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Show Sports commentary on winners, losers and coming events A Classic: Dallas vs. - IRVING, Texas (UPI) They have the best records in the National Football Leaeue, they have put more points on the board than anybody else, they both think they should be in the Super Bowl and they look upon each other as they would a rattlesnake that had slithered into their bathtub. It's finally time for the Washington Redskins vs. the Dallas Cowpro football's version of a boys head-o- n train wreck. "What we work for all year," said Dallas coach Tom Landry, "is to play in a game like this." The Cowboys and Redskins -both with 12-- 2 records will gather at 3 p.m. CST (4 p.m. EST) Sunday in Texas Stadium to the delight of their fanatical followers and the executives at CBS-Twho expect this game to attract about as large an audience as any other regular-seaso- n game in the history of the league. At stake will be the championship of the NFC East and the home-fiel- d advantage throughout the upcoming playoffs. A Dallas win will clinch the division title for the Cowboys. If Washington wins, it would still have to down the New York Giants to capture the division a chore that is looked upon as less than report and A full Friday, December 9, .w "vj V A stands on its own merits. Washington has won 28 of its last 30 games, is Super Bowl champion and has scored a league-hig- h 479 points this year. But Dallas is one of the two teams to have beaten the Redskins during that stretch, coming from 20 points behind to win 0 on the first Monday night of the season. The Cowboys have scored 452 points (only Dallas and Washington have gone over the mark this year) and their defense has come to life over the past few weeks. The Redskins have John Riggins to grind out the yardage, the Cowboys have Tony Dorsett to dance and dart for big gains. Washington has Joe Theismann to pick apart the secondary. Dallas has Danny White to do the same thing. All the elements are present for a fun afternoon. "I don't know if we are playing as good as we were at the end of last season or not," said Washington coach Joe Gibbs. "This game will answer that. We were on a good roll at the end of last season (which carried the Redskins past the Cowboys in the NFC title game and past the Miami Dolphins in the Super Bowl). "If we win this game, then maybe we will be playing as good as we did last year. -- champion, said Wednesday he will not retire and vowed to fight on, taking the best money offers available despite the WBC rules. "Hell, no, I'm not going to quit or be forced to quit by any organization or promoter as long as I have support from my wife and family," said Holmes, who has ruled the heavyweight division for 5 V2 years. Holmes also issued a challenge to World Boxing Association I 400-poi- nt JOHN TONY DORSETT WWT RIGGINS'1 It will be the second meeting of the two teams this year and just another in what has developed into a st.-irich with tradition and y taunts as displayed es in various newspapers. This particular meeting, however, has brought about less bickering than usual, which is easy to understand because the game Holmes: Fights Go On PHILLIPSBURG, N.J. (UPI) 0 31-3- cross-countr- Larry Holmes, the unbeaten World Boxing Council heavyweight 9 "If Q.l inc. W ll cmjiu Washington sraTOiunr AT TEXAS STADIUM - Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, 1983 heavyweight lhj - L Available in 500 and 750 ml, and 1 and 1.75 liter bottles at your local state store. . 1982 80 Proof Blended Canadian Whisky. 4 years old Imported and Bottled by Barton Distillers Import Co . New York. New York. champion Gerry Coetzee and said he would promote the unification fight himself. "I'm putting out an offer to challenge Gerry Coetzee," said the champion. "I'm gonna promote this fight on my own. I'm offering Gerry Coetzee plus a percentage of the closed circuit rights." Holmes has signed a contract to face the WBC's No. 1 contender, Greg Page, in March, but said he is breaking the contract despite the threat of being stripped of his title. 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