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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1969
Page
33
Richard Petty led early, but David Pearson surged past to win the North Wilkesboro race. Pearson credited new outside tires and smart pit strategy, raising his season total to 163,500 and widening his Grand National lead over Petty.
Clemson, led by Ray Yauger with three touchdowns, upset Georgia Tech 21-10 in Atlanta. Tech held a 10 point halftime edge before Clemson surged in the second half. Maryland then defeated Wake Forest 19-14 in Winston-Salem as NC Tar Heels beat Vanderbilt 38-22 at Chapel Hill. Pittsburgh beat Duke 14-12 in Durham. Virginia topped William and Mary 28-15 with Gary Helman scoring four TDs.
David Pearson edged Richard Petty to win the Fame a Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro after a late restart and fresh right side tires. Petty led most of the race but a late bottle incident and strategic tire changes allowed Pearson to surge ahead and claim victory, with final finishing order listing Pearson, Petty, Isaac, Yarbrough, Baker and Marcus among the top finishers.
In Madisonville Kentucky the Carolina Cougars lost an exhibition 117 116 to the Kentucky Colonels when a final shot by Randy Mahaffey went in as time expired Officials did not overturn the call after protests Louis Dampier scored on a jumper with 11 seconds showing Doug Moe led scorers with 38 points Bob Verga added 31 Hank Whitney pulled down 27 rebounds and scored 27 for the Cougars
The weekly Andrews ISAAP Booster Club meeting tonight is postponed because the junior varsity football game is on. The meeting will be rescheduled with future film showings of Friday's game. The Jayvees game at Reidsville was delayed by rain.
Lenoir Rhyne crushed Newberry 42 7 to take the Carolinas Conference lead and remain the conference’s only unbeaten team. Elon fell 26 20 to Appalachian and Presbyterian slipped to 4th straight loss 42 8 to Wofford as Catawba and Guilford also played.
Charles Walter Hagen fade away from cancer at his estate in Traverse City Michigan at age 76 after a long public golf career. The Haig won the U S Open in 1914 and 1919 and claimed five PGA titles including a British Open four times setting sport history he also defeated Bobby Jones in a famous 72 hole match worth 7800 dollars and spent his fortune as a golf icon.
The Cowboys beat the Eagles 38-7 behind Calvin Hill 91 rushing yards and a 44-yard pass. The Rams crushed New Orleans 36-17 for their third straight win. Green Bay, Cleveland, and Chicago also endured losses in varied margins as Detroit rallied for a win.
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