South Mountaineer Volume 14, Issue 22

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South Mountaineer
Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association and edited by the Office of Public Information.
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Vol. 14 - No. 22
APRIL 11, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
SRD Program Planned May 15
Heckman, Kennedy Resign
Basketball Coaching Jobs
Bill Leckonby, director of
athletics at Lehigh, today
announced the resignations of
head basketball coach Roy Heckman and assistant basketball
coach Bob Kennedy.
Heckman will remain at the
University in his present position
as head golf mentor and will
direct an expanded golf program
on the recreational-intramural
level. He will remain in the
basketball program as an
assistant coach. Kennedy is
leaving to devote full time to
private business interests.
Heckman, a native of Hamburg,
Pa., and a graduate of Kutztown,
Pa., State College, came to
Lehigh from a head coaching
post at Elizabethtown, Pa.,
College in 1968 and that winter
directed the Engineers toa 12-11
campaign for their first winni||g
season since 1953. His overall
mark for five years was 52-72
and his career coaching record
for 22 high school and collegiate
seasons is 336-166.
Kennday, a native of Keyport,
N.J., and a graduate of West
Virginia University, was freshman basketball coach at Lehigh
for three years and assistant
varsity mentor last winter. His
frosh teams had a 44-14 mark.
Lehigh basketball reached
some peaks under Heckman's
direction. First, in 1968, came
the winning season. In 1970 the
Engineers, led by all-star Bob
Fortune, earned a berth in the
Middle Atlantic Conference playoffs on the strength of a thrilling
86-83 victory over Lafayette on
a   neutral  floor and then bowed
to highly-favored St. Joseph's in
a 65-63 thriller at the Penn
Palestra.
Last season the Engineers won
their first game ever over
LaSalle, also in the Palestra,
69-64, to start the schedule. Late
in the campaign they registered
a stunning 67-66 upset at
Delaware, knockingihe Blue Hens
out of first place in the MAC
West.
Kennedy's high point came in
in the 1970 season when his
freshman team fashioned a
brilliant 16-2 mark, losing only
a pair of games to Rutgers.
Twice, during his first two years
as freshman mentor, his teams
reeled off 10 straight triumphs.
"Heckman and Kennedy made
significant contributions to the
Lehigh athletic program,*' says
Leckonby, "and Heckman will-
continue in a dual role as head
golf coach and varsity basketball
aide.
?t A new head basketball coach
will be hired and Heckman has
asked that he be permitted to help
him in any way possible. Lehigh
will take advantage of that offer."
Track Team Home
Lehigh trackmen, scheduled to
return from a training trip to
Barbados yesterday (Apr. 10) will
open their season at home
Saturday (Apr. 15) against the
University of Rochester.
An earlier meet against East
Stroudsburg and Temple, prior
to the West Indies trip, was
canceled because of rain and wet
grounds.
Baseballers Drop First Start
To Lions, 5-2, In Stadium
Rain, which plagued Lehigh's
baseball squad during its' train-
ing trip to Statesboro, Ga., con-
tineud to interfere upon the
Engineers' return to home base.
An opener at Penn was washed
away and a Middle Atlantic Conference doubleheader at Bucknell
was postponed indefinitely.
Coach Stan Schultz's charges
did get to play one of their
first four regularly - scheduled
contests, losing 5-2 to Penn State
in Taylor Stadium. Even this
game felt the weatherman's sting,
being postponed 24-hours.
Lehigh unveiled a strong effort
against the powerful, veteran
Nittany Lions with effective
pitching and fielding, but a lack
of timely hitting.
Lefthander Bruce Ulissi, of
Penns Grove, N. J., worked seven
good innings giving up three runs,
one unearned—but the Engineers
couldn't give him much batting
help.
The bottom of the seventh was
particularly hard to take as
Lehigh loaded the bases with no
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PENN STATE LEHIGH
ah   r   h                            ab r h
Steffy If            5   12   Dempsey cf 5 1 1
Rogers rf         f>   0    2   Jaques If 3 0 0
Micsky ss        4   0   1    xDeschler If 2 0 0
Tanner lb        5    2   2   Zawatski c 3 0 2
Stine 3b           "3   13    VanEtten ss 2 0 0
Coval c             3-0   1    Barry rf 3 0 1
DeWitt cf         3   0   0   Kraemer p 0 0 0
Warchal 2b      4   0   0   xxPetro 10 0
Maier p            3   11   Knoll p 0 0 0
Kirsch p           1    0   0   Strickland lb   4 0 0
Sieger 3b 3 0 0
Wilsker 2b 3 12
Ulissi p 2 0 0
zRahmes If 10 0
Totals 36    5 12       Totals 32   2   6
x-Lined to right for Jaques in 7th.
xx-Grounded out for Kraemer in 8th.
z-Walked for Ulissi in 7th.
PENN STATE.   000     200     H 1—55
LEHIGH    000    000    002—2
E—Dempsey, Strickland.RBI—Micsky, Stine
2, DeWitt, Dempsey 2. 2B--Rogers, Stine,
Zawatski. HR--Stine, Dempsey. BB--Maier 4,
Kirsch 1, Ulissi 2, Kraemer 0, Knoll 0. SO—
Maier 8, Kirsch 1, Ullsi 8, Kraemer 0, Knoll 1.
HO—Maier 5 for 0 runs in 6 innings; Kirsch
1 for 2 in 3; Ulissi 8 for 3 in 7; Kraemer 2 for
1 in 1; Knoll 2 for 1 in 1. WP--Maier (1-0).
LP—Ulissi (0-1). Scorer—Noble. T-2:45.
JOHN AYLSWORTH
Dual Role
For Gridder
John Aylsworth hasn't made
any headlines since the 1971
football season ended but he's
still very much in the spotlight
at Lehigh.
The outstanding split end, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L.
Aylsworth of 1332 Wright Dr.,
Huntingdon Valley, Pa., is a
student-athlete whose classroom
excellence matches his ability
on the gridiron.
Lehigh selected him as its
representative to a recent Lehigh
Valley Chapter, Football Foundation and Hall of Fame dinner and
sponsors of the banquet chose him
as the young man to speak for
almost 40 high school and
collegiate scholar-athletes.
Aylsworth, majoring in
accounting, has a 3.34 cumulative
average out of a possible 4.0
and is included on the latest
dean's list. He's president of
Beta Alpha Psi honorary accounting fraternity at Lehigh.
Last season he was the leading
receiver on Lehigh's finest football team in 10 years, catching
47 passes for 716 yards as the
Engineers won eight of 11 starts.
Following graduation in June
he expects to work as a public
accountant in Denver, Colo.
The former Abington, Pa.,High
School star saw duty at several
spots during his gridiron career
at Lehigh but didn't really hit
his peak until Coach Fred Dunlap
installed him as the No. 1 wide
receiver in 1971. He'll be a
difficult man to replace in 1972.
Aylsworth is married to the
fomer Karen Armstrong, of Glen-
side, Pa., and is the father of two
sons, John, Jr., and Robert, both
under two years of age. The
family resides in the Stonehenge
Apartments, Bethlehem.
"Any coach is extremely
fortunate," says Dunlap, " to have
a young man like Aylsworth on his
squad, Lehigh has a very
difficult academic program and
this type of scholar-athlete is
particularly welcome. I know
we'll miss him a lot."
Flagpole Awards, Dinner
Top Day-Long Ceremonies
Student Recognition Day has
been scheduled for May 15 at
Lehigh.
Festivities begin at lt:30 a.m.
with traditional flagpole ceremonies in front of the University
Center and are climaxed by a
Student Recognition Dinner the
same day, 6:30 p.m., in Windish
Hall   opposite   Taylor  Stadium.
Campus student leaders,
academic achievement honorees
and members of rifle, hockey,
swimming, lacrosse, golf,
basketball, track, basketball,
tennis and wrestling squads are
to be feted at the banquet.
Cross country, football and
soccer squads were honored at
a similar affair last December.
A feature of the dinner will be
presentation of the Rev. J. Daniel
Nolan award to the University's
most outstanding freshman
Athletic Conference trophy for
athletic prowess and academic
achievement, the University
Service Award for campus
achievement and the Bosey Reiter
Trophy for leadership.
Ray Snyder of Wescosville and
Joe Workman of Bethlehem head
an alumni committee planning the
festivities.
The dinner will be sponsored
by the Lehigh University Alumni
Assn., Lehigh University and the
Division of Intercollegiate
Athletics and Physical Education
at Lehigh. John Steckbeck,
assistant director of physical
education, will be master of
ceremonies at the noontime
Flagpole Day ceremonies and at
the evening banquet.
Dinner   tickets,   for   students
and the general public, will be on
sale at the University Center
student activities desk, the
Department of Athletics offices
in Taylor Gym and the Alumni
Assn. offices in the Alumni
Memorial Building.
Hutchinson
(19-5) Led
LU Matmen
Tom Hutchinson, senior co-
captain from LaGrange, 111.,
paced Lehigh wrestlers during
the 1971-7 2 season with a 19-5
record and a second straight
Eastern Intercollegiate Assn.
championship.
He won the Easterns at 177
pounds, in Philadelphia, after
taking 190-pound honors one year
earlier at Annapolis, Md.
Terry DeStito of Enola, Pa.,
one of the nation's better freshmen, posted a brilliant 15-7-1
mark in varsity competition at
167 pounds and was a runnerup
at his weight in the Easterns.
He wrestled national title holders
three times during the season,
tieing Carl Adams of Iowa State
and losing a pair of decisions to
Andy Matter of Penn State.
The Engineers, coached for
the second campaign by Thad
Turner, compiled a 7-5-1 record
during one of the toughest
schedules ever to confront a
Lehigh mat squad.   They placed
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Overtime Loss To Delaware
Is Third For Lacrossemen
A sudden-death goal in the
third overtime period enabled
Delaware to edge Lehigh in
lacrosse on the Saucon Valley
Fields, 9-8.
It was the third defeat for the
Engineers who previously bowed
to visiting Amherst, 7-2, and St.
Lawrence, 7-6.
Delaware's Middle Atlantic
Conference champions rallied
twice to nip Lehigh, overcoming
a two-goal deficit and later trailing 7-6 late in regulation time.
The teams battled through a
pair of scoreless extra sessions
before Lee Levis rammed home
the winning goal early in the
sudden death period.
Kevin Stelljas paced the
Engineers with four goals and
Greg Kelly had a pair. Goalie
Rich DeMoll of Lehigh was called
up to make 25 saves against eight
for goal tender Paul Henry of the
Hens.
Lehigh and St. Lawrence were
deadlocked 6-6 with only 1:40
remaining in the game when John
Duford netted a shot from a
difficult angle. The Engineers
dominated play over the final five
minutes but couldn't get the ball
into the net.
The scoring:
DELAWARE       1     2    3     2    0    0    1—9
LEHIGH 13     2    2    0    0    0 — 8
Delaware goals: Gearhart 4, Levis 3,
Lingo 2. Assists: Lingo, Levis, Miller,
Feeney.
Lehigh goals: Stelljas 4, Kelly 2,Skeen,
Thompson. Assists: Bassani 3. Barth 2,
Skeen.
AMHERST 1     1     4     1   —  7
LEHIGH 1     1    0    0—2
Amherst goals: Peters 4, Hinkley,
Caffee, Minicucci. Assists: Caffee,
Minicucci, McMahon, Sahakian.
Lehigh goals: Kelly, Skeen. Assist:
Barth.
ST. LAWRENCE 2    3    1     1  —  7
LEHIGH 0    4     2    0 —  6
St. Lawrence goals: Duford 2, Campbell,
Demah, Fooling, Zules, isnyci. Assists:
Demah 2, Zyles, Miller.
Lehigh goals: Kelly 2, Altenpohl, Barth,
Skeen, Bassani. Assist: Altenpohl.