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NHL Jumps TV Networks 14 The Missoulian, Friday. July 7, 1972 Move to Shape Up Nonchalant Twins Quilici Replaces Bill counteroffer to the NHL's demands and was prepared Rigney By GERALD ESKENAZI (C) Mtt folk Tmtl Smki NEW YORK The National Hockey which has threatened legal action against itsiplrs who jump to a rival league, Thursday shock'W the Columbia Broadcasting System by jumping to the National Broadcasting Company. In a three-year television deal worth about $7 million more than double what it has been receiving from CBS the NHL will expand its TV conyerage and will be seen in prime weeknight times as'wejj; as, on Sundays. Although the NflL was legally free to leave CIBS, a source familiar with the details of the negotiations said, "What about the moral end? CBS has been doing hockey since 1967, but it's been only in the last two years that the network has seen any money from it." The league's contract with CBS had made a season, 1968, he hit .245 in 97 games. Rigney was in his 17th season as a major league manager.

He was named to the Twins post after the 1969 season in a controversial shakeup after Martin led the club to the title. Before Joining Minnesota, Rigney, 54, managed the California Angels for nine years and the San Francisco Giants for five seasons. He began his managerial career in Minneapolis with the old Millers of the American Association and then went to the New York Giants after the 1955 season. Griffith said he had decided definitely to make the change only Thursday morning. "You know I've had a couple sleepless nights," Griffith told newsmen.

"I decided on my way to work that we couldn't stand another year like last year." The Twins finished fifth in 1971, drawing 940,858 fans, the first time in the 11-year history of the club that less than one million had gone through the turnstiles. to negotiate. But the NHL toon lis pacnage which apparently was willing to pay what the league fk 'presume that NBC paid exactly what the NHL wanted," said the source. "If they didn't, the contract wouldn't be valid. If NBC offered less money, the NHL would have had to go back to CBS and tell them what NBC offered." The money will be divided among the 13 United States teams in the 16-team NHL.

The three Canadian Jeams, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, have a private Canadian-TV deal worth considerably more for each club. Montreal and Toronto each receive more than $1 million a year and Vancouver receives more than $600,000. The NBC deal will gross about $190,000 a year for each U.S. club. While far short of the $1.6 million a team that pro football exacts from the networks, the deal demonstrates how far hockey has come in the relatively short time it has been a network commodity.

"The Harris Poll, which showed hockey having the greatest percentage increase last year of the major sports, was a factor in our making the deal," said Carl Lindemann NBC Sports Vice President. Don Ruck, the league's vice president, put the new package together. Under the old contract, CBS paid about $1 million a year to the league and started telecasts on Sundays in January, after the pro football season ends. Under the new set-up, hockey will be regularly scheduled in prime time over a network for the first time. ici, in his second year as a Twins coach.

"Something I've learned from a lot of guys, including Calvin and our friend Billy Martin is that you've got to have a lot of pride. We've got to get it all together." Martin, current Detroit manager, piloted the Twins to the West Division title in 1969. Rigney was not present at the news conference. Earlier he had told a newsman he had spent 90 minutes with Griffith where he learned of his dismissal as manager. "Calvin said we are not selling any tickets, and he wants to go with a local man," Rigney said.

He then went to the clubhouse to tell the players, who had gathered for a practice session on Thursday an open date. The 33-year-old Quilici has been with the Twins organization for 11 years. He was a utility infielder with the Twins from 1965 until 1970. Quilici played in 405 major league games and had a lifetime batting average of .214. In his best MINNEAPOLIS-ST PAUL, AP) Frank Quilici was named manager of the Minnesota Twins Thursday, replacing Bill Rigney who was fired by President Calvin Griffith.

"The most important reason for making this change was that the players weren't reacting on the field," Griffith told a hastily called news conference. "Too many were too nonchalant." The Twins, who led the American League's West Division early in the season, were in third place with a 36-34 record, DVi games behind first place Oakland Griffith said he feared another fifth place finish for the Twins, who returned from a road trip Wednesday after winning only once in six games. "I'm just hoping Frank will have a little better luck the second half of the season," Griffith said. "I think as far as I'm concerned we can have the Twins making a little luck," said Quil Chess Match May Start Sunday of the match, which was to have begun last Sunday, in a holdout for more money. The stakes then were an official purse of $125,000 and a share of TV and film receipts.

He decided to come arriving Tuesday only after British financier James Slater stepped in with a donation of $130,000. The prize pot totals $255,000 of which the winner will take five-eights and the loser three-eights. In addition, the players will get a share of the sale of TV and movie rights, estimated at perhaps $27,500 each. In his letter to Spassky, who demanded a written apology for Fischer's conduct before he would sit down at the chess board, the American champion called his attempt to grab a share of the gate as "my petty dispute over money." "I have offended you your country, the Soviet Union, where chess has a prestigious position," Fischer wrote. Nevertheless, he took' issue with a demand by the.

Soviet Chess Federation that he be penalized with the loss of the first game for his tardy arrival. "If this forfeit demand were respected," Fischer; wjote, "it would place meVflt'a tremendous Described Wednesday as being "very upset" by the tangled prelude to the'- match, Spassky appeared calm! and fit Thursday as he played his daily round of tennis. vi'V Fischer remained, put' of view at one of the hideaways provided him by the organizers. REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) Repentant Bobby Fischer offered his "sincerest apology" in writing to Boris Spassky Thursday for "disrespectful behavior" that threatened to torpedo their $300,000 match for the world chess championship. The American challenger's apology was delivered to the Russian champion during the morning in an unblocking move that opened the way for the start of the 24-game series, plagued by delay, confusion and bad feeling.

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Ali will receive $250,000 or 35 per cent of the receipts, including television. Patterson, who held the title twice, will get $125,000 against 25 per cent. It will be their second meeting. Ali defeated Patterson at Las Vegas, Nov. 22, 1965, when Patterson quit in the 12th round of a title bout because of a bad back.

Worlds Records CWAC Javelin STOCKHOLM (AP) Janis Lusis of the Soviet Union set a world record in javelin Thursday night with a throw of 305 feet, IVi inches. Jorma Kinnunen of Finalnd held the old record of 304-1 established in 1969. Lusis set the world record in his first throw in an international track and field event. Discus STOCKHOLM (AP) Rickey Brunch of Sweden equalled the world discus record of 224 feet 5 inches with his first throw in an international track and field meet Wednesday night. Brunch, 25, one of the world's leading discus throwers for three years, had a previous best of 224-1 last year.

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