                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, November 20, 1994              TAG: 9411200160
SECTION: SPORTS                   PAGE: C10  EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: JIM DUCIBELLA
                                             LENGTH: Long  :  169 lines

L.A. FANS SEE HARD HITS IN STANDS AS WELL AS ON FIELD

Here are some stats you didn't see following last week's Raiders-Rams game at Anaheim Stadium:

There were 26 fights, 20 arrests and 55 ejections, four times the normal number of arrests and five times the number of ejections for a regular Ram game. That's nothing compared to what happens at the L.A. Coliseum during Raiders home games. There have been anywhere from 30 to 150 ejections per Raider game this season and a little less than 10 bookings per game by law enforcement officers. That's according to a lieutenant in the South Bureau of the Los Angeles Police Department. And it's not just because it's L.A. There are fewer than 10 ejections per game at the Coliseum for USC games and few arrests. The high this year for a USC game was 25 ejections at the California game.

``I felt like putting on my stuff and going out there,'' Rams LB Shane Conlan said. ``People spend a lot of money to bring their families, and they can't watch the game because some pathetic idiots want to fight.''

STRANGE, STRANGE BEDFELLOWS: Bill Kenney, a quarterback for the Chiefs from 1979 to 1988, ran for a Missouri State Senate seat in the recent election.

During the campaign, his opponent ran this ad:

``Remember the small crowds and empty parking lots at Arrowhead? Bill Kenney wants you to forget those years. During Kenney's best season, only 11,000 Chiefs fans attended the Denver game. Kenney's leadership resulted in the longest losing streak in Chiefs history, a decade without a playoff win, and two player strikes costing businesses millions. Now Bill Kenney wants to play games with your tax money.''

Kenney, a Republican, defeated incumbent Democrat Margaret Rennau by a 57 to 43 percent margin.

A LITTLE DRAFTY: It isn't as annoying as Santa appearing at the mall before Thanksgiving (and don't kid yourself - it's happened here), but you don't have to go much past the middle of the season for fans of the have-not teams to start thinking about the draft. Forget the fact that it's still months from happening.

Anyway, in the spirit of public service, here are the top 10 college players, courtesy Joel Buchsbaum of Pro Football Weekly. They are listed in alphabetical order.

Derrick Alexander, DE, Florida State: ``A Jim Jeffcoat-type but better.''

Tony Boselli, OT, Southern Cal: ``A good left tackle, 300 pounds, and those guys are hard to find.''

Kevin Carter, DE, Florida, ``Athletically as good as you can find. He's got everything to rush the passer.''

Ki-Jana Carter, RB, Penn State: ``He is what everyone thought Blair Thomas would be, only a little bigger and faster.''

Steve McNair, QB, Alcorn State: ``I think the guy is the real deal. He has great intuitiveness. He's got an uncanny knack and presence for avoiding the rush. The guy so dominates on that level. He is being smart going to the Senior Bowl. They will get a good chance to work with him.''

Simeon Rice, DE-OLB, Illinois: ``Great speed off the corner. He has a lot to learn but has a chance to be big-time pass rusher.''

Warren Sapp, DT, Miami: ``Better than Russell Maryland. Same size problem as Maryland but a better athlete.''

J.J. Stokes, WR, UCLA: ``As fast as he has to be. He dominates the games. He's got great size and some Jerry Rice-type qualities. When the ball is in the air, he gets there and doesn't get caught from behind. Very good runner after the catch.''

Korey Stringer, OT, Ohio State: ``He can be another Erik Williams if he doesn't eat himself out of the picture.''

Tyrone Wheatley, RB, Michigan: ``Fullback-sized back with great speed to the outside who is becoming more instinctive.''

AFC ATOMS: It's been fashionable since ex-Jets third-string QB Jeff Blake burst on the scene for Bruce Coslet-ites to brag that the ex-Jets coach knew Blake would display stud-like tendencies if just given the chance. Bushwa. Cos professes to be as surprised as anybody at Blake's average of 329 passing yards a game and 2-1 record. ``I couldn't project this. Nobody could,'' he said. ``He's a hell of a story. A tremendous story.'' . . . Jets special teams player Tuineau Alipate is the nephew of the queen of Tonga. But he isn't paid like royalty. When Alipate (pronounced allah-POT-tay) suits up on special teams, he earns $6,325 - the pro-rated salary of the NFL minimum of $108,000 a year. When he is on the practice squad, though, that salary dips to $3,300 a week.

THEY SAID IT: Chiefs coach Marty Schottenheimer was asked to compare Marcus Allen to rookie Greg Hill: ``Marcus is like a fine wine. He keeps getting better each week.'' And Hill? ``He hasn't even begun to age. He's still a carbonated beverage.''

THEY WROTE IT: ``I read that . . . the Seattle Seahawks game (on Nov. 6) was going to be blacked out in the Seattle area because 10,000 tickets were not sold. Is there anything we in Portland can do to get Seahawks games blacked out here?'' - letter to the sports editor of The (Portland) Oregonian.Here are some stats you didn't see following last week's Raiders-Rams game at Anaheim Stadium: