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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1969
Page
47
College spring practice shows UNC under coach Bill Dooley building depth and evaluating a new quarterback race among four contenders. Duke under Tom Harp drills a young, fast offense led by Leo Hart with strong receiving corps and improving backfield, aiming to rebound from a 4-6 season.
Lefty Fritz Peterson pitched seven strong innings as the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 in an exhibition in Fort Lauderdale. Billy Cowan stroked two key singles and Gene Michael tripled in a run, with a three-run sixth inning sealing the win.
Nate Colbert hit two homers as San Diego defeated the California Angels B team 5-4 in Yuma. Colbert connected for a two run shot in the second to put the Padres ahead 2-1 and added a solo homer in the seventh. Al Santorini allowed one unearned run over six innings, fanning the side in a key third inning jam. Orlando McFarland and Thomas Silverio singled to start the Angel third.
Ex Cardinals Alex Johnson Bob Tolan and Wayne Granger led the Reds in a 9-7 victory over St Louis ending the Cardinals three game exhibition win streak. Johnson hit a two run homer and added a single. Tolan and Johnson produced key hits in a three run fifth as Reds rallied in the sixth. Granger, a former Cards rookie reliever, shut down St Louis over the last four innings.
Kansas City Royals defeated the Minnesota Twins 4 1 in Fort Myers Florida as Joe Foy drove in three runs with a single a double and a homer. Dave Morehead pitched six shutout innings allowing three hits with five strikeouts and one walk. Andy Kostro homered off Steve Jones in the seventh to break up the shutout.
The Washington Senators and Pittsburgh Pirates moved their April 5 and 6 exhibition games from Louisville Kentucky to Turnpike Stadium Arlington Texas due to a muddy unplayable field. Groundskeeper Joe Mooney confirmed Louisville’s field condition after a visit.
Pompano Beach Florida reports that 29 year old right hander Phil Ortega was released unconditionally after waivers from all clubs in both major leagues. Ortega posted a 5 12 record with the Nationals last season and his career major league mark stands at 46 62 with the Dodgers and Senators. Ted Williams said Ortega showed nothing in spring training.
Joe Coleman tossed eight innings of five hit ball to beat the Houston Astros 5-1 in Cocoa Florida. Dennis Higgins worked a scoreless ninth as Washington improved to six spring victories. The Senators scored twice on unearned runs in the sixth and added three more in the ninth with hits from Unser Cullen and Epstein and a Casanova error play.
San Francisco seized the opener of its spring schedule after Steve Hargan walked six and allowed three first inning runs following elbow surgery. Mike McCormick allowed two runs over six innings as Zoilo Versalles homered for Cleveland in Tucson Arizona.
Detroit Tigers end a 10 of 12 slide with a 10-7 exhibition win over the Boston Red Sox in Lakeland Florida. Earl Wilson started for Detroit while Boston rookie Mike Nagy struggled in the first inning and Rico Petrocelli miscued a grounder to score a run. In the second inning five straight singles highlighted Detroit surge to a 6-1 lead.
The New York Mets reassigned six players to minor league camp in St. Petersburg on Saturday, trimming the roster to 26. Pitchers Bob Hendley Danny Frisella and Dick Rusteck infielder Bob Heise outfielder Leroy Stanton and catcher Chico Diaz were released, leaving the team one over the legal limit while Art Shamsky sits with a back injury potentially heading to the disabled list before opening day.
Ralph Garr drove in three runs with a double and a two run homer to lead the Atlanta Braves B squad to a 7 3 win over the Montreal Expos in West Palm Beach Ty Cline Homered for Montreal and Jim Williams collected two of Montreal three hits Obregon added a single and a double for the Braves
East Carolina University offense explodes for four runs in the first inning and coast to a 13-0 victory over Dartmouth in Greenville. Led by Len Dowd 3 for 4 Wayne Vick 2 for 2 with a triple and four RBIs Stu Garrett 2 for 2 and three runs scored.
About 40 drivers compete in the Dogwood 500 at Martinsville Speedway with Carl Stevens of Rehobeth MA on the pole for the 250 mile event. Ray Hendrick of Richmond is a strong favorite in the No 2 Starter modified. The 40 car field qualified across Friday and Saturday with the race set to start at 1 pm.
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