South Mountaineer Volume 11, Issue 05

              Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 11 - No. 5
OCTOBER 21, 1968
Gridders DropDecisf&ft^At Penn
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Harriers Rap Albright,
West Chester Squads
Ed Carney won one race and
tied for first place in a second as
Lehigh's cross country varsity
trimmed West Chester, 24-34,
and Albright, 15-47.
His solo triumph came against
West Chester in a test which found
teammates Bob Detrick, Bill
Succop and Tom Wise also placing in the first six.
Carney, Detrick, Succop, Wise,
Steve Haas and Keith Home elected to cross the finish line together against Albright.
The victories lifted Coach John
Covert's team to a 5-2 seasonal
record and gave them four triumphs in their last five starts.
Lehigh's highly-regarded
freshman squad, also handled by
Covert, downed West Chester
25-30 for its fourth victory
against one loss.
The summaries;
Bayer, Lehigh
18:22
Moyer, West Chester
19:36
Mapes, West Chester
19:37
Filo, Lehigh
20:10
Isaacson, West Chester
20:44
Coach's Comment
"Our depth seems to be
building up a little and we're
all anxious to see how we make
out in that invitational meet at
Buffalo this weekend. Our freshmen are running well, too, and
a couple of them appear sure
bets to press returning varsity
men hard next season.". . .John
Covert, cross country.
Unbeaten Quakers Victorious
In Rain Before 8,916 Fans
ED    CARNEY
LEHIGH-ALBRIGHT
1.  Carney,     Detrick,     Haas,
Home, Succop and Wise (L); (tie);
7.   Schlippert   (A);   8.  Adelman
(A); 9. Blatt (A); 10. Gross (L).
5   Lettermen Leading
Cagers In Early Drills
LEHIGH VARSITY vs W
. CHESTER
Carney, Lehigh
25:22
Spangler, West Chester
26:03
Zinn, West Chester
26:23
Detrick, Lehigh
26:27
Succop, Lehigh
26:32
Wise, Lehigh
26:39
Stouffer, West Chester
26:41
Home, Lehigh
26:5 2
Haas, Lehigh
26:55
Carmody, West Chester
26:56
Lazenby, Lehigh
27:07
McDonnell, West Chester
27:15
Blades, West Chester
27:28
Winn, West Chester
27:40
McElwain, West Chester
28:r2
Snyder, West Chester
28:M
Overpeck, West Chester
29:03
Kendig, Lehigh
29:15
LEHIGH FROSH vs W.
CHESTER
Steele, Lehigh
15:43
Heil, Lehigh
15:50
Grace, West Chester
16:09
Mitrano, Lehigh
16:21
Davis, West Chester
16:22
Lerch, West Chester
16:55
Derr, West Chester
16:58
Nocholas, Lehigh
17:13
Crawford, West Chester
17:20
Lee, Lehigh
17:42
Barlow, Lehigh
17:52
Gentry, West Chester
17:55
Costello, West Chester
17:56
Swanger, Lehigh
17:57
Hawkins, West Chester
18:09
Carroll, Lehigh
18:17
Five lettermen, a junior and
five sophomores head a group
of basketball players participating in pre-season practice at
Lehigh University.
Coach Roy (Liz) Heckman,who
guided the Engineers to their
first winning campaign (12-11)
since 1953 last season, is in
charge for the second year.
Bob Kennedy, a former aide
at Mercer County Community
College in Trenton, N.J., is on
hand as the successor to freshman mentor Gary Walters.
Walters, who guided the Little
Engineers to an 11-5 record,
resigned to become assistant
coach at Dartmouth.
Heckman's lettermen include
co-captains Bob Bonow of West-
field, N.J., and Pete Albert of
Harrison, N.Y., Bob Fortune of
Mechanicville, N.Y., Ted Bayer
of Huntingdon, Pa., and ArtSchiel
of Glenside, Pa. Frank Babic of
Tarrytown, N.Y., a junior who
reported early last season but
failed to remain with the squad,
has returned.
The   sophomores   are   led   by
Gettysburg Next Rival
Lehigh and Gettysburg football
teams clash for the 37th time
Saturday afternoon (Oct. 26) with
the visiting Engineers trying to
extend an 18-14-4 series
advantage.
The contest at Gettysburg will
be a Homecoming Weekend
attraction with the kickoff at
1:30 p.m.
Lehigh, although maintaining
a series lead over the Bullets,
hasn't defeated the Gettysburg
collegians     since 1962.
Gettysburg, after dropping its
first five starts, rebounded
Saturday   with  a   stunning  12-7
triumph      over     Bucknell  at
Lewisburg, Pa.
Only six seniors are on the
Lehigh squad and one of them,
kicking specialist Bill Layton
of Williamsport, Pa., didn't play
football in his sophomore year.
Quarterback Rick Laubach of
Pottsville, Pa., left guard John
Miller of New City, N.Y,,
defensive end Bob Bennico"" of
Emmaus, Pa., tight end 'on
Matalavage of Port Carbon, 1 a.,
and safetyman Brad Fox of Bound
Brook, N.J., are the only Engineers who made the trip to
Gettysburg in 1966.
high-scoring and highly-touted
John Waters of Pottsville, Pa.,
who averaged 23.7 points a game
with last season's frosh. Also
up with the varsity are sophs Rick
and Kenny Etra, twins from Great
Neck, N.Y., Eric Silfen of New
York City and Pete Shelley of
Lancaster, Pa.
Heckman's major problem
during the 1968-69 campaign will
be a lack of heighth. Fortune,
6-foot-5 and 230 pounds, led
Engineer rebounders last season
with 25 2 off the boards. He had
strong support, however, from,
captain Bob Lowman (214) and
Bob Mallimsom (154) who
graduated. Replacing Lowman
and Mallimson will be difficult.
Lehigh expects to have better
all-around speed than in 1967-68
but Heckman must find some help
in the rebound department. Bayer
and Babic, both 6-foot-3, are the
tallest candidates except for
Fortune.
Waters, 5-foot-ll, is a former
East Penn Scholastic League star
who has attracted more attention
than any Lehigh eager to reach
the varsity in some time. He'll
have to take up much of the slack
caused by the graduation of
Lowman and Mallimson who
topped varsity scorers last
winter with 312 and 298 points,
respectively. Fortune had 291
points.
The Engineers open Monday
night, Dec, 2, against the
University of Pennsylvania in the
Penn Palestra, Philadelphia.
They meet Army at West Point,
N.Y., the next afternoon and make
their home debut Thursday,
Dec. 5, against Temple in Grace
Hall.
Last season they were co-
champions of the Union College
Holiday     Tournament     at
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Pennsylvania scored the first
two times it had the ball Saturday and went on to defeat Lehigh,
34-0, before 8,916 football fans at
Franklin Field,
It was the fourth straight victory for the unbeaten, untied Ivy
Leaguers and the fourth loss in
five   starts  for  the   Engineers.
Day-long rain greatly hampered both teams' running attacks
but the Quakers rolled along on
the sharp passing of quarterback
Bernie Zbrzeznj, a junior from
Manor, Pa.
Lehigh started impressively,
moving from its own 29 to mid-
field chiefly on the plunges of
fullback Bill Oehlke before the
drive stalled and the Engineers
were forced to punt.
Penn immediately moved 66
yards, Zbrzeznj completing three
key aerials and running 11 yards
on a right end rollout, for a 7-0
advantage.1 The—touchdown was
an 11-yard pass, Zbrzeznj to split
end Pete Blumenthal.
The Quakers kicked off, forced
another Lehigh punt and charged
70 yards to make it 14-0.
Zbrzeznj completed four passes
in this drive and the TD came on
a   7-yard  pitch to  Blumenthal.
Lehigh tightened up defensively, after these early surges,
but the Quakers managed to add
two touchdowns, two field goals
and two extra points before the
final whistle.
George Burrell splashed his
way 62 yards early in the second
period, after picking a long Rick
Laubach punt out of the mud at the
right sideline, for a touchdown,
and returned another punt 30
yards to set up the fourth. This
came in the third quarter, Penn
marching into the end zone from
35 yards away.
A key play on this final TD
assault came as halfback Bill
Sudhaus broke through center and
fumbled the ball. It was kicked
about 15 yards forward where
Blumenthal recovered on the Lehigh 6. Gerry Santini, star Penn
fullback who was contained fairly
well, drove across from the two.
Place-kicking specialist Eliot
Coach's Comment
"Our men just couldn't get
started at Penn, especially after
they hit us for those two quick
touchdowns, although theybraced
pretty well over the last three
quarters. It's hard playing catchup football, and in the rain and
mud it's twice as difficult.". . .
Fred Dunlap, football.
Berry added four conversions for
the Quakers in addition to field
goals of 30 and 31 yards.
The second three-pointer came
after Lehigh had halted the Penn
offense twice at the Lehigh 4-
yard line, throwing Syl Micir for
an 11-yard loss on third down.
Several minutes earlier the Engineers had halted the Quakers
at point-blank range when Paul
Gallo intercepted a pass In the
end zone.
Late in the contest Lehigh advanced from its own 31 to the Penn
38, tailback Jack Paget picking
up most of the yardage, before
Jim Petrillo slipped in the mud
and fell  shsrt  of a first down.
Zbrzeznj was the day's big
ground-gainer, completing 11 of
15 passes for 127 yards and two
touchdowns, and running the ball
three times for 38 yards. Sudhaus   picked  up  50 yards in 12
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Soccermen
Bow, 5-0
Rutgers handed Lehigh's soccermen their second straight
loss, 5-0, at New Brunswick,
N. J.
This evened the Engineers'
record at 2-2-1. After a game at
Stevens Oct. 23 the team finishes
with   four   in   a  row at  home.
The lineups:
LEHIGH
Pos.
RUTGERS
Galardi
G
Blender
Laitala
LFB
Berkowitz
Heller
RFB
Miller
Laubenstein
LHB
Cruez
Fetters
CHB
Strickland
Weiler
RHB
Bell
Hall
OL
Kirk
Newton
II.
Canipesi
Ferrell
CF
Cowell
Goat
IR
Murray
Gustavson
OR
Clark
LEHIGH 0    0    0     0     -- 0
RUTGERS 0     1     1     3     -- 5
Goals: Cowell 2, Campesi 2, Sanchez.
Assists:   Cowell, Sanchez.
Coach's Comment
"We've lost our scoring touch,
after getting 15 goals in our first
three games, and the offense must
pick up the tempo again. Sometimes it seems like you just can't
beg, borrow or steal a goal."
. . .Gerry Leeman, soccer.
John Covert, track and cross
country coach at Lehigh University, directed those sports at
Ossining, N.Y., High School
where his teams won 149 of
162 meets.
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