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Published by the Alumni*Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
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VOL. 13 - No. 1
SEPTEMBER 22, 1970
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Lehigh Blanks Post loMpener
Soccer, X- Country Teams
Open Campaigns Saturday
Lehigh soccer and cross
country teams begin their
schedules,   Saturday,   Sept.   26.
Coach John Covert's runners
open against Penn, the only team
to defeat them last year, and
Temple in a triangular at Philadelphia.
Coach    Tom    Fleck's booters
Penn Next
For Gridmen
Lehigh and Penn renew one of
college football's oldest rivalries
Saturday, Sept. 26, at Franklin
Field, Philadelphia, The Engineers and Quakers first met
in 1885.
This will be the first of two
trips to FranklinFioId for Lehigh
this season. The Engineers meet
Drexel there Oct. 17, in the second
game of a unique doubleheader
following a 12:30 p.m. clash between Penn and Lafayette.
Philadelphia Alumni
Sponsoring Reception
The Lehigh University Alumni
Club of Philadelphia will host a
reception following Lehigh's
football contest against Penn at
Franklin Field Saturday,Sept. 26.
It will be held in the Engineers
Club, 1317 Spruce St., Philadelphia, beginning at4-30 p.m.
Lehigh alumni and guests are
urged to attend .
William T, Burgen, of Wayne,
Pa., and Robert C, Hicks, of
Drexel Hill, Pa., are president
and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the sponsoring organization.
launch their    campaign    against
Navy at Annapolis, Md.
"Our defense is considerably
ahead of our offense right now,"
Fleck explains, "but the attack
has fine potential." Heading the
strong defense is all-league
goalie Joe Strickland of West
Chester, Pa., and backs Mike
Perlow of Easton, Pa., Wayne
Laitala of Scotch Plains, N.J.,
and Charles Fetters of Malvern,
Pa.
The Engineers were 8-4 last
year, equalling the Lehigh record
for most victories in a single
season.
Covert's harriers, defending
IC4A college division and Middle
Atlantic Conference champions,
will rely heavily upon MAC individual titlist Tim Steele of
Boonton.   N.J,,   and Jive   other
JIM PETRILLO
Billboards
Aid Lehigh
Lehigh   football  is  benefiting
from   outdoor    billboards    this
members   of  his  1969  pennant-
winning team.
"We have to be honest and say
we're looking forward to the
season," says Covert. "Our
young men have looked good in
practice and it could be a big
year."
The Engineer harriers are
taking a carry-over win streak
of 10 straight into this weekend's
action.
Coach's Comment
"I was pleased with the way
our team hung in there under
pressure and won the game. Our
running backs were effective.
Post looked like a pretty good
outfit, perhaps stronger than we
anticipated, and it turned into
a rough contest. We have
problems, naturally, and there's
a lot of work to be done." . . .
Fred Dunlap, football.
season.
Arrangements for three signs
in color and provided without
cost as a public service, were
made through Charles G. Stehly,
president of the Stehly Sign Co.,
Second and Filbert St.,Bethlehem
and Howard R. Schuler, general
manager of the Allentown Branch
of the United Advertising Corp.
1006   Hanover  Ave.,  Allentown.
The Stehly company erected a
panel at stefko Blvd. and Snyder
St., Bethlehem,
United Advertising provided
two billboards displaying material supplied by the NCAA Service
Bureau, on which are imprinted
Lehigh's home schedule. One of
these is located on Rt. 512, just
north of the Thruway. The other
is at West Market St.,Bethlehem,
at the West Broad intersection.
Sam Connor, director of public
relations at Lehigh, and Joe
Whritenour, director of sports
information at the University,
initiated the negotiations.
Shutout First Since 1962;
Jim Petrillo Lost for Year
Lehigh's first shutout in 68
regularly - scheduled football
games produced a 7-0 triumph
over C.W.Post, of Brookville ,
N.Y., Saturday before 8,000 fans
in Taylor Stadium.
It was a costly victory,
however, as fullback Jim Petrillo
suffered an injured knee and will
be lost for the rest of the season.
He underwent surgery Saturday
night.
The hard-hitting senior fullback, from Tuckahoe, N.Y.,
picked up 39 yards in eight
carries and scored the only
touchdown before being sidelined
early in the third quarter.
His tally climaxed an 80-yard
assault late in the first period.
He rammed the final two yards
through right guard and Ron
Schattenberg's extra point conversion completed the day's
scoring.     	
Highly-touted Bob Nixon,a 195
pound sophomore from Carnegie,
Pa., replaced Petrillo and did
very well with 37 yards in seven
attempts.
Junior quarterback Ron
Wilsker of Arverne, N.Y., went
all the way for Lehigh on offense.
He threw only eight times, with
three completions for 26-yards,
as the Engineers appeared content to play conxervative football
once they stepped out front.
Two of his passes came during
the 80-yard TD march, a 13-
yarder to Dave Gill and a 4-
yarder to Don Diorio. Otherwise
it was the Engineer's vaunted
ground game which did the job.
Diorio had the longest run of the
drive, 11- yards, and he received
strong support from Petrillo,
Jack Rizzo and Jack Paget.
Paget's eight-yard slash gave
Lehigh a first down on the Pioneer 25, Diorio picked up four
and Post was penalized five for
illegal procedure, moving the ball
to the 16. Petrillo blasted through
the middle for seven and Rizzo
slammed seven off right tackle
before Petrillo made the final
pair.
The Engineers were on the
move again late in the fourth
stanza, driving from midfield to
the Post 3-yard stripe where a
fourth-down field goal attempt
was being set up as time expired
A pair of penalties against the
visitors, and the running of Diorio
Rizzo, Paget and Nixon
highlighted this surge. Lehigh refused to put the ball in the air,
eating up considerable time with
line smashes.
In posting its first shutout since
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Sr. Citizens Offered
Special Ticket Plan
Senior citizens of the greater
Bethlehem area are seeing
Lehigh 1970 home football games
at half-price.
Bill Leckonby, the Engineers3
director of athletics, announced
the new plan after consultations
with Lloyd Miller, president of
the Men of Retirement Age
(MORA) Club, and V.J. (Pat )
Pazzetti, All-American quarterback of 1912 and a member of
College Football's Hall of Fame.
Senior citizens or retirees
of any age may purchase reserved
seat tickets for $2 apiece at the
Taylor Gymnasium offices Monday through Friday from 9 a.m.
to noon and 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Lehigh opened its home
schedule against C.W.Post. Additional home attractions are
slated against Rutgers on Oct,10,
Delaware on Nov. 7, and Bucknell
on Nov. 14.
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