South Mountaineer Volume 13, Issue 24

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Publishedbythe Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 13 - No. 24
MAY 25, 1971
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Awards Feature SRD
LU Teams Had Winning Year
Track, Rifle, Cross Country
Squads Set 1970-71 Pace
One Lehigh team compiled its
first perfect record in 39-years
and five others won or shared
championships during the
academic year which ends next
month.
Varsity athletic squads at the
University cracked the century
nark once again in victories,
totaling 105. There were 79
defeats and one stalemate. Seven,
of 13 teams, enjoyed winning
campaigns.
Lehigh refused to surrender
All - Sports Trophy honors
to Lafayette although the
Leopards managed to gain a share
of the cup with a 6-6 tie in a
dozen regularly - scheduled
varsity dual events.
The first perfect mark in 39
seasons was turned in by Coach
John Covert's track and field
squad which had a 7-and-0
record. Not since 1932 had Lehigh
trackmen finished without a loss
or a tie.
Covert's cross country
runners also had a big year,
reeling off ll straight triumphs
after an opening loss to Pennsylvania, giving the veteran coach
a total of 18 victories in 19
events during the year.
Lehigh riflemen, directed by
ROTC Major John Huber, pressed
the trackmen for leading team
laurels with a 17-and-l mark.
Covert and Huber, as a duo,
directed teams which won 35
of 37 events.
Other winning seasons were
turned in by Coach Steve
Jacobson's lacrosse team (8-3),
Coach Thad Turner's wrestlers
(6-3), Coach Tom Fleck's
soccermen (6-5-1) and Coach
Stan Schultz's baseballers
(12-11).
The riflemen retained
championship honors in the
Eastern Inter-Collegiate League
with a perfect 12-and-0 record,
cross country took a second
straight IC4A college division and
a third straight Middle Atlantic
Conference crown, lacrosse
shared laurels in the Central
Atlantic Division, wrestling
gained a district championship
and in baseball the Engineers
finished in a tie for Middle
Atlantic Conference western
honors with an 8-and-2 league
performance.
In All-Sports Trophy action
against Lafayette the Engineers
were victorious in soccer, cross
country, swimming, lacrosse and
track, while splitting a pair of
baseball games. Lafayette took
two basketball decisions and
single triumphs in football, tennis
and golf along with the baseball
split.
This trophy was established in
1967 and Lehigh won it the first
four years. The Engineers hold
an overall lead of 37-25 over
the Leopards in five years of
competition.
South Mountaineer
Editor —Joe Whritenour
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Rev. Dan Nolan Main Speaker;
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VARSITY SPORTS
FALL,1970
W
L
T
P.C.
Cross country
11
1
0
.916
Soccer
6
5
1
.545
Football
4
6
0
.400
WINTER,70-71
W
L
T
P.C.
Rifle
17
1
0
.944
Wrestling
6
3
0
.667
Hockey
9
10
0
.473
Swimming
5
7
0
.417
Basketball
10
16
0
.384
SPRING,1971
w
L
T
P.C.
Track
7
0
0
1000
Lacrosse
8
3
0
.727
Baseball
12
11
0
.521
Golf
7
8
0
.467
Tennis
3
8
0
.272
TOTAL
W
L
T
P.C.
105 79
1
.570
Baseballers
Win Dozen
Although winning only once in
their last five starts, Lehigh
baseballers completed a winning
season with more triumphs than
any Engineer nine had registered
in 19 years.
Both the 1971 and 1952 clubs
posted identical 12-11 records.
It was the third winning campaign
for Coach Stan Schultz in five
years at the helm.
After peaking at Rider with a
4-2 and 1-0 sweep of a double-
header which gained the ma share
of the MAC west championship,
the Engineers appeared to suffer
a letdown which remained through
the final 10 days of the season.
The twelfth victory was
provided by pitching ace Joel
Menzzopane against Drexel in
Taylor Stadium, 4-1, with all of
the winners' runs coming on
homers by Rich Revta, Frank
Zawatski and Ron Wilsker, the
latter connecting with one aboard.
Late losses came at the hands
of Lafayette in an MAC playoff
to determine which team would
represent the western section
in additional playoffs, 18-2;
Temple, 9-3; NYU, 12-8, anc
West Chester, 6-4. The
Engineers , who concentrated
heavily upon MAC games, were
8-2 in the league and 4-9 in
outside contests.
Student Recognition Day, sponsored by the Alumni Assn., was*
held May 17 featuring the annual
noontime flagpole ceremonies
and an evening dinner in Windish
Hall at which the Rev. J. Daniel
Nolan   was   the   main speaker.
Father Nolan, a Little
All-American quarterback on
Lehigh's Lambert Cup winning
football team of 1957, is a Roman
Catholic priest at St. Ann's,
Albany, N. Y.
Ray Snyder of Wescosville,
Pa., was dinner chairman in
conjunction with Joe Workman of
Bethlehem, Pa., chairman of the
Alumni Association's Student
Relations Committee. Close to
300 attended the banquet at which
academic and athletic standouts
were honored.   *
Bob Detrick of Bethel Park,Pa.
co-captain of three Middle
Atlantic Conference andtwoIC4A
title - winning cross country,
teams, and of Lehigh's first
unbeaten track squad since 1932,
received the Eastern College
Athletic Conference (ECAC)
award for scholarship and
athletic prowess. He has a 3.89
average in engineering physics
and was named Lehigh's prestige
scholar.
Jerry Berger of Shillington,
Pa., an outstanding performer
on football and baseball for three
years, accepted the BoseyReiter
Cup as the No. 1 leader in the
senior class.
Richard Dempsey of Dunmore,
Pa., who played freshman football
last fall and varsity baseball this
spring as the regular center
fielder, won the Rev. J. Daniel
Nolan trophy as Lehigh's most
outstanding freshman athlete.
John T. Scott, in, of Westfield,
N. J., accepted the University
Service Award as the student
who has done the most to promote
ECAC Trophy
student body unity, campus cooperation for worthy objectives,
and loyalty to Alma Mater.
Special recognition was paid to
Roger Lowlicht, of Manhasset,
N.Y., in honor of his having sailed
as a crewman on last summer's
victorious yacht, The Intrepid,
in the Americas Cup races.
Lowlicht formally presented the
yacht's battle banner to Dr. W.
Deming Lewis, Lehigh president,
for display among the University's all-time trophies and
awards.
There were three double
winners at the flagpole presentations.
Rich Revta of Dunmore, Pa.,
received two baseball trophies,
John Hill of Somerset, N. J.,
accepted awards for football and
track, and Johny Waters of
Pottsville, Pa., gained two
basketball trophies.
AWARD WINNERS. . . .
--Eastern College Athletic Conference
award for scholarship and athletic
prowess: Won by Bob Detrick of Bethel
Park, Pa.
--Rev. J. Daniel Nolan Trophy to the
most outstanding freshman athlete of good
scholastic standing: Won by Richard
Dempsey of Dunmore, Pa.
--Bosey Reiter Leadership Cup to the
student who, in the judgment of a faculty
committee, is the outstanding leader in
the senior class: Won by Jerry Berger
of Shillington, Pa.
--University Service Award to the
student who has done the most to promote
student body unity, campus cooperation
for worthy objectives, and loyalty to Alma
Mater: Won by John T. Scott, III, of
Westfield, N.J.
--W. Richard Goat Memorial Cup
awarded to the soccer player who best
meets the attributes of Rick Goat's selfless
and inspirational leadership: Won by Frank
Gaughen of Sewickley, Pa.
—Robert E. Coates,Jr.,Memorial Rifle
Trophy to the outstanding member of the
varsity rifle team: Won by Douglas Loewer
of Bethesda, Md.
--William L. Estes, Jr., Lehigh-Lafayette Lacrosse Trophy to the winner of
this   season's   game:     Won  by   Lehigh.
--James P. McConlogue    Memorial
(Continued on Page 2)
Unbeaten Season For Trackmen
A record-shattering performance by shot-putter John
Hill helped Lehigh track and field
performers finish out the
University's first undefeated,
untied   campaign   in   39  years.
Coach John Covert's squad
trounced Rutgers, 86-58, at Newi
Brunswick, N.J., for a 7-and-0
mark. In 1932 Lehigh trackmen
were 5-and-0.
Hill took the shot with a heave'
of 57 feet, one inch, a Lehigh
record, while pacing the weight
men   in   a   convincing   display.
Covert's     talented     distance!
runners made it a two-pronged
attack against the Scarlet. Mike
Strockbine captured the 880 in
1:54.8 and placed second to teammate Tim Steele as the latter
won the mile in 4:19. Scott
Nicholas took the two-mile test
with teammate Bob Detrick the
runnerup.
In the Middle Atlantic Conference championships, at West
Chester State, the Engineers
enjoyed a strong first-day
performance but couldn't keep"
pace on the second day, finishing
fourth.    Temple was the winner
with 67 points against 42 for
LaSalle, 41 for West Chester and
3 2 for Lehigh.
Hill retained his MAC shot put
title with a toss of 56 feet,
A\ inches for field and conference
standards. This was Lehigh's
only individual title in the meet
although the Engineers picked
up a fair share of place points.
This is the last issue of
the 1970-71 South Mountaineer.
Publication will resume in
September.
LEHIGH RUTGERS
100 -- 1. Kerr (R): 2. Rizzo (L): 3.
Clarke (L).    Time:   :9.6.
220 -- 1. Kerr (R); 2. Rizzo (LV, 3.
Melko (R).    Time:   :21.4
440 — 1. Resetar (R); 2. Koons (L);
3. Kilroy (L).    Time:   :50.2.
880 -- 1. T. Strockbine (L); 2. Gulash
(L);   3.   Tominius   (R).        Time:   1:54.8.
Mile — 1. Steel (L); 2. Strockbine (LV.
3. Raffety (R).   Time:   4:190.0.
2-mile -- 1. Nicholas (L); 2. Detrick
(L); 3. Nadoo (R).   Time:   9:20.1.
440 Relay -- 1. Rutgers (Kirchoff,
Mielko,   Rosenberg,   Kerr).   Time:  42.5.
Mile Relay — 1. Lehigh (Koons, Kilroy,
Stauffer, Gulash).   Time:   3:26.8.
120 High Hurdles -- 1. Tarulli (L):
2. Kirchoff (R); 3. Price (R\ Time: 14.6.
440 Intermediate Hurdles -- 1. Price
(R); 2. Maranjo (R): 3. Kortmann (R).
Time:   54.5.
Shot put — 1. Hill (L): 2. Burgess (R):
3. Pohlot (L).    Distance: 57*1" .
Discus -- 1. Hill (L): 2. Gielen (I/):
3. Resch (L).    Distance:   149'6".
Javelin - 1. Rosamilia (L); 2. Poole
(L);   3.   Keller  (R).     Distance:  198'10".
Long Jump -- 1. Szczepanski (R); 2.
Shelley (L): 3. Spengel (L). Distance:
22' 2-3/4".
Triple   jump   --    1.   Szcsepanski   (R);
2. McCartney (L): 3. Schor (R).
Distance:   47' lV"  .
High Jump - 1. Doney (LV. 2. Boyer
(L);   3.   Madden   (R).       Height:       6'2".
Pole Vault - 1. Goldich (R): 2. Roche
(R); 3. Huff (R) and Rohrbach (L) tied.
Height:   13'6".