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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1977
Page
13
Phoenix UPI report details looming retroactive compensation talks tied to the new 16 game regular season starting in 1978. Owners, players, and networks seek fair pay, with Rozelle urged to standardize settlements as cases involving Warfield, Csonka, Kiick, and others draw scrutiny.
Wednesday reports Cincinnati five Indianapolis five in Edmonton eight to Houston zero. Thursday lineups include New England versus Phoenix and Winnipeg versus San Diego. Friday games feature Calgary at Edmonton Cincinnati at Houston Indiana at New York Nets Kansas City at Philadelphia Cleveland at New Orleans Houston at Washington Denver at Chicago New York Knicks at Milwaukee San Antonio at Los Angeles Detroit at Phoenix Golden State at Portland.
Baseball moves include Rosewell sending Mike Dupree and Dave Wehrmeister to Hawai i farm club and releasing Alan Foster New York trades Benny Ayala to St Louis for Doug Clary Cincinnati sends Mike Caldwell to Reds in a multi-team deal Darcy to St Louis. Chicago releases several pitchers and infielder. Milbourne released by Cleveland. Boo Powell placed on waivers. Kansas City to minors Hasbach and Shanahan. Pro Football Kansas City hires Jack Christiansen as offensive backfield coach. Western Illinois names Gerry Hart as defensive coordinator and backfield coach. World Team Tennis Los Angeles signs Ilie Nastase. Ski conditions report for New England resorts with variety of terrain notes.
Washington UPI reports the NFL Players Association and owners reached a preliminary agreement to distribute 13.675 million among veterans and draftees from 1972 to last season. Under a point system each eligible player could receive 2,350 per year with totals varying by tenure and contract status.
Abidjan dispatch notes IOC president Lord Killanin will visit Peking in April to advance China’s re entry. China left the Games in 1958 over Taiwan’s IOC status. Key issues include Taiwan’s exclusion and possible Taiwan recognition shifts before the 1980 Moscow Games.
Eskimos on Alaska's Chukchi Sea coast perform a solemn ritual for a hunted whale. They offer a prayer for the whale to return with his brothers to provide food, then cast the skull into the icy sea as National Geographic Society notes.
Phillies star Mike Schmidt, 27, weighs in on the new pay era in baseball admitting he never dreamed of earning such money. Reports vary on his six year deal, but the figure sits around three million dollars, reflecting the sport’s evolving economics and his own status among the highest paid players.
China swept both men's and women's world table tennis team finals in Birmingham. The women's team defeated Japan and South Korea 3-0 and 3-0, with Liang Ke-liang, Kuo Yao-hua and Huang Liang leading the attack. In the second division, Danny Seemiller sparked the U.S. to a 5-4 playoff victory to gain first-division promotion for the first time in 20 years as other Americans contributed wins.
A compact record of Pownal entries across ten classes dated 3/8 and 3/16 in 1977. Includes horses such as Dixie's India River Girl Max the Ax Pecos Gigi and River Dee River Lass with numerous pairs per grade and position markers. The list enumerates horse names and entry numbers within each grade and date, reflecting a detailed ledger of participants.
A historical school lottery tally lists multiple grades with horse or dog style wagers, payouts and handle figures. Entries include First Grade Bobbie Sox with a 57.60 total, Second Grade OD 6-2 at 126.40, and Seventh Grade Katella 26.00 with Trifecta 6-7-1 for 616.60. The overall handle reached 81,470 dollars.
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