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WASHINGTON — Don't blame the Dallas Cow-
jys'35-16 loss to the Washington Redskins Monday
jilt on Emmitt Smith's holdout.
Hie whole Dallas team failed to show up.
MarkRypien threw for three touchdowns, includ-
gone to Art Monk at the end of a 99-yard, third-
drive as the 1991 Super Bowl champions beat
el992 version.
fact, the preordained dynasty of the '90s
owed clear signs of post-Super Bowl malaise.
Hie Cowboys lost the ball four times on fumbles,
on punts, dropped a half dozen passes, never
me dose to sacking Rypien and were penalized
jen times for 63 yards.
They would have lost by more had Washington
stmade its share of mistakes in coach Richie Petit-
s'sfirst game as Joe Gibbs' successor.
so bad that on a fourth-quarter punt, rookie
iveThomas was waving all his Dallas teammates
>ayfrom the bouncing ball.
wasn't just the absence of Smith, the league's
rusher the past two years — rookie Derrick
issic,his replacement, gained 75 yards in 16 carries
idwas guilty of only one gross misdemeanor, a
upped pass with a lot of room to run.
was a general run of mistakes that began with a
mbledsnap on the first play of the game. And they
en accompanied success — an 80-yard TD pass
uni Troy Aikman to Alvin Harper that gave the
mvboys a 6-0 lead was followed by a missed extra
lint by Lin Elliott.
Washington came right back after that to go 80
[dsinl3 plays, the final one a 15-yard pass from
pien to Ricky Sanders early in the second quarter,
ikie Reggie Brooks had 48 yards in eight carries
on the drive.
Then came two gift touchdowns six minutes apart
on either side of halftime that gave the Skins a 21-6
lead.
One, a 1-yard run by Brian Mitchell with 40 sec
onds left in the half, followed a recovery by Pat Eil-
ers of a punt that bounced off James Washington as
he was trying to get away from the ball at the Dallas
17.
The second, a 1-yard TD pass from Rypien to Ron
Middleton, was set up by a 36-yard pass interference
call on Dallas' Larry Brown.
The Cowboys finally got going after that one —
taking just 2:13 to go 80 yards with Aikman hitting
Harper on a post pattern from 32 yards out for the
score.
But they couldn't benefit from a horrible Wash
ington mistake — Mitchell, thinking he was in the
end zone, knelt on the 1-yard-line with the kickoff
and the Redskins had to take over there.
Instead, the Redskins went 99 yards in 13 plays
and ate up more than seven minutes as Rypien, who
was 22 of 34 for 161 yards, hit Monk from 15 yards
for the TD. Rypien, who did not have a three-TD
game last season, was 9 of 10 for 79 yards on the dri
ve.
Elliott had a 22-yard field goal with 6:30 left to
bring Dallas within 12 points, hardly close enough
on this night. In fact, it was followed by the last mis
take — a kickoff out of bounds that gave Washington
field position on the 35.
Mitchell, who carried 20 times for 116 yards, took
advantage of that by bursting up the middle for 29
yards on fourth down with 2:12 left to cap the scor
ing.
Aikman completed 17 of 29 passes for 269 yards,
140 by Harper on five receptions.
Clay
Continued from Page 7
an pitch on the radio while
I'm sweating to death in the hot
Texas sun and cursing the guy
who invented barbed wire
seems to be a natural part of my
i. (And one I will sorely miss
when the Express takes his bow
after the season ends.)
Listening to a game on the ra
dio gives you all sorts of ad van-
ages. It allows you to do things
ihileyou're listening.
Your hands and eyes are free
Work on something else while
jour mind gets its baseball fix.
is a definite contrast to the
television which keeps your
tied to the EZboy recliner
ffldyour eyes glued to the set.
Radio coverage of baseball is
completely different than TV
coverage. The fact that watch
ing baseball on TV is surpassed
only by golf, bowling and ping-
pong on the scale of most boring
events on Earth tells you some
thing about television coverage.
Commentators leave you to fol
low the action while they babble
on about their own pathetic ca
reers in the game for innings at
a time. They usually say some
thing idiotic about the camera
man's fascination with the rov
ing audience shot which is real
ly a thinly disguised attempt to
search the crowds for buxom
blondes in tight shirts.
Commentators on radio have
the added responsibility of
bringing the ballpark to the lis
tener.
The play-by-play man relays
everything happening on the
field to his audience. The color
commentator continuously of
fers pertinent information about
the game, the teams, batters and
pitchers. They talk about the
game because their audience de
pends on their information.
There is nothing more climat
ic than listening to the descrip
tion of a game-winning home-
run or suspenseful as listening
to the last at bat in the ninth
with the winning run on third.
Every move on the field, every
wince of the pitcher, every hit to
the gap is followed in detail.
The emotion of radio coverage
is contagious.
On the lobotomy box you are
subjected to commercials (one of
the true evils of the world),
toupees worse than Sam Don
aldson's and the ridiculous gib
berish of ex-jocks trying to be
witty.
In most cases, radio commen
tators are professionals at their
craft who love the game and en
joy their work. Granted, the
Rangers have the greatest radio
coverage in the nation so 1
might be a little spoiled. But the
radio is as much a part of my
love for the game as the ball
park itself.
Seeing a game in a Major
League stadium is an experience
that can't be replaced for the av
erage baseball fan. But if you
can't afford the time or the trip
to the ballpark, then turn on the
radio and listen to baseball's in-
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