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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1977
Page
6
Seven Midland City swimmers led by Jay Quintana completed a seven day relay race clocking 456 miles and 900 yards. They swam about 24 hours per day with one hour in water then six hours rest. The effort set a 300 mile record in four days 17 hours 27 minutes.
Bert Blyleven pitched a four hit shutout as Texas Rangers blanked the Cleveland Indians 3-0. Eckersley struck out the first ten Rangers before Beniquez’s homer fueled a Texas lead. Campaneris also homered, Wills and May drove in the final runs as Blyleven improved to 6-11 against Cleveland.
At the NFL annual spring meeting in New York eight cities placed bids for Super Bowls 1979 1980 and 1981 led by Houston with Rice Stadium seen as a likely host. Also discussed were retroactive compensation for players who switch teams and the TV rights for future broadcasts including a possible pay TV deal by Bill Sargent with 400 million offer.
Tuesday results show San Antonio at El Paso and Tulsa at Arkansas in scheduled Texas League action. No other games listed for the day.
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