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Daily Newspaper and Travel Guide
for Pecos Country of West Texas
Sports
Thursday, August 3, 2000
Cunningham is Cowboys' Japan expert
IRVING, Texas, Aug. 3, 2000 (AP) - Randall Cunningham has played three
preseason games on foreign turf, including one in Japan, so it's from experience
that he offers the following advice to his Tokyo-bound teammates on the
Dallas Cowboys.
Tip No. 1: You can find some great deals on electronics. Cunningham,
for example, is looking for sound-mixing equipment for his music production
business.
Tip No. 2: The hotel will have room service, an amenity that wouldn't
be available if they were spending the week at training camp in Wichita
Falls, bunking in the dormitories at Midwestern State University.
Those reminders will be needed most during the 13-hour plane flight
that began before 3 p.m. Wednesday Dallas time and end after 6 p.m. today
Japan time. The Cowboys play the Atlanta Falcons in the American Bowl at
11 a.m. local time Sunday, which translates to late Saturday our time.
"The flight is the only thing players dread," said Cunningham, who went
to Tokyo once and London twice during his days in Philadelphia. "If it
was a two-hour flight to Japan, it'd be cool.
"It's tough to fly that many hours, play a football game a few days
later and then fly back. But the enjoyment is when you're there."
The Cowboys will practice Friday, then have a walk-through Saturday.
There will be some time spent hyping the game, but players also will have
time to tour the city - and the electronics stores.
"I don't really mind it too much," said Troy Aikman, who will be making
his fifth visit to Tokyo and second for a game. "I've been there a few
times on the behalf of the team and the response has always been very positive."
Players brought their packed bags to team headquarters Tuesday. A luggage
tag with the game's logo - both teams' helmets and the flags of the United
States and Japan - was attached to each suitcase.
International trips have been common for the Cowboys. They went to Tokyo
in 1992, London in '93 and Mexico City in '94 and '98. They also played
in Toronto in 1995 and Monterrey, Mexico, in '96.
"I think some of the young guys are excited and some of the older guys
would probably rather stay home," said coach Dave Campo, whose passport
has been stamped often since joining the team's staff in 1989.
"But I told them the other day, `Hey, this is America's Team. That's
why we are who we are. This is a trip we're going to make almost every
year, so you better get used to it.' "
Physical forms needed back by Monday
PECOS, Aug. 3, 2000 -- Pecos High School football, volleyball and tennis
players have until Monday to get their physical forms filled out and returned
to their coaches in order to participate in the opening day of pre-season
workouts.
Practice for the freshmen, junior varsity and varsity football and volleyball
teams and for varsity and JV football players will get underway Monday,
with the first games for the Eagles' volleyball team set for Aug. 15, while
tennis will begin play later in the month and the Eagles' football team
will start its 2000 season on Sept. 1.
Junior high players at Crockett Middle School have an extra week to
get their forms filled out by a doctor and returned to their coaches. Practice
for both seventh and eighth grade volleyball and football players will
begin on Monday, Aug. 14.
Pecos Enterprise
York M. "Smokey" Briggs, Publisher
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324 S. Cedar St., Pecos, TX 79772
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