ex-athletes are trying to make this game in your honor, said Herring’s letter.‘if it were any way possible.I would attend the ball game just to let you know how much I think of you and what you contributed to making me become a man“We've been in th: frid for 4f davc and casualties have been pretty bad In this constant rain and terrible terrain, leadership is sometimef critical.Graying Odus Mitchell smiled and recalled the writer as her ad the letter‘‘.\f North Texas. saideld roach. ‘ Gwrgc v- ns iht ideal guy. He was o .t of tht'iiHist popular and re p cUxiplayers among u a:;; .- ite whom I ever coached1Ki:ri:ivKi) i \FiMSin«:i) lfttfrformer student. Marine ( apt. GeorgeNorth Texas SUtc University ceiach(Mus Mitchell, 67, right, retiring to-Herring, unfinished, b(‘eanse of wounds received in combat dutv in Viet Nam.morrow' after a coaching career ofA friend who flew Herring to the V.S.42 years, received a letter eongratuNaval Hospital in Hokosuka, Japan,lating him on his retirement from afinished the letter. (AP)He read on: ‘ Mv companv'-• I ^spirits always remain high and attain our mission ol destroying the enemy, I was taught thefrails of leadership by the finesiman and leader of men that I have ever known, you, Milchell.I only wish 1 could expryou what an honor it was and to have been one of vourKlys 1 only hope that I can1 ‘ave a .small fraction of your tvpe influtaic* on my men, helo fiem all their life I read the letter wiih myehe.s! out, said Mitchell ‘ Tlicn I got down to whore his friend wrote that he was hurt, and I was shockfMl The friend, Capt T I) T; : ,se,Ir., another ex-gridder who was (aptain and Ali East at Trinity College at Hartford, v'onn,, had iuf;t flown into Da Nang with Herring.“He has lost his right eve. Hcese wrote. “I have his blood all over me, but he will be all right. And he still has one good (ye. Hope to meet you some d ly Plea.se try to see GeorgeHerring had eye .surgerv Wednesday at a U S. naval hospital in Hokusuka. Japan. He will be flown home soon for further treatment.Herring's parents, Mr and Mrs. W.G. Herring, live in Houston and his old eolleg '.weotheart, Charlene Russell, is now Mrs. Herring and lives in Dallas with their year-old daughter, Kristin.33Tb? team w.is selected by the News - Herald sports after slt;H‘king out the advice of many of the area's eo.tchesTbe Rangers and the ('ardinals each |la(X’d a dozen players on the 44 - man squad Dddly enough, each team placed r-ix on the offensive unit and six on defenseBoth Mentor Coach Dick Crum and North Uoach Vic Melnfire have Insisted all season long that their success wasence crown, while the Rangers wound up with a 7-2-1 rec-('fd and finished second in the Greater Cleveland Ccxi ferenceRiverside. (9-1 overall; the Freeway runnerup, landed six spots on the team, while third place South nailed down five.Oddities included Riverside placing three fourths of its offensive backfield on the squad, and Mentor three men from its defensive secondary.IRlNOHARl.F MKN'HON I.I.NK.MKN — Dave Southall, Mentor — ('arl ('oilins. North — (iary Hall, kirtlanri — Bill Swigart. Mentor — ,\l .Namestnfk. Mentor — Joe Glailln, .South — Riek Sonip-pi. Har\ey — Tom Curkendall, Harvey —• Joe Fmniiiig, Harvey — Dave Gurhach, Riverside — Dennis Adams, Kirtland — .lack Brown, Kirtland.BACK.S — Dick Wright, Mentor —- Bidv Martin, Mentor —• Terry Fawcett, North — Dennis Kapostasy — Fairport — Hirh Matinelli, Wieklifle — Jake HamleU,VViekliffe — Gary Drenik, WIckliffe — Ken teovic, Wlck-lifte — Dan Geromfv, Wiekltffe — Rich Glavan, WIckliffe —.lerry Sefmon, .South —- Itave Oboll, South — Dale Hollingsworth, Soolh Tom ,S/isa/k, Fairport.PositionDFFFNSEPlayerSeiuMdPtwitiimDFFFNSRPlayerSlt;*hoolFndMike NelsonHarvev*De4enslve FndJohn MHilewNorthFndBob HamhorFairportDdenslve Fnd(iene PetrowskIRiversideFndTom ChapmanMentoriMenslve FndMark 7avrich.SouthFndJeH BarbieNorthIb'lenslve FndKen William*NorthTackleIVsinis MaekevMentorlefensive TackleMike Hutchinslt;HiMentorlt;TackleIKmg NelsonS«MRhDefensive TackleDale StakiehNorth4iTackleBruce YoeN'i*rthItefenslve TackleGary GlasseoekKirtland4■TackleJames BennieNorthDefen.slve TackleJidin laiereri■ Rh ersidei.,V(tuardTom Maher.MentorFinebnrkerI'om Pevl(*nMentorttiiardla*n PelligrrwHivorsidfIJnebarkerJim PriireMentor(iuardBob BrandtNorthIJneharkerWayne Fhvft ftNorthGuardHands Makoskift.SouthIJnebaekerBoh GrinsteadKirtland1CenterDan Rvc/ekMentorIJnebarkerVI DeFrani'o■SouthCenterBill AttnFairportIJnebarkerNorm HillstromNorthBackRobin Swanev*MentorDefensive HarkBill MiirtonNorthHack.Ion FollisMentorDefensive BackBieh HaagenSouthBackBill KetlunenNorthDefensive BackBoy .S« hmidMentoriBalt;kBoh TerrellNorthDefensive BackIrwin TavlorWiekiiffe1Back.1. D. RaschRiversidelelensive BackTom Van IhiesenMentor]BackIton SimpsonRiversideDefensive Bark.Sj'ott MoserHarvey1BackDon .AndersenRiversideDefensive BarkStan Fa/eka*Fairport1BackByron JohnsonKirtlandDefensive BackTim StickleMentor1WHATEVER YOU NEED
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Willoughby News Herald
Willoughby, Ohio, US
Thu, Nov 24, 1966
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