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Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh Un^^t^iumni Association
Vol. 11 - No. 11
DECEMBER 9, 1968
Winter
Sophs Bolster Mat Squad
For Home Opener Saturday
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Sophomores figure prominently in Lehigh University's hopes
for a 17th consecutive winning
wrestling season.
The Engineers, coached by Hall
of Fame member Gerry Leeman,
haven't had a losing campaign
since 1945. They were 5-5 in
1952, the year before Leeman
succeeded Billy Sheridan, another Hall of Fame coach, at the
helm,
A highly-touted sophomore
contingent, led by Army Plebe
Tourney champions David Icen-
hower of Drexel Hill, Scott Christie of Glen Rock, N. J., and Mason
Staub of Carlisle, is being counted upon to extend that string of
successful seasons.
The Engineers were scheduled
to open their schedule Wednesday (Dec. 11) afternoon witha
dual meet against Yale in New
Haven, Conn.
The 1968-69 home debut comes
Saturday when Cornell invades
Grace Hall for freshman and
varsity bouts. The frosh start at
1:30 with the varsity following
at 3 p.m.
Icenhower is battling letter-
man Dick Meyer of Toledo, O.,
for a starting berth at 123 pounds.
Christie is working at 167 and
Staub, scaling 260, at heavyweight.
Additional lettermen are captain Pete Henning of Wantagh,
N.Y., at 130; Jay Leeman of Rie-
gelsville, at 137; Tom Muir of
Wallaceton, and Charley Nord-
quist of Bath, at 152; Eastern
champion Jack Bentz of Wayne, at
177, and Frank Paquin of North
Canton, O., and Al Nicusanti of
Phillipsburg, N. J. at 191.
Paquin has trimmed down after
lettering for two seasons at
heavyweight and compiling a winning record.
Leeman and his new freshman
coach, Mike Caruso, are putting
the squad through its paces.
Coach's Comment
"We have the makings of a
winning squad. Just how successful we'll be may depend upon the
new men we have, both as starters
and as backup wrestlers. It'll
take a few meets before a true
rating will be possible.". . .
Gerry Leeman, wrestling.
Time Changes
Two time changes have
been announced on Lehigh's
wrestling  schedule.
A varsity meet at Army
Feb. 15, originally slated
to begin at 4 p.m., will start
at-3-rvm.     -,	
The varsity meet against
Rutgers, in Grace Hall
March 1, will start at 8 p.m.
instead of 3 p.m. as carried
on earlier  schedules.
JOHNNY   WATERS
Fall Athletes Provide
3-0 Trophy Race Lead
A clean sweep against archrival Lafayette highlighted a
successful Fall season for Lehigh
varsity athletes in which the
Engineers won 21 events, lost 12
and tied two.
Lehigh downed Lafayette 17-42
in cross country, 3-0 in soccer
and 21-6 in football to take a
commanding lead in their annual
battle for an all-sports trophy
placed  in competition    by   the
student  governing bodies of the
neighboring rivals.
The   Engineers   lead 3-0 with
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Cross Country
12
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Soccer
6
3
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Football
3
21
7
12
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Swimmers Set Record
Frank Warner, Pete Harding,
Wayne Martin and Rick Astleford established a new Lehigh
400-medley relay record last
Saturday but it wasn't enough to
save the mermen from a loss at
the hands of visiting Colgate,
67-37.
The relay mark was set at
3:49.6 as Coach Roy Nichols and
his Brown and White squad made
their seasonal debuts. Nichols,
former All-American diver at
Rutgers, is Lehigh's new swimming mentor.
Favored      Colgate     captured
Coach's Comment
"The big problem appears to
be a lack of depth although we
have some excellent first-liners.
You'll find a record being topped
now and then but we must locate
some help for our leaders.". . .
Roy Nichols, swimming.
seven of 12 events. Individual
winners for Lehigh were Harding,
Astleford, Warner and John Hel-
wig.
The summary;
400 Medley Relay - Lehigh (Warner,
Harding, Martin, Astelford). Time: 3:49.6
(school record).
1,000 Freestyle - 1. Quesado (C); 2.
Bayuk (C); 3. Helwig (L). Time: 11:45.7.
200 Freestyle - 1. Lloyd (C); 2. Latta
(O; 3. Miller (L). Time: 1:57.5.
50 Freestyle - 1. Harding (L): 2. Wax-
well   (C);   3.   Keogli   (C).   Time:      :23.6.
200 Individual Medley - 1. Gush (C); 2.
Flanagan (C); 3. Walterick (I.). Time:
2:10.5.
Diving - 1. Costich (C); 2. LaCavera
(C); 3. Dillman (L). Points not available.
200 Butterfly - 1. Demarest (C): 2.
Rose  (CI;   3. Klinger (L). Time:  2:13.5.
100 - Freestyle - 1. Astelford (I.); 2.
Martin (L);  3. Schuster (O. Time: :51.7.
200 Backstroke - l.Warner(L); 2.Mar-
quart    (C); 3. Morris (L). Time: 2:11.1.
500 Freestyle - 1. Helwig (L); 2. Caus-
grove (C); 3. Huminsky (C). Time: 5:56.1.
200 Breaststroke - 1. Arnold (C); 2.
Phillip (C); 3. Walterick(L).Time: 2:30.6.
400 Freestyle Relay - Colgate (Keoch,
Renz, Gush, Waxwell). Time: 3:25.8.
nine events remaining before the
1968-69 series concludes in the
Spring. Lehigh captured the first
all-sports trophy two years ago
and retained it last year.
Coach John Covert's runners,
champions of the Middle Atlantic
Conference, won their last nine
dual meets in a row to complete
a 12-2 campaign. No past Lehigh
cross country squad ever gained
that many triumphs in a single
season.
Coach Gerry Leeman's soccer
squad (6-3-2) overcame a mid-
season slump to win its last four
starts and Coach Fred Dunlap's
footballers (3-7) finished off their
most successful year since 1962
with the rout of Lafayette.
Ed Carney, a junior from White
Plains, N.Y.., led the cross
country team in the Middle
Atlantic Conference championships at Philadelphia, Pa., taking
individual honors over the 5-mile
Fairmount Park course in 26:47.
Steve Haas, a senior from
Massillon, Ohio, finished second
as the Engineers won with a
record low of 33 points. Runnerup
LaSalle had 61.
prwoy
Cagers Impress As Albert,
Fortune, Waters Set Pace
Lehigh's varsity basketball
team, having won the only game of
its first four in which the Engineers were favored, played impressively enough to brighten
hopes for a successful campaign.
Coach Roy Heckman's squad,
which battled through four contests in six days last week, broke
into the victory column with a
convincing 94-81 triumph over
visiting Susquehanna.
Earlier in the week the cagers
dropped decisions to Penn, 88-69,
Army, 58-52 and Temple, 77-62.
Performances against Army and
Temple, a pair of tournament-
tested quintets, were particularly
encouraging.
The Engineers led Army at
West Point, N. Y., 19-10, and
trailed only 49-46 with 4:21 left
in the game and their lone big
man — Bob Fortune — banished
via personal" fouls" along with
scoring ace Johnny Waters.
Temple, after trailing 16-15,
moved out to a 10-point advantage which Lehigh chopped to
36-32, and wasn't able to relax
until   late   in   the  second  half.
It was "Basketball Booster
Night" when Temple appeared
in Grace Hall and 1,500 fans
turned out to officially welcome
Coach Heckman and hisnewaide,
Bob Kennedy, and their players.
Ray Snyder, of the Alumni Assn.
Student Relations Committee,
presented trophies on behalf of
the association and the Class of
1971, joint sponsors of the
program.
In the opener, against Penn in
Philadelphia, the Lehigh squad
rallied from deficits of 12-0 and
30-9 to slice the Quakers' lead
to 67-60 but could get no closer.
Against Susquehanna, at Grace
Hall, the    Engineers    ran off a
string of 18 straight points in the
first half for a 28-7 advantage.
The aggressive, sharpshooting
Crusaders, who won 100-85 over
the Engineers last season,
struggled in vain to get back into
serious contention.
Lehigh held a 42-28 margin
at the intermission and was on
top by 23 points, at 80-57, when
Heckman thought it safe to give
his hard-working starters a
chance to rest.
Waters, a highly-touted sophomore from Pottsville, Pa., made
his varsity debut with 25 tallies
at Penn and after the first four
games was the team's top scorer
with 70.
Fortune got off to a bright start
with 59 points and 50 rebounds and
the muscular 225-pounder must
continue that sort of performance
if the Engineers are to neutralize
bigger teams which they'll face
all season.
The third-highest scorer over
the first four contests was
sophomore Kenny Etra of Great
Neck, N. Y., with 39 markers.
Waters, in addition to his 70
points, surprised with 23 rebounds to tie Frank Babic for
second position behind Fortune
in that department.
Pete Albert, floor leader of the
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Coach's Comment
"We weren't out of any of
those first three games, although
the opposition was among the
toughest we'll have all season,,
and our players responded with
fine efforts. I thought they might
be too tired for Susquehanna's
running type of attack but they
kept up the pace. We have a
stronger bench than a year ago."
. . . Roy  Heckman,  basketball.
Frosh Had 12-5 Mark
Twelve victories, against only
five losses, were registered
during the recent fall season by
Lehigh freshman athletes.
Coach John Covert's cross
country squad, led by brilliant
Tim Steele of Boonton, N.J., won
IC4A, Middle Atlantic Conference
and Canisius Invitational championships with Steele capturing
all three individual titles. The
team won six dual meets, losing
only to Pennsylvania.
Coach Tom Fleck's soccer
team fashioned a perfect 5-0-0
campaign and Coach Barry
Fetterman's    footballers    were
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Soccer                5
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Cross Country   6
1
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Football             1
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1-4-0, bringing the final figures
to 12-5-0 for the three frosh
clubs.
Steele, a former New Jersey
state scholastic cross country
champion, lived up to all expectations with his sweep of
tournament laurels. He'll be a
contender for varsity honors in
the same events beginning next
season.
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