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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1977
Page
7
A chaotic draft page lists the Dallas Cowboys landing Tony Dorsett amid a flood of picks. Teams including the Jets, Giants, Falcons, Saints, and Packers select linemen, linebackers, and backs from USC, Texas, Oklahoma State, and more, with pros like Gary Jeter and Raymond Clayborn moving early.
Prominent professional bowlers from Dickinson Emig Sehlegal Marshall Halman Don Johnson BH Spigner and Paul Cowell headline entries with Morris Soutar and a large list of women including Patty Costello Virginia Norton and Verna Grinfelds. Eight qualifying games precede match play for mixed doubles. defending champions Neff and Soutar poised to contend. Purse stands at 550000 with 19000 to the winning team.
A detailed schedule lists multiple days with collegiate teams and professional events. Wednesday features three collegiate qualifying games at 2:24 pm and four professional qualifying games plus state championships. Thursday adds more qualifiers, mixed doubles, and finals segments. Friday covers professional and collegiate rounds with top six roll-offs. Saturday hosts collegiate finals and professional doubles finals with state championships.
Amateur tournament will stage 16 qualifying games with a stepladder finals format. Local star Joe Buenrystry, last year’s Texas all-events champion, earned a Denver rolloff berth to join 15 others. Young Joe Vito Buenrystry, age 19, is among favorites on home lanes. Men and women college teams each face 12 qualifying games, with a 12-game rolloff for the top two to meet in Saturday’s finals.
Schramm praises Tony for quickness and work ethic as he eyes open field chances similar to St Louis star Metcalf. Barsett from Pittsburgh calls Dallas a class organization and hopes salary talks avoid problems. Darsell notes Dallas’s complex offense and predicts a high scoring NFT-style season.
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