South Mountaineer Volume 15, Issue 22

              Vol. 15 — No. 22
APRIL 3, 1973
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Baseballers Take Home Opener
Lacrossemen
Split Pair
Lehigh lacrossemen, after an
opening 8-4 victory over visiting
Amherst, dropped a 7-5 decision
at the University of Delaware in
their Middle Atlantic Conference
debut.
The Engineers, coached by
Tom Gilburg, battled the Blue
Hens even during a 2-2 first half
only to give up four markers in
the third period.
Johnny Bassani of Garden City,
N.Y., paced Lehigh during these
first couple of contests with six
points on two goals and four
assists. Steve Skeen, of
Baltimore, Md., had four goals
and one assist.
Amherst, which whipped the
Engineers last year, couldn't
keep pace in either half as Lehigh
recorded a 4-2 edge before the
intermission and duplicated that
effort upon resumption of play.
AMHERST   1     1    0    2—4
LEHIGH 1    3    2    2—8
Amherst goals—McMann 3, Rosen.
Assist—Minicucci.
Lehigh goals—Stelljes 2, Skeen 2, Bassani,
Altenpohl, Dunn, Mullane. Assists—Bassani
3, Altenpohl, Skeen.
LEHIGH 1    1    0    3—5
DELAWARE   1     1    4    1—7
Lehigh goals—Skeen 2, Dunn 2, Bassani.
Assist—Bassani.
Delaware goals—McGirk 3, Strauser,
Buzzardo, Kemp, Weaver. Assists—Smith 4,
Levis 2, Quinn.
Zawatski's Grand Slam Topples
Penn 4-3, Lifts Mark To 5-5
FRANK ZAWATSKI
..This is the first South
Mountaineer since Feb. 26. The
1972-73 series concludes with
issues April 23 and May 21.
Yurko Leads
Qualifiers
Al Yurko fired a 75-72—147 to
finish first in a special qualifying
golf tournament conducted by
Lehigh coach Roy Heckman to
narrow down his list of candidates for the Engineer varsity
team.
Competition was held at Green
Pond Country Club.
Dave Rupp placed second with
151 and third place was tied
between Tom Sultzer and Tom
Porsch with 152 apiece. Rich
Goldsmith had 153.
Also among the leaders were
Glenn Strow and Al Beeken with
154s and Bob Sharpe and Kirk
Houser with 157s.
Frank Zawatski's grand slam,
his second homer of the young
season, gave Lehigh at 4-3 victory
over Pennsylvania at Taylor
Stadium as the Engineer baseball
team made its first appearance
following a spring trip to
Statesboro, Ga.
Coach Stan Schultz's club
balanced its season record at 5-5
thanks to Zawatski's blast.
The Engineers dropped a
decision at N.C. State en route to
Statesboro, 6-3, and split eight
verdicts during their stay at the
Georgia Southern campus.
They upset their nationally-
ranked hosts 7-5, after 10-9 and 15-
3 losses, won 5-3 and 4-1 over
Virginia Tech before losing to the
Gobblers, 4-3, trounced Western
Carolina, 14-0, and lost their final
test against Georgia Southern, 9-
2.
Two games against LeMoyne,
of Syracuse, N.Y., were added to
the home schedule but last
weekend's rains washed them
away.
Zawatski shared honors in the
very impressive home debut
against Penn with sophomore
pitcher Paul Hartzell who turned
in six strong relief innings to get
credit for the victory.
Hartzell, replacing starter
Bruce Ulissi who hurled three
shutout innings while squeezing
out of several jams, made only
Spring Game April 28
LV Gridders Impress Dunlap
Eleven Lehigh Valley area
gridders, three of them from the
same high school, are making
their presence felt as Lehigh
conducts 1973 spring football
drills on the Saucon Valley
Fields.
Heading the list, of course, is
quarterback Kim McQuilken of
Allentown who already ranks as
the greatest passer in Lehigh
football history.
Close behind are starting guard
Ed Purely of Easton, and Notre
Dame High, and starting
wingback Bob Handschue of
Allentown. McQuilken, Handschue and guard Scott Kress, the
latter of Allentown, all played at
William Allen.
"We have the most impressive
group of Lehigh Valley players
I've seen since coming to Lehigh
in 1965," says head coach Fred
Dunlap.
"There have been other good
ones," he continues, "fellows like
Don Diorio of Bangor, but never
this many. It bears out what
every   college   coach   knows.
Pennsylvania produces excellent
scholastic players and the Lehigh
Valley has more than its share of
them."
Two young men hailed as
"particularly outstanding line
prospects" are in the valley
contingent. They are offensive
tackle Ed Brader of Laurys
Station, and Parkland High
School, and defensive end Ron
Ross of Treichlers, and
Slatington High.
Brader, 6-1 and 220 pounds, and
Ross, 6-0 and 200, will surprise
Dunlap only if they don't
seriously battle upperclassmen
for starting jobs beginning this
fall. They're very close to
ranking in a can't-miss category.
On the offensive unit, in addition to McQuilken, Kress,
Purdy, Handschue and Brader,
are valley products Jim Randolph, a center from Nazareth
who played at Pen Argyl High,
tight end Mike Lechner of Little
York, N.J.„ and Delaware Valley
Regional, offensive tackle Greg
Smith of Stroudsburg High, and
place-kicking star Chuck Merolla
of Pen Argyl, and Pius X High
School.
With Ross on the defensive unit
is linebacker John Gift, of
Allentown Central Catholic High,
who saw some action in 1972. Gift
hails from Allentown.
McQuilken, Handschue, Purdy
and Kress are listed No. 1 on the
current depth chart and this
indicates that four of Lehigh's
starting 11—when the Engineers
have the ball—may be valley
products. Kress is leading in the
scramble to replace guard Brian
Derwin. All 10 of Lehigh's other
offensive starters in 1972 return.
"Everyone recognizes the
fact," concludes Dunlap, "that
Lehigh Valley schoolboy players
are among the best there are to
be found. We're very happy to
have 11 of them on our present
squad. We'd like more."
Lehigh's spring drills conclude
with the annual spring in-
trasquad game the morning of
April 28.
one bad pitch while giving up
three runs and four hits. He
struck out two, walked one and
didn't allow a Quaker past first
base over the last four frames.
Perm's runs came in the fifth as
Andy Laurits lifted a three-run
homer over the right-center
fence.
In the third Zawatski had done
his thing, pulling a ball down the
right field line and over the
screen with the bases loaded.
Two singles and a walk preceded
Ceremony
Saturday
Frank Zawatski, Lehigh
catcher selected on the 1972
All-Ameriean Academic
nine, will be honored before
the start of Saturday's
(April 7) MAC
doubleheader in Taylor
Stadium against Bucknell
which begins at noon.
He'll receive his All-
America plaque at special
presentation    ceremonies.
Zawatski hit .414 last
season and was a dean's
list student in the exceedingly difficult
metallurgy and materials
science curriculum.
LEHIGH
ab
Jacques
Rahmes
Zawatski
Deschler
VanEtten
Dempsey
Edwards
Ma etas
Hartzell
Men'z'pne
35   7    9
G.S.C.
ab
Chauncey cf 4
Butler rf       3
DeArmas lb 3
Tamargo c   4
Morrison 3b
Person If
Cash 2b
Perez ss
Daniel ss
Bigwood p
Johnson p
Pietsch z
Kruppa p
Moore p
Read p
Kirkland zz
Gibson p
1    1
1    1
z-walked for Johnson in 5. zz-hit fielders
choice for Read in 8.
LEHIGH 000 510 100—7
G.S.C 000 100022—5
E—Deschler, DeArmac, Tamargo. RBI—
Jacques (2), Van Etten, Demsey, Mactas • 2.
2BH—Zawatski, Mactas, Dempsey,
Deschler, Chauncey. HR—Van Etten,
Tamargo. BOB—Hartzell 8, Menzzopane 2,
Bigwood 1, Johnson 2, Kruppa 2, Read 1,
Gibson 2. SO— Hartzell 6, Menzzopane 1,
Bigwood 1, Johnson 2, Kruppa 0, Read 2,
Gibson 1. HO—Hartzell 6 for 3 runs in 7 1-3
innings; Menzzopane 2 for 2 runs in 1 2-3
innings. Bigwood 6 for 5 runs in 3 2-3;
Johnson 2 for 1 runs in 1 1-3; Kruppa 1 for 1
run in 2; Read 0 for 0 runs in 1; Gibson 0 for 0
runs in 1. WP—Hartzell (1-0); LP—Bigwood
(1-1). Umpires—Johnson - Bullock. Scorer-
Noble. T: 2:45.
PFAHLER DIES
Horace W. Pfahler, Class of
1904, credited with helping
establish basketball at Lehigh,
died recently. He captained three
Engineer teams and is listed in
the Basketball Hall of Fame at
Springfield, Mass.
his game-winning shot.
The top of the third had seen a
great throw by rightfielder Rich
Dempsey cut down Penn pitcher
Gene Shue as he tried to score
from second on a two-out single.
Dempsey fielded the ball cleanly
and fired perfect strike to
Zawatski who made the tag. In
light of future developments this
turned out to be a game-saving
plan.
Third baseman Mike Deschler
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PENN
ab
Martin If 4
Harwood 2b 4
Valen'no 3b 3
Laurits ss 4
Boone lb 4
Tuman c 4
Geary cf 4
Mulvaney rf 4
Shue p     1
Carluccio x   1
Murphy p     0
Ginter xx     1
Totals      34
LEHIGH
ab
Jaques If 3
Rahmes cf 3
Zawatski c 3
Des'ler 3b 3
VanEtten ss 4
Edwards 2b 4
TTTT
0 0
0 0
3    9
Dempsey r
Barry rf
Mactas 3b
Ulissi p
Racippi z
Hartzell p
Totals       26   4   5
x-Grounded out for Shue in 6th.
xx-Grounded out for Murphy in 9th.
z-Ran for Ulissi in 3rd.
PENN 000 030 000—3
LEHIGH 004 000 000—4
RBI—Zawatski 4, Laurits 3. 2B—Tuman.
HR—Zawatski, Laurits. BB—Shue 3,
Murphy 3, Ulissi 2, Hartzell. SO—Shue 5,
Murphy 4, Ulissi 2, Hartzell 2 HO for 0 in 3;
Ulissi 4 for 0 in 3; Hartzell 5 for 3 in 6. WP—
Hartzell (2-0). LP—Shue (0-2). Umpires—
Stiner, Maizcan. Scorer—Noble. Time—
2:45.
W.CAROLINA
ab   r
Fox 2b
West 3b
Fishel lb
Grove ss
Bowles If
Gilmore rf
Gr'nds'tf c
Brown x
Rhyne c
Bright I
Patterson I
Carswell xx 0
Hicks I 0
Guy I J,
35
.Jl_2
0    9
LEHIGH
ab
Jacques If 3
Racioppi If 1
Rahmes cf 2
v.Thaden p 1
Zawatski c 4
Wheeler c 1
Detchler 3b 4
Moss 3b 0
V.Etten ss 2
McDonald ssl
Dempsey rf 3
Barry rf 2
Edwards 2b 4
Mactas lb 3
Alleva lb       1
1    1
0   0
Hend'sn lb   0   0   0
Menzp'ne p   2   0   0
D'klb'grcf    1   0   0
35   14   13'
x-grounded out for Grindstaff in 7th. xx-
walked for Patterson in 7th.
W.C 000 000 000—0
LEHIGH    10400531x—14
E—Fishel, Bowles, Grindstaff, Bright.
RBI's—Rahmes, Zawatski )2(, Wheeler,
Deschler (3), VanEtten, Dempsey, Edwards, Dunkelberger. 2BH—Deschler.
3BH—Deschler, Edwards. BOB—Bright 2,
Patterson 5, Buy 2, Hicks 0, Menzzopane 4,
Von Thaden 0. SO— Bright 1, Patterson 2,
GuyO, Hicks 2, Menzzopane 7, Von Thaden 2.
HO—Bright 3 for 5 runs in 2 1-3 innings.
Patterson 6 for 5 runs in 2 2-3 innings. Hicks 3
for 3 runs in 1 inning, Guy 1 for 1 run in 1
inning, Menzzopane 5 for o runs in 7 innings,
Von Thaden 4 for 0 runs in 2 innings. WP—
Menzzopane (1-0). LP—Bright (1-1). Umpires—Herb - Herb. T: 2:30.
PIAA  CHAMPION
Don McCorkel, Jr., 185-pound
PIAA wrestling champion from
Hershey High School, will enter
Lehigh in the fall. He will enroll
in the College of Business and
Economics.
His decision to enter Lehigh
was announced by Thad Turner,
head coach of the Engineers.