South Mountaineer Volume 11, Issue 02

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Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 11 - No. 2
SEPTEMBER 30, 1968
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Gridders Impressive In Defeat
Citadel   Prevails,  28-12
Before 15,450 Spectators
X-Country
Team Splits
In Opener
Lehigh runners split in their
1968 varsity debut at Philadelphia, winning 20-40 over MAC
champion Temple while losing to
Penn,  44-18.
In freshman competition, also
a triangular test, the Little
Engineers emulated their upper-
class teammates. They whipped
Temple, 18-39, while losing to
Penn, 31-25.
Ed Carney was Lehigh's pacesetter in the varsity event,
placing third over the five-mile
course in 27:27. George Lokken
of Penn took first place with
26:37.
Bob Detrick of Lehigh finished
eighth, Steve Haas was 11th and
Tom Wise 14th.
The summary;
1. Lokken (P), 26:37; 2. Williams (P); 3. Camay (L>; 4.
Kelso (P); 5. Stevens (P);
6. Acri (P); 7. Caldwell (P);
8. Detrick (L); 9. Lavin (P);
10. Freud (T); 11. Haas (L);
12. Conte (T); 13. Horn (L);
14. Wise (L); 15. Landonya (P).
Coach's Comment
" Except for Ed Carney I was
somewhat disappointed with our
varsity performance. We must
work harder. Every man we have
can do better than he did in
Philadelphia.". . . John Covert,
cross country.
Lehigh University inaugurates
its second new intersectional
football rivalry in as many weeks
Saturday (Oct. 5) when small-
college power Wittenberg visits
Taylor Stadium for a 1:30 p.m.
test against the Engineers.
Saturday night (Sept. 28) Lehigh
faced The Citadel for the first
time at Charleston, S.C.
RICK LAUBACH
JACK PAGET
Season Football Statistics
TEAM                        LEH. OPP.
First downs 45 35
Net Yds. Rushing 406 357
Net Yds. Passing 335 359
Total Yards 741 716
Passes Attempted     55 57
Completed 27 29
Intercepted by 2 2
Punts 13 15
Avg. Distance 41 37
Fumbles Lost 3 3
Yards Penalized 137 125
Points Scored 71 49
PUNT   RETURNS No.  Yds. Avg.
Bergdoll 5      20     4.0
Leib 2      30   15.0
PUNTING NO. YDS.      AVG.
Paget 1            60        60.0
Laubach 12       464        38.6
KICKOFF
RETURNS No. Yds.      Avg.
Petrillo 5 121          24.2
Paget 1           23          23.0
Ferketic 1 14          14.0
Plummer 1 12         12.0
RUSHING      ATT.    YDS.       AVG.     SCORING TD        K P      FG  PTS
Petrillo
Plummer
Paget
Tootell
Hull
Oehlke
Baxter
Berger
Laubach
33
25
25
4
3
2
1
1
12
150
130
118
17
8
6
5
0
-28
4.5
5.2
4.7
4.2
2.6
3.0
5.0
0.0
XXX
Plummer 4
Petrillo 2
Paget 2
Layton 0
Matalavage 1
Leib 1
To"
0 0
0 0
0 0
8 0
0 0
0 0
8 0
24
12
12
11
6
6
71
TOTAL OFFENSE   PLAYS  YDS.
PASSING Att Comp Yds Int TD
Laubach 40 19     213     1     0
Baxter 9     5        68    0      1
Berger        6     3        54    1     1
WLVT (Channel 39) Plans
To Show Lehigh Football
All five of Lehigh University's
football games away from home
this season will be aired by
WLVT-TV Channel 39, the Lehigh
Valley's educational television
outlet.
Completion of arrangements
for this project was announced
jointly by Sheldon Siegel,
WLVT-TV general manager,Sam
Connor, Lehigh's director of
public information, and Bill
Leckonby, the University's
director of athletics.
Entitled " Lehigh Football on
the Road," each of the shows will
feature Head Coach Fred Dunlap
and game film highlights. The
series begins Wednesday (Oct. 2)
when Channel 30 offers Lehigh-
Citadel action at 9 p.m.
Films of succeeding contests
at Pennsylvania, Gettysburg and
Colgate are tobeshownat 10p.m.
on the Wednesday immediately
following the game. The 104th
Lehigh-Lafayette attraction, to
be tapped by Channel 39 on
Nov. 23, will be aired one day
later, Sunday,Nov. 24 at 6;30p.m.
In addition Channel 39 is
planning a special one-hour show,
before the Lehigh-Lafayette
grand finale, which will be seen
Wednesday, Nov. 20, at 10 p.m.
Lehigh's gridmen also are
being featured every Thursday,
at 6:15 p.m., by sportscaster
Ed Romance of Radio Station
WPPA, Pottsville, Pa. Each of
these shows includes a special
taped interview with Dunlap.
Laubach
Petrillo
Plummer
Paget
Baxter
Berger
Tootell
Hull
Oehlke
RECEIVING
Berger
Matalavage
Leib
Tootell
Harrington
Hull
Petrillo
Paget
Clayton
Plummer
52
33
25
25
10
7
4
3
2
NO.   YDS.
8       106
66
39
34
29
22
20
15
9
185
150
130
118
73
54
17
TD
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
INTERCEPTIONS     NO. YDS.
Ellis 1 37
Lieb 1 12
98 Lettermen
Ninety-eight students received
letters for participation in
varsity athletics at Lehigh University during the 1968 Spring
season.
Jim McMillan, the greatest
runner in Citadel football history,
tallied on pickups of three and
66 yards Saturday night as the
Cadets turned back a stubborn
Lehigh eleven before 15,450
spectators at Charleston, S. C,
28-12.
McMillan, who ripped Army's
defenses for 126 yards one week
earlier, gained 142 against the
Engineers and clearly was the
difference between a victory or
a defeat.
Lehigh, staging one of its most
encouraging efforts of recent
seasons, battled savagely to contain the speedy 6-foot, 190-pound
tailback but couldn't keep him
from rolling to his second
straight 100-yards-plus weekend.
Engineer quarterback Rick
Laubach, of Pottsville, Pa.,
nailed down his ninth Lehigh
passing mark with 14 completions in 28 attempts for 158
yards. This gives him a career
total of 2,326 yards. Dan Nolan
held the former standard of 2,317.
Lehigh's running continued to
impress as tailback Jack Paget,
a sophomore from Fairfield,
Conn., led the way with nine
carries for 52 yards and a touchdown. Sophomore Jim Petrillo of
Tuckahoe, N. Y., also a tailback,
gained 47 yards in 14 attempts
and sophomore fullback Justin
Plummer, of Plainfield, N. J.,
picked up 31 yards and a TD in
a dozen tries.
Paget also unloaded a 60-yard
quick kick.
Lehigh, although trailing
throughout, was down only 7-6 at
halftime and 14-12 with only 1:42
remaining in the  third  period.
McMillan's 66-yard run, a real
back-breaker, came before the
third quarter ended and the
Cadets added a fourth touchdown
in the final two minutes of the
contest.
The Engineers, after starting
Coach's Comment
"We played an encouraging
football game, against a major
opponent, and it wouldn't have
taken too many breaks the other
way to produce an upset.Quarterback Rick Laubach, tailback Jack
Paget and linebacker Pete
Tomaino were especially
effective. We wanted to win very
badly and everyone gave it a real
fine try.". . . Fred Dunlap,
football.
slowly, came on strong during the
second quarter when they took
the play away from Citadel and
appeared  ready to take charge.
With Laubach completing passes to Jerry Berger, Ron Matalavage, Paget and Petrillo the
Engineers marched 69 yards to
a TD. Petrillo and Paget turned
in key runs during this surge
with the latter carrying the final
six through left tackle for the
touchdown.
Kicking specialist Bill Layton,
of Williamsport, Pa., attempted
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First Test
For Lehigh
Soccermen
Captain Brooks Heller of
Springfield, Pa., one of the Middle
Atlantic Conference's better fullbacks in 1967, will be at that post
Wednesday (Oct. 2) for Lehigh
University as the Engineers open
their soccer schedule.
New coach Gerry Leeman will
be in charge when Lehigh travels
to Allentown, Pa., for a battle
against Muhlenberg College at
3 p.m. Muhlenberg upset the
Engineers last year on the Saucon
Valley Fields, 4-2.
Heller's partner at fullback
will be another letterman, Dick
Langborgh of Chatham, N.J.
They'll be protecting goaltender
Mike Galardi of Livingston, N.J.
Lehigh's attacking line will
include Don Ferrell of Springfield, Pa., Simon Newton of
Benford, N.Y., Don Klein of New
York City, Dick Goat of Ridge-
wood, N.J., and Pete Hall of
Malvern, Pa.
Halfback posts will be manned
by Albert Laubenstein of Ashland,
Pa., Pete Cumings ofBethlehem,
Pa., and Dale Weiler of Garden
City, N.Y.
Leeman, highly-successful
Lehigh wrestlingcoach, asked for
the soccer position following the
resignation of Bill Christian when
the latter became ticket manager
for the University's athletic
department. Leeman will continue to direct the matmen in
the winter.
The Engineers' seasonal home
debut is scheduled Friday, Oct.4,
when Gettysburg invades the
Saucon Valley Fields for a 3 p.m.
test.