Pro Football: Bye- Bye Boos

"Man, how things have changed," says Flanker Pete Gent of the Dallas Cowboys. "When I joined this club two years ago, nobody did anything but jeer at us. If there was a crowd waiting at the airport when we returned from a game, we figured they had ropes." To day, a huge electric sign in downtown Dallas proclaims, HOME OF THE COW BOYS — WORLD'S FASTEST TEAM, and in the Cotton Bowl last week 80,000 fans turned out to watch their heroes beat the Cleveland Browns 26-14 for their eighth victory of the season (against two losses, one tie)...

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