South Mountaineer Volume 11, Issue 19

              Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh M^fe^
Vol. 11 - No. 19
MARCH   3, 1969
umni Association
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
tiers Warm UpWir^asterns
Rout Rutgers Matmen,31-3,
B     StZ j Pitt is Final Dual Opponent
EASTERN CHAMPION Jack Bentz, top position, en route to 10th
straight dual victory of season. The Lehigh star whipped Don Brandenburg of Rutgers, 11-4, at 167 pounds.
Eastern Championship Bouts TaJJe Seen
On 17 TV Channels Starting March 16
A videotape version of the 1969
Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Assn. championship finals, at
Princeton, N. J., March 15, will
be shown on 17 television stations
in seven states and the District
of Columbia.
WLVT-TV, Channel 39 , of
Bethlehem, Pa. will originate
the telecast with station manager shel Siegel and Larry Sheridan, veteran wrestling official
and broadcaster, describing the
action.
Arrangements for the television were made by Sam Connor, director of public
information at Lehigh and WLVT
with George Shiebler, associate
commissioner    of   the Eastern
College Athletic Conference.
College wrestling fans are ad-
Mat Smoker
Lehigh Home Club's annual
wrestling "smoker" is scheduled
for Monday, March 10, at The
Bethlehem Club. Coach Gerry
Leeman and captain Pete Henning
of the Engineer squad will be
among the speakers.
They will review the season
and outline Lehigh's chances in
the forthcoming title tournament
at Princeton (March 14-15). The
" smoker" will begin at 8;30 p.m.
Bob Reber is chairman.
Cagers Win Two Games
In Last Week of Season
Bob Fortune established a
seasonal rebound record last
week as Lehigh closed out its
varsity basketball season winning
over Rider, 77-68, and Franklin
and Marshall, 87-60, before
bowing to Lafayette, 68-54.
The Engineer freshmen
followed the same route, winning
75-63 over Rider and 84-58 over
F. & M. before losing to
Lafayette, 92-64.
Coach Roy Heckman's varsity
won seven times against 17
defeats. Coach Bob Kennedy's
frosh had a 16-5 mark and a
10-game winning streak which
ended in the Little Leopards'
gym.
Fortune grabbed 13 rebounds
in his final contest of the schedule
to finish with 293. Bob Lowman
set the former Lehigh standard
of 286 in the 1966-67 campaign.
Lafayette gained its first
victory   over   Lehigh   in   three
years.
The host Leopards avenged an
81-59 defeat suffered a week and
a half ago at the hands of Lehigh
in Grace Hall.
The win can be attributed to
the solid support Mike Miller,
a 6-2 junior, received on offense
from teammates Bob Cole and
George Lefkowski.
Miller led the Leopard attack
with 18 points. Lefkowski contributed 15 points and Cole added
(Continued on Page 2)
Coach's Comment
" We won four of our last seven
and the Lafayette loss was our
first to them in six games, so
that's not too bad. We'll have
some size next season and things
will get better. Bob Fortune will
have the help he needs under the
boards.". . . Roy Heckman,
basketball.
vised to check their hometown
newspapers for times on the dates
listed.
The series of delayed telecasts starts Sunday, March 16,
with WLVT of Bethlehem, Channel 39, and WVIA, Channel 44, of
Scranton, Pa., simultaneously
showing the finals at 1 p.m.
Channel 39 will repeat the show
Monday, March 17, at 9 p.m.
Additional stations offering it
Sunday, March 16, include:
Philadelphia,  Pa.—WHYY,
Channel 12;
Washington, D. C —WETA,
Channel 26;
Boston,    Mass. -- WGBH,
Channel   2;
New  York City —  WNDT,
Channel 13;
Providence, R. I. — WSBE,
Channel   36;
Durham, New Hampshire—
WENH,  Channel 11;
Stations   showing   it Monday,
March 17,   include:
Rochester,   N.Y. — WXXI,
Channel 21;
Schnectady, N.Y. — WMHT,
Channel   17;
Liverpool, N. Y.— WCNY,
Channel   24;
Binghamton,  N.Y.—WSKG,
Channel  46;
Stations with showing scheduled Thursday, March 20, include:
State College, Pa.— WPSX,
Channel   3;
Hershey,   Pa.   —     WITF,
Channel   33;
Stations   planning to show the
finals during April   include:
Hartford, Conn. — WEDH,
Channel 24, April 3;
Pittsburgh, Pa. — WQED,
Channel 13, April 13 and 15;
Morgantown, West Virginia
--WWVU,       Channel      24,
April   13.
Other stations may be added.
Once again assured of a
non-losing season, the 24th in a
row since 1945, Lehigh wrestlers
have their sights set on
Pittsburgh Saturday night (March
8) and the annual Eastern
Tournament one week later at
Princeton.
The Engineers (5-4-1) routed
visiting Rutgers last weekend,
31-3,   before  3,000  spectators.
In a freshman preliminary
battle Lehigh (2-4-1) ended its
frosh schedule demolishing the
Scarlet, 28-10.
Pittsburgh's varsity, coming
fast since mid-season, fought
Penn State to a 16-16 draw last
Saturday on the Nittany mat.
Lehigh-Pitt action begins at
8 p.m. Saturday (March 8) in
Grace Hall. Finals of the annual
Prep Wrestling Tourney, at
6 p.m., will serve as a preliminary attraction.	
Rutgers (5-7) was powerless
to prevent Lehigh from marching
to its 19th straight triumph over
the Scarlet and the 22nd in 23
meetings. Coach Gerry Leeman's
home squad won every bout except
145 pounds where captain Pete
Henning, normally a 130-
pounder dropped a 5-2 verdict
to Mike Brown.
Dave Waters, substituting for
Dick Meyer at 123, opened the
rout with a 12-0 walkaway at the
expense of Rutgers' Al Belding.
Meyer, a strong contender for
lightweight honors in the
Easterns, was given a rest.
Dave Icenhower followed with
an even more one-sided bout,
15-0 over Steve Gold at 130,
and Rutgers forfeited 137 to Jay
Leeman when illness sidelined
Mike Yacco.
Rutgers got on the scoreboard
in the next bout, trailing 11-3,
but Lehigh took everything else.
Tom Muir (152) turned back
Bob Scheetz, 2-1, despite an
elbow injury to go along with his
chronic knee problems, Rich
Bacastow (160) downed George
Bellino, 6-3, Jack Bentz (167)
was an 11-4 victor over Don
Brandenburg, Scott Christie (177)
defeated Jack Van Doren, 4-1,
Mike Harrison (191) flattened
Mike Sluzenski in one minute and
heavyweight Gary Leinberger ran
up a 17-5 score on Paul Milea.
Mike Mullin (5-0-2) completed
an undefeated freshman year with
a fall in the freshman 152-pound
scrap. Coach Mike Caruso's
charges had Rutgers shut out until
dropping 177 and 191 pound bouts
on falls.
LEHIGH 31,   RUTGERS 3
123--Dave Waters, Lehigh, dee. Al
Belding,. 12-0.
130--Dave Icenhower, Lehigh, dec.
Steve Gold, 15-0.
137—Jay Leeman, Lehigh, won by forfeit.
145--Mike Brown, Rutgers, dec. Pete
Henning, 5-2.
152--Tom Muir, Lehigh, dec. Bob
Scheetz, 2-1.
160--Rich Bacastow, Lehigh, dec.
George Bellino,   G-3.
167--Jack Bentz, Lehigh, dec. Dan
Brandenburg,   11-4.
177--Scott Christie, Lehigh, dec. Jack
Van Doren, 4-1.
191--Mike Harrison, Lehigh, pinned
Mike Slusenski in 1:00.
Hvy--Gary Leinberger, Lehigh, dec.
Paul Milea, 17-5.
Referee —   Robert Davis.
LEH. FR. 28, RUTGERS FR. 10
123--Ricky Mitzner, Lehigh, pinned
Tom DiGanci in 2:55.
130—Gary Munn, Lehigh, dec. Charles
Simmons,   8-0.
137—Todd Morgan, Lehigh, dec. Roy
VanArsdale,  4-3.
145--Herb Campbell, Lehigh, dec.
Charles Silber,   8-4.
152—Mike Mullin, Lehigh, pinned Jerry
Kachmar   in 1:30.
160--Doug Sorensen, Lehigh, dec. Steve
Horn,   6-0.
1G7--Alan Johnson, Lehigh, dec. Bob
Dunbar,   3-1.
177--Steve Prunella, Rutgers, pinned
Larry Melley in 2:52.
191--Bob YVilusz, Rutgers, pinned Craig
Reynolds in 3:30.
Hvy--Blake Johnstone, Lehigh, dec. Joe
Migala, 4-0.
Coach's Comment
" Pitt is sure to be one of our
toughest meets and there are a
few bouts which'll be tip-offs on
what to expect in the Easterns.
Won and lost records are very
important now because of tournament seedings. We didn't learn
much against Rutgers.".. .Gerry
Leeman, wrestling.
"We can't kick about 12
victories in 14 matches. John
Meincke sets a real hot pace
and the rest of the team
responds.". . .HenryLevin,rifle.
All-American
Jack Bentz, of Lehigh
University, undefeated and untied
eastern 167-pound champion, has
been named to the 1969 Mid-
Season All-American collegiate
wrestling team selected by The
Amateur Wrestling News of
Oklahoma City, Okla.
Bentz, a junior from Wayne,
Pa., was the only Eastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling Assn.
star included on the team by
Jess Hoke, Wrestling News
editor. Only one other eastern
standout, 123-pounder Ken
Melchior of Lock Haven, Pa.,
State, joined Bentz on the select
list.
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