South Mountaineer Volume 24, Issue 05

              SPLIT END DAN RYAN completes 83-yard scoring play, with only 3:40
left in the game, to give Lehigh 21-17 victory over Connecticut before
11,874 spectators in Taylor Stadium. It was Michalski's 26th — and final
— completion of the day, in 39 attempts for 312 yards, and the tenth time
in only five games that he has connected with Ryan on a scoring toss.
Michalski has completed 85 of 139 aerials for 1,223 yards and a dozen
touchdowns, and the season hasn't yet reached the halfway mark.
Ryan has 29 catches for 627 yards and his 10 scores.
Vol. 24 — No. 5
OCTOBER 13, 1981
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Late 83-YarjMlass Play Wins
For Lehigh
AlumNotes
Connecticut
SATURDAY, OCT. 17
Lehigh Club of Boston pre-
game tailgate at Lehigh-New
Hampshire football game.
Parking lot "A" adj acent to the
B&M railroad tracks across
from the field house. Bring food
and drink and arrive early.
Post-game reception at
nearby Memorial Union in the
Senate-Merrimack Room. Cash
bar.
TUESDAY, OCT. 20
Conn. Valley Lehigh Club: An
evening with Craig Anderson,
business manager of athletics
at Lehigh and a pitcher with the
Original Mets of Casey Stengel.
Lord Cromwell Inn, Rte. 72 (exit
21 from 1-91) Cromwell, Conn.,
south of Hartford. Cash bar 6:30
p.m., dinner 7:30. $12.50. Irv
Jelly, Cardinal Pump Sales,
Inc., 91 Knob Hill Rd., Gaston-
bury, Ct. 06033, phone 203-633-
1444 (home) chairman.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 21
Southeastern Pa. Lehigh
Club: Noon luncheon at the
Wyomissing Club, 5th and Walnut Sts., Reading, Pa. Principal
guests Judy Turner, assistant
director for women's athletic
and head coach of women's
lacrosse and field hockey, and
John Covert, assistant director
of athletic and head coach of
track and cross country. $5.50.
George F. Miller, 110 Maple
Ave., Shillington, Pa., 19607,
chairman. Phone 777-0631 after
6 p.m. for reservation.
THURSDAY, OCT. 22
Lehigh Home Club:   Annual
Meet the Coaches and Film
Night, Bethlehem Steel Club,
Hellertown. Football coach
John Whitehead and members
of his staff will be guests. Buffet
($10) in Rafter Room, 6:30 p.m.
Cash bar 5:30-6:30. Films (no
charge) at 8 p.m. Reservations
by Oct. 17. Send check, payable
to Lehigh Home Club, to Jim
McCarthy, Glengariff Farm,
RD 1, Box 147, Riegelsville, Pa.
18077. For additional information phone McCarthy at 346-8514
(home) or 694-4788 (office).
Films of the Delaware game
will be shown.
MONDAYS through NOV. 23
Lehigh Club of Northern
Ohio: Informal weekly noon
luncheons, Gov'nor Pub and
DiningRoom, Union Commerce
Building Arcade (lower level)
9th   and   Euclid,   Cleveland.
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THE SOUTH
MOUNTAINEER
Editor—Joe Whritenour
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Award-Winners
Defensive backs Phil Trinkle
of Allentown, Pa., and Dave
Mecca of Dunmore, Pa., and
quarterback Larry Michalski of
Pittsburgh, Pa., were chosen
winners of Lehigh weekly football staff coaching awards following last Saturday's victory
over Connecticut.
How Lehigh Rivals Fared
Maine (1-4-1): Defeated New
Hampshire, 26-16;
Colgate (3-2): Lostto Temple,
31-0;
Penn (1-3): Lost to Brown, 26-
24;
Delaware   (4-1):   Defeated
Massachusetts, 38-15;
Conn (2-3): Lost to Lehigh, 21-
17;
New Hampshire (4-1): Lostto'
Maine, 26-16;
Bucknell   (3-2):   Lost   to
Lafayette, 37-0;
Davidson    (2-3):    Defeated
Boston U., 44-14;
Millersville   (4-1) i   Defeated
Mansfield, 28-21;
Northeastern (1-3): Lost to
Rhode Island, 33-0;
Lafayette (5-0): Defeated
Bucknell, 37-0.
Bucknell Trip
Mrs. Helen Green, Lehigh
football staff secretary, reports
five openings available for a
chartered bus trip to Bucknell
Oct. 24. Bus costs $12 per person
and a game ticket is $6. Reservations may be made with or
without purchasing game
ticket. Phone her at 861-4300.
Michalski-to-Ryan Score
Decisive In 21-17 Thriller
An 83-yard touchdown pass as a decoy most of the after-
play, from quarterback Larry noon, letting him pull two
Michalski to split end Dan Ryan defenders with him and opening
with only 3:40 left to play, lifted up other pass routes.
Lehigh to a 21-17 victory over Ken Sweitzer, Connecticut's
Connecticut last Saturday do-everythingquarterback,had
before 11,874 spectators in Tay- a strong game with 30 net yards
lor Stadium. running, 214 passing, 244 total
It was the most important yards, and a 40-yard punting
throw of the season for the Engi- (Continued on Page 2)
neers who were getting very
close to an upset defeat which C#w*#|%-.|| D   **■*
probably would've cost them rOOTDOII RaTIngS
first place in the Lambert Cup ,
race and high ranking in the 1- Lambert Clip
AA national poll where they (For week of Oct. 12)
were No. 6 going into the game. pt
Michalski, passing on a third- j lehjgh 4_1                      50
and-six situation from his 17- 2 Delaware 4-1                    45
yard line, lofted the ball some 48       3' Lafayette 5-0 '.'. 40
yards.  Ryan   covered almost       4 shippensburg 5-0 33
every play by two defenders,        5 Rhode Island ^ 32
maneuvered past his first rival 6 New Hampshire 4-1 18
and outran the second. He made 7 Connecticut 2-3                 14
his catch at the UConn 35 and 8 Millersville 4-1                  13
sped the rest of the way down 9 Bucknell 3-2                      12
the left sideline. 10' Massachusetts 2-2''.'.'.'.'.'.'..6 "
The   Engineers   needed   a
picture-perfect play to survive, M«ti«nnl l.AA
and they got it. nunonui 1 mm
Earlier Michalski, of Pitts- (For week of Oct. 5*)
burgh, Pa., had thrown eight pts.
yards to tight end Paul Anasta-       1. Murray State 60
sio of Camp Hill, Pa., for a TD in       2. Idaho State 55
the first quarter and 15 yards to       3. Jackson State  51
halfback   Terry   Heffner,   of       4. Eastern Ky 50
Allentown, Pa., for another in       5. New Hampshire 44
the second. In the final minutes,       6. LEHIGH  41
though, it was his bomb to Ryan,       7. Delaware 34
of   Guilderland,   N.Y.,   which Boise State  34
kept the  Engineers charging       9. Weber State 25
forward. 10. Lafayette 13
Michalski completed 26 of 39 *New ratings are determined on
during the game, for 312 yards Tuesdays, too late for publica-
and the three TDs, with only one tion   in   this   week's   South
interception. Lehigh used Ryan Mountaineer.