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if ,t em 0 d n ^ didn’t hold it in any longer,
to qualify,*,; Tired of all the Dallas Cowboys’ little
■ anceiied ear. fistakes during their 1-2 start, the safety
three Super Bowl rings spoke up
) leammates Monday, saying things
ELP WANT ual1erback Q uinc y Carter said they needed
) hear.
Still seething over a 44-13 loss to
hiladelphia, Woodson talked to players
bout watching more film and working out
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.oozing *;,■ j.,. ij e said the few players who were around
' ; 77- or tfie team’s glory days — primarily him-
,’.,'•7, elf tin defense and Emmitt Smith on offense
sj.—need to be vocal leaders. He also warned
^w^atyoung players, which the Dallas roster
equviun 1 5 with, “tend to get lax.”
“Guys are working and getting things
e Food j > lone, but we’re 1-2 right now,” Woodson
Ci-tKa-t-.. aid. “We’ve got to do more than what we did
, ast week. If we thought we did enough, we
lidn t. If I thought I did enough, I didn’t.
“You have to figure out a way to get bet-
50 p*,-* er |— some way, some how. 1 think that’s
ome thing we have to do.”
Woodson talked tough, naming names
. indbointing out specifics.
*Tm not here to make friends anymore. I
lave enough friends at home. It’s about win-
ling, ’ he said.
^3 ’.co Carter loved every word.
“\\ c ve been waiting for these guys with
ings to speak up,” said Carter, one of 25
JTORCYC.Cowboys in their first or second NFL sea-
v *<„>;•' ’*ons. “He made it known that everyone has
■ ofcc tts-sk- jot |o look at themselves and get better. It
was well put.”
In talking about how to clean up their mis
takes, Carter said they can’t be tolerated in
practice. Although he was quick to say they
aren’t being ignored, other players have crit
icized the team’s practice habits.
c<
Vm not here to
make friends any
more. I have enough
friends at home. It’s
about winning. ”
WOODSON
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Linebacker Kevin Hardy said he didn’t
think they were going hard enough prior to
the season-opening loss to the Houston
Texans. After Sunday, defensive tackle
Brandon Noble questioned whether players
had been serious enough coming off a victo
ry over Tennessee in Game two.
“We’re a team that has to play mistake-
free football every time if we’re going to
win,” Noble said Monday.
The Cowboys made plenty of mistakes
Sunday.
Dallas had seven penalties for 92 yards,
including a 15-yarder for unnecessary rough
ness and a 49-yarder for pass interference on
consecutive plays. The defense also allowed
TD passes of 25, 35 and 59 yards, another
reception for 26 yards and runs of 26 and 32
yards.
The special teams provided the Cowboys’
only touchdown, but they also were tricked
on a fake punt and allowed a 47-yard kickoff
return.
Carter was solid in the first half, then pre
vented any hopes of a comeback by losing
two fumbles and throwing an interception.
All three turnovers came after Dallas had
turned a 10-3 lead into a 27-10 deficit.
Three games into Bruce Coslet’s tenure as
offensive coordinator, his unit has an unim
pressive three touchdowns. Inconsistency is
the buzzword players are using, with coach
Dave Campo noting that’s to be expected
with a new system.
“It’s not just one guy,” he said. “We’re get
ting a guy making a mistake here or there.”
Third downs are especially troublesome.
Dallas went for 4-for-13 Sunday, which
actually upped the season average to 26 per
cent. That’s well below last season’s league
average of 37.4 percent, and even behind the
team average of 33 percent from last year’s 5-
11 season.
Worst of all, the Cowboys are 0-for-4 on
third-and-1 when giving the ball to Emmitt
Smith. The only third-and-1 they’ve made
came on a keeper by Carter.
In describing the breakdowns. Smith
harped on the same theme as Woodson.
“I don’t think it’s coaching,” he said,
holding up color photos of the Eagles
defense with detailed blocking assignments
and adding “you don’t get much better
information than that.”
“As players, we’ve got to take responsibil
ity upon ourselves.”
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Rose bids farewell to Cinergy despite ban
CINCINNATI (AP) — The
hair was thinner and the waist
was! thicker, but Pete Rose got a
vintage reception when he
stepped back onto the field he
made famous.
The packed stadium reverber
ated: “Pete! Pete! Pete!”
Baseball’s banished hits king
drew a full house at Cinergy
Field on Monday for a celebrity
softball game that formally
marked the end of the stadium
where he made so much history.
Rose, 61, couldn’t participate
in the Cincinnati Reds’ final-
game ceremonies Sunday
because of his lifetime ban for
gambling. He organized a soft-
ball game for his farewell.
“It probably would have been
AL ESI- a lot better if I could have done it
yesterday, but we all know I
couldn’t do that,” Rose said.
More than 40,000 fans paid
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first time since Aug. 17, 1986,
when he pinch-hit and struck out
against Goose Gossage. Three
days earlier, he went 5-for-5
against the Giants, leaving his
career hit total at a record 4,256.
Rose hasn’t kept himself in
playing shape — he let his red
jersey hang out, covering his
waist, and couldn’t throw very
hard in warmups.
“I can guarantee there’s one
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field for hit No. 4,192, breaking
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It hardly mattered that Rose
has changed a lot in the inter
im, which included his lifetime
ban in 1989, a prison term on
tax charges, and a long-stand
ing tussle with baseball over
reinstatement.
“I wanted to show my support
for Pete,” said Mark Donnan, 46,
of West Liberty, Ohio, who
bought a $25 commemorative
shirt. “I think he deserves a place
in the Hall of Fame. Everybody
that’s here is here for him.”
One banner in the stands
along first base read: “Rose in the
Hall. Bet on it.”
Hall of Fame third baseman
Mike Schmidt doesn’t think
there’s a chance that will happen.
Schmidt, who grew up in nearby
Dayton with a Rose poster on his
bedroom door, played with him
in Philadelphia.
“At some point in time, Pete
could have come forward and
said, 'I apologize. I’m sorry. I’d
like another chance.’ If that
would have happened 10 years
ago, he’d probably be in the
Hall of Fame right now,” said
Schmidt, who played in the
softball game.
“But Pete’s stubborn that way.
Pete truly believes that he didn’t
do what they say he did and he
isn’t going to admit something
that isn’t true,” he said.
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