South Mountaineer Volume 12, Issue 06

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Smith Mountaineer
Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
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Vol. 12 - No. 6
OCTOBER 27. 1969
BETHLEHEM. PENNA.
Centennial Game Saturday
Booters Remain Undefeated, Untied
Stevens Latest in ■■■■v-h c_%»      c_
in      Former Mors
Victim; 3-1;
Frosh Triumph
A pair of goals by Simon Newton
led Lehigh's undefeated, untied
soccer men to a 3-1 victory over
Stevens last week.
The Engineer frosh also picked
on the visitors from Hoboken,
N.J., registering a 4-1 triumph.
Coach Tom Fleck's stingy varsity finally gave up a goal, after
four straight shutouts, on a fluke
in the last period. Greg Scarcella
of Stevens was credited with the
score as a rebound bounced off
hi m and dribbled into an open net
during a scramble at the goal
mouth.
Newton, taking up the slack
caused by the loss of scoring
leader Don Ferrell because of a
bruised kidney, banged home his
first marker in the second period
with an assist from Bill White.
At the start of the second half
he rang the bell again, getting
help from Frank Gaughan, and the
Engineers were up 3-0. Eric
Gerhart netted Lehigh's opening
tally in the initial stanza,
unassisted.
Fleck, substituting freely, had
a reserve lineup on the field when
the shutout string was broken.
Three Lehigh goalies were called
upon to stop only four shots, one
each period, before yielding their
first marker in five games.
The varsil
ty lineup;
STEVENS
POS.
LEHIGH
Burns
G
Strickland
Monogellow
HFB
Fetters
Gitzen
LFB
Laitala
Garbey
RHB
Gerhart
Gob ham
CHB
Mooney
Suter
LHB
Mooney
Scarcella
HB
Gaughen
Ilder
OR
Williman
DeLuce
IR
Newton
Berdeck
CF
Perlow
Pourknedi
IL
Post
OL
Lowenberg
Stevens          0
0    0    1
—      1
Lehigh          1
1    1    °
3
Stevens goal:
Scarcella.
Lehigh goals
: Newton 2
, Gerhart. As-
sists: White, Gaughen.
Frosh 11 Wins
Three touchdowns by halfback
Bob Stewart, of Lansdale, Pa.,
powered Lehi gh' s frosh gridders
to a 21-12 margin over East
Stroudsburg last Friday on the
losers' field.
Stewart, whose older brother
Ned was an outstanding lineman
on recent Lehigh varsity teams,
carried the major share of the
attack with a bruising display of
power  running.
He scored on runs of one, two
and 19 yards, Ray Zielinski converted after each of the touchdowns as the Little Engineers
(1-2) handed the ESSC freshmen
their   fifth   loss   of the  year.
QUARTERBACK JIM BAXTER, an outstanding runner for Lehigh
against Gettysburg, picks up some of the 58 yards he netted in seven
carries. He also passed to Wes Redd for one of the Engineer touchdowns.
Three Late Gettysburg Touchdowns Decide
Thriller Before 10,500 Spectators, 26-24
An aroused Gettysburg eleven
struck through the air for three
touchdowns in the last 5:15
minutes of play Saturday to out-
score Lehigh, 26-24, and ruin
what promised to be a satisfactory afternoon for the Engineers.
Lehigh led 17-0 in the second
quarter and 24-6 more than
halfway through the final period.
Coach Fred Dunlap's club had
clearly outplayed the visitors
and victory No. 3 appeared only
a matter of playing out the time.
Gettysburg, however, caught
fire as quarterback Herb Ruby
began throwing long-range bombs
and the Bullets overtook the
Engineers in a stretch drive
climax which had 10,500 spectators on their feet during the final
minutes.
Sophomore halfback Don
Diorio's 28-yard right end run,
for Lehigh's fourth touchdown
and a 24-6 lead, apparently sewed
up the verdict with 5:15 remaining
in the fourth stanza.
Gettysburg took the ensuing
kickoff and, aided by a 15-yard
penalty, put the ball in play on
the Engineer 49. Fullback Mark
Fifer broke free on a 19-yard
draw and Ruby passed 30 yards
to Barry Jacoby for a TD.
The Bullets immediately
regained possession when an
onsides kick was recovered by
Don Broome after bouncing off a
Lehigh gridder. Ruby passed to
Bill McGowan at the Lehigh 38.
He escaped a defender and raced
to the six before Fred Bergdoll
hauled him down, the play covering 47 yards.
John Hardy grabbed a pass over
center, at the one, and Fifer
scored on the next play.
Lehigh's once-impressive lead
suddenly had evaporated but the
Engineers still were clinging to
a 24-19 advantage when they took
another onsides kick attempt and
put the ball into play on their own
45  with  3:20  left in the game.
Two running plays netted eight
yards and it looked as if the
Engineers would pick up the first
down they needed to retain
possession and kill vital time. On
third down Ron Kovatis was
trapped for a loss, however, and
Game At A Glance
LEH.
GBG.
First downs
15
20
Net yds. rushing
217
43
Net yds. passing
85
324
Total   yards
302
367
Passes attempted
21
51
Completed
8
23
Intercepted by
2
1
Punts
11
10
Avg.  distance
34
35
Fumbles  lost
3
1
Yds. penalized
74
30
LEHIGH LEADERS
RUSHING ATT NET AVG.
Diorio 25       102    4.0
Baxter 7         58     8.3
Plummer 11         36     3.3
PASSING Att Comp   Yds.   TD Int.
Baxter 21       8        85       1      1
RECEIVING
Redd
Kovatis
Leib
NO. YDS. TD
2 50       1
2 21       0
1 17       0
Jack Paget punted to the Gettysburg 21 where the ball was
downed.
There was 1:40 remaining when
the Bullets took over for their
last make-6r-break series.
Ruby, after one incomplete effort,
passed 43 yards to Jacoby and 12
yards to Fifer moving the ball to
Lehigh's 24.
Three straight incompletions
followed, Bergdoll making a great
defensive play in the end zone on
the second as Bob Car many
battled him for a long aerial,and
Ruby had a fourth-and-10 with
40 seconds left.
He dropped back and hung a
long pass in the end zone where
McGowan turned in a spectacular
grab with teammates and
defenders toppling in a heap near
the goal posts. He held the ball and
Gettysburg (5-2) had its third
straight triumph.
It was an agonizing finish for a
Lehigh team which had things well
under     control     most of the
distance. The defense was
rugged, as it has been in recent
weeks, and the offense put 24
points on the board for its best
showing since the 55-7 rout of
Ithaca.
The Engineers moved 30 yards
in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead
after G-burg punter Bill
Patterson dropped a pass from
center and was downed by defensive tackle Bob Fonte. Jim Baxter
passed nine yards to Kovatis and
nine yards to Wes Redd. Justin
Plummer and Diorio gained some
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Will Receive
Certificates
Lehigh will observe Centennial
Day, honoring the 100th season
of intercollegiate football across
the nation, Saturday when Colgate
provides the opposition in Taylor
Stadium at 1:30 p.m.
Both teams were among the
first to play the game, Lehigh
fielding its initial squad in 1884
and Colgate following in 1890.
Lehigh will honor nine of its
most illustrious former gridmen
at halftime festivities with Director of Athletics Bill Leckonby
presenting each man with a
Centennial Season Commemorative Certificate. Sam Connor,
Lehigh's director of public
information, will be master of
ceremonies.
Scheduled to receive the certificates are:
V. J. (Pat) Pazzetti of
Bethlehem, Pa., All-American
quarterback of 1912 and Lehigh's
representative in the National
Football Hall of Fame;
The Rev. Daniel Nolan of
Albany, N. Y., Little All-
American quarterback who will
represent the 1957 Lambert Cup
squad;
Michael Semcheski of Lansdale, Pa., captain of the 1961
Lambert Cup squad who will
represent that unit;
Dr. William Ciaravino of
Brooklyn, N. Y., All-American
guard who will represent the
1950 squad, Lehigh's only undefeated and untied aggregation in
86 years of football;
Robert Numbers of Allentown,
Pa., Little All-American center
of 1949 who now serves as superintendent of buildings and grounds
at Lehigh;
G. Douglas Reed of Baltimore,
Md., vice president of
McCormick and Co., Baltimore,
a member of the 1956 Sports
Illustrated Silver Anniversary
All-American team;
The Rev. Dean. T. Stevenson
of Lemoyne, Pa., bishop of the
Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg,
Pa., a member of the 1961 Sports
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In Golf League
Lehigh will compete in Eastern
Intercollegiate Golf Assn. circles
next season according to an
announcement by William B.
Leckonby, the University's
director of athletics.
Rutgers, Villanova and
Lafayette also were admitted to
EIGA, ranks to bring the total
membership to  20 institutions.