European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes june 1977 new nil chief will be named june 22 May also be Board chairman continued from Page 23 the important business at hand which is to improve our Binder said he had not polled any of the other governors As Harold presi Dent of the Toronto Maple has Ballard said monday he Felt there were at least seven clubs against any agreement with the i believe that of the clubs on bal cards other then t think that everybody there is keeping an open Snider Ballard said the Boston Buffalo Chicago Black Detroit red Colorado Rockies and Likely the new York islanders would be opposed to any a Elwha the nil fac finding committees report was heatedly discussed during the afternoon sessions but no decisions were it will be the first item on the Agenda when we resume tomorrow said Campbell said it would take a simple majority vote by the Board to decide whether the fact finding group would continue its the report draws no Campbell can vote on the policy of merger or they can do that with a simple but to get a formal admission of any body that requires a three quarters a it has got to be done by individual you cant just pass a Resolution saying you Are going to take in four or five there must be a formal application under the the individual teams have got to Treyve got to they have got to make undertakings to abide by the All the leagues agreements and indemnify and so the Damn Docu ment will be an Inch thick by the time we Are it the accommodation cant be done without that formal Campbell also said final word should be available wednesday concerning the oper alien of the Cleveland a Deal was made Between Mel swig and Sanford Greenbery which had certain conditions to be fulfilled initially by the 31st of May and secondly by the end of this Campbell what happened was that Green Berg sent notice that he would be unable to fulfil the full terms As 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1 Indianapolis new Orleans a 14 13 31 ii 22 it it a 31 Montreal a while National hockey league governors grappled with a Host of problems at the leagues annual meeting seven world hockey association representatives waited a Block ready to pursue an accommodation Between the leagues if we Haven had any formal discussions Here with the nil said Bill owner of the Cincinnati stingers Palmer qualifies for open with 142 Casper misses Cut a Arnold Palmer qualified for his 25th consecutive open Here while former open Champion Billy Casper failed to make the Grier Jones of fired an eight underpay 135 to Lead sectional qualifying As a 129man Field battled for 40 spots in the open next week at Joe Inman qualified at and George Archer came in at 141 with Palmer and Bruce Devlin one stroke Casper completed the rain delayed 36 Hole Competition at three strokes behind the last he shot a Par 72 monday on the Myers Park course and was on the Charlotte country club course when a violent thunderstorm shut Down the qualifying until tuesday Casper finished the course four Over Par at former masters Champion Charles Coody also failed to make the follow ing a first round 70 with a former pea Champion Bobby Nichols was another shooting 73 on both rounds to put him two strokes behind the Palmer compiled his 142 finish ing the 18th Hole at Charlotte country club in a run with a bogey six to beat the brew ing he was one of the few who finished both rounds before the Rains i want concerned about anything but Palmer said after his i was pretty certain that 142 would make so there was no Casper and Palmer fought for the open Crown at san Francisco in with Casper coming Back from a six stroke Defi Cit after nine holes to snatch the tournament from but this year both found themselves without exemptions from open it was the first time who won the open in had to undergo the Rigours of 36hoie qualifying since 1969 because he did not qualify under the 10 categories for an open Lanny who along with Palmer and several other hopefuls had just finished the fou Day Kemper withdrew from qualifying late he shot 76 on the Charlotte country club layout and was one under Par with two holes left at Myers Park when the storm id never play in the open again when in not Wadkins Kevin King of Chapel was the Only Amateur to make the Field he shot a 70 and the qualifiers grub Jones 4em11s Joe Inman shoo ill Wayne Ley shoo 7main Bob Smith 710 Steve Melnyk 1117 Bobby Mitchell s117 Phil redgers 1117 Bill Rogers s117 George Archer so John Lister Mike Mccullough 110 Tom purer Fao karmic Zarley to Jim Dent Bruce Devlin Sam Farrow Doug Higgins Jim Knoll Bill Kratzert Gil Morgan Lannie Nielsen Arnold Palmer David strewn Sieve Eichstaedt Forrest Feller Jay Haas Barry Jaeckel Don Pooler Vic Regalado Arthur Russell Jonn Sanlee Wally Armstrong Gary Baker Terry Stehl Gary Groh Bunky Henry Kevin King 7074 Gary Koch 7171 Peter Oosterhuis 71 71 Raymond Thompson 74 7b and one of the four wha club officials on an inter league committee which has stud led other committee members waiting for word from behind the Nola closed doors were Harold Baldwin of the new England Nelson Skalbania of the Edmon ton oilers and Harrison Vickers of the Houston were prepared to meet with the nil people if they ask said Dewitt Natu rally weve got friends who keep us advised As to whats id say i know two thirds of nil governors who Are Friendly and would talk to me any Dewitt said he  rate the chances of the nil governors agreeing to accept a number of wha teams into the senior Dewitt also declined to comment on re Marks this week by Harold presi Dent of the Toronto Maple Leafs and apparently the Leader of opposition to any agreement with wha i dont know Ballard 1 met him once and that was three years Dewitt maybe theres bad bks Xebe tween him and but we dont feel any toward Hes entitled to his Opin Dewitt said the committee had had no feedback from nil clubs after the last in Ter league meeting in new York late 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