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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1976
Page
11
A writer recalls a Labrador wilderness Fishing tale where a Hornberg lure led to a first brook trout in a deep pool. A later dramatic mayfly hatch draws giant brookies to the surface and a spectacular strike that the narrator vows never to forget.
Oliver collected four hits including his 12th homer and four RBIs to lift Pittsburgh past Chicago 9 2 as Jim Rooker earned the win. The slugger raised his average with eight hits in his last 11 at bats.
Detroit rookie Mark Fidrych, nicknamed the Bird, improves to 8-1 with a seven-hitter against the New York Yankees as 47,855 fans roar for an encore. Rusty Staub hits a fourth inning homer and Detroit builds a 4-0 lead while Ellie Hendricks homers for the Yanks. Other AL scores feature Boston, Cleveland, and Minnesota wins. NL results include Houston, Philadelphia, and St Louis. Butch Hobson hits a two-run inside-the-park homer for Boston in a 12-8 win over Baltimore.
Baseball scores and highlights from games across the leagues. Highlights include Houston and Philadelphia wins with home runs by Schmidt and Kingman, plus Ernie Banks? No, Sanchez. Note: the report covers multiple games with pitchers Cosgrove, Forsch, Dressler, and Lockwood, along with later AL action where Norris, Foucault, and Bibby are noted. Slugger details include Lowenstein and Baylor among others.
The Town of Bennington Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a public hearing on Wednesday July 14 1976 at 7 30 p m in the Town Clerk's Office 205 South Street Bennington Vermont. The hearing will consider extensions and variances for Arthur and Suzanne Green William Brooks Watering Inc Hemmings News Richard Day A J Lacroix George Finckel and related district requests. Also notices on Mildred D Spargo estate Commissioners meet August 18 and October 18 with four months to file claims.
Baseball results show Texas and Oakland 3 2, New York 1 Cleveland 5, Milwaukee 3, Boston 12 Baltimore 8, Minnesota 4 Kansas City 3. Today's probable pitchers list Abbott Barr Fitzmorris Goltz Crawford Alexander and more with games across Oakland Texas Kansas City Minnesota New York Detroit Milwaukee Cleveland Baltimore Boston California Chicago.
Public notices announce claims for the guardianship and estate of Mary B. O Brien late of Bennington with claim submission deadlines and court dates. Also included are notices for John Donoghue and George H Ely estates with scheduled examination periods and deadlines.
Thoroughbred and standardbred card shows first to tenth place finishes at Saratoga on Monday June 28 1976 with purses from 1000 to 3500. Winners include Bullhead Deli Leny Darius Hanover Steanaere Put And Call Rogwyn Wayne Marches Sugar E Little Van Arriva Mar and more with payoffs listed per horse and final times around 2 05 to 2 07. Attendance 2 591 and total purses 206 487.
Gil Patterson of the West Haven Yankees pitched a six-hit 1 0 no hitter over William Sport in the Eastern League. He struck out eight, walked three, and allowed only one ball to leave the infield. Larry Murray scored the decisive run in the fourth after a single and an infield hit. Patterson, 20, kept mostly fastballs and sliders, avoiding curves and changeups due to early control issues.
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