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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1969
Page
10
Benny Phillips notes a highly competitive National 500 as the new Dodge Daytona faces factory Ford rivals. Brickhouse misses qualifying as teams tinker with rear wings and front end visibility. drafting strategy and tire issues loom large while Foyt earns Ford pole. NASCAR restricts garage passes amid Talladega walkout fallout.
Cale qualified fifth amid track changes and doubts about speed. He said he expected faster times from the Dodges and warned he may hold the lead all day Sunday if possible. He recalled leading the World 600 here before a costly crash by David Pearson that sidelined him. Sixty cars are in the garage with forty to start Sunday.
High Point Central junior varsity football defeated Greensboro Smith 24 to 6. Tony Shaver threw three touchdown passes, two to Mark Hawks for 70 yards and one to Mike Nesbitt for 65 yards. Darrell Simeral added a two yard run. Smith’s only score came on a punt return. Baby Bison stay unbeaten at 5-0 and host Lexington next Thursday at 7 p.m.
SMITH is in good condition as Central prepares to face the Bison at Greensboro. The Eagles, led by backfield duo Johnson and In gram, seek to avenge last year’s high scoring loss that cost them the conference crown and a state playoff berth. Grimsley looms next with Lexington East Forsyth and Parkland on the schedule.
Former Major League third baseman Don Hoak dies of a heart attack in Pittsburgh after the Pirates named Danny Murtaugh to manage. Hoak, nicknamed The Tiger, played 10 MLB seasons with two pennant winners and anchored the 1960 World Champion Pirates. He was found slumped over his car steering wheel after chasing his sister’s stolen car. a physician pronounced him dead on arrival at a Pittsburgh hospital. Hoak had said he wanted the Pirates job and later indicated uncertainty about managing Columbus next season.
Duke faces Wake Forest with key absences including safety Rich Searl and fullback Don Baglien. Linebacker Dick Biddle also sidelined. Duke aims to rebound after three winless games. Wake Forest strong defensively, hoping to curb Duke’s passing.
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