South Mountaineer Volume 13, Issue 10

              Runners Retain Major  Crowns
Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh Universitj^^
Vol 13-No. 10
NOVEMBER 24, 1970
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Gridders Bow In Finalef^l-28
/\    BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Overcome 21-0 Deficit, Lose
On Field Goal With 1:10 Left;
Lafayette Kicker MVP Choice
DON DIORIO, leading runner in the I 06th Lehigh-Lafayette game, picks up yardage behind
^-blcck by fttllback-Jsck—Rixxo^aft^rtaking a pit^&oi^t from quartarback J^rcy—Berger (I 7)*—
Lafayette turned three early
fumble recoveries into touchdowns Saturday in Easton, and
managed to outscore Lehigh in the
106th meeting of the neighboring
arch-rivals, 31-28,
Some 17,000 spectators
watched a wild scramble on the
winners' gridiron, one in which
Lehigh accumulated more points
than any losing team in the long
history of football's most-played
rivalry.
It was a see-saw struggle undecided until Rick Nowell of the
Leopards booted a 28-yard field
_gjD^vaiJi_j}nJLy_^ in
Diorio carried I I times for I 12 yards in thriller won by the Leopards, 31-28.
Capture §G4A, MAC Honors
Lehigh University cross
country runners successfully defended IC4A college division and
Middle Atlantic Conference team
championships last week with
impressive victories in title
tournaments at New York and
Philadelphia,
Coach John Covert's harriers
. who swept to 11 dual meet
triumphs after an opening loss
to Pennsylvania, defeated arch
rival Lafayette in each of the
championship events as the Leopards   were   second   each time.
The meets featured two
brilliant head-to-head matches
between Tim Steele of Lehigh
and Dale Keenan of the Leopards,
who split the duels, although the
Engineers won team titles in each
event. One week earlier Steele
had beaten Keenan in a dual meet
as Lehigh handed Lafayette its
only loss of the season in regularly-scheduled competition.
Friday, at Fairmount Park in
Philadelphia, Steele outsprinted
the Leopard ace over the last
150-yards of a 5-mile grind to
win in 26:10.4 with Keenan doing
26:11.
Steele's winning time is a new
MAC record, topping a standard
he set last fall.
Covert's club took three of the
top 10 individual places and finished with a total of 34 points.
Lafayette had 57 points.
West Chester took third with
60; St. Joseph's was fourth with
71, and the remainder of the
field was far back.
Roger Jackucewicz of Lehigh
took third in 26:36; Dan Lerch
of West Chester was fourth in
26:42, and Donald Burke of St.
Joe's  wound  up  fifth in   26:44.
Other    Lehigh   placers,  with
times in parentheses, were;John
Heil, seventh (26:52); Scott
Nicholas, 10th (27:12). Mike
Strockbine, 13th (27:15), and Bob
Detrick, 20th (27:44).
Swarthmore broke Ursinus's
streak in the college division,
winning that cro-wn with a total
of 34 points. Franklin & Marshall took second with 67 points,
and Ursinus, champion the last
two years, was third with 97,
Rich   Schultz   led   the  way  for
Coach's Comment
Tt Like last year, we set goals
in 1970 of an undefeated season
and championships in the IC4A
and MAC meets. Once again
we fell shy because of one dual
setback but we did win the two
big tournaments and it certainly
was another fine year for our
runners/' , . .JohnCovert, cross
country.
Swarthmore taking first place
in 27:15.
Lehigh won the junior varsity
team championship with43 points
and its best effort came from
Jim Amish, who finished second
to winner Bob Meminger was
clocked at 28:39, West Chester
was second in the team race
with Delaware third and Lafayette
fourth,
Lehigh took the IC4A's with a
total of 32 points, while Lafayette
finished with 57,
Keenan overtook Steele at the
two-mile mark and won in 24
minutes, 54,8 seconds, his best
time ever on the Van Cortlandt
Park course.
Ron Stonitsch of C.W.Post,
college division winner the last
two years, was forced to scratch
with a foot injury and that opened
the door for the Kennan-Steele
duel. A year ago Keenan finished
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Winter Sports Schedule
Opens Dec. 1 at Army
Lehigh moves into its winter
athletic program next week with
eight events scheduled.
Coach Roy Heckman's varsity
basketball squad has three contests beginning against Army at
West Point, N.Y., on Tuesday
(Dec. 1) afternoon and ending
with Florida appearances against
Miami on Friday (Dec. 4) and
Rollins   on   Saturday   (Dec.   5).
Freshman cagers open at home
Wednesday (Dec. 2) against
Princeton in Grace Hall at 7 p.m.
Coach Thad Turner's varsity
wrestlers debut on the road
against Lock Haven, Pa., State
College Saturday (Dec. 5) at
8 p.m. Frosh grapplers are in
action Friday (Dec. 4) afternoon
against Hill School in Pottstown,
Pa.
Lehigh hockey and swimming
teams debut Saturday (Dec. 5) at
home, the mermen hosting Colgate at 2 p.m. and the skaters
entertaining Bucknell at 5 p.m.
on the Albeth Arena ice.
a hectic fourth quarter,
Lehigh, overcoming its early
errors and battling back from
deficits of 21-0 and 28-14, had
pulled into a 28-28 tie with 11:16
left and apparently had the momentum to successfully complete a
story-book comeback.
It was a windy day, although
sunny and clear, and the
Engineers had the breeze at their
backs during the final period.
They also had place-kicking
specialist Ron Schattenberg
ready for a field goal attempt if
they could get the ball somewhere
near scoring territory.
Once again, though, as earlier
in the thriller, the Engineers
handicapped themselves.
Lafayette, forced to punt
following Lehigh's kickoff after
the Engineers' fourth touchdown,
booted the ball into the wind and
out of bounds at the visitors'*
37-yard line. An over-eager defender was offsides on the punt,
however, and Lafayette picked up
five yards it needed for a first
down. Even more important, the
Leopards retained possession
and moved out to midfield before
having to punt again.
This time the kick carried to
Lehigh's 22 and a holding penalty
on the next play pushed it back to
the 12, The Engineers only picked
up three penalties all day, against
one for Lafayette, but all three
were exceedingly costly.
Coach Fred Dunlar^s squad was
forced to return the punt and Don
Diorio got off a long one which
bounced out of bounds at the
Leopard 25.
Lafayette, with the threat of
Rich McKay's passing keeping the
defense loose, organized a sustained drive which moved all the
way to the Engineer 11 before
grinding to a halt. Nowell's field
goal, from the 18, settled
the issuec McKay passed only
three times during this surge,
completing two of them for short
yardage, as runners Bob Donofrio
and Doug Elgin ripped off consistent gains on the ground.
The first part of the game had
been equally painful to the Engineers. A fumble on their initial
scrimmage play gave the ball
to the Leopards on the 21 and
five tries later McKay sneaked
across for a touchdown. Early in
the second period another fumble
gave Lafayette the ball 37 yards
away from the end zone and the
home club covered this distance
in 10 #lays with McKay passing
the last five yards to Darrell
Johnson,
 On Lehigh's     ^e^ond-   play
covering the kickoff still another
fumble gave Lafayette the ball
on the Engineer 17, A roughing
the passer penalty moved the ball
to the eight and two plays later
Elgin moved five yards through
right tackle for the TD,
Nowell's third conversion
ballooned Lafayette's lead to 21-0
halfway through the quarter.
At this point Lafayette, aided
immeasurably by the turnovers,
had run 43 plays from scrimmage
against only 14 for the Engineers
and Lehigh's defensive unit had
been on the field almost one and
one-half quarters,
Lafayette kicked off and Lehigh
marched   80  yards  in  13 tries.
Quarterback     Jerry     Berger
ignited the drive with a 13-yard
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Sports Dinner
Monday Night
Lehigh University football,
cross-country and soccer squads
will be honored Monday, Nov. 30,
at a fall sports banquet in Hotel
Bethlehem, There will be a reception at 6 p.m, and dinner at
7 p.m.
Keith Rust of 133lStafore Drive
South, Bethlehem, phone
867-3786, is reservations chairman. Bob Reber, also of
Bethlehem and president of the
sponsoring Home Club, will be
master of ceremonies,
Special guests are to include
Dr. W, Deming Lewis, Lehigh
president, director of athletics
Bill Leckonby and head coaches
Fred Dunlap, football, John
Covert, cross-country, and Tom
Fleck, soccer.
Features will include
announcement of 1971 captains,
most outstanding player
selections, and other awards.
Each head coach will be among
the speakers.