European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1978 the stars and stripes Page 21 j t j i a Raj d i r fired expresses lashes out at owner Williams Washington up George who waft fired wednesday night As head coach and general manager of the Washington expressed Surprise and Shock Over the action taken by club presi Dent Edward Bennet i didst find out until my told me tonight about said i thought he was a prominent attorney who owns 26 percent of the redskins fired Allen after he and the team had failed to agree on a contract i lust reached the Point where i  wait any Longe for George to make up his mind and have so advised him of our decision to look for a head coach and general Williams was quoted As saying by the Washington our negotiations with George Allen Are con said he had not talked with anyone and his attorney was still talk ing with the trying to get details straightened it was announced last july 14 that Allen had a contract with an increase from to More than but word leaked out later that the contract was never no one could say i did not give George sufficient time to say yes to said Wil extremely said in not going to talk with if Hes going to handle things this in not going to talk with in just disappointed in him weve Given our heart and soul to this football program and the results Are Evi that the thanks you get for Allen compiled a 67309 record and led the redskins into the nil playoffs five times during his seven year coaching his 1977 club finished but lost the Long and the Short of it John a 75 freshman Center at Oral Roberts Demon Strates to Block a soot for 3z actress Patty Hollinden i one of the tallest College or proves in the photo 20 Gomes in Springfield Whas whalers get a new Home up the new England without a Home due to the collapse of the Hartford civic Center coliseum roof expect to play their remaining 20 Home games at the civic Howard owner of the world hockey association said it was expected Home dates could be worked in at the smaller Springfield he said officials of the new Haven nighthawks and new Haven coliseum have offered to help out if the Hartford coliseum seated and Springfield has approximately seats for he said a shuttle bus program is one of the things being worked out to accommodate whalers fans in the Hartford Baldwin said 13 of the remaining 20 Home games have been scheduled for starting with sundays game against obviously we will lose More Money than we May have in but i feel the whalers fans will not let us Down and continue to support Baldwin Baldwin insisted the setback will not affect the solvency of the the whal with an average Home attendance of Are considered one of the leagues strongest teams at the who is also president of the spoke to reporters who crowded into the league Baldwin had just arrived from Quebec City where he heard about the roof collapsing wednesday morning under the weight of Winter ice and the whalers office inside the civic Center was placed off limits As a precaution while inspectors checked the entire it has been estimated the Coli Seum May not be Back in operation for two we intend to hang in there and get through this Baldwin and we absolutely will not move Well play in my backyard before we move Baldwin said he was grateful for All the Calls and offers of help he has that includes the National hockey he the Washington capitals offered use of their i also received an offer of help from the Philadelphia lie the eight team wha had hoped to merge with the nil last season and there were some bitter comments made after the older league decided against on tues Baldwin announced the wha decided to draft eligible players next an obvious Effort to undercut the nil draft scheduled for the sociological and economic Hurt from lost Revenue and events and teams that just wont come to Hartford for a Long time promised to be although no one would immediately put a Finger on massive cancellation and potential refund problems faced not Only Arena and whalers management but promoters of other events As Here Are some of the More immediate crises new England has 20 Home games left As the current wha figures prominently to be in postseason which could lengthen its season into the world cup Tennis tournament which has become a nationalistic event pitting Australia against the United states was scheduled for March the University of Connecticut sold 000 tickets for saturdays game at the civic Center against which f continued on Page 2t the pfc wild card spot to the Chicago there have been various published re ports about Why Allen tailed to sign his fou year contract some re never confirmed by Allen or club of said the sticking Point was Allens absolute refusal to give up any of his control Over the clubs others have said Allen wanted to exercise an old option to buy 5 percent of the club at its 1969 and that Williams flatly the Post quoted Williams As saying he will Divide the jobs of coach and general manager and immediately begin looking for two men to fill the we have some excellent people inside the organization who will get every consid said and we will look outside the wednesdays firing was the second of Allens he was dismissed in 1970 from his first pro head coaching the los Angeles because he did not get along with the clubs the late Dan he coached the rams five sea Allen said he has not made any plans and was not negotiating with the los an Geles As had been thais i Haven negotiated or applied for any he i think in going to Lake a vacation collegiate opposed to Grid playoffs Houston a three of the four finalists for the annual Lombard award battled in the Cotton bowl for the National football ranking last season but All three agreed wednesday that a National playoff would not be a better Way to pick the top College defensive end Ross Browner and tight end Ken Macafee of National Champion notre defensive tackle Brad Shearer of the University of Texas and Kentucky defensive end Art still arrived in Houston wednesday for thursdays banquet to name the nations top Jack was to be the featured speaker at the banquet named in Honor of the former Green Bay and Washington coach who died of also at the head table will be writer George Plimpton and the head coaches of the three schools Dan Devine of notre Fred Akers of Texas and fran Curci of i think a lot of people forget that academics Are involved in an athletes career said a first team All Amer Ica it would add too much professionalism to College Browner and Macafee led the fighting Irish to a 3810 Victory Over Texas in the Cotton bowl in a game that wrested the 1 ranking in the final a poll from the Long oms and gave the Honor to notre Texas finished fifth in the balloting by sports despite going unbeaten with a regular season of 11 games and then losing the National title in one bowl Shearer said he did not favor a National i dont think it would be fair to the play the All America that would add two or three games to the season and they do have their studies to think i guess were almost professionals anyway because we play football to pay our but that carrying it too in f continued on Page 24