South Mountaineer Volume 11, Issue 13

              Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 11 - No. 13
JANUARY 6, 1969
V~   BETHLEHEM. PENNA.
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Grapp/ers Bow af
With
The
Alumni
Members of the Northern New
Jersey Club are planning to attend
the Lehigh-Iowa State intercollegiate wrestling meet. Iowa
state faces the Engineers in
Grace Hall, on the Lehigh
campus, at 7:30 p.m. Thursday
(fan. 9).
Stanley M. Richman of Mill-
burn, N.J., and Charles E.
Paules, Jr., of Westfield, N.J.,
are president and secretary,
respectively, of the Northern New
Jersey Lehigh Club.
The Lehigh Club of Delaware
and the Central Pennsylvania
Club are planning to attend the
Lehigh-Princeton wrestling meet
Saturday, Jan. 11, in Grace Hall.
There will be freshmarr-
1:30 p.m. and varsity action at
3 p.m.
The Delaware club also is
exploring the possibility of attending the Eastern Wrestling-
Tournament at Princeton March
14-15, and scheduling a dinner
at the Nassau Inn. Wes Wardell,
of 2601 Newell Drive, Faulkland,
Wilmington, Del., is in charge of
reservations for all three
projects.
Richard W. Fennel and Alan
Barney, both of Wilmington, are
president and secretary, respectively, of the Delaware Lehigh
Club.
The Central Pennsylvania club
will leave the Keystone Charter
Service of Harrisburg Railways
Co., Cameron and Forester St.,
Harrisburg, at 11 a.m. the day of
the meet. There will be a pickup
at the Hershey Motor Lodge at
11:30 a.m.
Members will eat at the Lehigh
Valley Club, Allentown, Pa., at
6 p.m., departing for Hershey
and Harrisburg at 7:30 p.m.
Officers are J. William Royer,
president, and J. Dixon Earley,
both of Camp Hill, Pa., secretary.
The Upper Jersey Club will
hold a dinner meeting Jan. 21 at
the Rib'n Sirloin Restaurant, Rt.
17, Paramus, N.J., at 7 p.m.
Varsity wrestling coach Gerry
Lee man and frosh mat mentor
Mike Caruso will be speakers
and a film of the team's 33-2 rout
of Cornell will be shown.
The club, in conjunction with
the Mid-Hudson Valley and
Northern New York Clubs, also
plans to attend the Lehigh-Army
wrestling meet Saturday afternoon, Feb. 15 at West Point,N.Y.
There will be a meeting after the
meet at Moscato's Restaurant,
1 1/2 miles south of the Point,
at the intersection of Rts. 218
and 9W.
Officers are John Yates of
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DICK MEYER of Lehigh stacks up Maryland's
Bob Terrill en route to one-sided triumph,
9-1, at 123 pounds.
Waters All-Star Choice
At Scranton Cage Tourney
Lehigh's varsity basketball
team, unable to overcome alack
of heighth which has plagued the
Engineers all season, dropped
four decisions since the last
issue of the South Mountaineer.
Coach Roy Heckman's squad
bowed to Columbia, 85-47, and
Gettysburg, 78-76, in regularly-
JOHNNY   WATERS
scheduled contests, and to Scranton, 69-60, and Boston University, 81-56, in the U. of Scranton
Invitational.
Coach Bob Kennedy's freshmen
continued to brighten hopes for
the future with an 88-79 triumph
over previously - unbeaten
Gettysburg following a loss to
Columbia in a well-played battle,
65-60.
The frosh, unlike the varsity,
are blessed with good size. Fred
Bechtel is 6-foot-9, Greg Fal-
kenbach 6-foot-7, and two others
are as tall as 6-foot-5 Bob Fortune who's the "big man" on
Heckman's club.
The varsity was impressive
on the first night of the Scranton
Invitational, overcoming a nine-
point deficit to build up a 41-29
lead before the Royals staged a
counter-attack of their own to'
prevail. Scranton defeated Colgate in the title test one night
later after Boston U., beaten by
the Raiders the opening night,
downed Lehigh in the consolation
final.
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ry/cmol
Terps Take Final Bout
To Nip Engineers, 15-14
Maryland's Atlantic Coast
Conference champions handed
Lehigh its first wrestling loss of
the 1968-69 campaign last Saturday, 15-14, before 3,000
spectators in Cole Fieldhouse on
the Terrapin campus.
The Maryland frosh also were
victorious, 17-11, as the Little
Engineers bowed for the first
time.
Varsity action went right down
to the final 1:30 of the meet
before a decision was reached.
At that point Terrapin heavyweight Ralph Sonntag brought
Mason Staub to the mat with a
football tackle and added a pre-
d i c a me nt for a four - point
maneuver. He won the bout, 7-4.
Lehigh had moved ahead 14-12
at 177 pounds on a pin by Jack
Bentz over Randy Umberger at
7;59. There was no 191-pound
bout-.--
Other Lehigh winners included
123-pounder Dick Meyer, 9-1
over Bob Terrill; 137-pounder
Jay Lee man, 7-6 over Tom
Talbert and 167-pounder Scott
Christie, 5-4 over Andy Hanzlik.
Maryland winners, in addition
to Sonntag, were 130-pounder
Dave Reese, 8-2 over Pete
Henning; 145-pounder Curt
Callahan, 7-1 over Art Rutzen;
15 2-pounder Gobel Kline, 4-3
over Tom Muir, and 160-pounder
Joel Haan, 3-2 over Rich
Bacastow.
Action was tight most of the
night with four varsity bouts and
five freshman bouts decided by
one-point margins. Maryland won
seven of the nine photo-finishes
including all five of the frosh
thrillers.
Meyer was very impressive
against Terrill, working
smoothly to his 9-1 decision with
three takedowns, an escape and
time against a single escape.
He had five points before Terrill
got on the board in their 123-
pound opener.
At 130, in a duel of seniors,
Reese surprised with his control
of the high-scoring Henning. He
had a counter takedown with five
seconds left in the initial period
and  he rode the Lehigh captain
Coach's Comment
"We've got a lot of work to do
and our inexperience showed at
Maryland. Our four sophomores
didn't do too badly but only one
of them won. We need more of a
lift than that from our younger
men." . . . Gerry Lee man,
wrestling.
the entire three minutes of the
second. Henning had a takedown in
the third after yielding an escape.
Leeman, in his 137-pound bout,
had three escapes and two takedowns against two escapes and
two takedowns for Talbert, a
sophomore from Midwest City,
Okla. Jay never trailed although
the score was tied at 4-4 and 6-6.
Callahan controlled former
teammate Rutzen in their 145-
pound scrap, following almost the
same pattern as Reese. He had a
takedown in the first period, rode
three minutes of the second, and
never lost command.
Kline, probably Maryland's
best man, needed a time point to
edge the veteran Muir who came
up with one of his best efforts at
152. Muir led 2-1 after two
periods, and 3-1 early in the
third before Kline scored a key
takedown witli 1:10 remaining.
It was 3-3 on the board at the
finish.
Bacastow, at 160, led Haan
2-1 after two sessions but the
Maryland junior picked up a
penalty point with 2;42 remaining—as referee John McHugh
decided Bacastow was pushing
his man off the mat—and an
escape   with   2; 20   left  to win.
Christie, taking the mat at 167
with Lehigh trailing, 12-6,
renewed Engineer hopes with Ms
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MARYLAND 15, LEHIGH 14
123--Dick Meyer, Lehigh, dec. Bob
Terrill, 9-1.
130--Dave Reese, Md., dec. Pete Hen-
nine, R-2.
137--Jay Leeman, Lehigh, dec. Tom
Talliert,   7-6.
145--curt Callahan, Md., dec. Art Rutzen,   7-1.
152—Gobel Kline, Md., dec. Tom Muir,
4-3.
160—Joel Haan, Md., dec. Rich Bacastow, 3-2.
167—Scott Christie, Lehigh, dec. Andy
Hanzlik, 5-4.
177—Jack Bentz, Lehigh, pinned Randy
Umberger in 7:59.
Hvy—Ralph Sonntag, Md., dec. Mason
Staub, 7-4.
Referee--John   McHugh.
MD. FROSH 17, LEHIGH FR. 11
123—Gary Mulligan, Md., dec. Dick
Mitzner, 5-4.
130--Todd Morgan, Lehigh, dec. Gary
Figallo, 8-0.
137--Jim Dunbar, Md., dec. Herb
Campbell, 3-2.
145—Mike Mullen, Lehigh, and Bob
Belott drew, 5-5.
152—Doug Sorensen, Lehigh, dec.
Harry Griffiths,  4-1.
160—Bill Thomas, Lehigh, dec. Jon
Wiesman,   9-4.
167—Carmine Petriccione, Md., dec.
Joe Moles, 4-3.
177—Pat Twomey, Md., dec. Tom
Wright,   6-5.
Hvy—Gerry D'Amore, Md., dec. Ted
Gatanis, 6-5.
Referee—Beryle Cohen.
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