South Mountaineer Volume 19, Issue 16

              Vol. 19 — No. 16
FEBRUARY 1, 1977
BETHLEHEM, PA.
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Lehigh Comeback Sinks Navy Matmen
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Cagers Trim Bucknell In ECC Contest
Freshmen Provide Big Boost;
Brown Nears Point Record
Charlie Brown moved closer to
Lehigh's all-time basketball
point-scoring championship Jan.
29 with 25 markers as the
Engineers turned back Bucknell
at Grace Hall, 78-69.
Some 1,200 fans watched the
afternoon contest. They also saw
the Lehigh JVs post a triumph
over the visiting Bisons, 67-66.
Brown, senior co-captain from
Morristown, N.J., increased his
career scoring to 1,197 and this is
only 45 points short of a record
(1,242) set by Bob Fortune from
1968 through 1970.
Earlier in the week he netted 13
during another of the close
defeats which have plagued the
Grid Drills
Monday
It's later than you think.
Lehigh begins spring football
practice Monday (Feb. 7) with
Coach John Whitehead expecting
95 candidates to participate.
Drills will be held outside when
possible, and in the Saucon Field
House when iiclement weather
dictates.
Sessions are scheduled at 4:3G
p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays, and at 10 a.m.
Saturdays. The time period is
Feb. 7 through March 12 although
work may be concluded before
that termination date. An intra-
squad game has been scheduled
for Saturday, March 5 at a time
and site to be determined.
The first week of drills will be
devoted to freshmen moving
up from last season's JV squad,
newcomers to the program and
veterans figuring in position
changes. The balance of the
squad will report Feb. 14.
Engineers this season, 73-69 at
Delaware.
Against Bucknell the
Engineers converted 18 of 19 free
throws and received a big assist
from freshmen coming off the
bench. Frank Hillman of Mont-
clair, N.J., produced six points,
Jeff Vandemark of Mawhah,
N.J., had 10 and Brian Cam-
person of Haddonfieid, N.J.,
chipped in with eight.
Lehigh stepped out to a 20-11
lead, had this spread reduced to
39-37 at halftime and fell behind
after the intermission. The
Engineers regained the lead and
salted the decision away with an
eight-point burst for a 53-45
margin. f/
Bucknell challenged again but
Lehigh held control the rest of the
way.
The Engineers worked set
patterns very well at crucial
stages of the contest, frequently
breaking men underneath for
layups. Ray Green, of
Washington, CC, and Brown had
six rebounds apiece,and senior
co-captain Paul Brandenburg of
Iselin, N.J., had five.
The week's work gave Lehigh a
1-1 East Coast Conference record
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LEHIGH
Griffin 6-0-0-12, Clifford 4-0-0-8, Hillman 0-6
6-6, Camperson 3-2-2-8, Vandemark 4 2-2-10,
Brown 11-33-25, Green 0-4-4-4, Brandenburg
2-1-2-5. Totals 30-1819-78.    I
BUCKNELL
Muller 3-1-1-7, Flannery 3-6-6-12, McNichol 2-
0-3-4, Purnell 1-2-2-4, Oristaglio 0-00-0, Betts
0-0-0-0, Sigl 1-0-0-2, Callaway 2-2-2-6, Barry
10-0-0-20, Clark 6-2-3-14. totals 28-13-19-69.
Halftime: Lehigh, 39-37.
LEHIGH
Griffin 0-2-2-2, Clifford 40-0-8, Hillman 6-2-2-
14, Vandemark 2-9-9-13, Driza 1-11-3, Brown
6-1-2-13, Green 5-2-5-12, Brandenburg 2-0-0-4.
Totals 26-17-21-69.
DELAWARE
Fischer 6-2 214, Mancini 3-2-2-8, Meccariello
1-3-5-5,   Downie   4-5-6-13,   Morgan   0-0-0-0,
Purcell 2-2-2-6, Carluccio 6-2-2-14, Cook 5-0-1-
10, Forrest 1-1-1-3. Totals 28-17-21-73.
Halftime: Lehigh, 37-31.
Basketball Dinner Feb 9
A reception and dinner
honoring Lehigh's basketball
squad, and coach Brian Hill, will
be held Feb. 9 in the University
Center sponsored by The Home
Club and The Lehigh Club of
Allentown.
The reception begins at 5:30
p.m. and the dinner at 6:15 p.m.
Guests then will attend a Lehigh-
Lafayette basketball game at
nearby Grace Hall which starts
at 8 p.m. Cost of $5 per person
includes reception, dinner and a
ticket to the game.
Accepting reservations for the
Home Club are Cas Camarda of
1985 Easton Ave., Ben Reinoehl of
10 Moreland Ave., and Joe Workman of 1455 Dartmouth Drive, all
Bethlehem, Howard Frost, Jr., of
2045 Allen St., Allentown, is
handling Allentown Club
reservations.
Reception
Lehigh's basketball
coaching staff will host a
post-game reception, on
the upper level o(f Grace
Hall, Feb. 9 following a
contest against Lafayette.
Faculty, alumni and
friends are invited.
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JOHN COVERT
Expansion
Of Duties
For Covert
John N. Covert, 46, a native of
North Tarry town, N.Y., and a
member of Lehigh's athletic staff
since 1967, has been named
assistant director of athletics
effective immediately.
The appointment was announced by Preston Parr, dean
and vice president for student
affairs at Lehigh, and Bill
Leckonby, director of athletics at
the University.
The appointment represents an
expansion of Covert's responsibilities in the athletic department
where he will continue to serve as
head coach of track and cross
country. He will assist Leckonby
in the administration of the
University's program of 22 intercollegiate varsity sports, intramural athletics, and
recreation. -
A few of his specific responsibilities will be overall supervision
of the Saucon Valley Fields
athletic complex, including the
new field house and other
facilities, and long-range departmental planning for facilities and
programs. He also will be involved administratively with
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Frick Travels
Two-time NCAA champion
Mike Frick, a Lehigh star from
1973 through 1976, is a member of
an American all-star AAU
freestyle wrestling team competing in Russia and Poland.
Other team members are Tim
Cysewski, Dave Schultz, Brady
Hall, Laurent Soucie, Tom
Hazell, Bob Walker and Wade
Schalles, competing and
coaching the unit.
Lieberman, Brown, McCorkel
Wrap Up Impressive Victory
Lehigh wrestlers started and
finished strong Jan. 29 to thump
Navy before 3,000 rooters in
Grace Hail, 25-16.
It was the ninth victory of the
season for the Engineers, against
only two losses, and it cemented
their claim as the top collegiate
wrestling team in the East.
Navy (8-3) picked up an
unexpected six points early in the
meet, on an unusual disqualification, and this enabled
the Middies to carry a 16-11 lead
into the last three bouts.
Coach Thad Turner had his star
trio of Mark Lieberman (177),
Mike Brown (190) and Don
McCorkel (Hvy) of Hershey, Pa.,
primed for the task, however,
and they pulled the Engineers to
victory picking up a fall and two
major decisions.
Lieberman began the late
onslaught with a 16-7 trouncing of
Jack Hanson. Brown pinned
talented Greg Cooper in 6:58 and
McCorkel polished off Nick
Mygas, 8-0.
Earlier Steve Bastianelli, of
Georgetown, Del., had whipped
Terry Ruddy 13-10 in their 118-
pound opener, Lance Leonhardt
had rallied to beat tough Mike
Beck 7-5 at 126, Pat Sculley had
registered a routine 5-0 decision
over Larry Kihlstadius at 150 and
Nils Deacon of Howell, N.J., had
battled veteran Roger Fleischer
Mark Lieberman
All-Star Choice
Undefeated Mark Lieberman,
of Lehigh, has accepted an invitation to compete in the 11th
annual NCAA East-West All-Star
wrestling meet Feb. 7 at Oregon
State.
Lieberman, of Allentown, is a
veteran of international competition who has an 8-0 record this
winter at 177 pounds. In the all-
star meet he'll participate at 167.
He missed six bouts this season
because of a knee injury suffered
early in December.
Since returning to the lineup he
has beaten opponents from East
Carolina, North Carolina, North
Carolina State, Iowa State,
Pittsburgh and Navy.
This will be the sixth time that
Lehigh has been represented in
the all-star action. Mike Caruso
won in 1967 and Mike Frick was a
winner in 1973 and 1976. Dick
Meyer lost in 1970 and Terry
DeStito was defeated in 1975.
Wally Johnson, of Minnesota, is
selecting and coaching the East
team.
to a 2-2 draw at 167.
The disqualification, which
gave Navy a second chance after
the Middies had fallen behind 6-0
and were in danger of being
soundly battered, came at 134
and lifted the visitors into a
surprising 6-6 tie.
Bob Sloand of Landing, N.J.,
heavily favored to whip Ken
Graber and quite possibly pin
him, dropped his man hard on the
McCorkel's victory gave
the senior tri-captain a
share of Lehigh's all-time
record for total regular-
season victories. Mike
Frick established the mark
of 54 from 1973 through
1976.
McCorkel, 13-1 this
winter, is 54-14-1 in regular-
season bouts.
edge of the mat after only 11
seconds of wrestling. Graber's
elbow hit off the padding, on the
hardwood, and he suffered an
injury which made it impossible
for him to continue. Referee
Pascal Perri disqualified Sloand
and declared Graber the winner.
Navy took two of the next three
bouts, at 142 and 158, to turn what
was shaping up as a rout into an
uphill struggle for the Engineers.
Greg Cunningham of Livingston,
N.J., wrestling his first bout for
Lehigh, did well against EIWA
runnerup Tom Bauer at '42
before bowing, 3-2. Mark Stauffer .
of Hummelstown, Pa.,
representing the Engineers at
150, was outscored by Navy ace
John Althans, a national place-
winner, 24-11.
Brown, beaten only by 310-
pounder Bob Fouts of Iowa State,
brought the Grace Hall crowd to
its feet with a roar in his 190-
pound victory over the veteran,
highly-regarded Cooper. He was
down 3-1 in the third period, and
locked in a figure-four, when he
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LEHIGH 25, NAVY 16
118—Steve Bastianelli, L, dec. Terry Ruddy,
13 10.
126—Lance Leonhardt, L, dec. Mike Beck, 7-
5.
134—Ken   Graber,   N,   was   a   winner   by
disqualification over Bob Sloand in 0:11.
(Graber   was   injured   and   unable   to
continue when dropped by Sloand at the
edge of the mat).
142—Tom Bauer, N.dec. Greg Cunningham,
3-2.
ISO—Pat Sculley, L, dec. Larry Kihlstadius,
5-0.
158—John Althans, N, dec. Mark Stauffer,
2411.
167—Nils Deacon, L, and Roger Fleischer
drew, 2-2.
177—Mark Lieberman, L, dec. Jack Hanson,
16-7.
190—Mike Brown, L, pinned Greg Cooper in
6:58.
Unl—Don McCorkel. L, dec. Nick Mvqas, 8-
0.
Retprco    Pa'.cal Perri