South Mountaineer Volume 12, Issue 20

              Fortune Is All-East Selection
Published by the Alumni'Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 12 - No. 20
MARCH   16, 1970
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Matmen 3rd In EIWA TWWfl
ECAC Honors
Rebounding,
Scoring Ace
Bob Fortune, Lehigh's all-time
scoring and rebound basketball
leader, earned a berth on the
Eastern College Athletic Conference all-star team for the
1969-70 season.
Fortune finished his collegiate
career with 1,242 points and
8 23 rebounds.
Five seniors, three juniors
and two sophomores as well as an
additional Sophomore of the Year
were named to the Division II
squad.
Choices were based mainly on
selections and nominations for
the E.C.A.C. weekly teams but
with added review by the Conference's     awards     committee?
Three of those named had
scoring averages of better than
27 points per game for the season
and ranked high nationally. Included were Gene Mumford,
Scranton junior guard, 27.7 in
22 games and who led his team
in field goal percentage, free
throw percentage, rebounds and
assists; Ray Hodge, Wagner
senior forward, and Denis Clark,
Springfield senior guard, each of
whom turned in 27.5 marks for
the season,
There are two other repeaters,
center Greg Hill, of American
International and Vermont's
Frank Martiniuk chosen at guard,
who was Sophomore of the Year
in 1968. Martiniuk is Vermont's
all-time scoring leader.
Others named to the 11-man
squad include forwards Bill
Reaves of Central Connecticut,
high scorer in the North-East
League; Randy Smith of Buffalo
State, who holds six State
records, and Fortune, MVP in the
Middle Atlantic Conference's
university division Western section. The other guard is Ken
Helfand of Delaware, also named
to the MAC divisional team. The
other center is Dave Bell, Hofstra
sophomore who was 14th in the
country in field goal percentage
with .579.
Sophomore of the Year for the
division is Lafayette's Tracy
Tripucka,
Await Decision
Lehigh may not have any
entries in the NCAA wrestling
championships at Northwestern
on March 26-27-28.
That was the word yesterday
from William B. Leckonby,
director of athletics, who said a
decision "would be made
shortly."
Navy Retains Championship,
Ties Lehigh's 1962 Record
Of 6 Individual Winners
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BOB FORTUNE
0 o o All-East basketball choice
Engineers'" To Remain
Official LU Nickname
Following a year's study by
students, faculty, administrators
and alumni, Lehigh University
announced that it would retain
the nickname "Engineers" for its
athletic squads.
The conclusion was revealed
by George E. Kane, professor of
industrial engineering and chairman of a special committee which
undertook deliberations on the
matter March 25, 1969.
Lehigh Swimmer
Breaks Records
A contingent of Lehigh
swimmers, fresh from a record-
smashing title-winning performance in the Middle Atlantic
Tournament, placed 11th last
v/eekend in the Eastern Seaborad
championships at Dartmouth,
Pete Harding set Engineer
marks of 1:00-51 in the 100
breaststroke and 2:12.8 in the 200
breaststroke but neither was good
enough for first place in the
division.
Phil Hogan of Lehigh placed
tenth in the 100 butterfly and
teammate Tom Dillman was 13th
in the dive. Yale piled up 345
points to finish first in the team
scramble. Lehigh was eleventh.
He said that response from the
Lehigh community, although
modest, favored retaining the
nickname Engineers.
On the original committee
headed by Kane were students
Alan Soschin, Reginald Jennings
and Robert Rege; the late William
Christian, ticket manager of
athletics; James Niemeyer,
associate executive secretary of
the Lehigh Alumni Assn., Sam
Connor, public information
director at the University, and
Joe Whritenour, assistant public
information director.
Donald Palmer, editor-in-
chief of The Brown and White,
Lehigh's student newspaper,
replaced Soschinupon the latter's
graduation last June. Craig
Anderson, business manager of
athletics at the University, also
joined the committee last Spring
following the death of William
Christian.
The committee, representing
all three colleges at Lehigh, surveyed students, alumni,administration and local and metropolitan
sports editors personally and
through such news media as The
Brown and White, The Alumni
Bulletin, student radio station
WLRN and The South Mountain-
continued on Page 2)
Defending champion Navy
dominated last weekend's
Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Assn. championships
at Penn State, placing six
champions and scoring an all-
time record high point total of
103.
The Middies became the first
team to win the title three
straight years since Pittsburgh
turned the trick in 1954,1955 and
1956.
Lehigh, after a strong showing
the first day, fell back on Saturday
Lo'fiiiiW'i third with 5 or Penn state
the No. 2 team, had 89.
The Nittany Lions gained four
individual crowns to s hare
laurels in that department with
the midshipmen. Lehigh failed
to place a champion for the first
time since 1954.
Jack Bentz, two-time winner at
167 pounds, failed in his bid for a
third title when he bowed out in the
semi - final round. A shoulder
injury, suffered several weeks
earlier, hampered his efforts and
eventually forced him to default
during a final consolation bout for
third place.
Navy's 103 points established a
new EIWA tourney mark, surpassing the previous high of 96
turned in by Lehigh in 1962, also
at Penns state. The Middies'
number of individual titlists, 6,
tied a Lehigh mark of eight years
ago. Lehigh, however, placed its
six winners and piled up its 96
points when there were nine
weight    classes   instead of the
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CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
H8~-Tom Schuler, Navy, dec.
Dave   Weber,   Penn  State,   7-5.
126—Lew Mason, Navy, dec.
Dick  Meyer,   Lehigh, 4-0 (OT).
134--Dale Stahl, Navy, dec.
Dana   Balum,   Penn  State,  4-2.
142--Lloyd Keaser, Navy,dec.
Mark   Payne,   Pittsburgh,   4-1.
150--Clyde Frantz, Penn State,
pinned Doug Ward, F. & M.,
in 6:28.
158—Bob Christianson, Navy,
dec. Walt Strosser, Temple,4-3.
~167—Andy Matter, Penn State,
dec. Mark Faller, Harvard, 11-2.
177- Ben Welch, Navy, pinned
John Stevenson, F. & M., in7:38.
190--John High, Penn State,
dec. Scott Christie, Lehigh, 5-0.
Hvy—Dave Joyner, Penn State,
dec. Gary Leinberger, Lehigh,
5-1.
CONSOLATION FINALS
(For Third Place)
IT8--Jim Fiore, Temple, dec. Dennis
Smith, Rutgers, 9-6.
126--Alan Uyeda, Princeton,dec. Frank
Krejci, Yale, 13-1.
134--Dave Icenhower, Lehigh,dec. Dave
W.ylie, Pittsburgh, 3-2.
142—Dick Keefe, Penn State, dec. Ben
Bishop, Cornell, 3-1.
1 HO--John Sattler, Navy, dec. Bill
McBeth, Army, 2-1.
158- Bob Kuhn, Pittsburgh, dec. Tom
Potts, Princeton, 8-6.
1G7--Mike Crandall, Cornell, won by
default over Jack Bentz, Lehigh, in 5:58
(injury).
177--steve Shields, Lehigh, dec. Ray
Ritacco, Army, 12-6.
190--Fmil Deliere, Princeton, dec.
Dave Pottruck, Penn, 9-2.
Hvy—Mark Kane, Navy, dec. PaulMilea,
Rutgers, 6-2.
66th Tourney At A Glance
Men
1st
2nd
3rd
4th Placed
Pts
Navy
6
0
2
0
8
103
Penn State
4
2
1
0
7
89
LEHIGH
0
3
2
1
6
55
Princeton
0
0
2
1
3
29
Army
0
0
0
2
2
26
Pittsburgh
0
1
1
1
3
26
Fu & M,
0
2
0
0
2
23
Harvard
0
1
0
0
1
16
Rutgers
0
0
0
2
2
14
Cornell
0
0
1
1
2
13
Pennsylvania
0
0
0
1
1
12
Colgate
0
0
0
0
0
11
Temple
0
1
1
0
2
11
Yale
0
0
0
1
1
8
Syracuse
0
0
0
0
0
6
Columbia
0
0
0
0
0
4
10
10
10
10
40