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Published by the Alumni Student Grants Coinmittee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 11 -   No. 25
MAY 26, 1969
BETHLEHEM, PEiNlNA.
LU Honors Top Athletic Stars
1      Haas, Fortune, Sine,
I    Ludlum Double Winners
Banes, Steele, Salam
Shine In MAC Events
Middle Atlantic Conference
championship tournaments found
Al Banes, Tim Steele and Sandy
Salam pacing Lehigh entries.
In the track tournament, held
on the Saucon Valley Fields May
9-10, Banes reached 14' 8-|" to
win the pole vault although the
Engineer team didn't figure in
the championship picture. West
Chester won University Division
honors and Franklin and
Marshall was No. 1 in the College
Division.
Steele won the freshman mile
in 4:15.5 which was a faster time
than winners of varsity races
posted in either division.
Tennis action, at Bucknell,
found Salam bowing in the final
round to Frank Barnett of St.
Joseph's. The scores were 3-6,
Lafayette
Beaten 11-7
Lehigh golfers (8-7) upset
Lafayette on the Country Club
of Northampton course, 11-7, in
the final all-sports trophy clash
of the academic year. The Engineers gained a wide 9-3 margin
over the Leopards in varsity dual
events from November through
May.
Lehigh vs Lafayette
Waldron (Le) defeated Hutnik 2-1;
Spaeth (La) defeated Merchant 2|-i
Sacks (Le) defeated Diebold 3-0; Roper
(Le) defeated Roberts 2\-\; Lubin (La)
defeated MacCrum 2-1; Tredway (Le)
defeated Bates 2-1.
7-5 and 6-4. Doug Stein and John
Gordon of F. & M. won doubles
honors.
MAC golf tourney competition,
at Wilkes College, resulted in a
team title for Delaware. Lehigh
finished 11th with Ralston
Merchant's 80-66--166 leading
the way.
Lacrossemen
Drop Finale
Lehigh lacrossemen (10-4)
completed their season against
Bucknell, at Lewisburg, Pa.,
dropping a 14-1 decision for their
only league loss of the year. The
Bisons, also undefeated in the
Middle Atlantic Conference, took
the title.
PENN STATE 2 3 0 3 — 8
LEHIGH 2       1       0       3     —     6
Penn state goals: Schoepflin 3, Ruf
2, Godbey, Bickell, S. Silver. Assists:
Schoepflin 2, L. Silver.
Lehigh goals: Turner 3, suhrestedt,
Sauer, Goat. Assists: Suhrestedt, Repko,
Zink.
LEHIGH 8    0    4    4     —    14
DICKINSON 0     2    1     2    —       5
Lehigh goals: Turner 11, sauer 2,
Suhrstedt, Gill, Zink. Assists: Suhrstedt
5, Sauer 2. Turner.
Dickinson goals: Teitlebaum 2, Henry,
Conover, Wheeler. Assists: Henry, Rau-
schenback, Tallon.
LEHIGH 0    0    0     1     —     1
BUCKNELL 4    4     3     3    —  14
Lehigh   goal:   Sauer.   Assist:   Curtis.
Bucknell goals: Kissling 5, Farber 3,
Morris 2, Eckman 2, McKee 2. Assists:
Morris 3, Farber 2, Eckmann 1.
WILLIAM   CHRISTIAN
Heart Attack
Fells Coach
Flags at Lehigh were at
half-staff last week in memory
of William T. Christian, 52, a
member of the department of
athletics since 1947 who suffered
a   fatal   heart   attack   May   21.
During his extended service at
Lehigh he was head coach of
soccer, swimming, U-ack, cross
country and tennis, and an assistant mentor in baseball and
football. Currently he served as
ticket manager for the department of athletics and head coach
of tennis.
He is survived by his widow,
four sons and a brother.
28 Lettermen Scheduled To Participate
In Football Drills Through June 6
Eighty-two candidates, including 32 lettermen, are on the
Lehigh football squad which
reports for Spring practice
Friday (May 30) under Coach
Fred Dunlap.
Spring drills, postponed last
March because of inclement
weather,   will continue  through
June 6 with daily sessions at
9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on the
Saucon "Valley Fields.
They will be climaxed with
games on the last three days,
at 9:30 a.m., with everyone
getting a chance to perform under
combat conditions.
Lettermen  Pete Tomaino and
GE College Bowl Team
Eliminates Third Rival
Lehigh's winning team on the
nationally-televised General
Electric College Bowl series
faces George Washington Sunday
evening (June 1) at New York
City. The show is seen "live"
over WNBC (Channel 4) at 6 p.m.
and later in the week by affiliates
of the system. Viewers are asked
to check their local newspaper TV
listings   for   times   and   dates.
The Engineers already have
defeated Indiana (Pa.) State,
285-75, the University of
Montana, 215-160, and Western
College for Women, Oxford, O.,
295-60.   Their     fifth  and    final
opponent on the five-game series,
if they get past George Washington, will be Northern Michigan
on June 8.
Dr. Jack DeBellis, associate
professor of English at the University, coaches the Lehigh
squad. He picks his team from
among a six-man group of
students including Craig Biddle
of Baden, Pa., Seth Frankel of
Brooklyn, N.Y., Alex Miller of
Rockville, Md., Mike Silverberg
of Short Hills, N.J., Jeff Bowker
of Bethlehem, Pa., and Don Miles
of Cranford, N.J.
Reggie Jennings, of Piscataway,
N.J., Neil Stover of Middletown,
N.J., and Tom Tootellof Morris-
ville, Pa., and sophomore Tom
Shaughnessy, of Jackson, Mich.,
are excused from drills because
of injuries.
The 28-letter-winners
expected to report include
quarterbacks Gerry Berger of
Shillington, Pa., and Jim Baxter
of Pitman, N.J., halfbacks Jim
Petrillo of Tuckahoe, N.Y., Jack
Paget of Fairfield, Conn., and
Ron Kovatis of Upper Darby,
Pa., fullbacks Justin Plummer
of Plainfield, N.J., Bill Oehlke
of Pottersville, N.J., and Bill
Hull of Pompton Plains, N.J.,
ends Mike Ellis of Chenango
Bridge, N.Y., Paul Harrington
of Roxborough, Pa., Dan Hoerig
of Wayne, N.J., Mike Leib of
Hazleton, Pa., and Mike Holva
of Bethlehem, Pa., tackles Bob
Fonte of Conshohocken, Pa.,Thad
Jamula of Reading, Pa., Paul
Koepff of Morris Plains, N.J.,
and Corey Wolford of Greene,
N.Y.
Also guards Miles Belie of
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Distance runner Steve Haas,
a dean's list student from Mas-
sillon, O., was the major winner
as Lehigh honored athletic stars
during its annual Flagpole Day
ceremonies.
Haas received the Eastern
Collegiate Athletic Conference
trophy, for scholarship and
athletic prowess, and the Philip
McGrath Cup which goes to the
most outstanding runner on the
varsity track squad.'
There were three other
double winners.
One of them, swimmer Robert
Sine of Yardley, Pa., accepted
the Rev. J. Daniel Nolan trophy
as the University's most outstanding freshman athlete of good
scholastic standing. He also won
the James Gravany Memorial
Award which goes to the man
scoring the most points for the
freshman swimming team in
competitive events.
Basketball star Bob Fortune,
of Mechanicville, N.Y.,
claimed the Walter J. Messner
Memorial Trophy as the most
outstanding junior member of the
varsity squad, and the Chi Psi
Trophy as the most valuable
man on the squad. Tom Ludlum
National
Recognition
Lehigh University has been
notified that it has gained national
recognition for superior performance in the Alumni Giving
Incentive Awards Competition
conducted by the American
Alumni Council (AAC). Lehigh
will receive the award in New
York in July at the AAC national
conference.
Last year's Alumni Annual
Giving Campaign earned Lehigh
first prize in the category for
improvement among major private universities. Cornell
University finished second in this
category of the competition. In
all, there were only 16 first-prize
winners among the more than
2,000 universities, colleges, and
independent secondary schools
competing in various classifications.
Lehigh's prize, a U. S. Steel
Mobius Strip trophy and $1,000,
is among awards made annually
by the AAC through the support
of the United States Steel
Foundation.
The 1968-69 Annual Fund has
reached $860,000, This means
$140,000 must be raised by
June 30.
received the James R. Quirk
award for outstanding hockey play
and sportsmanship, and the
Ernesta Drinker Cup as the best
all-around member of the
lacrosse squad.
Thirty-four presentations
were made during a program
conducted b y ■ John Steckbeck,
Lehigh director of intramurals.
Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference
Trophy for scholarship and athletic
prowess. Won by Steve Haas of MassiUon,
Ohio.
Class of 1907 Lacrosse trophy to the
most outstanding member of the varsity
lacrosse team. Won by Tim Turner of
Fairfield, Conn.
Rev. J. Daniel Nolan trophy to the outstanding freshman athlete of good
scholastic standing. Won by Robert J.
Sine of Yardley, Pa.
George J. Feuerbach wrestling trophy
to the most outstanding varsity wrestler.
Won by Jack Bentz of Wayne, Pa.
MacPhee varsity rifle trophy to the
finest all-around member of the rifle
squad. Won by Karl Bell of Hummals-
town, Pa.
Walter J. Messner Memorial basketball
award to the most outstanding Junior
member of the varsity basketball squad.
Won by Bob Fortune of Mechanicville,
N.Y.
Lehigh University golf trophy to the
most valuable member of the golf squad.
Won  by  Hart  Roper of Petersburg, Va.
Bruce Thompson Memorial Basketball
trophy to the most valuable senior member
of the basketball squad. V on by Pete
Albert of Harrison, N.Y., and Bob Bonow
of Westfield, N.J.
Sailing Club trophy to the most valuable
member of the sailing club. Won by Kent
Thompson of Santa Barbara, Calif.
Chi Psi Basketball trophy to the most
valuable member of the varsity basketball  squad.  Won  by     Bob     Fortune of
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Trackmen
Outscored
Lehigh's track and field varsity
(1-7) dropped its final two tests
of the season, 91-53 at Rutgers
and 95-50 at Lafayette.
The Engineers' highly-touted
freshmen (5-0) won 75-70 over
Rutgers and 101-43 over
Lafayette.
Al Banes of Lehigh, recent
winner of the pole vault in Middle
Atlantic Conference title competition, unfurled a record leap
against Lafayette. He did 15' 2§"
for Lehigh and Saucon Valley
Fields marks.
Although the meet was at
Lafayette the pole vault event
took place at Lehigh, enabling
Banes to erase a fields pole vault
standard of 15' i" set by John
Uelses of LaSalle in 1965.
VARSITY
LAFAYETTE 95 LEHIGH 50
100—1.   Kulp,   La.;   2. Juengst,  Le.;
3. Hadden, La. Time: 9.8.
220—1.  Galpin,  La.;   2.  Hadden, La.;
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