49ers Have Edge Over Hurt Boys

	Maybe Alvin Harper shouldn't have played Monday night -- the
Cowboys didn't need him against the Giants, but they sure could use
him Sunday when they play the San Francisco 49ers.
	This game seems to be coming at the wrong time for the Cowboys.
Not only is Harper gone, so is Erik Williams and possibly right
guard Derek Kennard.
	``We're going through what the 49ers did earlier in the year
with all those injuries,'' Troy Aikman says. ``There's no question
we're not going to be as good a team. We've got some guys who are
going to have to grow fast.''
	The 49ers are favored by three points, which is basically the
home field. But with teams this good, home field rarely means much.
	What might mean more are the injuries and the turf at
Candlestick, which tends to come up in huge patches when it gets
wet -- and it's been wet in San Francisco. So Emmitt Smith may slip
and slide.
	At the same time, that kind of turf gives receivers an advantage
and now Dallas is down to one star -- Michael Irvin. There's also
Kevin Williams and a couple of rookies.
	So give San Francisco an edge and wait to see who ends up with
the home field in the NFC championship game, which is where these
two are likely to meet again.
	49ERS, 24-20