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LA to sign
LOS ANGELES (AP)- A Los Angeles Rams' of-
ficial says he expects the National Football League
team will sign quarterback Vince Ferragamo soon.
NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle gave the Rams
permission Tuesday to negotiate with Ferragamo
despite questions about the player's contract
obligations in the Canadian Football League.
Ferragamo spent a humbling 1981 season with Mon-
treal-of the CFL after starring with the Rams the
preceding two years.
"IT LOOKS like I'll be playing for the Rams-at
least for now," Ferragamo told the Los Angeles
Herald Examiner. Ferragamo's agent, David
Fishoff, flew to Los Angeles from New York Tuesday
night and was expected to meet with Rams officials
yesterday.
"We'll sign him," Jack Faulkner, the ad-
ministrator of football operations for the Rams, told
the Los Angeles Times. "I think Vince wants to play
'in LA."
Faulkner said it would be up to Rams' owner
Georgia Frontiere, who
Ferragamo's long-term
quarterback, the Ramsa
Jones, acquired durin
Baltimore, and youngste
Kemp. Veteran Pat Haden
FAULKNER refused ti
Ferragamo would play wi
season, but he told the
definitely going to be at tr
exhibition season is con
behoove everyone to ta
Ferragamo, to see what h
The strong-armed Fe
touchdown passes for Los
played for the now-defu
Canadian Football Leagu
contract to Nelson Skalba
Plagued by interceptions
season because of diffic
Ferragamo?
is in England, to decide brand of football-which emphasizes a quarterback's
future with the team. At agility in avoiding pass rushers.
already have veteran Bert Skalbania currently is being represented by Los
ng the off-season from Angeles businessman Harry Ornest in dealings with
'rs Jeff Rutledge and Jeff Ferragamo. The Times said that the Rams received
n recently retired. the following wire from Rozelle:
"This office has received no explanation from Mr.
to speculate on what role Skalbania or Mr. Ornest of the basis for any claim
th the Rams during the 1982 that Vince Ferragamo is not currently free to sign in
Herald Examiner: "He's the NFL for the 1982 season and beyond, nor even a
raining camp. As far as the clear indication that such a claim is in fact being
ncerned,. I think it would asserted.
ke a good look at Vince
e still can do." "In these circumstances, and without purporting to
erragamo, who threw 30 decide the merits of any such claim, this office is in
Angeles in the 1980 season, no position to preclude Vince Ferragamo and the L.A.
nct Montreal team of the Rams from negotiating and executing one or more
e last year under a personal NFL player contracts prior to the expiration of the
nia, owner of the Alouettes. NFL Players Association's waiver of its statutory
, he was benched by mid- right to bargain salaries for all members of its
ulty adjusting to the CFL bargaining unit on July 15."
SPORTS OF THE DAILY:
Connors ranked world's top netter
DALLAS (AP)- Wimbledon winner rankings, has dropped to second at 55.64. Peterson and Perles are the latest World record set
Jimmy Connors is now the top-rated Wimbledon singles runnerup John appointments of key NFL figures who
men's singles tennis player in the McEnroe has moved from fourth to have joined USFL franchises. OSLO, Norway (AP)- Dave Moor-
world, according td computer rankings third at 55.58, swapping places with George Allen, who coached the croft of Britain set a world record in the
released yesterday by World Cham- Guillermo Vilas, now at 49.38. Vitas Washington Redskins and Los Angeles men's 5,000-meter race yesterday with
pionship Tennis. Gerulaitis is fifth at 35.64. Rams, last month became general a time of 13 minutes, 00.42 seconds in
Connors, ranked second in the WCT's Peter McNamara, who teamed with manager and board chairman of the the Oslo Games.
initial ratings June 20, tops the new list fellow Australian Paul McNamee to new league's Chicago Franchise, and Moorcroft broke the record by nearly
with 66.27 in the Nixdorf computer point win the Wimbledon doubles title, is former Denver Broncos' Coach John six seconds. Henry Rono of Kenya had
rankings. Ivan Lendl of ranked the top doubles player. Mc- Ralston took a similar post with the San set the mark of 13:06.20 at Knarvik,
Czechoslovakia. No. 1 in the first Namara, rated third in the original set Francisco Bay area team. Norway last year.
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whowas 14th, is now fourth at 35.78.
McEnroe, who with Peter Fleming
lost in the doubles final, remained
second at 39.75. Sherwood Stewart was
ranked third at 39.75, while Fleming
moved into fifth at 30.02.
New USFL coach named
PHILADELPHIA (AP)- The
Philadelphia franchise in the new
United States Football League announ-
ced yesterday that its head coach will
be Pittsburgh Steelers assistant George
Perles and the front office will be run
by Philadelphia Eagles official Carl
Peterson.
The selections, which had been
disclosed in published reports, were
formally announced by the team's
owners-Arthur Powell, Harold Schaef-
fer and Myles Tanenbaum.
PERLES, 47, had been an assistant
with the National Football League's
Steelers for 10 years and defensive
coordinator since 1978. He has been
credited with putting together Pit-
tsburgh's "Steel Curtain" defense, a
major factor in the club's four Super
Bowl triumphs.
Peterson, 39, who had been director
of player personnel for the NFL Eagles,
will be general manager and a 10 per-
cent owner of the new franchise and run
the team's daily operations.
The team has no name or any players
in a league that is scheduled to begin its
first season in March 1983 with 20
regular-season games plus playoffs and
a championship to be held July 4.
EAGLES COACH Dick Vermeil said
he was sorry to see Peterson leave, but
that the club could not stand in his way.
"I'm emotionally down in losing Carl,
but I'm excited for the opportunity
they've given him," Vermeil said. ". . .
It's our (the Eagles') philosophy that
we should never stand in the way of a
person that has a chaice to improve
himself and his situation."
Charboneau demoted
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP)- Out-
fielder Joe Charboneau, American
League Rookie of the Year in 1980, was
assigned to the Cleveland Indians' AA
farm club at Chattanooga, Tenn.
yesterday
Since June 9, Charboneau had played
Commission approves
Raider more
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los
Angeles Coliseum Commission, despite
objections from the University of
Southern California and UCLA, yester-
day approved a 10-yeartagreement for
the Oakland Raiders to play at the
Coliseum starting this summer.
The vote was 7-1 with Pete
Schabarum casting the dissenting vote
and Deane Dana absent from the
meeting.
THE AGREEMENT calls for a loan
to the Raiders of $6.7 million to be
dispersed over a period of four years.
the loan shall bear interest of 10 percent
from the date of each dispersal.
The lease also includes:
-Principal and interest shall be repaid
at the rate of 12 percent of the net
receipts.
-Calls for five successive three-year
renewal options.
-Rental will be eight percent of the
receipts from the sale of admissions to
each game and 10 percent of the receip-
ts to post-season games. After 13 years,
the basic rental will be boosted to 10
percent.
-Concession receipts will be divided
equally between the Raiders and the
Coliseum.
The Raiders, under the agreement,
would build 150 private luxury boxes
and have the right to offer the suites for
lease, rental or sale to the general
public.
Chancellor Charles Young of UCLA
asked for a delay in the matter, saying
that his school and Southern Cal had not
been adequately advised of the plans.
A spokesman for Southern Cal said
the schools would lose up to 2,000 seats
between the goal lines with the con-
struction of the luxury boxes.
C narooneau
... sent down to AA
for Cleveland's AAA farm club, the,
Charleston Charlies. Andy Bahrend,
spokesman for the Charlies, said he
was informed Wednesday that Indians'
officials were re-assigning Charboneau
to the Chattanooga team, which is in the
Southern League.
Charboneau, 27, played all of 1980,
most of last season and part of this
season with Cleveland. Last year, he
was assigned to Charleston for a few
weeks but was recalled by the parent
club at the start of this season.