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17 THE DAILY ITEM Sunbury, July 1 1, 1978 An odd ity for Al len: young QBs I rr, if 1 "I never felt secure in the job when Joe Namath was with us last year." Haden also had to win a three-way battle with James Harris and Ron Jaworski to get the starting role the previous year. Th sore-kneed Namath had trouble as No. 1 and the Rams had a 2-2 record before Haden took over early last season. Under Haden therJRams were 7-3 the rest bf the way, But both years the Rams entered the NFL playoffs with Haden at the helm, the. Minnesota Vikings knocked them out of the chase to the Super Bowl.

"We have a strong team and the idea-of getting to the Super Bowl is always there until we go and win it," Haden said of the assignment that.has brought Allen back to the Rams. Allen coached Los Angeles for five years before moving to Washington in 1971. "Since the Super Bowl came along anything else you do is anticlimactic," and plans to enter law school next winter. Ferragamo is a first-year medical student at Creighton University, and says he may be forced to choose between football or medicine when he gets to the clinical portion of his studies two years from now! Asked if brainpower is a valid substitute for experience in a pro football quarterback, Allen said, "I think so." Then he changed the subject. That subject was the newest Ram, Brian Dowling.

Bowling. 31, was a star quarterback at Yale iri the late 1960s. After an undistinguished pro career with five teams in the NFL, World Football League and Canadian Football. League, Dowling was signed by the Rams Monday. There were 17 veterans and 41 rookies in camp for the opening drills.

Remaining veterans are to report July 20 to prepare (or the first preseason game Aug. 5 against New England. "I've been told that the job is mine." said Haden of the No. 1 quarterback job. FU1XERTON, Calif.

(AP)-George Allen a best friend of aging pro foot' ball veterans surveyed a crop of mostly untested rookies, free agents and young quarterbacks at the opening of the Los Angeles Rams' preseason drills Monday. It's a time of many changes for Allen in his return to the Rams after a year absence. He became famed for his fondness for veterans during his years as coach and general manager of the Washington Redskins. Allen, who dispenses a football-is-everything philosophy, finds himself with two young quarterbacks who spend half of each year studying hard for professions outside the National Football League. A third quarterback candidate is a Yale man.

Third-year Ram Pat Haden and even younger backup Vince Ferragamo are the holdovers from the 1977 Rams after the retirement of fabled Joe Namath. Haden has just completed three years of study in England as a Rhodes Scholar. Noah's Ark flips Hydroplane driver Noel Waters survived 145-class limited boat became airborne this spectacular accident during a regatta while running at near record speed, nosed on Black Lake, Olympia, Wash. Waters up, flipped upside down (center) and flung was at the helm of Noah's Ark when the the driver out of the cockpit. (AP) Allen sail Interest in soccer helping Cosmos outdraw Mets ThaKollvs.

ThcyYo good and tough. VACATION TIM 77,691 and 73,669 for three playoff games. The Cosmos have three potential playoff games in Giants Stadium this year. "I'm very happy with our attendance," said Yepremian, "but I'm not satisfied. I won't be satisfied until we have sellouts and I'm sure we will achieve that especially in the playoffs." Soccer Bowl 78 is also being played in Giants Stadium and the game is already close to a sellout.

If the Cosmos make it to the finals, they have a chance to shatter the one million mark in attendance. The Mets, however, will be hard pressed to keep their fans interested. Their record at the All-Star break is 36-50. If they continue to draw at their current pace, their season total would be approximately 990,000. Donald Conway, Mets' assistant comptroller, said the team drew 1,066,825 last year.

No projections have been made for mis year's attendance, he said, adding, "A lot depends on the weather and how the club is going." Gerulaitis tops Dent in Forest Hills event NEW YORK (AP) He wasn't exactly complaining, but Vitas Gerulaitis had a lot of excuses legitimate ones, but excuses that nevertheless point to the difficulty of staging one of the world's richest sporting events right after Wimbeldon. Gerulaitis, the 23-year-old local favorite who made it to the semifinals at. Wimbledon last week, played an uninspired match and got by Australian Phil Dent 6-1, 7-6 in the opening round of the Forest Hills Invitational. The Invitational is a $300,000 three-group, round-robin event staged for the first time this year by World Championship Tennis. It offers a first prize of $100,000, which equals the top prize in the Grand Prix Masters as the biggest in tennis.

Roadmark Our Best EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -Five years ago, the Cosmos were playing in depressing Downing Stadium on Randalls Island. This year they might outdraw the New York Mets. Although the comparison finds the Mets at a low point in their 17-year history and the Cosmos as the class of the -North American Soccer League, the attendance figures are a sign of the soccer revolution in the New York area. The Cosmos have drawn 545,135 fans in' 12 games, an average of 45,428 in their second year at the Meadowlands sports complex.

By comparison, the Mets have drawn 585,175 for 43 dates at Shea Stadium, an average of 13,608. "We play New England Wednesday night, and after losing to them last week, we're hoping for over 50,000," said General Manager Krikor Yepremian. "Our other two regular-season games are against Toronto and Tampa Bay. Tampa Bay is one of our big rivalries and we think we can draw 65,000 for them." That would put the Cosmos season atttendance at approximately 700,000 with the league playoffs still to come. Last year, the Cosmos drew crowds of 57,828.

a standing room crowd of James could replace Kehoe at Maryland WASHINGTON (AP) Carl James, a former Duke University athletic director, is now the leading candidate to replace retiring Jim Kehoe as athletic director at the University of Maryland, the Washington Star said Monday. Moyer Smith, associate athletic director at the University of North Carolina and said to be favored for the Maryland post, has removed himself from consideration. Smith reportedly told friends that he wants to remain in. his native North Carolina. James, 49, visited College Park two weeks ago, but will not say whether be has been offered the job.

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