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Tucson, Sunday, August 21, 1983 The Arizona Daily Star Section Page Nine Denver fan's 400 not enough By Jim Elsleger The Arizona Daily Star Dennis Hettinger tried. No one can miles north of Denver. "I've never even seen them practice, and they practice in Greeley, which is only 14 miles from Loveland," said Hettinger, who plans on retiring from the Air Force in three weeks after 21 years of service. Hettinger, 41, said he hadn't planned on giving Denver as much support as he did, "but things just started going and everyone rallied around and started kicking in. "The first week I didn't really get into it, but then the word spread that I was on somewhat of a crusade," Hettinger said.

"I became sort of a celebrity at work. Friends would bring newspapers over and lay them on my desk. I got 66 original i 1 zt I Off 1 Jff "I was kind of upset Friday morning," Hettinger said, "when I got four back in the mail because the stamps fell off." "I'm not really sure why I hate Dallas so much," Hettinger said. "I guess it began in 1963, when I was in Texas. Before I was a Broncos fan, I was a Rams fan.

And Dallas beat the Rams, and that made me mad, and I've hated them ever since. I guess it's a lot because of that. I just hate them." Hettinger's efforts in the poll won't go for naught, though. The Star will give the Broncos expanded coverage because of the closeness of the vote, even though so many Denver votes came from one source, Star sports editor Sam Pollak said. "Such zeal deserves to be rewarded," Pollak said.

"Mr. Hettinger followed all the contest rules and the Broncos fans in town will be the beneficiaries of his hard work." deny him that. He stuffed envelopes for hours, hand-addressed more than 400 of them and spent almost $100 in postage to mail them. All for the love of a football team, and the hate of another. Hettinger entered The Arizona Daily Star's readers poll to determine Tucson's favorite NFL team.

He entered it 410 times with a little help from friends each entry a vote for the Denver Broncos, each a vote against the Dallas Cowboys. "I love the Broncos and have for years," Hettinger said in explaining why he would go to such extremes to make the Broncos Tucson's team. "And I hate the Cowboys and have for years." The effort, though admirable, didn't work. The Cowboys won the poll with 1,332 votes and are Tucson's team, but barely thanks to Hettinger's votes. Denver received 1,267, but subtract the 400 from Hettinger received at the Star and it would have been Dallas in a landslide.

(entries) that first It was basically three guys who helped, and they weren't all Denver fans, but they were Dallas i Fssi i im- i haters." Hettinger said he hopes to see a Broncos game some day at Mile High Sta dium, where Denver plays its home games. If he does, he will be just another Broncos fan. fcriKlft -i 1 Milfl fcwnrfrwuiiftnrniririiiiiiif rttt tntr tfJ I Hettinger, an Air Force master sergeant based at Davis-Monthan for nine years, said he has never seen a Broncos game in person, even though he was born and raised in Loveland, about 50 But in Tucson, by final count, Hettinger II riCTcvDiiMM tfiunc noi Aunn is the Broncos fan. tULiL minium iiiul ui lunnu EMPLOYEE SALESMAN ofthemonih of the month. Fans make Cowboys Tucson 's team if any of this is founded," Brandt said.

"If there is a problem, we want to know about it and do something about it. We're extremely concerned about this. i Hearty congratulations go to Vince Orlando, July's salesman of the month. For more than 9 years, Vince has been a key element in the success of Click Ford's New Truck Department. Vince is married and has four beautiful children.

He serves his country through the U.S. Navy Reserves and his community through St. Frances de Sales Church. Vince has worked in other areas but finds his real love is working with people in sales. He is a valued friend and leader of our sales team.

Clete Krumm holds a very responsible position within the Jim Click organization: Brake Technician for our service department. Clete's 11 years of experience and dedication to quality work have made him number one with his fellow employees. And tops with us for the month of July. Clete is dedicated to the youth of Tucson. He spends much of his spare time with Junior Achievement as a Production Advisor.

He is also active in the Ford Retractable Convertible Club. Clete's wife Anna and son Brian can be as proud as we are to have him in our organization. that's understandable. But in most cases we're second," Brandt said. "And in smaller cities we're usually their favorite team, and a lot of it is because of our winning tradition.

"But winning isn't the only reason. People admire (coach Tom) Landry for the image he has built. And (quarterback) Roger Staubach was on a par with Landry in helping our image. "I think our uniforms with the star on the helmet are very attractive and help our image, too. It's a lot of things.

We're an exciting team on the field, we shift (on offense) a lot and throw a lot. Put them all together and it produces some pretty exciting football for the fans." But Dallas' "good" image has been taking it on the chin lately. The New York Daily News recently reported that the Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers have the worst drug problems in the NFL, although the source of the information was anonymous and both teams denied the report. And there have been Cowboys named in connection with cocaine use, and even knowledge of cocaine trafficking. "To start with, we hired an ex-FBI man to be on our staff full-time to find out Continued from Page IE sizing that the team's winning record should be enough to make it this city's favorite franchise.

But that success, Brandt said, is the main cause for the hate. "People are jealous of success," he said. "But that's the way it is. In any successful business, people are going to hate you for it. "There's always hate.

We face it every week. Every town we go to, they want to beat us. Every week is a UA-ASU game, and we're the other team. The players have to get ready every week like it was their last game. There's no room to let down." The Cowboys have the best record in the NFL over the past 17 years, 177-62-2, and the best record since the NFL-AFL merger in 1970, 135-50.

They have had 17 consecutive winning seasons, an NFL record, and made the playoffs 16 of those years. But fortunately, Brandt said, success also breeds love. "In cities like Pittsburgh, Los Angeles or Chicago, we might not be No. 1, and "But when you start using unnamed sources, it doesn't hold much credence. They say 50 percent of the players in the NFL use cocaine, but they never say how they came up with that percentage.

They never said how they know the Cowboys have the worst drug problem. "I don't know how all of this will affect us. We'll know that when we meet the Redskins (on national television in the season opener Sept. 5 in Washington). If they turn us off, then we know." America turning its team off? It could happen, especially if the Cowboys turn America off while turning themselves on.

The Cowboys, given the nickname "America's Team" in an NFL Films production, still have done much to live up to that image. And whether that image is tarnished by the recent rumors of drug use on the team is up to the individual fan to determine. Tucson, however, has made its choice. EE 1,332 1,267 624 197 130 97 90 68 59 58 56 54 43 38 27 23 23 13 11 8 7 6 "Tucson's Team" voting Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Pittsburgh Steelers San Diego Chargers Los Angeles Rams Los Angeles Raiders Green Bay Packers Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers Cleveland Browns Minnesota Vikings Buffalo Bills Chicago Bears Philadelphia Eagles Miami Dolphins Detroit Lions New York Jets New Orleans Saints New York Giants Cincinnati Bengals Seattle Seahawks Houston Oilers Kansas City Chiefs New England Patriots St. Louis Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Baltimore Colts Tampa Bay Buccaneers TOTAL VOTES 5 3 1 4,258 TIRE GOODBYE AM CENTER S72fl E.

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