South Mountaineer Volume 14, Issue 18

              Hill To Receive National Award
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Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association and edited by the Office of Public Information.
Vol.  14 - No. 18
FEBRUARY 15, 1972
Matmen Clinch Win
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
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Center, And Jerry Tagge,
Will Be Honored In N.Y.
Quarterback Jerry Tagge of
Nebraska, and center John Hill
of Lehigh, have been named
winners of Football Roundup's
1971 Exemplary Player awards.
They will be honored at a dinner
Mar. 15 in the Downtown Athletic
Club, New York City, home of
the famous Heisman Trophy,
Tagge, who led Nebraska to the
No. 1 spot among all college
elevens, will accept the
University Division award. Hill,
who helped Lehigh fashion its
best record in 10-years, is to
receive the College Division
award.
Adrian B. Lopez, publisher of
Football Roundup, a national
college football preview publication based in New York City,
will present trophies to Hill and
Tagge.
Previous recipients of these
honors are quarterbacks Mike
Phipps of Purdue and Joe Theis-
mann of Notre Dame, linebacker
Chip Bennett of Abilene Christian
and tackle Mike Potehad of
Kansas State College, Pittsburg,
Kan.
The award which Hill will
receive is the only national
tribute for an individual star
outside the University Division.
It goes to a player from NCAA
and/or NAIA college division
ranks.
Hill, an industrial engineering
major at Lehigh, was selected
to the Associated Press college
division first team. He was the
starting center for the East in the
East-West Shrine game at San
Francisco, Dec. 31, and he received various^ other seasonal
honors.
Both he and Tagge were high
c hoices in the recent professional
football league draft. Tagge was
selected     by   the    Green    Bay
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20th In Row; Dual Program
Ends Saturday Against P.S.
Trackmen Win Triangular;
Strockbine, Rogers Lead
Mike Strockbine of Commack,
N. Y., and Wayne Rogers of
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., were double
winners for Lehigh University
last Friday as the Engineers
finished first in a triangular
indoor track meet in Schenectady,
N.Y.
Lehigh piled up 64-points
against 46 for host Union College
and 16 for R.P.I.
They shared first place in the
mile with a 4:24.7 clocking.
Rogers also took the two-mile
in 9:34.0 and Strockbine grabbed
the 1,000 in 2:22.7.
Bill Spengel, of Lansdale, Pa.,
could place only third in the high
jump although setting a Lehigh
record of 6-ft. three and one
quarter inches. The old mark of
6-2 was   held by  Bob Planker.
Brian Derwin, of Cresskill,
N.J., took the shot put with a
49-7| effort and Neal Tarulli of
Franklin Lakes, N.J., captured
the 55-yard high hurdles in 7.1
seconds.
Lehigh's two-mile relay team
consisting of Tom Pasquini of
Albany, N. Y., Sean Ryan of
Broadcliff Manor, N. Y., Karl
Dieter of Jamaica, N.Y., and Bob
Gulash of Easton, Conn., won
in 8:23.0.
Sweeps in the mile, 2-mile,
hurdles and 1,000 gave Lehigh
first place in the meet.
LU Mermen
Rout Bullets
Bob Sine, of Yardley, Pa., set
two records Saturday as Lehigh
swimmers battered Gettysburg,
69-36.
He set Engineer, and Bullet
pool, marks of 10:45.1 for the
;1,000 freestyle and also won
the 100-freestyle in 51.6.
Alan MacGregor, of Edison,
N.Y., established a pool mark
of 5:03.2 while winning the 500
freestyle, and anchored a victorious 400-medley relay team.
400 medley relay — 1. Lehigh (Hoffman,
Martin, O'Loughlin, MacGregor). Time:
4:03.4.
1,000 freestyle - 1. Sine (L). 2. Gordon
(G); 3. Folsom (L). Time: 10:45.5.
(School and pool record).
200 freestyle — 1. Stephens (L); 2.
Ferrio (L);   3. Pilling (G).   Time: 1:57.7.
50 freestyle -- 1. Eisner (L); 2. Hill
(L);   3. Weir (G).   Time:   :23.6.
200 individual medley — 1. LeFevre
(L); 2. Papson (G); 3. Blazejewski (G).
Time:   2:17.3.
1-meter diving -- 1. Long (L); 2.
Groves (G); 3. Brobson (L). Points:
211.10.
200 butterfly -- 1. High (G); 2.
Sultzer (L);    3. Nagy (L).   Time:   2:08.8.
100 freestyle — 1. Sine (L); 2. Martin
(L);   3. Pilling (G).   Time:   51.6.
200 backstroke -- 1. Weir (G); 2. Hill
(L);      3.   Lindley  (L).     Time:      2:13.3.
500 freestyle — 1. MacGregor (L); 2.
Hoffman (L); 3. Gordon (G). Time: 5:03.2.
(pool record).
200 breaststroke -- 1. O'Loughlin (L);
2. Blaze jewski (G); 3. Kauffman (G).
Time:   2:24.3.
3-meter diving -- 1. Groves (G); 2.
Fedoryshyn (L).
400 freestyle relay — 1. Gettysburg
(Pilling, Papson, High, Wier). Time
3:38.3.
Preparing for their climactic
dual finale Saturday at home
against Penn State's eastern
champions, Lehigh wrestlers
pulled themselves out of a slump
last week with impressive
victories over Princeton, 21-15,
and Army, 22-13.
The triumphs, coming at a
time when the Engineers had lost
four of their last five meets,
assured Lehigh of its 20th
straight winning season on the
mats. The Brown and White
(7-4-1) hasn't had a losing year
since 1945.
Herb Campbell (150 pounds)
of Montclair, N. J., Terry
DeStito (167) of Enola, Pa., and
Tom Hutchinson- (177) of
LaGrange, 111., were double
winners during the week.
Mike Lieberman (190) of
Allentown, Pa., and Greg Karabin
(158) of Bethlehem, Pa., each
had a victory and a draw.    Jim
Richie (126) and Tom Sculley
(134), both of Bethlehem, each
picked up a vital victory and
heavyweight Mike Danjczek of
Easton, Pa., nailed down the
Army triumph with an impressive
decision.
Coach Thad Turner's squad
continued to have trouble locating
victories in the lightweight
classes but from the 150-pound
level the Engineers were almost
unbeatable. Only Danjczek,
pinned by unbeaten Princeton
heavyweight star Carl Chandler,
lost.
Lieberman had the biggest
week for the Engineers, upsetting
Emil Deliere of the Tigers, 9-7,
and_ getting a draw with Army's
highly-rated Dale Morgan, 3-3.
Morgan boasts a victory over
Greg Strobel of Oregon State,
the classy matman who whipped
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Ch. 6 Will Join Ch. 39
In Featuring Maf Meet
WPVI-TV, Channel 6 of Phila.,
will tape Saturday night's Lehigh
Penn State wrestling meet for
a one-hour showing of highlights
one day later, Sunday, Feb. 20,
at 5 p.m.
Sam Connor, director of public
information at Lehigh, made the
announcement today, stating that
Channel 6 would be on hand
for   the seventh straight year.
WLVT-TV, Channel 39 of the
Lehigh Valley, also will tape the
meet as part of its season-long
coverage of Engineer wrestling,
for showing Sunday, Feb. 20, in
its entirety at 3:45 p.m.
Joe Pellegrino, sports director
at  Channel 6, will be at Grace
Hall to describe the meet along
with veteran mat broadcaster
Harris Lipez of Lock Haven. Les
Keiter and Bill White, former
sports directors at the Philadelphia TV outlet, worked earlier
Lehigh meets with Lipez.
Channel 6 also plans to make
its highlight tape available to
WFBG, Altoona, Pa., for showing
at a time and date still to be
determined.
Shel Siegel, Channel 39 general
manager, and Larry Sheridan will
continue their decription of
Lehigh meets for WLVT-TV.
The WLVT tape also will
be shown by the following
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Wisniewski Shines For Basketball Squad
Lehigh cagers, paced by big
Henry Wisniewski of Rochelle
Park, N.J., scored a stunning
upset over Rider last week before
dropping hard-fought decisions
to Lafayette and Gettysburg. All
were home contests in the Middle
Atlantic Conference western
division.
The Engineers shocked Rider
on Monday, 85-8 2, handing the
Broncos a costly setback in their
race for the MAC division title.
Wednesday they bowed to Lafayette, another contender, 87-74,
and on Saturday they were edged
by Gettysburg, 56-54.
Wisniewski, the team's 6-8
junior center, picked up 72 points
and 50 rebounds in the three
contests. He topped his efforts
against .'Rider with 30 tallies and
19 off the boards. He had 29
points and 15 rebounds against
G-burg and 13 points with 16
rebounds against Lafayette. Wisniewski is the Lehigh seasonal
team leader in scoring and rebounding.
Lehigh's freshman quintet
fared slightly better than the
varsity during the week, winning
75-69 over Williamson School of
Media, Pa., and Lafayette, 83-79,
before losing to Gettysburg,
77-59.
The varsity upset of Rider
found      Wisniewski       getting
balanced help from starting
teammates Greg Falkenbach of
Bethlehem, Pa., (15-points),
Larry Summer of Plainview, N.Y.
(13), Mike Drew of Hillside, N.J.
(14), and Norm Liedtke of Verona,
N.J. (10).
Lehigh, overcoming a tf-point
halftime deficit, caught (Rider
at 63 and Wisniewski joined
Liedtke in converting seven
straight free throws for a 70-65
lead with 8-minutes remaining.
The Broncos never c6uld close
the gap.
Wisniewski's 30-point outburst
came on 10 for 13 both from the
floor  and from the foul stripe.
Lehigh   kept  up its  hustling,
scrambling type of play against
Lafayette and Gettysburg later
in the week but on both occasions
a shooting slump negated the
effort. Only Wisniewski could find
the target with any kind of consistency.
Lafayette broke away late in
the first half for a 50-36 cushion
at intermission. Lehigh struggled
back after the rest period, slicing
its deficit to six at 51-45, but
the Leopards regained enough
control   to   stay   out of range.
Falkenbach led the losers with
19-points. Others in double
figures were Drew (14), Summer
(10) and Wisniewski (13).
Neither Gettysburg nor Lehigh
shot well Saturday as the Bullets
inched ahead 24-33 at the intermission and turned back a couple
of Engineer counter-attacks in
the second half. Lehigh led twice,
the last time at 40-39, before
the Bullets regained the advantage for keeps at 42-40 with
9:26 left. The lead was sliced
to one at 53-52, in the final
moments, but the Engineers
couldn't quite pull off a photo
finish triumph.
Wisniewski, with his 29-points,
had more than half the Lehigh
total. No one else was in double
figures.
In frosh action against
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