Dallas Cowboys

THE SHADOW (CONT.)Although the AFL has evinced little interest in the fact that some bookies are refusing to take big bets on games involving certain AFL teams (SI, Nov. 14), the NFL is not so unconcerned. Last week...

•Alex Hannum, Philadelphia 76er coach, asked why his height is now listed as 6 feet 7 when in his playing days it was 6 feet 8: "I got bald."

•Jim Boeke, Dallas Cowboy tackle, on big bonuses: "I wasn't exactly a bonus baby. I went to coffee with the scout, and when he offered me $6,500 I not only signed, I paid for the coffee."

Dallas came whirling into St. Louis with a hurricane offense but fell afoul of an aroused Cardinal defense and had to settle for a tie, leaving the NFL's Eastern title race as suspenseful as it was before

The Cowboys' Don Meredith had grown used to jeers from the skeptical Dallas fans, but this sour music turned sweet as Meredith's brilliant passing destroyed the Giants and started Dallas toward a title