European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday october 00 Bradshaw cast in hero quarterback Terry Bradshaw of the Pittsburgh Steeles wearing a cast on his broken wrist hands off to Rocky Bleier who goes for yardage in a game against Host the d. Allison nips Yarborough pole position for the by Jerry Garrett Rockingham . A Donnie Allison saying he could t go any faster because my heart would t stand it edged Cale Yarborough by a fraction of a second thursday to win the pole position for sunday s american 500 grand National Stock car , driving a Chevrolet zipped around North Carolina motor Speedway s 1.017-mile Oval in 26.398 seconds for an average Speed of 138.685 Miles per hour. Yar Borough s time was 26.526 seconds for a Speed of 138.016. It was a very competitive qualifying ses Sion for the 15 spots that were decided series set Mark in average game viewing at Home new York a the 1977 world series seen for the first time on Abc had an average viewing audience of More Homes than any other series in history according to figures released by the network thursday. The average game was viewed in 21,650, 000 Homes beating the previous High of 21, 320,000 Homes per game for the the 1973 series Between the new York mets and the Oakland a rating for the series was 29.7, with a 53 per cent share. A rating is the percent age of All television Homes in the country. The share is the percentage of All sets turned on. Only the 1973 world series had a higher rating 30.7 with a 57 share. Abc estimated that 110-120 million people watched some portion of the series won in six games by the new York Yan Kees Over the los Angeles dodgers. The final game on oct. 18 was the second Best watched game in history with 24,710, 000 Homes tuned in. Only the seventh game of the 1975 series Between Cincinnati and Boston had More viewers 27,560,000 four Abc prime time games ranked among the top 10 watched series games in history. Game 1 was eighth game 2, seventh and game 3, ninth. I i thursday. Another 15 go Friday with the final six up for grabs saturday. Only .898 seconds separate. Time from that of . Ulrich in 15th, in fact there were less than three tenths of a second from first to eighth place. Only one thousandth of a second Sepa rated seventh fastest David " set the track record last year of . And eighth place Neil Bonnett. The same margin was Between Bruce. Hill in 13th and Janet Guthrie in 14th. I knew the second Lap woii1rl to faster of my two laps,""&�._ Winner Only once this season. I ran Down on the apron on the first Lap and almost let it get away from me. On the second Lap i was trying not to lift much going into the fir heart would t stand a Loi. Added. Benny cause of i Ablow Engin thursday 1. In �. 2. Cale Yarbo. 3. Benny Parsons 4. Darrell a 5. 9. Buut.,. 10. Skip Manriki. 11. Sam sommers.12. Dennle inn a 13. A Autry to take Anaheim a Gene Autry will take Over personal control of his California Angels moving in As president and bring ing in former san Diego padres or in Buzzie Bavasi As no. 2 a red Patterson the Angels president the past three years will stay with the american league baseball club to handle Public relations a 1 Efu ". Autry Dalton who has been executive vice president and general manager will stay in the latter Post As Bavasi moves into the vice president s Job. The Angels who a league or division Pennant in i years of existence appeared to be a Strong con tender in 1977 after heavy investments in the free agent player Market. But injuries to key players kept the a the in fifth place n. A 74-88 yet " a formal in will Patterson " end As Autry a Aeu. Patterson
