South Mountaineer Volume 21, Issue 23

              Vol. 21 — No. 23
APRIL .5, 1979
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Reichenbach No-Hitter Opens
!
Baseball Season; Team 4-4
Footballers Practice;
Spring Game Apr. 28
Lehigh spring football practice,
suspended during spring
vacation, resumed April 2 on the
Saucon Fields.
Four drill sessions, principally
for newcomers to the varsity
squad, were held March 19-22
with approximately 65 candidates on hand.
The rusumption of practice
found lettermen and other
veterans of the 1978 squad
reporting for the first time.
Sessions are scheduled through
Saturday, April 28, when the
annual spring game will be held
in Taylor Stadium at 1:30 p.m.
Two veterans, learning new
positions, were active in early
drills. They were hard-running
Lieberman,
Weaver Win
Lehigh grapplers Mark
Lieberman (180.5) and Bobby
Weaver (105.5) won U.S.
Wrestling Federation national
championships March 24 at
Madison, Wis., on the second day
of the annual federation tournament. Both were representing the
New York A.C.
March 28 they competed in a
dual meet against the Russians at
Kings College with Lieberman
winning his bout and Weaver
losing to a world champion.
Lieberman met the same opponent April 1 in the finals of the
World Cup matches at Toledo,
Ohio, and was pinned. Earlier he
defeated Cuban, Japanese and
African opponents.
Atlanta Alumni
To Hear Steck
John Steckbeck, associate
director for intramural sports
and recreation at Lehigh, will be
the principal speaker April 10 at a
dinner meeting of The Atlanta
Lehigh Alumni Club in Swain's
Steak House, 81 Peachtree Park
Drive NE, Atlanta, Ga.
Mike Hemp of 4832 Lake Fjord
Pass, Marietta, Ga., phone 922-
6764, is reservations chairman.
John Champagne of 570 Valley
Lane NE, Atlanta, is club
president.
NEXT ISSUE
The next issue of The South
Mountaineer will be published
April 16.
letterman Joe Rabuck of
Philadelphia, Pa., moving from
fullback to halfback, and Rich
Titus of Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
moving from defensive end to
defensive tackle.
Rabuck, 5-11 and 195 pounds,
was impressive as a reserve fullback in 1978 as he carried the ball
56 times for 226 yards (4.0) and a
touchdown. He also caught five
passes for 28 yards, seeing action
in 11 games as the Engineers
went 8-3.
Titus, 6-1 and 240, made the
shift to tackle without much
trouble, demonstrating a lot of
agility for a big man. He saw
some action last year as a
replacement on the wings.
Newcomers impressing the
staff included offensive tackle
Kevin Greene, 6-3 and 240, of
Jersey City, N.J., linebacker Ken
Rosen, 6-0 and 215, of Elmwood
Park, N.J., defensive tackle Matt
Morgan, 6-2 and 220, of
Waynesburg, Pa., a former linebacker, defensive end Russ
Becker, 6-3 and 225, of Riegels-
ville, Pa., and Palisades High
School, and tight ends Paul
Anastasio, 6-2 and 202, of Camp
Hill, Pa., and Tim Miller, 6-4 and
215, of Allentown, Pa., and
William Allen High School.
These men will be sophomores
for the 1979 campaign and all
played on last season's junior
varsity team with the exception
of Greene who is reporting for the
first time.
REICHENBACH
Tracksters Open
Lehigh University's track team
will carry a 16-match winning
streak into its opening test of the
season Saturday, April 7, on the
Saucon Fields against Temple,
Colgate, East Stroudsburg,
Bloomsburg and Trenton State at
noon.
John Covert, moving into his
12th campaign, has posted seven
winning seasons with a total of 43
victories and 25 defeats. Lehigh
was undefeated in 1971, 1976 and
1978. The Engineers dropped
their opener two years ago to
Temple, won seven later matches
and were 9-0 last spring.
John Whitehead Honored
John Whitehead, Lehigh head
football coach, was honored
March 17 by The Scotland School
of Scotland, Pa., at Carlisle, Pa.
Whitehead is an alumnus of
The Scotland School, Class of
1943, and he began his coaching
career there as line mentor in
1950 after serving in the Navy
during World War II and
graduating from East Stroudsburg State College.
The school honored him as a
distinguished alumnus, citing his
four-year playing career at East
Stroudsburg and his successful
coaching career which includes a
national Div. II title-winning
team at Lehigh in 1977. Prior to
joining the Engineer staff in 1967
he was head coach at Stroud
Union High School, Stroudsburg,
Middletown, N.Y., High School
and Carlisle, Pa., High School.
He became head coach at
Lehigh in 1976 and his three-year
record with the Engineers is 26-
10.
A sizeable Lehigh delegation of
alumni and university administrators attended. Maurice
Heckler, who was head football
coach and assistant superintendent at The Scotland School
when Whitehead was an undergraduate, was among the
speakers. Heckler has since
retired.
Establishment of the John
Whitehead Award, which will be
given each year to the school's
most outstanding scholar-athlete,
was announced. Whitehead
received a silver tray from the
school and a trophy from other
members of the Class of 1943. His
wife, Bernice, was given a sketch
of the campus.
Turns Back Armstrong State;
Lehigh, Lafayette Divide
Veteran righthander Doug
Reichenbach, of Flemington,
N.J., opened Lehigh's 1979 baseball season with a no-hitter in
Savannah, winning 4-1 over
Armstrong State in the first game
of the squad's annual spring
vacation training trip to Statesboro, Ga.
The Engineers dropped their
next three starts before an 11th-
inning home run by outfielder
Kenny Wood, of Trenton, n.J.,
gave them a 2-1 decision over
Methodist College at Fayet-
teville, N.C., on the way home.
They balanced the record at 3-
and-3 with a 7-1 triumph over the
University of Rochester in their
initial appearance of the season
on the Saucon Fields, dropped a
16-0 game to visiting Lafayette
and then bounced back the next
day to outscore the Leopards in
Easton, 11-8, and pull even again
at 4-and-4.
Righthander Mark Iorio, of
Trenton, N.J., went the route
against Rochester. Mitch Smith,
of Allendale, N.J., hurled the 11-
inning victory over Methodist
and a complete game in the
triumph over Lafayette.
Sophomore third-baseman Chris
Nagle, of Allentown, Pa.,
pounded out a 3-run homer and a
2-run single against the Leopards
and outfielder Glenn Troxel, of
West Lawn, Pa., had four hits.
Troxel led the Engineer batters
after their first eight contests
with a .379 average.
Reichenbach, in his no-hitter
over Armstrong, struck out four,
walked four and lost a shutout in
the fourth inning on an error,
steal infield out and sacrifice fly.
The split with Lafayette gave
Lehigh three triumphs in the last
four games against the Leopards.
The Engineers swept the 1978
twin bill, 8-7 and 3-2.
No-Hit Game
LEHIGH
ab r h
ARMSTRONG ST.
abr h
Ocorr dh
Markward rf
Nagle 3b
Wood If
Lawton If
Troxel cf
Lambert c
Bomgardner 1 b2 0 0
Butz ss 2 0 0
Robinson 2 b 3 0 1
Reichenbach p 0 0 0
Totals 25 4 s
41 2
41 1
3 1 0
2  0 0
0 0 0
2 1 0
3 0 1
Baker cf
Pickell ss
Norton If
Seitz rf
Conaway dh
Stanley 1 b
Ward c
Durkin2b
Sharpe 3b
Stone p
Kinder p
Totals
3 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
3 1 0
1  0 0
1 0 0
3 0 0
2 0 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 0
20 1   0
Lehigh. 001 0030—4
Armstrong 000 1000—1
E—Butz, Reichenbach, Armstrong,
Pickell, Durkln, Sharpe, Kinder. RBI-
Lambert, Stanley. 2 b—Ocurr. 3b—
Markward. BB—Reichenbach 4. SO—
Reichenbach 4. WP—Reichenbach. LP—
Kinder. Scorer: Sharl, Butz
LEHIGH
ab r h
Troxel cf
Ocorr dh
Nagle 3b
Wood If
6 3 4
4 0 0
51 2
3 1  0
Bomgardner 1 b3 1 0
Markward rf 3 12
Butz ss
Shannon c
Lawton pr
Robinson 2 b
Tersigni 2 b
Smith p
51 1
4 0 1
0 1 0
42 1
1 0 0
0 0 0
LAFAYETTE
ab r h
Duncan ss
Fruccl cf
Cook If
McMullen rf
Hartmann c
Ramsey c
Neborak dh
Hinterleiterlb 4 1 1
Eseppl 2 b 3 0 0
Little 3b 2 0 0
Welgel p 0 0 0
Fredlund p 0 0 0
51 1
41 1
543
51 2
4 0 0
0 0 0
50 0
Totals
37 1111    Totals
36 8 8
Lehigh 151 040 000—11
Lafayette 100 102 310— 8
RBI—Nagle 5, Markward 2, cook 2,
Neborek 2, Troxel, Shannon, Duncan, Mc
Mullen, Hinterleiter. WP—Smith. LP—
Weigel. Scorer—Butz.
LAFAYETTE
ab r h
Duncan ss
Frucci cf
Cook If
Freeland dh
Neborak dh
McMullen rf
Gray rf
Hartman c
Ramsey c
Zedalls c
52 3
52 2
51 1
2 0 0
3 2 2
52 1
1 0 0
4 0 1
0 1 0
0 0 0
LEHIGH
ab r h
Troxel cf 3 0 1
Dax Cf 1 010
Nagle 3b 3 0 1
Bomgardner lb4 0 0
Hinterleiter 1 b 4 1 0
Cohen 1 b
Eseppi2b
Ramsey 2 b
Little 3b
Watts p
0 0 0
3 42
0 0 0
51 1
0 0 0
421613
Wood If
Lambert c
Ocorr pr
Cassanell ph
Markward rf
Lawton rf
Butz ss
Shannon dh
Robinson 2 b
Craig 2 b
Reichenbach p 0 0 0
Miaavdted p 0 0 0
Cohen p 0 0 0
Tilton p 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 2
3 0 0
2 0 0
0 0 0
1 0 0
2 0 0
1 0 0
3 0 0
3 0 0
2 0 0
2 0 0
Lafayette 001 032 280—16
Lehigh 000 000 000— 0
ROCHESTER LEHIGH
ab r h ab r h
Gregory ss         4 11 Troxel cf 3 0 0
Schmidt 3b        3 0 0 Ocorr dh 2 0 0
Grabowski cf    4 0 0 Dax dh 110
Goyett If 4 0 1 Bombardner 1 bl 1 1
Rau dh              4 0 2 wood If 4 0 1
Spofford rf        4 0 1 Nagle 3b 4 0 3
Ryan c              4 0 1 Craig pr 0 0 0
Phelan lb         2 0 0 Lambert c 3 0 0
Murray lb        10 0 Shannon pr 0 10
Dichrlstlna 2 b 2 0 0 Butz ss 110
Albanese p        0 0 0 Casavell ss 10 0
Guzman p 000 Robinson 2 b 42 2
Markward rf 3 10
Lawton rf 10 0
Totals 32 1 6    Totals 2« 7 7
Rochester 000 100 000—1
Lehigh 040 000 21 x-7
RBI—Bomgardner 3, Ocorr, Robinson,
Markward, Goyett. WP—lorlo. LP—
Albanese. Scorer—Butz.
LEHIGH 000 1200—3
ARMSTRONG 003 010x—4
RBI—Markward 2, Troxel. 2 B—
Markward. WP—Aenchbache. LP—Smith.
Scorer—Butz
LEHIGH 0O0 000 000—0
SOUTHERN 003 000 60x—V
BB—Iorio, Miaatvedt 3. SO—lorlo 5,
Miaatvedt, Tilton. WP—Willis. LP—Iorio.
Scorer—Shari Butz
LEHIGH 010 200000—3
SOUTHERN 202  010 00x—5
RBI—Nagle. 2 B—Bomgardner. HR—
Nagle. BB—Cohen 6, Miaatvedt, Reichenbach 2. SO—Cohen, Miaatvedt. WP—
Godwin. LP—Cohen. Scorer Butz
LEHIGH 000100 000 01-2
METHODIST 001   000 000 00—1
RBI—Wood 2. 2 B—Troxel. HR—Wood.
BB—Smith. SO—Smith. WP—Smith. LP-
Bailey. Scorer—Butz