South Mountaineer Volume 12, Issue 19

              EIWA Tourney Next For Matmen
Published by the Alumni Student Grants Committee, Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 12 - No. 19
MARCH   9, 1970
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Swimmers, Skaters   Win   Titles
Action Starts
At Penn State
Friday, Mar. 13
Nine victories and a draw, in
10 bouts, provided a tuneup for
Lehigh wrestlers Saturday as
they made final preparations for
this weekend's Eastern Tournament at Penn State.
The Engineers stampeded Syracuse, 32-5,before 3,200 rooters
in Grace Hall to complete their
regular schedule with a 10-and-
3 record.
The Easterns begin Friday
afternoon, March 13. They continue Friday night and Saturday
(March 14) afternoon and night.
Assistant coach Mike Caruso,
who will handle the squad in the
tournament with veteran mentor
Gerry Leeman once again sidelined by illness, appears to have
only two questionable spots --
158 and 190--in his lineup*
He has adequate strength almost everywhere else topped by
undefeated heavywei ght Gary
Leinberger (12-0-1) , 177-
pounder Steve Shields (9-1-3),
150-pounder Herb Campbell
(11-2), 167-pounder Jack Bentz
(9-2), and 126-pounder Dick
Meyer (6-2-1),
Dave Icenhower (134) has a
6-4-3 record with Jay Leeman
(142) standing 7-5-1 and Ricky
Mitzner (118) at 2-3.
For the 158 berth he may use
Rick Bacastow (4-2-3) if a knee
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COACH JIM TODARO
2 Freshmen
Grab Titles
Lightweight Greg Surenian, 126
pounds, and 167-pounder Greg
Karabin, captured titles in last
weekend's Plebe Wrestling
Tournament at West Point, N.Y.
Two other Lehigh men, 118-
pounder Randy Biggs, and 177-
pounder John Rhinehart, reached
the championship round only to
place second, Barry Dixon of the
Little Engineers finished third at
158.
Assistant football coach John
Whitehead took the matmen to the
Military Academy in the absence
of frosh mentor Mike Caruso who
remained in Bethlehem to direct
the Lehigh varsity against Syracuse. Gerry Leeman, veteran
Engineer coach, is sidelined because of illness.
Tennessee Matmen Triumph
In Prep School Tournament
Baylor School of Chattanooga,
Tenn., making its tenth appearance in the tourney, claimed title
honors last weekend in the 35th
annual National College Preparatory Schools and Academies
Wrestling Tournament in Grace
Hall.
Finals of the two-day event
were held as a preliminary to the
Lehigh--Syracuse dual meet.
Baylor piled up 6 2 points and
had the James B. Detrixhe Memorial Trophy clinched before the
final round started. Hill School of
Pottstown, Pa., was second with
53 and Milton Hershey School of
Hershey, Pa., the defending
champion, totaled 43.
Rounding out the Top Five were
McCallie School of Chattanooga
with 41 and St. Benedict's Prep
of Newark, N. J., with 38.
Walt Sexton, New York Military
Academy,  was voted Most Out
standing Wrestler laurels. He
gave up only one point in the
tournament and had a 1:10 fall
in the finals.
Championship round summaries:
101--Wayne Donley, NYMA, dec. Ned
Temko, St. Albans, 5-4.
110 —Doug Srhutte, Hill, dec. Pat Romano, St. Benedict's 13-4.
118 —Carl Biello, St. Benedict's, der.
Dave Groverman, Haverford, 2-2,3-0
1 26--John Osborne, Haverford, dec.
Randy   Weinberg,   Baylor,   3-3,   0-0, RD
133--A1 Wilson Baylor, dec. Dave Davis,
St. Andrew's,   6-0.
140--Bob MrMahon, Manlius, dec. Paul
Griffiths, Merrersburgy 5-2
148—Jamie Mf-Ewan, Landon, pinned
Jan   Spangenberg,   M.   Hershey,   in   3:05
158—Chapman LeBlond, Canterbury,
der. Brian Ball, Lawrenceville, 8-5
168 —Tom Brennan, Hill, der. Mike
Lieberman, Blair, 4-2.
178--Bob Baretta, Penn Charter, dec.
Howard Benedict, Suffield, 1-1, 1-0
188—Walt Sexton, NYMA, pinned Tom
Carter, Lawrenceville, in 1:10.
Unl—Dave Olson, St. Andrews, pinned
Lincoln Fuge, Baylor, in 2:57.
Hockey Squad
Retains MAHL
Championship
Lehigh clinched its second
straight Middle Atlantic Hockey League championship last
week with a pair of decisive
triumphs over Lafayette at
Albeth  Arena,   5-3  and   7-2.
Coach Jim Todaro's skaters (12-2-1) upped their
MAHL record to six victories
in six starts.
Lafayette, which began the
week with a perfect 4-and-0
loop mark, was unable to
match the Engineers as Lehigh displayed a well-balanced —..
offense and a tough defense
featuring alternate goalies
Matty Matijosich and Dave
Kidd.
Kidd turned away 19 shots in
the 5-3 victory and Matijosich
had 22 saves in the 7-2 clincher .
Steve Hoerner topped the
Lehigh attack with three
markers, two of them in the
first game. Bill McCarthy,
Jeff Frey and Dave Ball each
netted a pair and there were
single goals by Arnie Jarmak,
captain Phil Tredway and Pete
DesMeules.
Tredway picked up three
assists with Ball getting two
and Jarmak and Frey one
apiece.
The scoring:
Lehigh 4    0    1 — 5
Lafayette 0    0    2—3
Lehigh goals; McCarthy 2t
Hoernre 2, Jarmak. Lafayette
goals: Sleeper, Shanahan,
Grant,
Lehigh 5    1    1 --  7
Lafayette 0    1    1—2
Lehigh goals; Frey 2, Ball 2,
Hoerner, Tredway, Des Meu-
les. Lafayette goals; Stock-
bridge,  Shanahan.
Alumni Gathering
After Tournament
Members and guests of the
Nittany Valley Lehigh Alumni
Club are planning a get-together
at the Elks County Country Club,
State College, Pa., Saturday,
March 14, immediately following
the final round of the Eastern
Intercollegiate Wrestling Assn.
championship tournament.
Charles A. Nicholson, 931
Robin Rd., State College, Pa., and
George C. Kurtossy, 730 N.
Atherton St., State College, are
president and secretary-
treasurer, respectively, of the
Nittany Valley Lehigh Club.
Kurtossy is in charge of
reservations.
COACH ROY NICHOLS
Tournament
Is Highlight
Lehigh athletic competiton
this week (March 8-14) will be
highlighted by participation in the
annual Eastern Intercollegiate
Wrestling Assn. championship
tournament at Penn State Friday
and Saturday, March 13-14.
The Engineers have won the
most team titles (19) and individual crowns (95)in the association with the host Nittany Lions
second in each category. Lehigh
is expected to join defending
champion Navy, and Penn State,
in   a   battle   for   1970   honors.
Lehigh's indoor track team
competes in an invitational meet
at East Stroudsburg, Pa., State
College on Saturday (March 14)
headed by distance runner Tim
Steele, of Boonton, N.J., who ran
a 4;12 mile there last month in a
quadrangular test.
Mermen Stun
Loop Rivals;
Records Fall
Fifteen Lehigh records and six
conference marks were shattered
by Engineer stars last weekend as
they swept to a stunning victory
in the Middle Atlantic Conference
swimming and diving championships at Newark, Del.
Coach Roy Nichols* team piled
up 144 points in the three-day
test against 126| for defending
champion Bucknell.
Lafayette and St. Joseph's tied
for third with 35 followed by
Lasalle 30|, American 30, West
Chester 28, Temple 26, Gettysburg and Rider, 1 apiece.
Delaware, the host team, failed to
get on the scoreboard.
Lehigh took eight first places
in 18 events with Phil Hogan
setting marks in the 100 butterfly and 50 freestyle and competing
in the winning 400 medley relay
and 400 freestyle relay.
Pete Harding took individual
titles in the 100 and 200 breast-
stroke and swam in the 400
medley.
Frank Warner won the 100
backstroke and was on the 400
free and medley teams and the
winning 800 freestyle relay with
Bob Sine, Wayne Martin, and Al
MacGregor.
Saturday the Engineers
smashed league records with
firsts in the 200-yard breast-
stroke, 100 butterfly and 400
freestyle relay to outpace
Bucknell.
Harding successfully defended
his title in the 200 breaststroke
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Fortune (MVP) and Waters
On MAC All-Star Quintet
Bob Fortune, Lehigh's record -
smashing senior basketball
captain, was voted Most Valuable
Player in the western section of
the Middle Atlantic Conference's
university division.
He was picked by the coaches
for the center berth on the
1969-70 sectional all-star team
along with Engineer guard Johnny
Waters.
Others on the team were Tracy
Tripucka of Lafayette and Loren
Pratt of Delaware, forwards, and
Rich Wallace of Rider, at guard.
Ken Helfand of Delaware, another
guard, also was selected after
finishing in a tie for a backcourt
berth.
Ken  Durrett, of LaSalle, was
picked MVP in the eastern
section.
Others with him on the all-star
team were Mike Hauer and Dan
Kelly of St. Joseph's, Franny
Murphy of LaSalle and Gordon
Stiles of American.
Kelly bailed out St. Joe's in
its clutch playoff squeaker over
Lehigh at the Penn Palestra,
65-63, netting 28 points and
getting 12 of them during the
final three minutes as the Engineers fought hard to record a
major upset.
Fortune   finished  his  varsity
career with 1,242 points and 823
rebounds,  both Lehigh records,
and  hit  his peak in the special
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