South Mountaineer Volume 15, Issue 07

              Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 15 — No. 7
OCTOBER 24, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Penn 11 Outlasts Lehigh, 30-27;
McQuilken, Bellizeare Standouts
LEHIGH FULLBACK Tim McDonough looks for running room, behind the blocking of Ed Purdy, as
Penn defenders converge on the play. The Quakers came from behind in the last quarter to win, 30-27.
Cross Country  Game At A Glance
Team Bows;
Rogers First
Wayne Rogers, of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., finished first for Lehigh
in a cross country triangular
Friday at Van Cortlandt Park,
New York City, but the Engineers
had to accept third place behind
Princeton and Fordham.
Tim Steele, Lehigh's title
winning runner from Denville,
N.J., missed the meet because of
illness and Dave Cope, a freshman from Fogelsville, Pa., had to
settle for a 17th-place finish after
being spiked during the run.
Freshmen Rick Bourie of
Springfield, Mass., and Brian
Faraci of Haverstraw, N.Y.,
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Leh.
Penn
First downs
18
28
Net yds rushing
71
404
Net yds passing
249
69
Total yards
320
473
Passes attempted
37
12
Completed
22
5
Intercepted by
3
1
Punts
5
2
Avg. distance
36
31
Fumbles lost
3
1
Yards penalized
16
35
Individual Leaders
Rushing
Att
Yds
Avg,
Bell'z'r,P
34
214
6.2
McGee,P.
10
65
6.5
Mandel, P.
13
65
5.0
Hoffman,P
16
60
3.7
McDon., L.
12
33
2.7
Passing
Att     Comp Yds
TD
McQ.,L
37
22     249
2
Mandel,P
12
5     69
0
Runners In Only Home Test
All three of Lehigh University's fall sports squads will be
in action this week (Oct. 24-28).
Rider, Bucknell, Gettysburg
and West Chester provide the
opposition.
Lehigh's IC4A championship
cross country runners make their
only home start of the campaign
Wednesday, Oct. 25, against
Gettysburg College on the Saucon
Valley Fields at 4 p.m.
Bucknell and Lehigh freshman
football teams clash Saturday,
Oct. 28, in a Freshman Parents
Weekend attraction at Taylor
Stadium while the Engineer
varsity is traveling for a contest
at Gettysburg.
Lehigh soccer men host Rider
on Tuesday, Oct. 24, and play a
Saturday game at West Chester.
Engineer cross country runners
compete Saturday, Oct. 28, in the
annual Canisius Invitational at
Buffalo, N.Y.
Receiving   Caught Yds TD
Schlegel,L     7 81 1
Liedtke,L      5 50 1
McDon., L.    5 28 0
PENNSYLVANIA
Ends—Clune, Gaetano, Thomson, Luke,
Corbin, Sgro, Taylor.
Tackles—Freeh, Italiano, Flanagan,
O'Leary, Chizmadia, Duffy.
Guards—Malloy, Thompson, Cowan,
Harris.
Centers—Jameson, Heffernan.
Linebackers—Zexter, Adams, U t k e,
Yankovoy.
Backs—Pinto, Bellizear, Mellor, Clark,
Hoffman, Casey, Baumgardner, Welsh,
Mandel, Vaughn, McGee, Sheffield, Bald,
Hayes, Martin, McCormick, Urban.
LEHIGH
Ends—Schlegel, Liedtke, Coffman,
Maddox, Howard, L. Johnson, Gielen,
Lechner.
Tackles—Resch, Mulholland, Pohlot,
Benfield, Marti.
Guards—Derwin, Purdy, Cheplick,
Bigach.
Centers—Abeltin, Merolla.
Linebackers—C.Smith, McFillin, Von
Bergen, Gift, Probst, Barth.
Backs—McQuilken, Farrell, Stewart,
Handschue, Kail, Bowers, Mitravich,
Ruppert, McDonough, Alleva, Mullane.
PENN 0       13       10       7—30
LEHIGH    13        7        7       0—27
Leh—McDonough 2 run. Merolla kick.
Leh—Schlegel 7 pass from McQuilken.
Kick missed.
Penn—Bellizeare 4 run. Kick missed.
Penn—Hoffman 3 run. Martin kick.
Leh—Liedtke 8 pass from McQuilken.
Merolla kick.
Penn—Bellizeare 1 run. Martin kick.
Penn—FG 27 Martin.
Leh—Farrell 1 run. Merolla kick.
Penn—Mandel 1 run. Martin kick.
Attendance—14,000.
Quakers Rally For Winning
Touchdown In Fourth Period
Pennsylvania threw a crushing up once. Lehigh intercepted three
ground game against Lehigh's passes and the Quakers inter-
aerial attack Saturday, in the cepted one.
Quakers' first appearance at It was a wild shooting match
Taylor Stadium, and outscored right from the beginning with
the Engineers, 30-27. Lehigh marching 61 yards the
It was the third heartbreaking second time it had possession for
defeat of the campaign for the a   7-0   advantage.    McQuilken,
Lehigh    eleven   which    earlier showing a hot hand early, passed
dropped cliff-hangers to Army, eight yards to Norm Liedtke of
26-21,     and    national     college Verona, N.J.,  12 yards to Bob
division    champion    Delaware, Handschue,   and  twice   to   Bill
28-22. Schlegel of Troy, N.Y., each time
Adolph   Bellizeare,   a   sopho- for 12, to reach the Quaker 7. Tim
more sprinter, carried Penn to McDonough,   of  South   Orange,
victory with 34 carries for 214 N.J., drove across from the two
yards and two touchdowns. His on third down.
214 tied a one-game Quaker mark Near the end of the opening
set hy~ -Rods   Bagnell   against quar-ter4?rank^Alleva, of Suffern,
Dartmouth in 1950. N.Y.,  squibbed  a   punt  out  of
Junior   quarterback    Kim bounds on the Penn 5 and two
McQuilken, of Lehigh, accounted plays   later   linebacker   Larry
for 249 yards on 22 completions in Warren, of White Plains, N.Y.,
37   passing   attempts.   He   also recovered a Quaker bobble on the
produced a pair of touchdowns. 10. On a third down play from the
Both offensive units were very seven,    Schlegel    made   a
effective. Penn totaled 28 first sensational one-handed catch of a
downs and 473 yards. Lehigh had McQuilken aerial deep in the end
18 first downs  and  320 yards. zone.  Chuck Merolla, who had
Each team collected four touch- converted   after   Lehigh's   first
downs and three extra points. TD,   missed   this   one   but   the
The winning margin proved to Engineers were on top, 13-0.
be a 27-yard field goal by John Penn struck back with a Pair of
Martin, of the Quakers, in the touchdowns early in the second
third quarter session. The first culminated a
Penn, which trailed at halftime 66-yard  march  with  Bellizeare
managed a winning comeback on tallying from the four with 13:47
the   strength   of   a   diversified remaining in the quarter.  The
running game which allowed the second came with 10:08 left after
Quakers to maintain ball control a fumble recovery on the Lehigh
almost the entire third and fourth 36- Bob Hoffman and Bellizeare
periods. did most of the gaining with the
Lehigh   had   15   first   downs former scoring from the three,
before    the    intermission    but Martin,   who  missed   his   first
managed only two in the third extra Point *ry» made the second
quarter and one in the fourth. f°r a 13~13 tie.
Penn produced 14 first downs in An interception by linebacker
each half. Bob Von Bergen, of Taylor, Pa.,
Fumbles played a  key role, gave the Engineers an opportun-
Lehigh losing the ball three times ity from midfield halfway
in that manner and Penn giving it (Continued on Page 2)
Booters Blank Gettysburg
Lehigh  soccermen  kept their pohl,  of Glydwyne,   Pa., tallied
hopes    for   a    winning    season after the intermission,
mathematically    alive   Saturday Another freshman, KevinSoder
with a 3-0 triumph over Gettys- of New Britain, Pa., had an assist
burg on the losers' field. on the Altenpohl score.
Earlier in the week Coach Tom Goalie    Pete    Torgerson,    of
Fleck's     booters    played    well Westfield, N.J., turned back six
against nationally - ranked Penn- shots    against    Gettysburg   and
sylvania,  on the  Saucon Valley eight against Penn.
Fields, although dropping a 4-0 The Engineers (2-6) have five
verdict.    They held the powerful contests remaining.
Quakers to one goal in the first
,olf PENN    1       3 4
na11' LEHIGH  0       0 0
Freshman   Dave  Williams, of Goals-Otieno 2,   King,   Pritchard.
Pennington, N.J., rammed home Assists — King,     Otieno,     Pritchard,
an unassisted 20-yarder for the Baumann.
Engineers' first goal at Gettys- lehigh6™0                    i     2-—3
burg.     Alex    Monchak,   of   Cin- Goals-Williams, Monchak,  Altenpohl.
naminson, N.J., and Bill Alten- Assist—Soder.