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Quarterback Craig Morton is a Cowboy reject, the Dallas starting quarterback until Semi-Peerless Roger Staubach unseated him. In their locker room after beating the defending Super Bowl Champion Oakland Raiders for the A.F.C. title, the Broncos were ecstatic, scarcely believing the dream had come true. Shouts, cheers and champagne washed their victory. When the Cowboys filed into their redoubt after their N.F.C. title win over Minnesota, there was no raucous celebration and no bubbly wasted by the cool young professionals from Dallas. And in their cities ... well, Denver fans went berserk, while the Dallas fans, accustomed to such moments...
...Last week Capp disclosed that he will have no successor. Said he: "I've tried one or two people, and it was clear that there would be an awful change." His last weekday strip will appear in newspapers on Nov. 5; his last Sunday color sequence -featuring that peerless detective, Fearless Fosdick-will be published...
...they will learn to avoid their predecessors' pitfalls. Since he first publicly articulated that ambition in his 1973-1974 annual report, one of the keystones of Bok's administration has been the upgrading of the Kennedy School of Government. Bok hopes to turn the Kennedy School into a peerless professional school that will train people for major governmental posts, offer sabbaticals for public servants and sponsor research on an endless number of topics relating to public administration...
...Jocks' second platoon was led by the sterling play of 6-ft. 5-in. Financial Aid Officer John "Too-Tall" Morgan, a Detroit University forward in the early '60s. Morgan contributed 16 points to the winning cause with some tantalizing full-court rushes to the basket, completely overpowering his peerless adversaries...
...experienced assistant coaches. Jack McCloskey, former Portland Trail Blazer coach, directs the Lakers' defensive training; Stan Albeck, who once coached with Wilt Chamberlain and who helped develop Artis Gilmore into the A.B.A.'s best big man, devised a 44-page playbook to exploit Abdul-Jabbar's peerless gifts...