South Mountaineer Volume 17, Issue 04

              Published by the Lehjgh University Alumni Association
Vol. 17 — No. 4
OCTOBER 15, 1974
BETHLEHEM. PA.
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Rutgers Rallies To Outscore Lehigh
Wayne Rogers Stars
As Runners Romp
Wayne Rogers, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., took individual
honors in a pair of quadrangulars
as his Lehigh cross country team
racked up six victories and hiked
Soccer Team
Now 3-3-1
Freshman Rudy DiMassa, an
all-stater from Abington, Pa.,
H.S., picked up three goals and
two assists since the most recent
issue of The South Mountaineer
as Lehigh soccermen defeated
LaSalle, 2-1, and Rutgers, 5-1,
whole tieing Delaware, 0-0, and
losing to Drexel, 4-2.
This raised the seasonal mark
to 3-3-1 as the Engineers prepare
for a home game Oct. 16 against
nationally-ranked Pennsylvania.
The most important contest of
the four involved visiting
Delaware in the first East Coast
Conference tussle of the season.
Goalie Larry Keller, returning
after being sidelined with a rib
injury, blanked the Blue Hens
while being credited with 14
saves.
Tom Wilson, of Morristown,
N.J., and DiMassa tallied to turn
back LaSalle with reserve goalie
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its season record to 9-1.
The Engineers first bumped off
Bucknell, 19-42, Temple, 18-43,
and St. Joseph's, 19-42, at
Fairmount Park, Philadelphia,
with Rogers covering the 5-mile
route in 25:51.6.
Then it was off to Millersville,
Pa., one week later, and
triumphs over East Stroudsburg,
15-46, West Chester, 17-45, and
Millersville, 21-36, with Rogers
ahead of the pack in 25:44.
Victory over Bucknell was the
most gratifying for Coach John
Covert and his highly-talented
group of runners because the
Bisons upset them in dual
competition last year. Later
Lehigh and Bucknell battled to a
tie for the conference championship.
- In the Philadelphia meet Dave
Cope gave Lehigh fourth place
while Elliot Michael of Millwood,
N. J., Mike Ranney of Lockport,
N. Y., and Mickey Yardis of
Chappaqua, N. Y., tied for sixth.
Other Engineers in the top 15
were Steve Thatcher of St. Paul,
Minn., Stellan Thoren of Sweden
and Mike Magarity of Wynd-
moor, Pa.
At Millersville the Engineers
placed Rogers first followed by
Thatcher, third; Yardis, fourth;
Cope, seventh; Thoren, eighth,
and Ranney, eleventh.
Frosh 11 Blanks Rutgers,
Loses 14-13 To Bullets
Lehigh's freshman footballers
were initiated into the Lehigh-
Gettysburg rivalry last Friday as
the Bullets overcame a 13-point
deficit to pull out a 14-13 triumph
at the battleground.
One week earlier the Little
Engineers had blanked Rutgers,
7-0, in an old-fashioned defensive
struggle at New Brunswick, N.
J., the only TD coming on a
blocked punt recovery in the end
zone.
The unexpected loss at Gettysburg was the team's first since
Jeep Bednarik took over the
coaching reins last year.
Lehigh's frosh had won seven in a
row, two of them this fall, before
stumbling over the Bullets.
Quarterback Mike Rieker's 8-
yard scoring pass to Pete Fenton
of Avenel, N. J., and a 35-yard TD
run by Vince Commissa of South
LEHIGH 0    7    0    0—7
RUTGERS 0   0    0    0—0
L—Camuti, blocked punt recovery in end I
zone. Rayhill kick.
LEHIGH 13      0    0    0—13
GETTYSBURG 0    14    0    0—14
L—Fenton 8 pass from Rieker. Rayhill kick.
L—Commissa 35 interception return.  Kick
missed.
G—Whitaker 8 pass from Ryan. Ryan kick. I
G—Jerelus  69   interception   return.   Ryan
kick.
Orange, N. J., with an intercepted pass, staked Lehigh to
an early 13-0 lead at G-burg.
Gettysburg came back in the
second quarter with Mike Ryan
passing eight yards to Keith
Whitaker for a score and Mark
Jerelus racing 69 yards with an
intercepted pitchout for another.
Ryan kicked both extra points.
At Rutgers the Little Engineer
defense took charge with
linebacker Mark Melillo of East
Orange, N. J., blocking a punt at
the goal line and Ned Camuti, an
end from Glen Rock, N. J., falling
on the ball in the end zone for the
touchdown.
Rutgers penetrated to the
Lehigh 7-yard line in the third
period before being stopped on
downs. Neither offense could
score although a lot of yardage
was piled up between the 20-yard
stripes. Dave Aprill, of
Metuchen, N. J., did a fine
punting job as Lehigh refused to
allow Rutgers favorable field
position.
At Gettysburg a bumble at the
Bullets' 13-yard line, in the final
moments, killed a Lehigh opportunity.
Scarlet Breaks Game Open
In Third Period, Wins 37-16
. . .
DOC' HAVACH
'Doc' Havach,
64, Dies
Dr. Emil A. (Doc) Havach,
head trainer of Lehigh athletic
squads since 1949, died suddenly
Oct. 9 after being stricken with a
heart attack at his home one
night earlier.
Doc Havach, 64, was born in
Hazleton, Pa., and raised in
Bethlehem. He was graduated
from the Temple University
School of Chiropody in 1936.
Survivors include his wife, Ann,
and a son, Lynn, a Lehigh
graduate serving as a captain in
the Army intelligence corps.
Every Lehigh wrestling team
since 1949, had been under Doc
Havach's medical supervision
and until recently he took similar
care of Engineer football players,
along with serving almost every
other squad — one time or
another — through the years.
He already had begun work
with the 1974-75 wrestling squad
and on the day before his death
was following a familiar pattern
of activity in Taylor Gym.
Last May he had been among
seven faculty and staff members
honored for extended service to
the University.
Doc Havach received
numerous awards during his long
career as a trainer and is under
consideration for a spot in the
Helms Foundation Hall of Fame.
Rutgers, after being soundly
outplayed for one quarter, fought
back to overpower Lehigh last
Saturday at New Brunswick, N.
J., 37-16, handing the Engineer
footballers their second loss in
four games.
It was the third triumph for the
undefeated Scarlet Knights
whose only blemish is a 6-6 tie
with Princeton. Prior to the
Lehigh contest they defeated
Bucknell and Harvard.
Lehigh, after muffing several
bright scoring opportunities and
having a touchdown nullified by
a penalty in the early going, fell
victim to big plays as Rutgers
broke open a tight battle.
The last three Scarlet scores,
which clinched the victory after
Lehigh had gone more than
halfway through the third stanza
trailing only 17-16, came on runs
of 17, 51 and 64 yards.
Some 17,500 spectators attended the Rutgers home opener.
They watched Lehigh open
very impressively with a first
quarter in which the Knights
were so busy playing defense
they couldn't register a first
down. The Engineers racked up
seven but failed to get on the
scoreboard and this cost them
dearly as the game progressed
and Scarlet depth and manpower
began to assert itself.
Jimmy Dutt, of Temple, Pa.,
set up the first threat when he
returned an intercepted pass 23
yards to the Rutgers 38. The
Engineers moved to the 17 and a
19-yard pass from Joe Alleva, of
Suffern, N. Y., to Bobby Liptak of
Yonkers, N. Y., and apparently
had a score when Alleva came
right back with a touchdown
strike to freshman tailback Mark
Weaver.
A holding penalty nullified the
points and Dave Mancosh, of
Pittsburgh, Pa., eventually
missed a 28-yard field goal at-
Game At A Glance
LEH RUT
First downs 16 17
Net yds rushing 85 309
Net yds passing 268 132
Total yards 353 441
Passes attempted 40 17
Completed 21 8
Intercepted by 1 2
Punts 5 5
Avg. distance 36 39
Fumbles lost 0 3
Yds. penalized 72 71
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing                                     att yds avg
Edwards.R 24 131 5.4
Weaver, L 12 77 6.4
Heilman, R 1 64 64.0
Fisher, R 8 57 7.1
Gardner.L 11 35 3.2
Passing att   comp   yds   td
Alleva.L 37    21    268    1
Kosup,R 17      8    132    1
Receiving no.   yds   td
Liptak, L   7 103 0
Bryan, R 4 55   0
Willard,L 3 55 0
Henshaw, L 3 44 0
Handschue, L 3 24 0
Gardner.L 3 23 1
LEHIGH 0    10      6    0—16
RUTGERS 0    14    16    7—37
L—Alleva 4 run. Mancosh kick.
R—Edwards 2 run. Blackmon kick.
L—FG 25 Mancosh.
R—Twitty 14 pass from Kosup. Blackmon
kick.
R—FG 33 Blackmon.
L—Gardner   8   pass   from   Alleva.    Kick
missed.
R—Edwards 17 run. Kick missed.
R—Fisher 51 run. Blackmon kick.
R—Heilman 64 run. Blackmon kick.
Attendance—17,500.
Lehigh players:
Tight ends—Lechner, Henshaw.
Off. tackles—Case, Orcutt.
Off.    guards—Kress,    S.    Bigach,    Sonon,
Schulze.
Centers—Ellis, Randolph J. Bigach.
Quarterbacks—Alleva, Sterrett.
Running backs—Gardner, Weaver, Haynes.
Wide       receivers—Handschue,       Liptak,
Willard.
Def. ends—Ross, Von Bergen, Piel.
Def. tackles—Willey, McKinney, Fendryk.
Linebackers—Probst,     Mullane,     Gruver,
Zini, Healy, Gift.
Def.   backs—Dutt,  Armstrong,   Addonizio,
Tracy, Kelly, Kukawski.
Placekicker—Mancosh.
tempt.
Rutgers couldn't move the ball
and Lehigh took over again on its
own 30 minutes later following a
punt. The Engineers charged to a
first down at the Rutgers 5,
chiefly on Alleva aerials of 32 and
19 yards to Liptak, but two runs
by Rod Gardner of Maplewood,
N. J., and a pass in the right flat
could add only three yards. On
fourth down another aerial was
unsuccessful.
The Scarlet was forced to punt
and Lehigh had possession on the
Rutgers 31 late in the quarter.
Gardner, Weaver and Alleva
carried to the 20 and a pass to
tight end Mike Lechner, of Little
York, N. J., picked up 12 yards to
the four. Alleva scored on a
keeper over right tackle and
Mancosh added the point for a 7-0
advantage early in the second
session.
Rutgers then ground out its
initial first down of the afternoon
and moments later quarterback
Bert Kosup bootlegged the ball
around left end on a 46-yard dash
to the Lehigh 2. Curt Edwards
drove across the goal line and it
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Czech Five
Here Nov. 25
International basketball,
featuring the Czechoslovakian
National Team, will be offered at
Grace Hall on the Lehigh campus
Monday, Nov. 25.
The Czechoslovakian squad,
which will be on tour, is
scheduled to face the Lehigh
varsity at 8 p.m. Tickets, all
reserved and costing $2, are to be
placed on sale Oct. 23. Students,
including junior high, high school
and college, will be able to
purchase a ticket for $1. They will
be available at Lehigh's regular
ticket office in Taylor Gym and at
other locations in the area on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Lehigh student, faculty and
staff ID cards will not be honored
for this game.
Lehigh will be the first northeastern stop for the
Czechoslovakian players who
begin their U.S. trip Nov. 9
against Marquette at Milwaukee,
Wis. Contests follow against
Lakeland College at Sheboygan,
Wis., Wisconsin, Notre Dame,
Tulane, LSU, Northeastern
Louisiana, Southeastern
Louisiana, Northwestern
Louisiana and Jacksonville
before the Lehigh appearance
Nov. 25.
After their Grace Hall game
they have contests at LaSalle and
Kings and play in a tournament
at Stony Brook, Long Island.
They leave for home Dec. 6.