South Mountaineer Volume 14, Issue 24

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South Mountaineer
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Vol. 14 - No. 24
MAY 9, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Speaker Among Wrestling Greats
Pennant Bid
Falls Short
Lehigh baseballers (9-5) split
six decisions since the last issue
of The South Mountaineer,
The Engineers, after seeing
a six-game winning streak ended
by Lafayette, 9-1 and 3-0,
snapped back to upset Delaware,
3- 2 and 5-3, and narrowly missed
regaining a share of first place
in the MAC west,
Saturday they downed Rider in
the opening game of a twin bill
at Taylor Stadium, 5-2, and a
victory in the nightcap would*ve
pulled the squad into a tie with
Lafayette for first place.
Rider killed that bid, however,
8-1, and Lehigh (5-3) fell back
into third behind the Leopards
(6-2) and the Broncos (7-3) in
the MAC West.
In their only recent non-conference appearance the
Engineers whitewashed visiting
Rutgers, 8-0, as Bruce Ulissi
of Penns Grove, N.J., and Joel
Menzzopane of New Shrewsbury,
N.J., combined to hurl the shutout,
Lehigh and Lafayette played
the equivalent of two baseball
games at Taylor Stadium, One
lasted eight innings with the
Engineers trailing just 2-1, The
other lasted only one-half inning.
Lafayette strung together five
hits and got assistance from four
Lehigh errors to score seven
runs in the ninth inning for its
9-1 win.
It's difficult to say what caused
Lehigh's breakdown but perhaps
it can be traced to the inning
before. Trailing 2-1 in the bottom
of the eighth, the Engineers
looked ready togettooldnemises
Jim VanDerBeek and get some
runs for their own pitcher,
Menzzopane,
With one out Charlie Sieger
got Lehigh started with a hard
smash that went for an infield
hit. Frank Zawatski of Bound
Brook, N.J., who gave the Engineers a 1-0 first inning lead
with a homer, then cracked a
sharp single to right advancing
Sieger to third.
Cleanup hitter Bob Van Etten
of Haddonfield, N.J., hit a sharp
liner toward center but shortstop
Bob Argenti leaped and caught
the ball then doubled Zawatski
off first to kill the threat.
The bad break appeared to
dishearten the Engineers in the
nightmarish ninth, George
Schneider needed defensive help
to get out of a first-inning trouble
spot, then held Lehigh on two
singles in hurling Lafayette to
a 3-0 victory and a sweep of their
two-game Middle Atlantic Conference series at Metzgar Field.
The Leopard lefthander
allowed four walks in the first
frame but Sieger's hard smash
to third baseman Brian Canfield
was  turned into a double play.
Both Lehigh safeties came in
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LEFTHANDER BRUCE ULISSI ON THE MOUND
Trackmen Star In Quantico,
Penn Relay Appearances
An impressive showing in last
weekend's Quantico, Va,, Relays
highlighted Lehigh track activity,
"It was a super effort," said
Coach John Covert, "the finest
performances by Lehighmenthat
I can remember,"
The Engineers also participated in the annual Penn Relay
carnival after dropping their
first dual meet of the season at
West Chester, 83-62, snapping a
string  of  11  straight triumphs.
Neal Tarulli of Franklin Lanes,
N.J,, finished an impressive third
behind two former Olympians and
junior Mike Strockbine of Corn-
mack, N.Y,, was second in the
Gen, Butler Invitation mile at
Quantico.
Tarulli finished fourth in the
collegiate hurdles in 14,3
seconds, won an invitation to
compete in a special race and
ran a :14,2 to finish behind former gold medalist Willie Davenport (:13,7) and silver medalist
Erv Hall.   Handsome Wearing of
Villanova was fourth.
Strockbine, who on Friday ran
a 4;15.5 mile that anchored Lehigh to victory in the collegiate
distance medley relay--its first
championship in this prestigious
spring carnival was second to
Bill Bailly of West Carolina in
the Gen, Butler Invitation,
Bailly wonin4:08.8, Strockbine's
time was 4:11.1,
Friday's victory over LaSalle,
Seton Hall and Army was accomplished in 10:10.0 by Bob
Gulash of Easton, Conn,,(1:57,6),
Dave Koons of Oreland, Pa.,
(:50.3), Wayne Rogers of
Poughkeepsie, N.Y,, (3:06.5) and
Strockbine,
The mile relay team of Randy
Hull of Hagerstown, Md., (51.3),
Jon Kilroy of Shaker Heights, O.,
(50.1), Koons (49.8) and Gulash
(50,4) was fourth behind Army
(3.18.8) Temple and West Chester
in 3:21.5.
Hull was first in his section of
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Eichelberger Pinned 37
Rivals, Won 2 NCAA Titles
Dr. Edward B. (Eddie) Eichelberger, the principal speaker at
Lehigh's Student Recognition
Day banquet Monday, May 15,
in Windish Hall, is one of the
greatest of the Engineers' all-
time great wrestlers.
His remarks will climax a
day-long program also featuring
traditional Flagpole Day ceremonies on the campus at 11:30
a.m. The banquet begins at 6:30
p.m.
Ray Snyder and Joe Workman
are co-chairmen of the dinner,
John Steckbeck, assistant
director of physical education at
Lehigh, will be master of ceremonies at each event.
Athletic and/or academic
awards are to be made as sports
squads with the exception of football, soccer and cross country,
which wpre feted last winter at,
a   similar  event,   are   honored.
Tickets are on sale at the
University Center at Lehigh and
in Alumni Association offices
and  Taylor Gymnasium offices.
Eichelberger, Lehigh '56, is
Senior Engineer of the Components Division, IBM, at Fishkill,
N.Y., and a resident of North
Salem, N.Y. He and Mrs. Eichelberger are the parents of three
daughters, 10, 12 and 14 years
of age.
He won national and eastern
championships in 1955 and 1956
at 147-pounds. He was voted
Most Outstanding in the 1955
Nationals and during both of his
title-winning performance in the
Easterns and also was a Fletcher
Award recipient in the Easterns
of'56.
He holds Lehigh's record for
the most varsity falls, 37, during
the seasons of 1954, 1955 and
1956 when he compiled a personal
mark of 55 victories, only three
losses, and one draw. He won
his last 40 bouts in a row, 27 of
them by pins. All three of his
defeats, and the lone tie, came
during his sophomore campaign.
At one stage of his junior season
Stickers Gain Trophy Pt.
Lehigh lacrossemen split their
last four decisions, winning 6-5
over Lafayette and 1 -1 over
Stevens, against losses to F&M,
14-5, and Penn State, 12-5.
The Engineers (4-7) who have
been playing well after dropping
their first five decisions of the
campaign, picked up a vital trophy
point at Lafayette.
John Bassani of Garden City,
N.Y., and Kevin Stelljes of Fay-
etteville, N.Y., two of the hottest
scorers in the MAC, paced the
four-game effort. Bassani racked
up 10 assists and two goals
for 12-points. Stelljes popped in
nine goals for nine tallies.
LEHIGH 2    2    1     1-6
LAFAYETTE. . .1     2    1     1-5
Lehigh goals: Stelljes 2, Skeen' 2,
Scott, Kelly. Assists: Bassani, Altenpohl 2.
Lafayette goals: Hartman, Goodwin,
Spaulding, McGray, Conifer. Assist:
Compton.
LEHIGH LEADS, 5-4
The lacrosse victory, matched
against two weekend baseball
losses, left Lehigh ahead of
Lafayette in the all-sports trophy
series, 5-4. Contests were
scheduled this week in track,
tennis and golf to complete
1971-72 action.
LEHIGH 1     2    0     2 -  f)
PENN ST 3     3     3    3-12
Lehigh goals: Stelljes 3, Skeen, Scott.
Assists:   Bassani 3.
Penn St. goals: Trenz 5, Rogers 2,
McCubbin, Ward, Silver, Collins, Smedley.
Assists:   Trenz 4, Smedley 2.
LEHIGH 4     3     2     2-11
STEVENS 0    1     0    0  -     1
Lehigh goals: Altenpohl 2, Skeen 2,
Stelljes 2, Kelly, Bassani, Scott, Foucek,
Barth. Assists:   Bassani 3, Kelly, Welsh.
LEHIGH 2    0     1     2  -    5
F&M 4     f)     2    3-14
Lehigh goals: Stelljes 2, Altenpohl 2,
Kelly. Assists:   Bassani 3, Barth.
F&M goals: Cloud 6, Friedman 2,
Long 2, Pretrick, Hull, DeRoberts, Revell.
Assists:    Franklin 5,  Friedman 2, Long.
he pinned eight straight opponents
and as a senior he had six falls
in a row.
Eichelberger was the first of
six national champions developed
by Gerry Leeman, stars who
accumulated nine NCAA crowns.
In winning eastern and national
laurels in 1955 and 1956 he
pinned 13 opponents in 19 bouts
and rolled up winning decisions
of 10-5, 17-3, 16-1, 11-4, 13-7
and 6-2.
Eichelberger, whose field is
electrical engineering, joined
IBM in 1956 less than a month
after graduation. In 1959 he enrolled at Princeton in the IBM
Resident Graduate Program
working on master's and doctorate degrees. He returned to IBM
in 1962 and received his degrees
from Princeton in 1963.
Until 1967 he worked in a
number of positions and locations
in advanced technology in circuit
design. In December of that year
he was promoted to company
headquarters operations, moving
from Endicott, N.Y., to Harrison,
N.Y., and serving as technical
assistant to the group director
of systems assurances. In 1969
he was elevated to his present
position.
Golfer 5th
In Easterns
Tom Sultzer of Kennett Square,
Pa., tied for fifth place in the
eastern intercollegiate golf tournament at Yale, firing a 78-75—
153.
Other Lehigh competitors included Al Beeken of Fox Chapel,
Pa., 164; John Stupp of St. Louis,
Mo., 165; Al Yurko of Willingboro
N. J., 166, and Tom Sine of
Yardley, Pa., 169.
The Engineers' team total of
648 was good for 11th place.
Penn State, paced by medalist
Danny O'Neill with a72-76—148,
took  team  honors   carding 614.
Three victories in their last
seven starts left Lehigh golfers
with a 9-6 seasonal mark. They
triumphed over Delaware,
Rutgers and Gettysburg while
losing to Villanova, Princeton,
Penn State and Bucknell.
Netters Romp
Lehigh's tennis team (2-6)
blanked Drexel, 9-0, while losing
to Rutgers, 5-4, and Bucknell 8-1.
The Engineers dropped only
one set to Drexel as Jeff Reuben
of Wynne wood, Pa., took the No. 1
singles, 5-7, 7-5 and 6-4, sweeping all remaining matches.