South Mountaineer Volume 14, Issue 21

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South Mountaineer
Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association and edited by the Office of Public Information.
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Vol. 14-'No. 21
MARCH 21, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
2 Spring Squads Heading South
Trackmen
To Visit
Barbados
Lehigh's track and field squad,
undefeated last season, has
accepted an invitation to spend
a 10-day period on the island
of  Barbados  in  the  Caribbean.
Coach John Covert and a 35
man squad will depart from Kennedy Airport, New York City,
March 30. The return to the same
airport will be April 10. The trip
will be made during the spring
holidays.
The Barbados Olympic Assn.
extended the invitation to the
Engineers, Last spring Covert
directed an American team there
in a series of AAU attractions.
Lehigh trackmen will compete
in special invitation events as
part of the Caribbean Games
April 1-2, offer a series of track
clinics—foi—Barbadian -athletes
and coaches April 4-5-6, and
compete in a two-day dual meet
against the Barbados national
all-star team April 8-9.
"I can't tell you what an invitation of this kind means to
our track and field program at
Lehigh," says Covert. "International competition is something
very, very special and we're
happy our young men will have
a crack at it."
Skaters Rap
Lafayette 8-5
Bill McCarthy of Medford,
Mass., scored two goals and had
four assists as Lehigh's hockey
team trimmed Lafayette 8-5 at
Albeth.
The Engineers, who tied Rutgers for the Middle Atlantic
Hockey League championship
with a 5-1 record, finished their
season with a 7-11 overall mark.
Lafayette was 2-4 in league
play and 4-9 overall.
McCarthy received strong support from Paul Sturz of Chap-
paqua, N.Y., who had two goals,
and Steve Hoerner of Hershey,
Pa.,  with a goal and an assist.
Lehigh led 8-1 before Lafayette
exploded for four goals in the
final 10-minutes.
The Engineers outshot Lafayette 43-29 in the remarkably
penalty-free game.
Lehigh 3    3    2—8
Lafayette 1    0    4—5
Lehigh goals: Sturz 2,
McCarthy 2, Hansen, Hoerner,
Miner, Frey. Assists: McCarthy
4, Johnson 2, Gadkowski 2, White
2, Hoerner, Brockway, Watkins.
Lafayette goals: Gray 2,
Pritchard 2, Shannahan. Assists:
Shannahan, Miner, Sleeper, Tur-
bett.
JOHN HILL, Lehigh All-American center, with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hill,  left, head
coach Fred Dunlap, center, and V. J. Pazzetti, right, at awards dinner in the Downtown Athletic
jCJUib^JiilLi^^ Magazine's   8 971   college  division   Exemplary  Player
trophy, a national honor.
Hill Feted At N. Y. Dinner
Additional honors, of national
scope, were awarded Lehigh
football star John Hill on Mar. 15
at impressive ceremonies in the
Downtown Athletic Club, New
York City.
The All-American center, a
native of Somerset, N. J.,
accepted Football Roundup
Magazine's college division 1971
Exemplary Player award.Quarterback Jerry Tagge, who led
Nebraska to the No. 1 national
ranking, received a similar
trophy as the university division
representative.
Presentations were made at a
gathering of 275 in the DAC, home
of the Heisman Trophy,during a
dinner at which Otto Graham
was the principal speaker.
Graham, one of football's all
time great quarterbacks, is
director of athletics at the Coast
Guard Academy, New London,
Conn.
He paid high tribute to Hill
and Tagge, noting they both were
high picks in the National Football League draft. Tagge was
picked in the first round by the
Green Bay Packers and Hill was
the sixth round choice of the New
York Giants.
The dias was sprinkled with
familiar football names including
Angelo Bertelli, Allie Sherman,
Benny Friedman, Tom Scott, Jack
Stroud, Frank Tripucka and a
Lehigh trio of VeJ. (Pat) Pazzetti,
director of athletics Bill Leckonby and head coach Fred Dunlap.
A sizeable delegation of Lehigh
alumni, particularly from New
York and Connecticut, attended
along with guests from the
campus including alumni secretary Jim Niemeyer, Mike Bolton
of the development office, public
information director Sam Connor
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Soviet Matmen Win
A capacity crowd of 4,000
spectators watched a touring
Russian national wrestling team
win seven bouts against an all
star American squad March 17
at Muhlenberg College.
The meet, co-sponsored by
Lehigh, Muhlenberg and the
Freedom High School Booster
Club of Bethlehem, originally
had been slated for Grace Hall
but a conflict in dates resulted
in moving it to Muhlenberg.
Gerry Leeman, of Lehigh, and
Carl Frankett were co-chairmen.
Lightweight Don Behm was the
USA's only winner on the mat
although the Russians forfeited
one weight and Vince Paolano
of the USA managed a draw at
220.
USA losers were Bob Orta,
Mike Frick, Larry Owings, Stan
Dziedzic, Geoff Baum, John
Peterson and Larry Kristoff.
Dan Gable had to withdraw from
the meet because of a leg injury.
Lehigh Swimmer Stars
Lehigh University didn't win
the 1972 Middle Atlantic Conference swim championships, but
none of the disappointment for
a second-place berth could be
laid at the feet of Alan MacGregor.
The record-breaking star from
Edison, N.J., set Lehigh marks
while winning the 500-yard freestyle in 4:52.8, the 200-yard
butterfly in 2:00.7 and the 100-
yard butterfly in 5 2.1. He was
the only triple victor in the
three-day test at Newark, Del.
Lehigh totaled 95-points against
133   for  defending champion
Bucknell.
Also outstanding for Coach Roy
Nichols' Engineers were Charles
O'Loughlin of Silver Spring,Md.,
first in the 100 and 200 breast-
stroke tests; Jim Stine of Green-
brook, N.J., second in the 100
breaststroke and third in the
200 breaststroke; Bob Sine of
Yardley, Pa., third in the 200
freestyle and fourth in the 500
freestyle; Tom Nagy of West
Mifflin, Pa., third in the 400
individual medley in Lehigh
record time of 4:36.7, and fifth
in the 100 butterfly; Burt Hoffman
of Oreland, Pa., fifth in the 200
butterfly.
Stine, Nagy, Ken LeFevre of
Rosemont, Pa., and Wayne Martin
of Philadelphia placed second in
the 400 - yard medley relay.
LeFevre, Martin, Sine and MacGregor were second in the 800
freestyle relay in Lehigh record
time of 7:19.2.
MacGregor's   52.1  in the 100
butterfly qualified him  for  the'
NCAA  tournament March 23-25
at West Point, N.Y.
Baseballers
Will Play
In Georgia
Eleven lettermen, led by co-
captains Frank Zawatski of Bound
Brook, N. J., and Ron Wilsker of
Arverne, N.Y., are on the Lehigh
University baseball squad which
makes its 1972 debut March 27
at Statesboro, Ga.
The Engineers will play six
games in Georgia before opening
their regular schedule April 14
against Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The southern contests
will not count in the season
record.
Lehigh will be based near
Georgia Southern College during
the trip, which is to be made
during spring vacation, and will
tackle the GSC nine four times.
Additional games are slated, on
the GSC diamond, against Morris
Harvey   and  Western   Carolina.
Coach Stan Schultz's team will
be built around pitching star Joel
Menzzopane of Eatontown, N.J.,
shortstop Bob Van Etten of
Haddonfield, N.J., center fielder
Dick Dempsey of Dunmore, Pa.,
Zawatski and Wilsker, a catcher
and second-base man, respectively.
Other lettermen are pitchers
Bruce Knoll of Allentown, Pa.,
John Kraemer of New Hyde Park,
N.Y., and John Von Thaden of
Bordentown, N.J.; infielder Tom
Petro of Northampton, Pa., third
baseman Charled Sieger of Allentown, Pa., and first baseman Joe
Strickland of West Chester, Pa.
Freshmen Mike Deschler of
Bethlehem, Pa., an infielder; Bill
Barry of Madison, N.J., an outfielder; and Paul Hartzell of
Bloomsburg, Pa., a pitcher,
figure heavily in Engineer plans.
Lehigh tied Lafayette for first
place in the Middle Atlantic Con-
western section race in 1971,
each with an 8-2 league record,
but dropped a special playoff contest to the Leopards. Overall the
Engineers, who concentrated on
loop games, were 12-11.
Menzzopane, a veteran righthander, topped the mound staff
with a 7-2 record and was the
only pitcher in the MAC West
to beat every other team.
Zawatski, a catcher who played
first base last season as Rich
Revta concluded a brilliant collegiate career, moves behind the
plate and is regarded as the
team's No. 1 hitter. He batted
.288 in 1971 and led the team
in doubles (5) and runs-batted-in
(22).
Wilsker, the MAC West
all-star second baseman, was a
timely hitter who batted 13
runners across the plate with
a .242 average. He led the Engineers in triples (4) and also
had a pair of homers.
Once again MAC West teams
will play most of their games
as doubleheaders. "