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4 rich jussd Cowboy rally throttles Bills Throe choors for Central rushing dub for the fifth consecutive year, had a big hand la the flea flicker toHliL Donett took a hsadoff from White Uses turned around and flipped the ball back to him. Hill wss wide opes for the touchdown pau to give Dalis 21-14 bad. Ralsel Seption field goals of 47 and 31 yards completed a 20-point outburst la the third quarter. Fcrgusoa. who threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jerry Butler ia the first quarter, was intercepted four tines by the young Dallas secondary, twice by EverMn Walls, who leads tha NFL with 10.

Tv been listening to that all week about their weak secondary." Ferguson said. 1 don't think their secondary Is problem. The lsst thing we need is a game like this They outplayed us and deserved to win. Buffalo also got a first-half touchdown from halfback Joa Cribbs. who threw nine yard to Curtis Brown.

Whit hit tight and Doug Cosbie with a 12-yard scoring pM in the first period. The victory gave the Cowboys a 28-0 edge over AFC teams and dropped Buffalo's record to 14-10-1 against the NFC. Buffalo has failed to defeat the Cowboys In the three games of their brief series. Td say we were hurt by the interception at tha end of the first half, Mid Buffalo Coach Chuck Knox. "We were down there dose looking at seven or at least three and they come up with an interception then follow that with long pau at the start of the second htif.

"Dallas hu a helluva football team and played well." Linebacker Phil Villspiano Mid the 73-yard Dorsett play killed the Bills. "We had the right coverage and a lock on Dorsett," Mid Villapiano. 'Tta en he escapes. A play like that can deflate you. It should not have caused any major alarm but It ended up being the biggest play of the game.

Youve got to give the Cowboys credit they stuck to their game plan and ended up beating us pretty good. Dallas is 10-0 on Monday nights now while Buffalo is 3-3. IRVING. Tea (AP) The Buffalo Bills were sailing along toward a National Football League victory the disappeared in three minutes in a stadium fast becoming the "Bermuda Triangle of the National Football League. The Dallas Cowboys, who have won 15 consecutive regular-season games la Texas Stadium, beat the Bills 27-14 Monday night In a game vital to the Eastern divisions of the Americsa and National conferences.

DaUas is 4-2, tied with Philadelphia in the NFC East and Buffalo la M. a game and a half behind Miami In the AFC East Buffalo was ahaad 14-7 with fewer than 30 seconds left on tho clock lo the first half whan rookie Mika Downs intercepted quarterback Joe Ferguson at the Dallas 11 On the first play of the second half, quarterback Danny White flipped abort pau to tailback Tony Dorsett, who turned it into a 73-yard pass-and-run touchdown. With the game tied, rookie corner back Everson Wall intercepted Ferguson at the Buffalo 44. Two plays later, the Cowboys hoodwinked the Bills on a 37-yard White-to-Tony Hill flea flicker. Turn out the lights.

In less than three minutes the party wss over. "Dorsett's play got us back In the game, Mid Dallaa Coach Tom Landry. "If I'd been Buffalo I would have come out in the second half pretty confident "Dorsett's touchdown shook them up. When things started going our way, their confidence broke down." "The pau to Tony really got us fired up and back Into the game," uld White. "He made a great run on a routine play and it gave a great lift.

"Then when we came back and took the lead it really put us on the road." "Its one of our standard plays, Dor-sett laid. "We ran it earlier and the linebacker came over and knocked the beck out of me. So the next time we ran it I aaw him coming and hooked inside of him Danny dumped it off and I just started running. Dorsett, who rushed for 117 yards on 28 carries and joined the 1, 000-yard UbNifM Dallas running back Tony Dorse tt big play at start of second half broke game open Tickets now on safe for Central game Ticket for Saturday's Class SA football playoff game between Grand Junction Central and Brighton are on sale at the District 41 administration office a well as Central, Grand Junction, Fruita and Palisade High Schoola. Ticket will be sold until noon on Friday at all locations except Central High School where sales will continue till 4 p.m.

Friday. The game will start at 3 p.m. at Lincoln Park and the gates will open at 1:30 p.m. Ticket are $3.30 for adults, $2.30 for students and $1.30 for children under 12. Hess will precede the Central game by playing their final home game of the season, starting at 11 a.m.

That game was originally scheduled for 1 p.m., but moved up to accommodate the high school game. Central, Glenwood maintain top rankings They art No.l in IN final Associated Press high school poll and No.l in your beam. Presenting, the Central Warrior football team! Hip, hip, hooray. Three chn for the War riora. Pip, pip, old chap and all that stuff.

The War riors do indeed deserve a pat on the back. But even more than that. Chuck Buderus' War riora deserve a Class 3A state championship. And they just might get It. last weekend, for those of you who have been in a fog for the last couple of days.

Central swamped Montrose 24-7 to claim an outright Southwestern League title with a 6-0 league re cord. They are currently 4-1 overall, with an im pending date Saturday afternoon against Brighton, the runnerup in the Skyline league's Class 3A division. After that, Warrior fans willing, It's probably off to play in Loveland the following week against lowland of the Northern league. Then, if things go right, the Warriors will flip a coin vith Broomfield, the Skyline league titlist, win the coin toss, and host the Eagles at Lincoln Park in the state championship game Nov. 24 at Lincoln Park.

A Central win over Broomfield would then give them theSWl's first Class 3A state title and break a three-yeer hold on the crown by the Skyline League. Sounds sinple enough, right? Obviously, it won't be quite that easy for the Warriors. FIRST, THE RTS THE date with Brighton, a team Buderus says is probably still a year away because they ere laden with underclassmen, but a team that bouts of no has than six players who tilt the scales on the heavy side of the 220-pound mark. They are an excellent team," Mid Buderus Monday, "a team that is getting better and better each time out. They started out playing Class 4A teams and getting beat, but they haven't had much problem with the 1A teams (other than last weeks 350 loss to Broomileld for their divisional title).

Geez, they are big. They just line up with a double-tight (end), say we're going to run this hole, then make you stop them They have 36 underclassmen on their roster, with tackles that go 217 and 236, a tight end that goes 200 and a quarterback that is 6-foot-4 and 197 pounds. It'll be tough." But, jinxes and possible big heads aside, the Warriors should win this one. For one reason, we go to Mike Henwood, Grand Junction High School coach-turned real estate salesman-sports announcer. Henwood, who has seen as much high school football in the state and on the Western Slope as anyone, is one of Central's biggest boosters these days.

"I'll tell you," Henwood said after watching Central destroy Montrose to end the Indians' title and playoff hopes, "Central is one of the best Class 3A teams I've ever seen. "They are so balanced. That's their key. They destroy you on defense and they attack you so well a variety of ways on offense. "You know," continued Henwood, "when you see a team like Montrose that really has a couple of outstanding athletes but still has a weakness or two, you can play against them.

You just keep attacking those, weaknesses. Central really doesn't have any weakness. "AND THOSE ARE the kind of teams as a coach you just hate to line up and play against. They make it hard to do anything right." Central has made it hard on the opposition all year. They started off the season against defending Class 4A state champ Thomas Jefferson in Denver.

The Warriors lost that one 26-6 although it was a 13-6 game midway through the fourth quarter before a long touchdown run broke it open. Since then. Central has really only had one close game, that being an overtime win over Fruita Monument. They beat up on Lajunta, one of the state's 3A powers. They beat up on Canon City, another 3A power.

Then they pounded Durango, Delta, Grand Junction, and Cortez before edging Fruita. And last week came their big win over Montrose. Somehow, you get the feeling if the Warriors were to play Thomas Jefferson again at this point in the season, regardless of site, the outcome would be much closer not necessarily different, but then But that's covering old ground. The Warriors, a mature, intelligent unit as a whole, aren't a team to dwell on the past. They've got too many things to accomplish in the future.

DENVER (AP) Teams dominating their divisions in The Associated Press Colorado high school football poll throughout the season have held their positions, for the most part, in the APs season finale. Now they head into the state playoffs which traditionally has brought about some surprises. Colorado Springs Mitchell, Grand Junction Central, Glenwood Springs and Haxtun continue to hold the top spots in their respective classes this week. AP member sportscasters and sportswriters in Colorado vote in the poll. Ten points are given to a first-place pick, nine points for a second-place vote, etc.

Only the top five teams are ranked in Class A 11-man with five points for a top pick, nine points for second, etc. Mitchells 38-7 win over Pueblo East kept the Mauraders No. 1 in Class 4A. Mitchell hosts Wheat Ridge this Friday night in preliminary state tournament action. Cherry Creek, which faces No.

7 Washington this weekend, again placed second. Colorado Springs Wasson, the No. 3-ranked team, heads north this Saturday to play 0 Thornton, with a 9-3 victory over 10th-ranked Mullen, remained third in 4A. The Trojans meet Fort Collina in playoff action this weekend. Fifth-place Fairview faces Manual this Saturday.

Central defeated No. 3 Montrose to keep the top ranking in Class 3A. The Warriors face Brighton, 334) losers to No. 2 Broomfield. Broomfield, which hosts seventh-ranked Durango Saturday, outscored their last five opponents 183-0 all being division foes.

Durango earned the second playoff spot from the Southwestern League by virtue of Central's win over Montrose. Montrose and Durango tied for second in the league but Durango won the regular season meeting between the two teams. Niwot received a first-place vote en route to their third-place ranking in 3A. Pueblo County finished fourth. Top-ranked Glenwood Springs, 25-13 victors over Gunnison, advanced to the 2A quarterfinals against fifth-ranked Fountain.

Those two teams met in the Class 2A finals last year, with Glenwood winning easily. A win over Fort Lupton pushed No. 2 Brush Into the quarterfinals against No. 6 Valley. The other quarterfinal games pit third-ranked Woodland Park against eighth-ranked Windsor and fourth-ranked Mapleton facing lev-enth-ranked Olathe.

Haxtun, which faces Stratton this Saturday, heads into the A 11-man quarterfinals as the No. 1 team. Second-ranked Limon takes on Holyoke with third-ranked Del Norte playing Hayden. Basalt, ranked fourth, plays Rye in the other quarterfinal game. West Grand, although not in the playoffs, finishes the season at filth-place.

The other 4A preliminary games include sixth-ranked Thomas Jefferson against Gateway, eighth-ranked Arvada West playing Air Academy, and No. 9 Rocky Mountain against No. 10 Northglenn, which tied for 10th with Manual and Mullen. In Class 3A, Canon City remained in the sixth position with Durango and Fruita tied for seventh. Loveland and Trinidad split the ninth spot Machebeuf, which lost to Valley 21-16, claimed the ninth spot in AA with Manltou Springs rounding out the top 10.

Pittsburgh Pirates could move to Denver DENVER (AP) Dan Galbreath, president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, says Denver would be spectacular as a major league baseball city. Galbreath recently went to court to dissolve his National League teams lease on Three Rivers Stadium. If and put that 'if in there we dont have better support and a better environment, baseball shouldn't be in Pittsburgh. The city continues to resist. If Pittsburgh were 'I understand (Mile High Stadium) could be ready for major league baseball by this spring with no problem My allegiance is to Pittsburgh, but if I'm turned out, I'd like to talk to Denver.

Major league baseball will be in Denver, but it's just a question of Pittsburgh owner Dan Galbreath very sensitive time right now. Were meeting with the judge this week and well see where we are going with this, Galbreath cautioned. The Pirates have 29 years to go on their lease with the City of Pittsburgh for Three Rivers Stadium, which is falling into disrepair. Under the lease, the Pirates are responsible for maintaining the stadium. The Pirates won the World Series in 1979, but lost $1.2 million.

Under the lease agreement, the Pirates need to draw 2.1 million fans to break even. In 1978, when they were second in the league, the Pirates drew less than 1 million. "Baseball cannot exist in Pittsburgh under this lease, said Galbreath. Were right at the crossroads. Something has to happen in the next six months." Adding credibility to Galbreath's musings is the fact his familys business, John W.

Galbreath is opening a regional office and developing a 20-story office tower in Downtown Denver. Galbreath also is building a family condominium at the new Beaver Creek ski resort near Vail. Were interested in anything new in the West, Galbreath said. Some time back, Denver oilman Marvin Davis attempted to buy the Oakland As, but that on-again, off-again deal finally fell through. I can see where Denver could feel like its being used, so understand where I'm coming from.

I've had no official discussions with anyone in Denver about moving the Pi- 'H and put that If In there we don't have better support and a better environment, baseball shouldn't be in Pittsburgh. The city continues to resist. If Pittsburgh were to say, 'Hey, we can't do what apparently is necessary for major league baseball to then Denver would be Pittsburgh owner Dan Galbreath rates franchise, and thats because 1 preface everything by saying I want to stay in Pittsburgh," he said. Galbreath already has met with representatives from New Orleans about moving his franchise. And he's had social conversations in Denver about the possibility of baseball in the Mile High City.

"I understand the stadium could be ready for major league baseball by this spring with no problem," Galbreath said. My allegiance is to Pittsburgh, but if I'm turned out. Id like to talk to Denver. Major league baseball will be in Denver, but it's just a question of time, Galbreath added. to say, Hey, we cant do what apparently is necessary for major league baseball to survive, then Denver would be spectacular, Galbreath said in an interview with The Rocky Mountain News.

But vmrve got to put all those ifs ia there. Were at a -1 l-lf1 1.