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THE SUN SECTION- NOVEMBER 24, 1989; FLIGHT ATTENDANTS END STRIKE AGAINST EASTERN 12B 'Bounty-hunting' Eagles dominate Cowboys, 27-0 MIKE LITTW1N ml 4 4 HI liave no respect for the way Philadelphia played the game. An Eagles assistant coach told us last night and it was verified by two players today that there was a $200 bounty on kicker Luis Zendejas and $500 on quarterback Troy Aikman. I wVlJUe a protest to the league JIMMY JOHNSON By Denne H. Freeman Associated Press IRVING, Texas Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson and his Philadelphia Eagles counterpart, Buddy Ryan, exchanged greetings before their Thanksgiving Day game at Texas Stadium. But after the Eagles shut out Dallas.

27-0, handing the Cowboys their worst loss in 22 Thanksgiving Day games, Johnson wasn't In the mood to wish Ryan a happy holiday. Instead, Johnson claimed Philadelphia had a bounty out on two of his players. "I have no respect for the way Philadelphia played the game," Johnson said. "An Eagles assistant coach told us last night and it was verified by two players today that there was a $200 bounty on kicker Luis Zendejas and $500 on quarterback Troy Aikman. I will file a protest to the league office.

"I wanted to say something to Buddy but he put his rear end into the dressing room." During the game, Zendejas, who was cut by Ryan two weeks ago, was hit in the head by linebacker Jessie Small after a kickoff. "I told Zendejas It was no big deal and I was Just doing my Job," Small said. "Coach Ryan is a good, honest coach and he doesn't pay anybody for that." Eagles defensive tackle Mike Pitts was ejected in the first half for throwing a punch during one in a series of altercations. This one was triggered when Aikman, the Cowboys' high-priced rookie quarterback, was belted after the Eagles jumped offside. Ryan laughed when told about Johnson's charge.

"I don't play that game," he said. "That's ridiculous. Players always talk like that. It's not even worth responding to." Ryan and Johnson met at mldfleld before the game. If he recovers, why not 4 strikes for Manley? Kitty Dukakis is in trouble.

She has admitted being addicted to diet pills, and, now having swallowed nibbing alcohol, it appears she has an alcohol addiction, too. Our hearts go out to her. to her family. If she licks this problem, we'll applaud her. We'll talk about her courage, her unwillingness to give up.

She, like Betty Ford before her, could become a national inspiration. Which brings us to Dexter Man-ley, three-time loser. He's in trouble, too. Our hearts don't seem to extend as far In his case, however. We talk about how he had so much (undeservedly?) and threw It all away.

We talk about celebrities and their drug habits. We talk about lack of willpower. Where's the difference? Dexter Manley, having failed a drug test for the third time, is banned from football for life. I don't understand that. First of all, I don't understand what a lifetime ban means when one can apply for rein- ASSOCIATED PRESS Eagles' Cris Carter Dulls In a second-auarter touchdown pass from r.

See EAGLES, 8B, Col. 1 Randall Cunningham over Cowboys defender Robert Williams (23). Sanders' 145 yards lift Lions to 13-10 victory over Browns 1 yi i tL T- 5 statement in a year, wny isn i simply a conditional one-year ban, with the only conditions being that the football player Is clean and that he submit to regular drug testing? HSanders is a heck of a back. He proved it today. We had him hemmed up a thousand times.

More than anyone, he was responsiblejbr them getting on the BUD CARSON i Know tne answer, ana so do you. It starts with and ends with as In PR, public relations. Drugs are bad. Drug users, after the correct amount of compassion (two Tailed drug tests being the established benchmark) must be pun- IshpH in the most dramatic; manner. do to win a Helsman Trophy and be a great back," Cleveland's Felix Wright said.

"When they put those four wide receivers out theret lt opens the gate and spreads the field for him." Quarterback Bob Gagliano substituting for Injured Rodney Peete threw a 27-yard scoring pass to Richard Johnson for Jhe Lions' touchdown in the second quarter. st! Ed Murray kicked two field goals a 39-yarder that started the scoring and a 35-yarder that brokers 10-10 tie in the third quarter. The Lions' defense rose to the occasion four times with the game pi the line In the second half. Cornerback Terry Taylor forced Webster Slaughter to fumble; and linebacker Dennis Gibson recovered at the Lions' 21. The Lions stopped the Browns thlrd-and-1 1 at the 30 after a holding penalty against center Rakoczy.

Kicker Matt Bahr missed Knlght-Rldder News Service DETROIT Barry Sanders, the 1988 Helsman Trophy winner, was everything the Detroit Lions ever dreamed of, all they could want, yesterday as he tore at and tore up the Cleveland Browns and lifted his team to a 13-10 upset at the Silver-dome. In the closing minutes, he shredded the Browns on one run after another, kept the ball out of their hands and enabled the Lions to protect their narrow lead. "An amazed Thanksgiving Day throng of 65,624 kept calling for him "Barry! Barry! Barry!" and the kid from Oklahoma State kept doing his thing. He was remarkable, running for 145 yards and becoming only the third Lion to rush for yards. Billy Sims hit that yardage milestone three times In his career.

Sanders had the ball 30 times Including two pass receptions for 44 yards and overall It was as Jerry Ball, the Lions' nose tackle, said. "He scares anybody's defense because II ii 1 ft 1 1 i by the time you get where he Is, he's not there." The Lions hardly bothered to disguise their intentions with Sanders, who lines up as the only running back in their run 'n' shoot attack. He gained 74 yards In the first half. "Sanders is a heck of a back," Cleveland coach Bud Carson said. "He proved It today.

We had him hemmed up a thousand times. More than anyone, he was responsible for them getting on the board." "He does everything you need to on a 44-yard field-goal attempt on fourth down. ASSOCIATED PRESS See LIONS, Lions running back Barry Sanders (left) picks up 11 yards before the Browns' Al Baker moves in to make third-quarter stop. They get life, even If no one really means it. But what Is magical about one And Is punishment the correct "course? The punishment Is right there in a contract that Dexter Manley wtll-Z lngly signed.

Of course, the alternative to not signing that contract was not being allowed to play football, so his options were not exactly plentiful. And I'm guessing "that when he signed, he had no indention of falling any more drug tests. He knew he couldn't fool the people grading these tests. This was not college, where Manley was able to get by without being able to read. "This was different.

This was real life, and Manley, we know, failed. 1 That's as good a definition of addic- Hon as any. Others have failed before him. Keith Richards was a confessed her-Z, oin addict for a decade. He and run- ning mate Mick Jagger were busted for possession of drugs.

And, yet, we bought millions of Rolling Stones al- bums. Do we really want mandatory drug testing for rock-and-roll singers? If they are using drugs, that is their own personal tragedy. They are putting their own lives at risk. We i j.1 tir nAt Ditka finding the heart to cope with the Bears' losing playoff picture If they lose. The 6-5 Beanftriy be out of their division race If they lose.

It's been a long year for Gibbs, whaJias talked openly about losing his Job. It's beep just as long for Ditka. The losing is very tough. fCj "I think Joe would agree with that." Ditka said. "It gets to be a very hard thing, the losseS.

People don't understand coaches very weljL The fans suffer and everybody else suffers, but nobody suffers as much as the people who are involved first hand." Nobody has been bigger In the sport in the last decade than Ditka. He has become a larger-than-life figure. He endorses more products than even he can count. But It seems like a long time ago thaMhe See DITKA, 8B, CqO He's found out that It's not easier to cope with losing after enjoying all that success. He's found It's tougher.

"I'll tell you one thing you find out Is that the highs aren't quite as high anymore, but the lows are a lot lower," he said. He's suffered several lows, blowing fourth-period leads In three games, and losing twice to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. "We ended up not being able to hold the lead in three games," Ditka said. "That's the disappointing thing. It's disappointing If you don't hold a lead." When his Bears take on coach Joe Gibbs and the Redskins Sunday, both teams will be In similar positions, and It's not the way It was when these clubs met three times In the playoffs since 1984.

This time, It's a battle for survival. The 5-6 Redskins will be out of the By Vito Stellino When Mike Ditka showed up at RFK Stadium last Nov. 13, just 1 1 days after suffering a heart attack, he watched the game quietly from the sidelines and let assistant coach Vince Tobln run the team. That was supposed to be the beginning of the new Mike Ditka, the rambunctious coach of the Chicago Bears. "You will never see me yelling or screaming again.

I want you to hold me to that," Ditka said. Ditka will be back at RFK Stadium Sunday, 1 year and 13 days since the Bears' last game against the Washington Redskins. To nobody's surprise, he's done some yelling and screaming on the sidelines again this year. "I lie a lot," Ditka said. "A leopard can't change his spots, fellas.

People like It or they don't like It. I can only be myself." Ditka has changed somewhat, though. He sleeps more, he eats better, he exercises more. "I don't try to get by on five hours of sleep a night anymore," Ditka said. That's the main thing." There's one other Important thing that's changed In his life.

He's not winning as much as he used to. He's the coach who went five years without being out of first place in the National Football Conference Central Division, who lost only 1 1 regular-season games from 1985 through 1988. Things are different this year. Even the ranting and raving couldn't stop the team from losing five of Its last seven games after a 4-0 start. can ieei sorry lur mem.

wcuu uui put a lifetime ban on their music. 7' OK, football is different, you say. The National Football League must protect the Integrity of the game. It 1 ...11,4 Ai.Arl litnlrlaa Hid. CallHUl Have wuu-tytu juuiwva viu tortlng Its mission.

It must, In order to survive, maintain the public trust. In other words, we must keep the games free of non-football influences that gamblers can safely put down their hard-earned cash on an i ilWal hetttni? card. Yes. the NFL Is all about gambling. You knew that.

Do vou think people turn on the Kansas City-Seattle game for Its es- sential beauty? Why do you think the NFL releases weekly Injury lists? SeeLITTWIN.SB.Col SPORTS INSID1 Poly perfect after 36-8 rout of City By Sam Davis Entering yesterday's matchup with City College, top-ranked Poly had done Just about all It needed to put Itself back on top as far as area football Is concerned. The Engineers had been ranked No. 1 for most of the season but there was some unfinished business with City, which had edged Poly for the No. 1 ranking In the final poll the last two years by beating the Engineers In the Thanksgiving Day classic. Yesterday, the Engineers struggled early and trailed briefly, but in the end.

Poly left little doubt that It Is the area's No. 1 team by running away from No. 6 City, 36-8, before a crowd estimated at 8,000 at Memorial Stadium. The victory allowed Poly to finish the season 10-0, matching Its 1984 record, and to take a 49-46 lead In the 101 -year-old series (there have been six ties). The victory also allowed the Engineers to win outright their fifth Maryland Scholastic Association A Conference title of the 1980s.

A loss would have meant a tie with GUman. "This win is sweet for the simple reason that I wanted the win for the kids so they will be able to say they are an undefeated team," said Poly coach Augie Walbel, who See POLY, 6B, Col. 4 i i Jy v. i College basketball: Kansas, which upset No. 1 UNLV Wednesday night, plays St.

John's in the championship of the NIT tonight at Madison Square Garden. 23 NBA: The Philadelphia 76ers, who play host to the Bullets tonight, are hoping for a new life with their new look. 3B Index INGE 3. 5B Hockey 9B 63 Horses 10-1 1B 83 Tennis 11B nauiu-1 Preps NFL 6B Loyola rallies to defeat Calvert Hall, 15-12. 7 THE SUNGEf SWEENEY JR on a 20-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Poly's Charles Clayton and Kyu Cho (62) smother Vernon Smith after he scored.