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...quarterbacks, who has written one book and read several others. He has a slight tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder. McMahon said, "I knew something was in there," though two arthroscopic examinations were required to find it. Missing him for six of eleven games, Coach Mike Ditka had frankly grown dubious. "Can you hear that?" whispered the quarterback, jiggling his bad handle. "It sounds like somebody's walking around in wet shoes...
Drafted No. 1 by Chicago, Perry encountered some unkindness at first. Buddy Ryan, the Bears' redoubtable defensive coordinator, pronounced the appliance overstuffed and immediately took to calling him "Fatso." However, Head Coach Mike Ditka shared the fascination of the fans, who felt a tremor whenever No. 72 so much as rolled over on the sidelines. At Ditka's insistence last week, Ryan installed Perry as a defensive starter, confirming the rookie's position as the most wellrounded man on the team. He had already contributed on offense in a fashion that delighted the industry less than the country...
...Dallas comes to the Orange Bowl this weekend with a zany offense that could turn the game into a wild, crowd-pleasing Shootout. Says Cowboys Assistant Coach Mike Ditka: "We have a chance to make the Super Bowl do for football what last fall's World Series did for baseball...
...ENDS: Ted Kwalick, Penn State, 6 ft. 4 in., 230 Ibs.; and Ron Sellers, Florida State, 6 ft. 4 in., 187 Ibs. Kwalick is heralded by one scout as "probably the finest tight end since Mike Ditka came out of Pittsburgh." He can go deep for a pass, and once he has the ball "turns upfield and just knocks somebody over. He'll not out-nifty anybody, but with his size he bowls over the de fense like duckpins." Some scouts say Kwalick will have to learn a bit more about blocking to become a real pro star. Sellers...
...Bears. The first set up a St. Louis touchdown; the second he ran back 29 yds. for another TD; the third stopped a last-ditch Chicago drive. Wilson also got knocked dizzy in the third quarter, wound up the game with a gashed and bruised right hand. "Mike Ditka [6 ft. 3 in., 230 Ibs.] stepped on it," shrugged Wilson, who regards injuries as badges of honor. "If a man comes out of a game without a bruise or a scrape," he says, "he shouldn't have been out there. Football means hitting-and I enjoy hitting people...