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...three ships had been on duty off Viet Nam, where the Navy has doubled its strength and taken on an ever larger role in the war. The men were forced to work 18-to 20-hour days and go long stretches without weekend passes. The lack of sleep and shore leave simply compounded the racial tensions to be found on any stateside naval vessel...
...from the South Side of Chicago to the Ivy League. But Tyrell Hennings has successfully traversed the route, which has taken him from a second-rate high school in a crumbling neighborhood to one of the most prestigious universities in America. Once a star for a little-regarded South Shore High, Hennings now runs out of the fullback slot in Yale's powerful wishbone offense...
...went out for freshman football together in high school. Although he is a powerfully built 205-pounder today, he weighed in at a slim 130 back then. He had always wanted to play football. When growing up on the southwest side of the city, he had heard that South Shore High needed good ball players and had a good academic program as well. So he told his mother he wanted to go to South Shore, and she moved the family several miles into our school district...
...time in the early sixties, South Shore indeed had a good academic reputation, but the surrounding neighborhood was racially changing and the school's caliber deteriorated as the streets were increasingly torn by violence. The institutional racism of the Chicago Board of Education meant less funding and fewer experienced teachers for a school that was becoming all-black, and South Shore rapidly became just another inner-city school...
During the next three years, Tyrell became a star and somewhat of a local legend. He was named All-Area three times and captained the South Shore Tars his senior year. Once against Kennedy High School, Tyrell provided our entire offense. In a game to decide the divisional championship, he rambled on a muddy field off-tackle for touchdowns of 35 and 85 yards as we edged Kennedy, 12-6. He was named the Chicago area's back-of-the-week for this performance...