South Mountaineer Volume 11, Issue 06

              Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh J^^fs|.ty|^amni Association
Vol. 11 - No. 6
OCTOBER 28, 1968
Gettysburg 11 Batt
BETHLEHEM, PENNA,
Soccermen
Tie, Lose
A pair of goals by Don Ferrell
enabled Lehigh's varsity soccer
team to tie Stevens, 2-2, at
Hoboken, N.J.
In a second appearance last
week the Engineers were beaten
by Bucknell at Lewisburg, Pa.,
4-0.
The lineups:
LEHIGH Pos. BUCKNELL
Hart man G Howson
Heller RFG Stfyick
Laitala LFB Mitchell
Weiler RHB Moore
Fetters CHB Kurz
Langborgh LHB Schegel
Gustavson OR Burgess
Goat IR Mars
Laubenstein CF Rath
Ferrell IL Klein
Hall OL Nold
LEHIGH 0    0 0    0    —     0
BUCKNELL 10 2    1—4
Goals: Rath 2, Klein, Burgess. Assists:
Rath   2, Burgess.
LEHIGH Pos. STEVENS
Hartman G Burns
Heller RFG Golhan
Laitila l.FB Gitzen
-We44er  RHB—   StAoetHe	
Fetters CHB Oleoniczak
Laubenstein LHB Muhamed
Gustavson OR Tabata
Goat IR Rivera
Ferrell CF Cikegil
Newton II, sparans
Hall OL DeLuca
LEHIGH 0     10    10     0     —     2
STEVENS 0     110 0     0—2
Lehigh goals:  Ferrell  2. Assist: Laubenstein.
Stevens goals:    Cikegil 2. Assist: Muhamed,
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JIM PETRILLO, Lehigh running ace in the
victory at Gettysburg, picks up a few of his
151 yards-i—■—
Frosh, Varsity Runners
Impress at Buffalo
Coach's Comment
"Bucknell just had too much
for us, looking like the best team
we've played all year. Injuries
have hurt our program, too, and
we just can't seem to get started
offensively.". . .Gerry Leeman,
soccer.
A first - place finish in the
freshman division of theCanisius
Invitational at Buffalo, N.Y., a
strong performance by the
varsity in the same test, and a
shutout for the varsity in dual
competition highlighted last
week's Lehigh cross country
activity.
The frosh led a field of 17
colleges and universities,
scoring 61  points against 63 for
Champ Leads Wrestlers
Five men who placed in last
season's Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Assn. championship
tournament at Pittsburgh, led by
defending 167-pound king Jack
Bentz of Wayne, Pa., head a group
of 55 varsity mat candidates
undergoing practice drills at
Lehigh,
Newly-appointed assistant
coach Mike Caruso, 3-time NCAA
and EIWA champion and head
mentor last winter at the University of Virginia, is conducting
early sessions. Veteran head
coach Gerry Leeman, also
varsity soccer mentor, will take
charge upon completion of the
soccer schedule.
There are seven lettermen
including captain Pete Henningof
Wantagh, N.Y., Jay Leeman of
Riegelsville, Pa,, Dick Meyer
of Toledo, O., Tom Muir of
Wallaceton, Pa,, Frank Paquin of
North Canton, O., Al Nicusanti
of Phillipsburg, N.J., and Bentz,
Returning place-winners from
the 1967-68 eastern title tournament, in addition to Bentz, are
Henning and Muir, second at 130
and 152 pounds, respectively;
Meyer and Paquin, fourth at 123
and heavyweight, respectively.
There are two significant
weight changes. Nicusanti has
grown into a full-blown 177-
pounder and Paquin, a winning
heavyweight, has trimmed down
to 191.
Among graduates of a winning
(6-1-1) frosh squad are Plebe
Tournament champions David
Icenhower, 123, of Drexel Hill,
Pa., Scott Christie, 177, of Glen
Rock, N.J., and heavyweight
Mason Staub of Mechanicsburg,
Pa, Staub, who weights 270, hopes
to compete at 255.
Other prominent sophomores
are Hugh Fisher, 137, of Syosset,
N.Y.; Mike Harrison, 191, of
Norfolk, Va.; Steve Shields, 15 2,
of Williston Park, N.Y.; Bill
Telfer, 191, of Waterloo, Iowa;
Dave Waters, 123, of Farming-
dale, N.Y., and Rich Bacastow,
160, of Hershey, Pa.
There's every indication that
several varsity lettermen face
fights for their lives to earn
starting berths in the 1968-69
campaigning.
The  campaign starts Dec. 11
against Yale at New Haven, Conn.
runnerup Buffalo and 69 for
Pittsburgh. Tim Steele and John
Heil of the Little Engineers finished one-two.
The varsity, running at Buffalo,
placed third behind Pittsburgh
and the University of Toronto
in a field of 31 teams. Pitt had
47 points, Toronto 89 and Lehigh
125.
Steve Haas paced Lehigh with
a seventh-place finish over a 4.8
mile course against top runners
from the United States and
Canada. He covered the route in
22:58. Bob Detrick of Lehigh
was 11th with Bill Succop 27th,
Ed Carney 34th and Keith Home
47th. Jerry Richey of Pitt was
first in 22:15.
The varsity whitewashing,
15-50, was registered over visiting Rider College on the Saucon
Valley Fields. Succop, Haas,
Detrick, Home, Carney and Tom
Wise tied for first place with
27:52 for the five miles. This
was Lehigh's sixth victory in
eight meets.
LEHIGH 15, RIDER 50
1. Succop, Wise, Haas, Carney,
Detrick,  Home (L); 7. Lazenby
(L);   8.   Gross   (L);  9. Way (R);
10, Baitzel (R).
Coach's Comment
"Our performance at Buffalo
signalled Lehigh's entry into the
'big time' of cross country. Our
freshmen were winners and the
varsity performed well, both
squads going against major opposition. Steve Haas was very
impressive.". . .John Covert,
cross country.
34-14
Petrillo Gains 151 Yards
As Lehigh Routs Bullets
An all - sophomore starting
backfield, working behind an
experienced forward wall composed chiefly of juniors,
spearheaded Lehigh University's
football team to a crushing 34-14
rout of Gettysburg last Saturday
on the losers' field.
The Engineers spoiled Homecoming Day for some 4,647
Gettysburg spectators, handing
the Bullets their first H-Day loss
since 1950.
Gettysburg, fresh from a 12-7
upset of Bucknell, never had a
chance against a hard-driving,
opportune Lehigh squad which
bulled its way to 24-0 and 34-6
leads on a cold, windy afternoon.
Coach Fred Dunlap opened with
his all-sophomore backfield of
Jerry Berger at quarter, Jack
Paget at tailback, Justin
Plummer at fullback and Paul
Harrington at wnigback._Berger,
who quarterbacked last year's
winning frosh eleven, had earned
a role on the 1968 varsity at
split end.
Saturday, with regular Rick
Laubach resting bumps and
bruises picked up against Rutgers
and Penn, and reserve Jimmy
Baxter hampered by a jammed
thumb and injured leg, Berger
got the call. He directed the team
most of the way, Laubach playing
only a few minutes except to punt.
The Engineers ground it out
against the Bullets, following a
solid game plan based upon
Dunlap's contention that his forward wall could "blow
Gettysburg's line off the field."
Paget, Plummer, and two
sophomore alternates—Jim
Petrillo and Bill Hull—led Lehigh
to 328 yards on the turf. The
Engineers, forced to pass
frequently in recent seasons because an effective ground game
wasn't available, went to the air
only seven times.
Sophomore runners, charging
through gaps opened by the offensive line, punished the Bullets
from start to finish. The tailback
and fullback do virtually all of the
ball-carrying in the Engineer " I"
formation and against G-burgthe
Engineers had two very effective
men at each spot.
Tailbacks Petrillo and Paget
picked up 151 and 60 yards,
respectively, while fullbacks Hull
and Plummer contributed 58 and
45, respectively. Petrillo, who
showed early in the game that he
was off to a great day, carried 28
times. He also caught a screen
pass good for 39 yards.
Hull, like Berger, entered the
game as a third-stringer at hi:
position. Bill Oehlke, who usuall;
alternates with Plummer, misset
the game because of a hip injury
The Engineers came up with :
fine new place-kicker in sophomore Ron Schattenberg wh<
booted four extra points in foui
attempts and added a 25-yarc
field goal. Senior Bill Layton
Lehigh's soccer-style kicker,
chipped in with a record 44-yarc
field goal in the fourth quarter
Layton's three-pointer was the
longest, via placekick, in Engineer history, topping a 41-yarder
made by Stan Szymakowski
against Rutgers in 1942. Harry
Lewin drop-kicked one 44 yards
against Lafayette in 1923.
Petrillo, Hull and junior Roi
Kovatis tallied on short runs
while Paget broke loose for an
18-yard touchdown romp.
Kovatis, like Paget and Petrillo,
runs   out   of the  tailback  slot.
There was no scoring in the
first quarter although Lehigh
began a drive, from its own 44,
which was to bring   a   7-0 leac
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Coach's Comment
"Naturally, we're all very
happy over this one. The players
earned it on aggressiveness,
determination, desire. They gave
Gettysburg a real physical
beating. Reggie Jennings, Ron
Matalavage and the rest of our
offensive line took charge with
superior blocking. Rich Revta and
George Nicholson, a couple of our
fine sophomores, did well
defensively.". , .Fred Dunlap,
football.
Honors For
Lehigh Star
Reggie Jennings, Lehigh's
235-pound all-conference junior
tackle, became the University's
third all-east weekly selection
following his play against
Gettysburg.
The Eastern College Athletic
Conference selected him for his
performance against the Bullets
as he spearheaded blocking which
enabled Lehigh runners to grind
out   328   yards   on  the   ground.
Tailback Jim Petrillo was
chosen following the Drexel game
and tailback Jack Paget earned a
berth on the weekly all-east
eleven witli his four-touchdown
job against Rutgers.
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