South Mountaineer Volume 17, Issue 06

              Vol. 17 — No. 6
OCTOBER 29, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PA.
LU, Trailing 14-0, Rallies To End
Maine's 3-Game Win Streak, 35-26
Rogers Victorious
In Canisius Meet
Wayne Rogers, Lehigh's
distance-running star from
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., took first
place in Saturday's annual
Canisius Invitational cross
country test at Buffalo, N.Y., but
the Engineers had to settle for
fourth place in the team scoring.
Rogers covered the 4.5 mile
route in 21 minutes and 47
seconds, finishing one second
ahead of John Sharpe, a 3:56
miler from Toronto University.
Rogers moved ahead to stay 80
yards from the tape.
In a dual meet last week the
Engineers routed visiting Gettysburg, 17-43, for their ninth
straight triumph and 12th in 13
outings. Elliot Michael of
Millwood, N.Y., and Rogers
shared first place in 15:33 over
the 5-mile course.
Mickey Yardis of Chappaqua,
N.Y., placed third for the
Engineers with Stellan Thoren of
Sweden fourth, Dave Cope
seventh, Rich Bourie of
Longmeadow, Mass., eighth, and
Frosh II
Defeated
Bucknell rallied to outscore
Lehigh, 24-18, in a Freshman
Parents Weekend football attraction at Taylor Stadium.
The Little Engineers (3-2) led
twice, 3-0 and 9-7, but the Bisons
(3-2) tallied three touchdowns
during a wild second quarter to
win.
Quarterback Mike Rieker, of
Catasauqua, produced the Lehigh
scores on passes of 56 and 58
yards to wingback Pete Fenton of
Avenel, N. J., who caught the ball
each time at the 20 and outran all
pursuit.
John Horning kicked a 49-yard
field goal for Bucknell along with
three extra points. Mike Rayhill,
of Grand Island, N. Y., kicked
field goals of 27 and 32 yards for
the losers.
The scoring summary:
Bucknell  0   21   3   0—24
Lehigh 3   12   0   3—18
L—FG 27 Rayhill.
B—Breading 1 run. Horning kick.
L—Fenton   58   pass   from    Rieker.    Kick
missed.
B—Hall 27 pass from Holmes. Horning kick.
B—Breading 1 run. Horning kick.
L—Fenton 56 pass from Rieker. Pass failed.
B—FG 49 Horning.
L—FG 32 Rayhill.
Attendance—2,000
Steve Thatcher of St. Paul, Minn,
10th.
In the Canisius Invitational the
Engineers had 113 points behind
Toronto, 39, Syracuse, 49, and
Allegheny Community College,
75. Twenty-three American and
Canadian schools competed.
Placers for Lehigh, in addition
to Rogers who was first, were
Michael, 12th, Bourie, 29th,
Thoren, 35th, and Cope, 36th.
MARK WEAVER
Game At
Leh.   Maine
First downs 14 17
Net yds. rushing  252 192
Net yds. passing  169 150
Total yards 421 342
Passes attempted 28 24
Completed 11 11
I ntercepted by 2 2
Punts 8 7
Avg. distance 36 35
Fumbles lost 4 2
Yards penalized 96 30
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing                                     att   yds avg
Weaver, L 15   161 10.6
Cosgrove, M 23   113 4.9
Gardner, L 20     92 4.6
Hood.M 10      43 4.3
Passing att   comp   yds
Alleva,L 28        11        169
Cosgrove, M 24       11        150
Receiving no.   yds   td
DeGregorio, Art 4   69   0
Lechner, L 4   44   1
Weaver, L  3   62   0
Handschue, L    3   55   1
A Glance
MAINE 7    13    0      6—26
LEHIGH 0    21     0     14—35
M—Cosgrove 29 run. Leggett kick.
M— Hood  13 pass from  Cosgrove.  Leggett
kick.
L—Weaver 8 run. Mancosh kick.
L—Lechner 12 pass from Alleva. Mancosh
kick.
M—Cosgrove 1 run. Kick missed.
L—-Handschue 24 pass from Alleva. Mancosh
kick.
L—Weaver 83 run. Mancosh kick.
M—Dumont 4   pass  from   Cosgrove.   Pass
failed.
L—Kukawski    74    interception    return.
Mancosh kick.
Lehigh players:
Tight ends:  Lechner, Henshaw.
Off. tackles: Case, Orcutt, Giordani.
Off   guards:    Kress,   S.    Bigach,   Sonon,
Schulze.
Centers:  Ellis, J. Bigach.
Quarterback: Alleva.
Runningbacks:   Gardner,  Weaver,   Chieco,
Haynes.
Wide receivers:  Liptak, Handschue.
Def. ends:  Ross, Von Bergen, Piel.
Def. tackles: Willey, Matt, McKinney.
Linebackers:   Mullane,   Fendryk,   Gruver,
Probst, Zini, Gift.
Def.   backs:   Dutt,   Armstrong,   Kukawski,
Addonizio, Tracy, Eskin.
Placekicker: Mancosh.
Booters Blank W. Chester
After 2-1 Loss To Rider
Rudy (Skip) DiMassa of
Abington, Pa., Lehigh's leading
goal-getter, and Jimmy
O'Donnell of Philadelphia, Pa.,
scored as the Engineer soccer
team whipped West Chester, 2-0.
Star goaltender Larry Keller,
of Penndel, Pa., was credited
Grid Films
Lehigh Home Club will show
films of Lehigh's wild triumph at
Maine Thursday, Oct. 31, at the
Holiday Inn East.
Movies will begin at 8 p.m. with
Fred Dunlap, head coach
narrating the action.
with seven saves while getting
the shutout. Chief aid came from
defender Dick Lucard of Ft.
Washington, Pa.
DiMassa, a 1973 PIAA all-
stater, has scored six goals for
the Engineers (5-4-2) who end
their season at home Wednesday
(Oct. 30) against Lafayette.
Earlier Lehigh dropped an
East Coast Conference verdict to
Rider, 2-1, with a marker by Gene
Parris the only Engineer score.
The scoring:
Lehigh  1    •—'
Rider    -I    '—J
Lehigh goal: Parris. Assist: rtrtonchak.
Rider goals: Timko, Wieboldt.
Lehigh  1    1—2
VV. Chester  .'. 0   0—0
Goals: DiMassa, O'Donnell.
Long Runs Spice Contest
As Engineers Reach .500;
Weaver Goes 83 Yards
Lehigh and Maine, a pair of
fired-up football teams with
reverse streaks, traded knockout
punches in a free-scoring
scramble at Orono, Me., last
Saturday in a wild battle which
produced nine touchdowns and
763 yards.
When the dust settled the
Engineers had a victory, 35-26,
which ended a 3-game losing
string, and the Black Bears had a
defeat which halted a 3-game
winning skein.
Offensive units took charge in
the first half, as Lehigh overcame a 14-0 deficit to gain a 21-20
intermission lead, but the
defensive teams commanded
attention in the third and fourth
quarters.
The Engineers' only
breakthroughs in the second half
came on an 83-yard run by freshman tailback Mark Weaver, who
topped all runners in the contest,
and a 74-yard touchdown sprint
by the defensive halfback Ted
Kukawski of Glenolden, Pa.,
after a pass interception.
Kukawski's runback was the
final clincher in a thriller which
found each team remaining in
contention until the last minute of
play.
Weaver, the 6-foot, 180-pound
freshman from Allentown, Pa.,
who starred last year for
Salisbury High, was in on almost
everything all afternoon.
He carried the ball 15 times for
161 yards and two touchdowns,
caught two passes for 62 yards,
punted eight times for a 36-yard
average, returned a punt 36
yards, returned a kickoff nine
yards, and had a 12-yard TD run
nullified by a penalty.
Despite all of these heroics he
could've been a loser except for
an exchange of fumbles late in
the fourth quarter.
Maine, already having turned a
bobble by Alleva into a touchdown early in the period to slice
Lehigh's lead to 28-26, had its
final big chance with less than
five minutes remaining when
Weaver lost the ball on the
Engineer 6-yard line. The Bears
immediately fumbled it back,
however, with Ron Ross
recovering at the 5 for Lehigh.
With the ball at the 5 the
Engineers sent Rod Gardner of
Maplewood, N.J., plunging into
the line twice for no gain. On a
crucial third down play Gardner.
carried again and this time broke
free at. left end and reached the
Lehigh 35.
This 32-yard pickup was one of
the most important gains of the
day. Although the drive
ultimately stalled, the Engineers
punted from near midfield instead of the shadow of their goal
posts, and Maine had to make a
last, desperation bid from its 27
as the clock ticked off the final
minutes.
The Bears moved to the
Engineer 35, close enough to
make a field goal a threat (the
score was 28-26) only to have
Kukawski pick off Jack
Cosgrove's aerial and race 74
yards into the end zone. One play
after the ensuing kickoff time ran
out.
"What can you say about a
game like that?" asked Lehigh
coach Fred Dunlap. "Our men
refused to quit when we fell
behind early, 14-0, and again at
20-14, and Maine wouldn't play
dead when we had them 28-20 in
the last quarter."
The contest was a pivotal one
for the Engineers who balanced
their record at 3-3 with remaining
contests against Gettysburg,
Davidson, Bucknell and
Lafayette. There isn't a winner
among them and the route to
another winning campaign is a
lot less hazardous.
Lehigh hasn't put winning
years back to back since the Dan
Nolan era of 1955, 1956 and 1957.
Dunlap and his squad have a
bright chance to correct that
oversight in the next three weeks,
successively hosting Gettysburg
(3-3), Davidson (1-4) and
Bucknell (1-5) before finishing
their schedule Nov. 23 at
Lafayette (3-4).
Two fast touchdowns got the
ball rolling for Lehigh last
Saturday.
Trailing 14-0 early in the second
period the Engineers marched 71-
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How Future
Foes Fared
Gettysburg (3-3) lost to
Albright, 17-14;
Davidson (1-4) defeated
Hampden-Sydney, 17-16;
Bucknell (1-5) lost to Columbia,
38-33;
Lafayette (3-4) lost to Colgate,-
24-18.