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THE BATTALION
TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1979
Hometown fans
greet Cowboys
United Press International
DALLAS — The Dallas Cow
boys returned home from Super
Bowl XIII Monday to find twice
as many fans waiting to greet
them as there were on hand to
send them off to Miami a week
ago.
Almost 2,000 people jammed
along a chain link fence at an out
of the way corner of Love Field
airport to cheer their heroes,
losers to the Pittsburg Steelers,
35-31.
Ten of the Dallas Cowboys
Cheerleaders, wearing civilian
clothes, showed up in bright,
chilly, blustery weather and they
even led a cheer. The cheer they
chose was the inevitable, but in
this case inappropriate, “Were
No. 1.”
And while the crowd was al
most as enthusiastic as it might
have been if the Cowboys had
won, it did little to cheer up the
members of the team.
Most of the players were sub
dued as they stepped off the
airplane, waving quickly to the
throng and then walking quickly
to awaiting transportation.
“Were a little down right
now, admitted club president
and general manager Tex
Schramm. “But it s wonderful,
after a game which was so disap
pointing to all of us, to find a
crowd like this waiting to see us
home. We have real fans.”
The biggest cheers went up
when quarterback Boger
Staubach, linebacker Thomas
Henderson and tight end Jackie
Smith stepped off the plane.
“It' s nice to know the people
are still behind us,’’ said
Staubach. “It’s a nice feeling.
Henderson, whose self-made
publicity campaign ended it dis
appointment Sunday, managed a
smile as he stepped off the air
craft and raised a clinched fist to
the enjoyment of the crowd.
“I’m sorry we lost, strong
safety Charlie Waters told the
crowd via a loud speaker system,
“but we will make up for it next
year.”
Smith, who dropped what ap
peared to be a cinch touchdown
pass in the third quarter that
would have tied the game at that
point, was the subject of one of
the many signs brought by the
fans. It read:
“Pittsburgh’s tacky. We love
Jackie.”
Coach Tom Landry was one of
the last ones off the plane and he
thanked the crowd for coming.
“The guys put forth a great ef
fort,” Landry said. “The breaks
had to go one way or the other
and this time they went the
other.”
Assistant coach Danny Re
eves, subject of rumors concern
ing the job opening with the
New York Giants, said the fact so
many people came out to see the
Cowboys home was a tribute to
the players.
“The team fought very hard,”
said Reeves. “I’m glad the fans
are proud of the guys because we
are proud of them.
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Ladies lose to Longhorns
AUSTIN — The Texas A&M wo
men s basketball team fared no bet
ter that its male counterpart
Monday night as the Aggie Ladies
were blown off the court by fifth-
ranked Texas 75-41.
“Texas is plenty tough,’’ said
Aggie coach Wanda Bender after
her team failed to find anything that
would work against the Longhorns.
“They are ranked right where they
should be. They did a super job on
defense. Their man-to-man defense
was just tenacious. It caused us a lot
of problems early in the ball game.
“They had us mismatched in just
about every way.
The Longhorns out-rebounded
the Aggies 32-25. Texas had 22
turnovers and 27 steals while the
Aggies had 36 turnovers and 10 ste
als. The Horns shot 56 percent from
the floor while the Ladies made only
44 percent of their field goals. In
short, Texas out-played Texas A&M
in just about every way.
“Were just going to have to re
group, Bender said, “and figure
out what our strengths are and
capitalize on them and figure out
what our weaknesses are and
strengthen them. We re going to
have a super job of getting ourselves
back up both emotionally and physi
cally. They wore us down a great
deal tonight.
Susan Kimbro was the leading
scorer for the Aggies with 11 points
while Von Bunn led the Ladies with
six rebounds.
This was the second straight loss
for Texas A&M, which now has a
season record of 18-8. Thursday the
Aggies return to Austin to partici
pate in the Texas Classic, a tourna
ment that will feature Texas,
Stephen F. Austin, Southwest Texas
State, North Texas State, University
of Texas at Arlington, Houston and
Texas Tech. The Aggies will face
NTSU in the opening round Thurs
day at noon.
“I feel like we* have a good chance
to win thud place,” Bender said,
noting that SFA and Texas are fa
vorites to play in the championship
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