South Mountaineer Volume 16, Issue 08

              Vol. 16 — No. 8
OCTOBER 30, 1973
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Gardner, Schlegel Set Pace
In Victory Over Gettysburg
LEHIGH SAFETYMAN Jack Tracy (43) leaps high for one of his two
interceptions against Gettysburg, taking the ball away from Mark
Wolf. The steals led to nine Engineer points in 43-15 victory.
Rogers Sets
Run Record
Wayne Rogers, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., set a record
of 25:09 on the Gettysburg
College 5.1 mile cross country
track as Lehigh defeated the host
Bullets, 24-33. Gordon Oliver of
Mt. St. Mary's held the old mark
of 25:02.
Other Lehigh place-winners
were Dave Cope of Fogelsville,
PaM and Stellan Thoren of
Sweden, tied for fourth; Jim
Barnes of Denville, N. J., sixth;
Mickey Yardis of Chappaqua, N.
Y., eighth, and Brian Faraci of
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QB Duel
Saturday
Super quarterbacks Kim
McQuilken of Lehigh, and
Tom Parr of Colgate, clash
for the third and final time
Saturday in Taylor
Stadium at 1:30 p.m.
Parr, basically a runner
in the Red Raiders' wishbone offense, is a
dangerous passer when the
occasion demands.
McQuilken, basically a
passer, runs very seldom.
Colgate has won the
previous scrambles between these two quarterback stars, 30-21 two
years ago and 42-34 last
season.
Frosh Gridders Undefeated
Tailback Kenny Schmidt, of
Stamford, Conn., continued to
star for Lehigh's frosh football
team last week, scoring on a 14-
yard run as the undefeated Little
Engineers won a night contest
over previously-unbeaten
Bucknell at Lewisburg, Pa., 10-7.
Quarterback Bruce Crystal, of
Scarsdale, N.Y., contributed a 31-
yard field goal.
Earlier in the year a field goal
by Crystal gave the Lehigh
varsity a 22-20 edge over Connecticut. Since that time the
youngster has been playing with
the freshmen.
Coach Jeep Bednarik's eleven
(4-0) meets Lafayette in Easton
Nov. 9 in its bid to complete a
perfect year.
Each Scores 2 Touchdowns
In Parents Day Grid Romp
Freshman tailback Rod
Gardner, senior tight end Bill
Schlegel and senior quarterback
Kim McQuilken led the way
Saturday as Lehigh moved a step
closer to a winning football
season with a victory over
visiting Gettysburg, 43-15.
It was the Engineers' fourth
triumph against three losses and
a tie. Contests against Colgate,
Rochester and Lafayette remain.
—Gardner, a 8-1, 190-pound
youngster from Maplewood, N.
J., and Seton Hall Prep, made his
first varsity start an auspicious
one with 21 carries for 142 yards
and two touchdowns, and three
pass receptions for an additional
38 yards.
It was the finest running
exhibition turned in by a Lehigh
back since Jack Rizzo accumulated 313 yards against
Lafayette in a 48-19 romp winding
up the 1971 season. Rizzo is now
with the N. Y. Giants.
Schlegel, of Troy, N. Y., caught
five passes for 149 yards and a
pair of touchdowns. The scores
came on plays covering 42 and 68
yards with McQuilken on the
throwing end time. Schlegel, with
116 catches in his varsity career,
is nearing the Lehigh record of
132 established by another tight
end—Rich Miller—from 1965
through 1967. Schlegel also is
closing in on a one-season
standard of 59 which he set in
1972. He has 45 with three games
remaining.
McQuilken, holder of every
Lehigh passing record, completed 11 of 21 aerials for 234
yards and the pair of TDs to
Schlegel.
The Engineers, who seem to
rise to whatever heights are
necessary for a strong performance depending upon the
opposition, didn't give an Upperclassman Parents Day
audience of 12,000 a look at their
best efforts. Except for Gardner
there wasn't much effective
running and McQuilken has had
better days.
One player who did deliver a
razor-sharp job was reserve
quarterback Joe Alleva, a junior
from Suffern, N. Y. He completed
three of four aerials for 49 yards
and a touchdown, the score
coming on a 17-yard strike to split
end Bobby Liptak of Yonkers, N.
Y.
Alleva, used sparingly for two
years as McQuilken established
himself as one of the college
division's all-time passing
greats, has made the most of his
opportunities. In two seasons he
has completed 24 of 34 aerials for
313 yards and four touchdowns
with only one interception. That's
a .705 completion average.
He's 18 for 23 this year, a .782
pace, for 247 yards and three
TDs. And a few of his throws have
been dropped. His first one
against G-burg, right on the
money, was hobbled.
Other sharpies against the
Bullets were senior defensive end
Larry Coffman of Frederick,
Md., and sophomore safetyman
Jack Tracy of Seaside Park, N. J.
Coffman dropped Gettysburg
runners four times behind the
line of scrimmage, once teaming
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with linebacker Ken Probst of
Harrisburg, Pa., to produce a
safety, and Tracy intercepted
two passes which led to Lehigh
points. Tracy was subbing for
letterman Frank Kail, sidelined
with a foot injury.
The other safetyman, junior
Jimmy Addonizio of Newark, N.
J., realized the dream of all
defensive backs when he
returned a pass interception 67
yards for a touchdown in the
fourth quarter.
Tracy's first interception set
the stage for a Lehigh drive deep
into Gettysburg territory late in
the opening session. An interception ended this threat but
on a succeeding punt exchange
the Bullets wound up with the ball
on their 3-yard line. Quarterback
Bob Crawford, trying to get off a
surprise pass from his end zone,
was smothered by Coffman and
Probst for the first two points of
the afternoon.
Early in the second quarter
McQuilken flipped an 8-yard pass
to Schlegel who made a sensational one-handed grab, shook
free and raced 60 yards for a
touchdown.
Gettysburg recovered a fumble
at midfield halfway through the
period and moved 48 yards in 10
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Game At A Glance
Leh Gbg
First downs 20 22
Net yds rushing 177 91
Net yds passing 283 226
Total yards 460 317
Passes attempted 25 31
Completed 14 17
Intercepted by 3 2
Punts 2 4
Avg. distance 36 . 41
Fumbles lost 3 1
Yds. penalized 60 45
IND. LEADERS
Rushing                  att   yds avg
Gardner,L  21   142 6.7
Clinton,G  18     64 3.5
Ayers,G 8     39 4.8
StewartL 6    21 3.5
Passing                 att   com yds
McQuilken,L  21     11 234
Crawford.G  27     14 193
Alleva,L    4      3 49
Receiving                   no yds td
Schlegel,L 5 149 2
Smith,G  5 65 0
Groves,G 5 52 1
Liptak.L 4 56 1
Lehigh  2    14    13    14—43
Gettysburg   ... 0     7     0     8—15
L—Safety. Crawford tackled in
end zone by Probst and Coffman.
L—Schlegel    68    pass    from
McQuilken. Mancosh kick.
G—Groves 3 pass from Crawford.
Pantaleoni kick.
L—Gardner 3 run. Mancosh kick.
L—Schlegel    42    pass    from
McQuilken. Kick missed.
L—Gardner 1 run. Mancosh kick.
G—Clinton 1 run. Groves, pass
from Haas.
L—Liptak 17 pass from Alleva.
Mancosh kick.
I^Addonizio    67     interception
return. Mancosh kick.
Att.—12,000.