European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday december 7, 1990 a a the stars and Stripe Texas a by Kevin Lyttle Cox news service Austin Texas a it has been a Good year for the psyche of this state. Of so the Economy Isnit so hot. But at last there is peace of mind. Order has been restored to those things so near and dear to texans. When the nation thinks of our state it conjures up images of cowboys cattle and crude. Translated that a cowboys longhorns and Oil. Its Nice to know that the states three most precious commodities have made a comeback All at once. Funny How the Dallas cowboys and the University of Texas longhorns picked the same season to return from footballs outer limits. Four months ago the Only idea More preposterous than Texas playing for the National championship was Dallas making the playoffs nobody in Texas is laughing now just smiling at All the Success. Everyone knows where the longhorns stand. Three is their magic number. Three things must happen for the no. 3 team in College football 1 notre Dame beats no. 1 Colorado in the Orange bowl 2 Nebraska beats no. 2 Georgia tech in the Citrus bowl and 3 Texas beats Miami in the Cotton bowl. For the cowboys its much More complicated. In the a Fly a version of the situation room there Are a million playoff possibilities. Not even the boys in the Pentagon could figure it out. Every team with eight losses or fewer still has a Chance at a wild card bid because a break even record 8-8, might be Good enough this year. Not Only has the nil playoffs but the league is also top heavy making for a lot of mediocre teams7d"ailas�?~isone�?oofthem7butbeingaverageis outstanding for the cowboys considering where they came from. Dallas improvement from 1-15, actually 1-12 a year ago at this time to 6-7 represents the biggest posit Veir a pm Troy Aikman a cowboys Are shooting for playoffs. Turnaround in the league. That a a plus five which is one up on the Chicago bears who were 6-6 at this Point in 1989 and 10-2 now a a a a a 7 7/7 the cowboys would undoubtedly make the playoffs if they win Outi that would put them at 9-7. Other than the big three a the 49ers, giants and bears who More thah three teams in the pfc will win nine games. And three get wild card bids this year. Dallas schedule a Reward for its terrible �?T89, makes 8-8 almost a sure thing. After an open Date this week the cowboys have Phoenix before finishing on the commentary again Road against Philadelphia and Atlanta. The cardinals and ther Falcons without Cliris Miller Are eminently beatable. The eagles Are another Story especially in Philly. Buddy Ryan a thugs will need to win that game too. But the Way the cowboys arc improving every week anything is possible now that the offence has awakened from its slumber. Emmitt Smith has made an Impact More quickly than anyone could have imagined. The Rookie running Back from Florida is legit All right. I jobs not Only a steady gainer but he is also breaking big plays. The offensive line is giving Smith that extra second to pick his Hole and its also helping keep Troy Aik Man off his Back. Michael Irvin is coming on Strong turning into the Long Ball threat everyone expected and Kelvin Martin is As solid a receiver As Ever All of them Are taking the pressure off Aikman allowing him to run a versatile offence instead of run for his life. The defense built around an underrated but powerful front Wall has been Dallas one steadying Force. It is keeping the team in nearly every game and allowing the offence to pull out Victory. Remarkably the cowboys have trailed entering the fourth Quarter of every game this year. Yet they be managed to rally six times for the Victory. The difference Isnit so much in Talent As it is in attitude. Steve Walsh has noticed. After sundays game a 17-13 Dallas Victory Over new Orleans the saints quarterback said a the Talent is about the same As when i was in Dallas but they re playing with More 77 sounds familiar does no to it the Texas longhorns have done the same thing in going from 5-6 to 10-1 in a years time. With the cowboys its unbelievable they re in the playoff Hunt with a losing record. Then again everything else about their season has been unreal too. Carries or a _ 1 Quot Quot n by Phil Berger new York times a. Many boxers discover their Knack for fighting on Street Corners. F not so Alex Stewart who will face Mike Tyson in a 10-round bout saturday in Atlantic City . It was on the Cricket grounds where he found he was suited for the ring. ---7 a. A i was 10 years old and living in Hammersmith England Southwest of London a Stewart said recently a my dad was a machinist who liked to play at a local Cricket club the Captain of the team had a son about 14 years old who was an Amateur boxing Champion. A a this kid invited me to spar with him while our fathers were playing. He knocked me Down once i got up he knocked me Down a second time i got up. Knocked me Down a third , Stewart recalled,.he got up and knocked the other fellow Down. A a every body stopped playing Cricket and began watching me a Stewart said. A my dad and the others told me afterwards i should try 7sy�, in the meantime has moved to mouthing Tom Ohio a just Down the Road from the training Camp in Orwell operated by his promoter Don King a and avoided those incidents of trouble that came up regularly in his life a couple of years ago. 7 even a recent new York City trial in which Tyson was found guilty of Battery Tor mistreating a 26-year-old woman at a disco was based on events dating to december 1988. While Tyson has lately kept himself tree of the sort of jams that made him a Page 1 tabloid regular he continues to exhibit the contradictory facets of a Complex personality 7 when a reporter visited him not Long ago at the posh Southington House Tyson told of a visit in july from his son Dama to born last May. V. A i bring him into the jiving room and hide by the Couch and see what he does a Tyson said. A the pushes himself up and looks around. He smiles i just stare at him a 7 v a Quot Tyson had one of the six bedrooms at the Southington Home set up for the child. There were toys a crib a Mickey mouse poster a i like to smell the sheets Tyson said referring to his songs crib. Do those pictures of fatherhood Sug Gesta Tyson evolving toward More ease in personal relationships done to bet on it. There is still the other Tyson who would just As soon keep his distance from All but a select few friends a do you know your neighbors a Tyson was asked in Southington. �?ono.�?�. 77 7 a do you want to . With those close to him Tyson can be generous. When his assistant manager Rory Holloway put on nearly 30 pounds Tyson offered him $50,000 if he lost the weight during a prescribed period a Rory won the $50,000,&Quot Tyson said. Asked what Holloway would have had to pay had he not made the weight Tyson said a a in a have humiliated him. Nobody can do it like me a you fat Lazy so an so a the whole nine then there is the Tyson Given to Mike Tyson a t weigh in for the Henry Tillman bout in june goes again saturday ish posturing under King who has encouraged the notion that Tyson is the Boss the former heavyweight Champion has sometimes acted and sounded like a Cross Between a wrestling villain and a Stony egotist when for instance he was questioned in interview Magazine about Natalie fears the Mother of his son Tyson was quoted As saying a i done to owe her anything. She owes me something she a got my baby she could do a lot worse a during a conference Call shortly before James a a Buster Douglas fought evander Holyfield in october and lost the heavyweight title Tyson sounded the same imperious note in a frequent diatribe. A we make the excitement a Tyson said. A me and Dorn those Guys done to sell did Day they can to touch us with a 10-Fqot pole people will be going to the fight to see what they do against
