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Montreal Coach Uninformed On Big Offer to Waterfield MONTREAL, Que., May 2 UP.— Coach .ch Lew Hayman of the Montreal Alouettes £3 said today he "knew nothing" of a reported 0,000 offer made by his Big Four football D£ club to quarterback Bob Waterfield of the Los Angeles Rams. Hayman was commenting on a Toronto **0 story which said Eric Cradock, one of the ;he chief backers of the Alouettes, had confirmed n- reports of the offer to the star tar passer. The Alouettes have been reported dickering er~ with Waterfield at various times during tng the winter. They want a "name" star t0 to take the place of quarterback Frankie Fil-ehock, "il- former New York Giant player, who rho left the team to play with the Edmonton ton Eskimos.