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Page 10-A Marshall A Year Later BROWNWOOO BULLETIN Thursday, November 11.1971 Fatal Crash Affected Whole Town 'Second of Three Ports IRA KKKKOW NKA SporU Editor Va This is heavily town It makes the bumpers for thp nation tars and. on its Ohio Hiver barges ox- forts much of the nation's eo.nl it is a small valley city, population a. ono sit uated in the middle of the In state area of mn Ken- lucky and West Virginia It has a lank lean homo gencous population, ancestors of pioneers who pushed into the mountains from the tide, lands There is much poverty on the city's outskirts "But they're good people," said local sports editor Ernie Salvalore 'They'd take the shirt off their hack and give you half of it Despite the flattening out effects of television, they still retain local colloquialisms A paper bau is still "poke "Fish" is "feesh "bush" is "boosh," "beagles" are "bibles Many- still use the divine interjection. "West By Cod V'ir- ginia." And (he community and Marshall I'm versify are closely knit The plane'crash last Nov that took the lives of 34 football players also killed many local yen- try, from doctors to shopkeepers "That's what made the tragedy so unique," said Marshall athletic director Joe McMullen "It touched the entire community." The town is filled with alumni, but even those who have never sat in on a single lecture call it "our university." "The townspeople," continued McMullen, "never say, 'Those damned college The college kids are their kids, literally and fig- THE BENCH of Marshall University's football team shows its enthusiasm during a game early this season. The team, made up almost exclusively of freshmen and sophomores, has struggled through Its first season since the team plane crashed last killing 34 varsity players ami -II olher people.

uratively And so. of course, the whole town mourned the tragedy "It was awful for a long time," recalls restaurant owner Lloyd Krankcl. "I went to II wakes in a week Three, four funerals a day The tovn now had to rise out of the ashes of that plane crash on the pine-tree mountainside Community leaders were gone The football team had to rebuild from scratch. had no football coach, no conference (the Mid-America Conference had dropped Marshall in 19G9 for recruiting violations) and barely a skeleton of a football team left. was dark, very dark around campus then'" said senior Linda La ton.

"but the attitude was never defeat. Never." But some of the freshmen players were planning to forget about football entirely. Keith Karl, now a sophomore center, was one of them. One of his best friends was Ted Shoebridge. record-breaking Marshall quarterback of last year's team.

Shoebridge and Karl, from neighboring towns in New Jersey, had been friendly opponents in high school. He was home last Christmas and visited Shoebridge's parents in Lyndhurst. N.J. He had never met them before. "I walked into the house," recalls Keith Karl, "and Ted's parents hugged me.

They told me that Ted used to write home about me. And his dad said, and these were his exact words. 'Go back and do it for It kinda broke me up." The problem at first was to get a coach. No easy task. McMullen offered the'job to Hob Phillips, an assistant coach at Penn State.

He turned down the job. Sam Huff was in contention but then, in an apparent disagreement with McMullen, withdrew. Then Dick Bestwick, freshman coach at Georgia Tech was offered the job in the spring. He accepted, spent one day on campus, spoke with the team. Then at dinner that night Bestwick shocked McMullen.

"I'm backing out," said Bestwick. "Mv fnmiiv doesn't want to My family come." Hughes soys criticism of Oilers' ploy MIUIAEI. A. I.UTX Associated Press Sports Writer HOUSTON, Tex. (AP) A team with a 1-6-1 record can expect some criticism and Houston Oiler head conch Ed Hughes says some of it probably is justified.

"When you play so many games where we're leading in the fourth quarter and then lose, there's going to be some criticism." Hughes said. "Some of it is justified because we're beating ourselves with our own mistakes." The Oilers did it again last Sunday. They figured out another to lose, leading New Kngland '20-14 in the fourth Delaware has slim lead in college poll lly THK ASSOCIATED I'KKSS The University of Delaware, winner of the last three Boardwalk Howl games, has taken over first place in Hit 1 Associated Press college division football poll by the narrowest of margins. The Blue Hens, who overpowered Lelngh -19-22 last Sat- for their seventh victory in eight games, collected eight of the 17 first-place votes and intuits in this week's voting by panel of sports writers and broadcasters. They finished one point ahead of McNeese State.

Delaware, in each of the pas! two senson.s arid 8-3 in 19liS, also was named winner of the Lambert Cup all three years. The Cup is presented annually to the top college division team the East. McNeese State, the leader in last week's poll, dropped to second Ibis time after playing a 3-3 tie with Northwestern Ixjui- siana The Cowboys. 7-0-1. re- i cived four first-place nominations and 269 points.

Eastern Michigan, after tying Northeastern Ixwi- siana 10-10, slipped from second to third with two first-place votes and 258 points. 1 3 1 5. li. 7. 9.

in. Delaware McNeese St. Eastern Michigan Louisiana Tech Boise St. Tennessee St Western Kentucky North Dakota North Dakota St Akron 7-1 270 7-0-1 269 (1-0-2 258 7-1 210 8-1 163 7-1 159 ti-2 111 6-3 84 7-2 73 6-2 50 quarter before losing 28-20. Hughes is as busy as ever, trying to analyze each facet of the game to get it all rolling.

The offensive line has done a creditable job of pass blocking but hasn't been consistent blocking for the run. "it's true we put more emphasis on pass blocking early in the year," Hughes said. "But that was the most important thing. If you can't protect your quarterback, you're not going any when 1 Hughes said he couldn't gauge the Oilers' emotional peak from week to week. "I've seen teams as quiet as a mouse play good games," Hughes "And I've seen other loud one go out and stink up the joint.

It's kinda of an individual thing." Hughes said leadership had been one of the Oilers' problems but that's getting better. "They didn't build up a lot of leadership early in the season," Hughes said. "But some of the players arc starting to step forward now." I lughes said defensive end Elvin P.t'thea, defensive tackle Mike Tilleman and running back Woody Campbell were good examples. Hughes was worried about the quarterback situation for both the Oilers and this week's opponent, Oakland. "It made you wonder," said Keith Karl.

"Didn't anybody want to come down and rebuild? It made us feel like we weren't wanted." Meanwhile, the townfolk were buying more season tickets than ever. Three thousand season tickets were sold; the best in the past was 1,500. The local Elks established a scholarship fund. In Cincinnati, John Re- passy and Robert A. Harris Sr.

have organized a Citizens' Committee for Air Safety. Hepassy and Harris had sons on the 1970 Marshall team. Repassy, a licensed private pilot, said he helped establish the group "so that our sons will not nave died in vain." John Norrell, from New York City, whose son "Nutsy" was a player killed in the crash, raised $1.300 from strangers to buy photography equipment for the school, "so that future Marshall players will enjoy game films the way my son did." Carroll Rosenbloom. Baltimore Colts owner, who once owned a dress manufacturing plant in Huntington, sent $50,000. In December, Kansas City Chiefs players had pitched in $1,000 for the kids of the survivors so that, wrote Buck Buchanan.

"Christmas should not be so bleak." And a 10-year-old boy in Michigan sent McMullen a letter: "I am enclosing $1.80. I didn't go to the movies last week. I want to help Marshal! get a new football team." (NEXT: Two Miracle Games.) BAIRJU Cage charf THE ASSOCIATE!) PRESS NBA EASTERN CONEERENCE Atlantlr Division W. Pet. GB Boston 10 2 .833 Phila 8 4 .667 2 York 8 .429 5 Buffalo 6 8 .429 5 Central Division Cine.

4 7 .304 Bait. 4 9 .308 1 3 9 .250 l'-j Atlanta 3 10 .231 2 WESTERN CONEERENCE Midwest Division Milwaukee 12 1 .923 Chicago 8 5 .615 4 Detroit 7 6 .545 5 Phoenix 5 7 .417 Pacific Division Angeles 11 .786 i. State 10 4 .711 1 Seattle 8 4 .667 2 Portland 2 9 .182 7'-j Houston 2 13 .133 2'2 Results Cincinnati 99, New York 85 Detroit 139, Portland 122 Los Angeles 143, Philadelphia 103 Milwaukee 116, Atlanta 110 Chicago 125, Baltimore 106 Boston 142, Houston 103 Only games scheduled ABA East Division 10 4 Lincoln gains in AAAA; Lions hold 3rd in AAA Till: ASSOCIATE!) I'KKSS The doctor bills must be soaring around the Joe Washington residence in Port Arthur these days. Washington, head coach of I he Port Arthur Lincoln football team, has been hospitalized weeks recovering from an auto accident. But that hasn't kept him from directing his team via a closed i ircuit television hookup to the field.

Lincoln has continued to win in Washington's absence including last week's 22-14 upset of No. 1 ranked Port Arthur Jefferson. vaulted Lincoln from fifth to No. 2 in the Associated Press schoolboy football poll this week but the Washington family is in for more doctor bill. Joe Washington the Class AAAA Wichita Fal roach's is a halfback for Lincoln, and broke a bone in his loot scoring the winning touchdown against Jefferson.

He'll be out until the state playoffs. Washington also has another son, Ken, who happens to be the Lincoln quarterback. So Ken took up the slack against Jefferson, throw-ing for one touchdown and running for another. Lincoln's victory pushed Wichita Falls into the No. I position in Class AAAA this week and dropped Jefferson to eighth.

In the other divisions, Silsbee in Class AAA, F.astland in ('lass AA, and Sonora in Class A. remained in command. Conroc, eighth in Class AAAA last week, and No. 10 Hurst Bell dropped from the top 10 after losses and were replaced by Austin Reagan and Killeen. Austin Westlake and Bowie were casualties in Class AA with Lincoln Kildare and Coahama the newcomers.

Iowa Park in Class AAA was the only other week. ranked team to lose last The hand-twisted loaf. Ky. Virginia Flordns Pitts. N.

York Carolina 10 4 7 7 7 8 7 .714.714 .500 .467 .462 3 3 4 3 9 .250 West Division Utah 9 9 .600 Indiana 8 6 .571 Dallas 6 8 .429 Denjver 4 7 .364 Memphis 5 9 .357 Wednesday's Results Kentucky 115, Dallas 89 2'2 3 3'i 1 Porl Arthur Lincoln 121 3 Dallas Carter Arlington (I' 5 Permian Houston Weslthpslor San Antonio Lrv? Port Arthur Jetlerson Austin Reagan '0 Killcen Class AAA 1 Sifioee 10' 7 Gregory Porl land 171 Brenham 5 Cuero 6 ubhocv i Uy.iide P'ono 9 Roljslown Class A A 1. Eastland 7 Rcfuq-0 3 JacKsboro (71 4 Kirbyville i Klpin 6 Tombilll 7 Needvillc Coahomo 9 Linden Kildaro 10 Hondo Class A 1 Sonora (61 1 White Deer (rl 3. Holliday 171 4 Wtiite Oak ill 5. Rarbors Hill 6 (71 Albany 3. Farmersviile 9 Ticlehaven 10.

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