South Mountaineer Volume 12, Issue 04

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Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 12   - No. 4
OCTOBER 13, 1969
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Lehigh 17, Rutgers 7
Cross Country Runners
Also Pick on Scarlet
Tim Steele and Mike Strockbine
were winners Saturday, pacing
Lehigh cross country teams to a
pair of whitewash victories over
Rutgers at New Brunswick, N.J.
Steele took the varsity test
over the 4.7 mile Raritan course
in 25;45 with teammates Ed
Carney, Bob Detrick, John Heil,
Roger Jackucewicz and Scott
Nicholas   in   a tie  for  second.
Strockbine, undefeated after
five races, captured the frosh
run in 16:17 with teammates
Mitch Evans, Mike Murphy and
Jack Reynolds sharing second
place. Karl Dieter of Lehigh was
fifth.
The powerful Engineers,
defending Middle Atlantic Conference champions, make their
first home appearance of the
season on Saturday, Oct. 18, on
the Saucon Valley Fields at 2p.m.
They host West Chester, Elizabethtown and Albright.
Lehigh's frosh runners also
make their home debut Saturday
against West Chester at 2 p.m.
The varsity summary:
1. Steele (L); 2. Carney (L);
3. Detrick (L); Heil (L), Jackucewicz (L) and Nicholas (L) tie;
7. Shattuck (R); 8. Bayley (R);
9. Langenkamp (R); 10. Tominus
(R). Time:   25:45.
Nickname Suggestions?
The Lehigh Nickname Committee was formed after the student government and student
newspaper requested a review of
the official nickname for athletic
teams at Lehigh. These student
organizations cited a 1948 contest, in which "Packers" was
adopted in place of "Engineers."
The winners submitting the name
"Packers"included several students and the late Sam Harle-
man '01. In 1948 the new name
was never promoted and thus
passed  into oblivion.
A committee was established
late last year to look into the
matter. Composed of representatives from the alumni association, faculty, students and administration, the committee has
seriously undertaken this endeavor and has discussed it with
persons both on and off campus,
including   area   sports  editors.
The current nickname, "Engineers" does not offer the University sports fans a symbol or
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Undefeated Booters Blank
Ursinus, Delaware Teams
Defense, a trademark of soccer
teams coached by Tom Fleck,
continued to shine last week for
the Lehigh varsity as two shutouts were registered. The
Engineers blanked Ursinus, 3-0,
and Delaware, 1-0.
Lehigh has won four times in
four outings while allowing only
two goals. Gettysburg and Muhlenberg were beaten by 2=1
margins.
Goalie Mike Hartman was in
the nets against Ursinus while
Joe Strickland got the shutout
against Delaware.
Captain Don Ferrell put in the
big goal at Delaware, sinking a
30-footer in the opening period.
The defense, with Strickland
playing brilliantly, did the rest.
He  blocked  16  Delaware tries.
Lew Baer had one goal and two
assists against Ursinus with Gar
Adams and Glenn Williman also
scoring. Baer had his assist on
the markers by Adams and Williman. Stu Bayne assisted on
Baer's score.
The soccermen face one of the
major encounters of the year
Thursday (Oct, 16) against
Rutgers on the Saucon Valley
Fields at 3 p.m.
Coach's Comment
"It's a little nerve-wracking,
winning those one-goal games,
but we should begin to score a
bit more and take off some of
the pressure. Our next start,
against Rutgers, should be a
big one.". . .Tom Fleck, soccer.
LEHIGH
Pos.
DELAWARE
Strickland
G
Owsley
Laitala
RFB
Cleaver
Perlow
LFB
Samonisky
Gaughen
RHB
Siegele
Fetters
CHB
Harding
Reifdner
LHB
Marriot
Lowenberg
on
Mulvaney
Ferrell
IR
Biggs
Post
CF
Karsmitz
Newton
IL
Waltz
Bayne
OL
Dodds
Lehigh
10    0
0    --    1
Delaware
0    0    0
0     —    0
Lehigh goal:
Ferrell.
URSINUS
Pos.
LEHIGH
Crandell
G
Hartman
Kensky
RFB
Fetters
Krettler
LFB
laitala
Langrall
RHB
Reisner
Grau
CHB
Perlow
Bohne
LHB
Gaughen
Klesczewski
OR
Ferrell
Nera
IR
Newton
Spencer
CF
Post
Adams
IL
Bayne
Calebre.se
OL
Lowenberg
LEHIGH           0
1     0     2
—    3
URSINUS           0
0    0    0
--    2
Lehigh goals;
Adams, Baer, Williman
Assists:   Baer 2
, Bayne.
LINEBACKER DENNIS CLAYTON heads for the end zone on 51-
yard scoring run which turned the tide Saturday as Lehigh shocked
Rutgers at New Brunswick, 17-7. Fellow linebacker Jim Smith took
John Orrizzi, Scarlet center, out of the play, Clayton's gallop, after a
pass    interception,    put    Lehigh    ahead    10-7    in   the   third quarter.
Defense Outstanding
Lehigh's most noteworthy
football victory since 1961, a
Lambert Cup year, came last
Saturday as the Engineers
shrugged off a 25-point underdog
role to stun Rutgers at New
Brunswick, N. J., 17-7, before
16,000 spectators.
In 1961 the Engineers whipped
Ivy League co-champions Columbia and Harvard in somewhat
similar circumstances.
Since that time triumphs over
Lafayette in 1962, 1963, 1965 and
1968 have been the major sources
of e n t h s i a s m. No opponent
classified as a major team,
nationally, had fallen before the
Engineers in eight years.
Rutgers, with 11 consecutive
victories over Lehigh and an
8-game winning streak overall,
was highly favored to brush past
the Engineers and continue its
charge toward a perfect season.
The Scarlet already had
drubbed Lafayette, 44-22,
Princeton, 29-0, and Cornell,
21-7, before an unbelievable
Engineer effort in Rutgers Stadium shot down all hopes during
football's Centennial Year,
Lehigh defenders, after giving
up 41 points to The Citadel, and
21 to Wittenberg, pulled themselves together and emerged as
heroes during a game which will
rank as one of the season's
most astonishing upsets. Ithaca
also scored seven points against
Lehigh but this was against the
offense   on a pass-interception
runback.
Linebacker Chuck Lieb
partially blocked a punt,
recovered a fumble, returned an
intercepted pass 30 yards to set
up a touchdown and deflected a
pass     which   fellow linebacker
LEHIGH
ENDS--Letb, Harrington,Tomaino,Holva,
Gill, Maddox, Redd, Impink.
TACKLES—Ferketic, Jamula, Koepff,
Fonte, Wolford, Bonaventura, Romanow.
GUARDS—Mears, Belie, Perrotta.
CENTERS—Hill, Freund.
LINEBACKERS—Cavagnaro, Lieb, Revta,
Clayton, Smith, Hoerig, Nicholson,
Johnstone.
BACKS—Berger, Petrillo, Diorio, Plummer, Bergdoll, Gallo, Stock, Baxter,
Rizzo, Paget, Kovatis, Oehlke, Scheib,
Schattenberg.
RUTGERS
ENDS—Benedict, Stonebraker, Bokesch,
Naporano, Pellowski.
TACKLES—Kizis, Martire, Bauer,
Martin, Novelli, Bakst, DIGiacinto.
GUARDS —Coppola, Rockwell, Langenus,
Kendrick.
CENTERS—Orrizzi, Tinney.
LINEBACKERS—Forgash, O'Connor,
Schneider, Clymer, Walsh, Liquori,
Beierle.
BACKS — Policastro, Van Ness, Fenste-
macher, Ferrughelli, Robertson, Donaldson, Beierle, Renshaw, J. Miller,
Chapman, Stewart, Yancheff.
Lehigh 0      3
Rutgers 7      0
7 — 17
0—7
Rut—Van Ness, 4, pass from Policastro.
Stewart kick.
Leh—FG, 37, Schattenberg.
Leh—Clayton, 51, pass interception run-
back. Schattenberg kick.
Leh—Diorio,   2,  run. schattenberg kick.
Attendance--! 6,000.
Dennis Clayton took for a 51-yard
TD gallop.
Linebacker Frank Cavagnaro
blocked a Rutgers field goal try
and defensive halfback Paul Gallo
recovered a fumble which set up
a Lehigh three-pointer.
In addition Rich Policastro,
Rutgers' highly-heralded passing
ace, was literally rushed off his
feet on six occasions as Lehigh
men caught him for losses
totalling 51 yards. Ends Mike
Holva and Pete Tomaino, linebackers Lieb, Cavagnaro,
Clayton, Jim Smith and Dan
Hoerig, and tackles Paul Koepff
and Bob Fonte spent much of the
afternoon in the Scarlet backfield.
Against Lafayette, Princeton
and Cornell the sharp-throwing
Policastro had been caught only
four times for a five-yard deficit.
Lehigh, trailing 7-0, broke
through late in the second period
after Gallo's fumble recovery on
the Rutgers' 37. Jim Petrillo,
Jack Paget and Justin Plummer
carried to the 19 before the
attack stalled and Ron Schattenberg was called upon for a
37-yard field goal. His kick cut
the halftime deficit to 7-3.
The third period featured a
punting duel between Paget of the
Engineers and Mike Yancheff of
the Scarlet with Paget picking up
a few yards with almost every
effort.
It was after one of these kicks
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