Word: cowboying
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...sigh of relief from the stands. It became a groan as Jimmy popped out the other side of the pile and thundered 71 yds. into the end zone. Before the day was out, dazed Dallas fans saw him sprint 62 yds. for another TD and riddle the Cowboy defenses for 232 yds. in 20 carries as Cleveland coasted to its sec ond straight victory, 41-24. "If we had Jimmy Brown," said Dallas Coach Tom Landry, "we would have to change our whole offensive system. Needless to say, I'd be willing...
Long Neck. No one bites steer lips any more, but last week, at the annual rodeo at the Colorado State Fair in Pueblo, one cowboy was far and away the foremost master of the rest of Pickett's technique. James ("Big Jim") Bynum, 38, three times (1954, 1958, 1961) world's champion bulldogger, has dominated the sport with his 250-lb., 6-ft. 4-in. frame for more than a decade. Up until the Pueblo go, Bynum had piled up $12,409 in steer-wrestling competition in 1963. With almost three months left before the National Finals Rodeo...
...chance, as much as strength and skill, is always a part of bulldogging. It begins with the draw, by lot, for the stock, and like a torero with a bad bull, a cowboy with a bum steer is faced with a pointless afternoon. "There's some steers that won't cooperate," drawls Bynum. "The thing you like is a small, long neck, with good horns, not real long, not real short...
...raised and thrown again. The "rubberneck steer" can let its head be twisted 180° or more, so that it is almost impossible to throw. Some steers veer under the steer wrestler's horse; others, tough-necked, will not stop at all until they bang the horn-hanging cowboy against the ring wall...
...done-in and dying cowboy has been replaced by victims of racial violence like Medgar Evers. The stock villains, besides Policeman Connor, include Ross Barnett, "Mr. Woolworth" and, occasionally, John Kennedy. On the other side of the fence, Dallas Folk Singer Hermes Nye has been singing a bitterly resigned ditty called Mine Eyes Have Seen the Coming of the N.A.A.C.P...