South Mountaineer Volume 13, Issue 18

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Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association ^^
Vol. 13-No. 18
MARCH 2, 1971
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
EIWA Test Next Fo
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Title Bouts
On Television
WLVT-TV, Channel 39 of the
Lehigh Valley, will tape the final
round of the annual Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Assn.
championships Saturday (March
6) at Annapolis, Md., for delayed
viewing.
The title bouts are to be shown
Sunday, March 7, at 4 p.m.,
following an "Inside Lehigh
Wrestling" show hosted by Kirk
Pendleton.
Shel Siegel, executive vice
president and general manager of
Channel 39, will join Larry
Sheridan in describing the action,
Siegel and Lehigh public
relations director Sam Connor
originated these EIWA tourney
telecasts several years ago.
Connor will be at the
tournament in his capacity as
official scorer for the Fletcher
and Sheridan memorial awards.
Channel 39 also will produce
a 90-minute special on the title
round for 27 stations of the
Eastern Educational/Public TV
Network. This highlight version
is to be shown Sunday, April 4,
at 4 p.m. Channel 39 will feature
the show along with the other
eastern network outlets.
Broadcasts
Scheduled
Radio station WGPA-FM of
Bethlehem will broadcast all
sessions of the EIWA Tournament
Friday and Saturday, Mar. 5-6,
from Annapolis, Md. Jud Smuil
and Dr. John Lux will describe
the action.
WLRN, the Lehigh University
student station, also will be on
hand for the torunament with
sports director Howie Frisch
at the microphone.
Weekend Action at Navy;
Rutgers Wrestlers Blanked
SCOTT, CHRISTIE of Lehigh controls Rich Rhinehart, of Rutgers,
during 177-pound bout won by the Engineer senior, 6-1. Rhine hart's
brother, John, is a member of the Lehigh varsity mat squad* Christie,
EIWA runnerup last  year at 190, finished dual campaign with 7-1
record.
With The Alumni
Lehigh alumni in the Washington, D. C, and Baltimore areas,
will hold a dinner Saturday, Mar.
6, in conjunction with the annual
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrest!-'
ing Assn. championships at the
Naval Academy.
The Washington Lehigh Club
is sponsoring the affair,
scheduled for the Annapolis, Md.,
Hilton. There will be a reception
at 5 p.m. and dinner at 5;45 p.m.
between semi-final and final
rounds of the tournament.
James B. Sweeson of 4910
Brookway Dr., and William A.
Furman, Jr., of 1511 K. St. N.W.
both Washington, are president
and secretary, respectively of the
Washington Lehigh Club.
Bill Merriam, of Price-Water-
house, 1707 L. St.,NW, Washington, D. C, is reservations
chairman. He may be reached
by phone at 1-301-424-2520
(home) or 1-202-296-0800
(office) for details.
Coach8s Comment
" I* m proud of the fact that our
team keeps plugging away, keeps
working hard, and those 111
points at Rochester gave us all
a lift. No one can say that our
team has let down, or lost,
becuase the men weren't giving
it everything they had.". . . .
Roy Heckman, basketball.
Cagers Romp, 111-64
Outstanding performances by
two of Lehigh's big men featured
basketball  action  last  week as
GETTYSBURG
Kershaw 11 -1-1-23, Jann 0-2-2-2,
Bucher 7-3-4-17, Nyberg 2-2-2-6,
Mason 2-1-1-5, Thomas 2-1-2-5,
Strimple 3-0-0-6, Upson 0-0-0-0,
Cramer 2-0-0-4. Totals: 29-10-12-68.
LEHIGH
Waters 6-1-1-13, Zelickson 0-0-0-0,
Wisniewski 6-2-4-14, D'Agosta 5-0-4-10,
Falkenbach 11-8-10-30, R. Etra 3-1-1-7,
Drew 0-0-0-0, K. Etra 4-2-2-10,
Bechtel 0-0-0-0.   Totals: 35-14-23-84.
GETTYSBURG   F R.
Friedlander 10-3-4-23, Gyulai 3-0-1-6,
Wicks   2-1-3-5, Morgan 3-0-1-6, Speier
2-1-4-5,   Matthews   11^5-6-27,  Rafferty
2-1-2-5, Boguski 0-0-0-0.
Totals:   33-11-21-77.
LEHIGH   FR.
Rubenzahl 8-1-1-17,   Morris   6-3-3-15,
Dickerson    3-0-0-6,  Summer 2-4-4-8,
Anderson 3-0-0-6,   Balsis 0-1-1-1.
Totals;   31-14-18-76.
Halftime:   Lehigh, 32-29.
the Engineers won twice in three
tries.
Six-foot-seven Greg Falkenbach played his greatest game
against Gettysburg, with 30
points and 23 rebounds, to help
the Engineers fashion an 84-68
advantage.
Six-foot-nine Fred Bechtel
took charge at the University
of Rochester as Lehigh shocked
its hosts with a 111-64 blast,
scoring 25 points including 11
field goals in It shots.
Between those outings the Engineers were defeated at
Lafayette, 115-83, despite a 26
point   show by Johnny Waters.
Lehigh's frosh cagers split a
pair of decisions, losing to
Gettysburg for the second time,
77-76, and downing Lafayette for
the second time, 82-66.
At Rochester, last Saturday,
the Engineers stunned the home
club with early leads of 10-1 and
24-7, and never eased the
pressure.
Bechtel didn't miss the target
all night. In addition to his 11-11
field goal performance he converted three free throws in three
tries and blocked five Yellow-
jacket shots. Lehigh led 52-28 at
halftime. No freshman game was
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LEHIGH
Waters 9-1-1-19, Zelickson 5-5-6-15,
Falkenbach 6-4-5-16, Wisniewski, 4-4-4-
12, Drew 4-4-4-13, R. Etra 1-1-4-3,
Bechtel 11-3-3-25, K. Etra 3-2-3-8.
Totals: 43-25-31-111.
ROCHESTER
Hewitt 0-1-1-1, Wexler 2-l-2-5,t
Murphy 3-1-3-7, Winters 5-0-1-10,
Kerry Aiken 3-0-2-6, Beasley-0-2-2-2,
Schatz 0-2-2-2, Collins 2-2-4-6, Grossman 1-0-0-2, Fass 7-9-11-23, Kevin
Aiken   0-0-0-0,      Totals:    23-18-28-64.
Halftime:   Lehigh 52-28
Officials:  Kane and stietz
Lehigh's 19th consecutive
winning wrestling season concluded as expected last Saturday
as the Engineers tuned up for this
weekend's EIWA tournament with
a 34-0 rout of Rutgers before
2,900 spectators in Grace Hall.
In a junior varsity meet, held
at Taylor Gym, Lehigh posted a
24-15 triumph.
Coach Thad Turner's squad
swept every bout against the
Scarlet to dump Rutgers for the
24th time in 25 meetings.
The 1971 Eastern Tournament,
Friday and Saturday (Mar. 5-6)
at the Naval Academy, is next
on the schedule followed by the
District '2* NCAA qualifying
tournament one week later (Mar.
12-13) at Princeton.
Turner's lineup for the
Easterns probably will include
Randy Biggs at 118, Greg Surenian at 126, Dave Waters at 134,
Jack Scharff or Todd Morgan at
142, Herb Campbell at 150, Rick
Bacastow at 158, Steve Shields
at 167, Scott Christie at 177, Tom
Hutchinson at 190 and Bob Lustica
heavyweight.
All except Surenian and Morgan
got some sort of workout against
Rutgers.
Biggs, leading 3-0 over
Rutgers' top wrestler, Dennis P.
Smith, picked up a default triumph
in the second period when the
latter suffered a broken ankle.
The injury occurred as Smith
twisted the ankle trying to contain
Biggs when the Lehigh sophomore
stood up and broke free.
Ricky Mitzner replaced Surenian at 126 for this meet, piled
up a big early lead and held off
Scott Myers for a 12-9 decision.
Surenian was given an extra week
to rest an injured arm.
Waters, at 134, pinned Nate
Granger in 6:53 during a onesided romp and the five-pointer
gave him the Lehigh team
seasonal point championship with
30 tallies. Steve Shields, at 167,
finished with 29 after decisioning
Dan Brandenburg, 10-1.
Scharff, working at 142 as a replacement for injured captain
Dave Icenhower, came from
behind to trim Clarence Johnson,
6-2.
Other Engineers who
sharpened up for the Easterns
with easy victories included
Campbell., 11-0 over Dennis M.
Smith; Bacastow, 6-0 over Mike
Maugeri; Christie, 6-1 over Rich
Rhinehart; Hutchinson, 10-2over
Bill Reinstadler, and Lustica,
10-3 over Bob Morton*
Rutgers concluded its dual
season with a 3-7-1 record in
Dick Voliva's Silver Anniversary
year as head coach.
Waters (8-0-1) and Shields
(9-0) ended undefeated dual
campaigns. Each had one fall
while Waters picked up two points
with his draw and two more with
LEHIGH 34, RUTGERS 0
118 - Randy Biggs won by default over
Dennis P. Smith in second period. Smith
injured ankle.
126 - Ricky Mitzner dec. Scott Myers,
12-9.
134 - Dave Waters pinned Nate Granger
in 6:53.
142 - Jack Scharf dec. Clarence
Johnson, 6-2.
150 - Herb Campbell dec. Dennis M.
Smith, 11-0.
158 - Rick Bacastow dec. Mike Maugeri,
6-0.
167 - Steve Shields dec. Dan Brandenburg, 10-1.
177 - Scott Christiedec. Rich Rhinehart,
6-1.
190 - Tom Hutchinson dec. Rill Reinstadler, 10-2.
Hvy - Bob Lustica dec. Bob Morton,
10-3.
Referee - Vincent Zuaro.
LEHIGH JV 24, RUTGERS JV If)
118 - Tom DiGianci, Rutgers, dec.
Hal Henkel, 8-4.
126 - Lou Barnett, Rutgers, won b\
forfeit.
134 - Tom Sculley, Lehigh, pinned
Ken Ostrowski in 5:59.
142 - John Graybill, Lehigh, and Jack
Lehman drew, 2-2.
150 - Jim Mahon, Lehigh, dec. Churk
Silber, 7-1.
158 - Craig Reimer, Lehigh, dec.
Vince Barrett, 15-2.
167 - Hank Mohrmann, Lehierh, dec.
Tim Brown, 7-6.
177 - Greg Karabin, Lehiffh, dec. Art
DeMarzo, 12-2.
190 - Rick Stuckv, Lehigh, won by
forfeit.
Hvy - Chris Ellis, Rutgers, won by
forfeit.
a forfeit victory.
They were two of four seniors
in the Lehigh lineup for the last
time at Grace Hall. Waters ended
his career with a 12-2-1 dual
mark, Shields was 22-3-3,
Christie 14-7 and Bacastow 15-8-
3. Engineer fans also bid adieu
to Icenhower, the injured captain,
and senior manager Arnie
Bramow who filled in as a
wrestler during emergencies.
Christie (7-1) and Campbell
(7-1-1) will join Waters and
Shields in bidding for attractive
seeds as pairings are determined
for the weekend tourney at the
Naval Academy.
Coach's Comment
"Everyone's talking Navy and
Penn State for the Easterns, but
don't count us out toe quickly.
We have enough good men to make
it interesting if we just get a
break here and there. It could
be a wide-open tournament.". . .
Thad Turner, wrestling.
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