South Mountaineer Volume 22, Issue 09

              Vol. 22 — No. 9
NOVEMBER 6, 1979
BETHLEHEM, PA.
Lehigh Shuts Out Post, 17-0,
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Retains Playoff Berth Hopes
Alumni Planning
Usual Activities
Alumni clubs across the nation
are scheduling their traditional
Lehigh-Lafayette pre-game
events, including the special
broadcast, as follows:
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7
Lehigh Club of Southern New
Jersey: Joint Lehigh-Lafayette
dinner meeting at Tavistock
Country Club, Tavistock Lane,
Tavistock, N.J. Reception 6:30,
dinner 7:30. $9.50 or $11. Guests
will be Barbara Lipkin, assistant
director for women's athletics at
Lehigh, Susan Bschorr George,
newest staff member of the
Lehigh Alumni Office, and Barb
Young, women's basketball
coach at Lafayette. Al (Chuck)
Cook, 2081 Harbour Dr.,
Palmyra, N.J., phone 829-0286,
handling reservations.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14
Lehigh Club of New York:
Annual victory party at the
Chemists Club, 52 East 41st St.,
New York City, 5:30 p.m. Hot and
cold hors d'oeuvres and beer,,
cash bar. $4, $7, no charge classes
'78 and '79. Speaker will be
associate wrestling coach Gerry
Leeman. Lehigh football films.
Doug Henning, Compu-Serv
Ninth Floor, 1211 Avenue of the
Americas, NYC, handling
reservations.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 14
Southeastern Pa. Lehigh Club:
Joint Lehigh-Lafayette banquet
at the Scotch 'n Sirloin, Plaza 2
Twenty 2,3225 Fifth St. Highway,
Laureldale, Pa. (New location).
Reception 6:30, dinner 7:30. $7.50.
Guests will be head football
coach John Whitehead and
assistant coach Barry Fetterman. Jeffrey C. Herr of
Moore, McLain, Nally and
Shumak, 409 Penn St., Sinking
Spring, Pa., handling reservations. For information phone
Mark Caltagirone at 375-3082.
THURSDAY, NOV. 15
Lehigh Club of Philadelphia:
Annual Beat Lafayette dinner at
Williamson's, The Madison
House-Presidential Apartments
across from the Marriott at the
Schuylkill Expressway and City
Line Ave. Reception 6:30, dinner
8 p.m. $5 to members of classes
'75-'79 and their spouses, or $7.75.
Guests will be assistant football
coaches John Luckhardt,
.iefensive coordinator, and Joe
Sterrett. Lehigh football films.
Mike Glasheen, 1700 Widener
Bldg., 1339 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, phone 241-1800, handling
reservations.
THURSDAY, NOV. 15
Central Pa. Lehigh Club: Joint
Lehigh-Lafayette pre-game
banquet at the Hershey Country
Club, East Derry Rd., Hershey
(New location). Reception 6 p.m.,
dinner 7 p.m. $10. Guests to be
announced. Burton H. Snyder,
Hershey Foods, 19 E. Chocolate
Ave., Hershey, phone 938-1940,
handling reservations.
FRIDAY, NOV. 16
Lehigh Club of Northern New
Jersey: Annual pre-Lafayette
game sports lunch at the Essex
Club, 52 Park Place, Newark,
N.J. Reception at noon, luncheon
at 12:30. $7.50. Guests will be
Thad Turner, National wrestling
coach-of-the-:year for 1979, and
NCAA champion Mark Lieberman. Football season review by
Denny Diehl of the Alumni Office.
Bob Fetterman, 71 Oakview Ave.,
Maplewood, N.J., handling
reservations. For information
phone Ron Johnson at 201-361-
6297.
GAME BROADCASTS
Chicago Lehigh Club: home of
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Game At
LEHIGH 7 7 3 0—17
CWPost  0 0 0 0—0
L—Rabuck 1 run. Iobst kick.
L—Plucinsky 1 run. Iobst kick.
L—FG 33 Iobst.
Attendance: 10,000
Leh CWP
First downs 16 10
Net yds. rushing  215 102
Net yds. passing  32 51
Total yards 247 153
Passes attempted 7 14
Completed 3 5
Had intercepted 0 1
Punts 4 8
Avg. distance 30 24
Fumbles 2 3
Fumbles lost l 3
Penalties 5 5
Yards penalized 57 42
THE SOUTH
MOUNTAINEER
Editor—Joe Whritenour
THE  SOUTH   MOUNTAINEER
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INFORMATION. Sam Connor '49,
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An alumnus may receive The
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the Alumni Assn. office.
Lehigh University's varsity
intercollegiate program includes
22 sports
Division 1-AA
Football Poll
(Week of Oct. 29. Ratings are
released each Wednesday)
Pts.
l.Grambling 6-2 45
2. Jackson St. 6-1 42
3. Boston U. 6-1  39
4. Murray St. 7-1-1  36
5. Fla. A&M 5-2  33
E.Kentucky 6-2 33
7. LEHIGH 6-2 25
Montana St. 5-3 25
9. Massachusetts 5-2 18
lO.AlcornSt. 5-2 18
Morehead St. 5-1-1  18
ECC Cross Country
Jim Knight and three other
Bucknell runners captured four
of the top five spots and ran away
with the East Coast Conference
cross country championship at
Lafayette.
Bucknell totaled only 18 points
to second-place St. Joseph's 74.
Lehigh's 78 was third.
A Glance
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing att yds avg td
Bennett,P 17    77   4.5   0
Plucinsky,L 18    74   4.1   1
Bernstein,L 14    56   4.0   0
Ford,L 10    31   3.1   0
Passing att cmp int yds td
Buschi.P 9    5    0    51   0
Andres.L 7     3    0    32   0
Receiving                  cgt   yds   td
Capone.P 2    31    0
LEHIGH PLAYERS
Offense: Split ends—Yeager, Lewis. Tight
ends—D.Rarig, Nikles, Anastasio. Tackles—
Melone, Scheuer, Greene. Guards—
Mahlbacher, Miksiewicz, Manning,
Bruxelles. Centers—Sltar, Path. Quarterback—Andres. Halfbacks—Rabuck,
Evanko, Bernstein, Plucinsky, Rogusky.
Fullbacks—Ford, Romeo, Ricketson.
Placeklcker—Penski.
Defense: Ends—Crowe, Butkus,
Kowalonek, Becker. Tackles—Yaszemski,
Petkus, Titus. Linebackers—McCormick,
B.Rarig, Dorrow, Rosen, Iobst. Halfbacks—
D'Annibale, Marck, Mills, Tuohey, Verost
Safety—Conley, Dunn. O'Sullivan,
v>acellara, Ryar
Engineers Trying To Catch
BU In 1-AA Rating Race
Lehigh, a football team which chance a couple of minutes later
relies   heavily  on  defense  and but they couldn't advance and
ball-control, produced plenty of Ted   Iobst,   of   Emmaus,   Pa.,
both last Saturday to score a 17-0 muffed a 37-yard field goal try.
shutout over visiting C. W. Post Iobst later kicked one from 33
and remain in contention for an yards out, after converting after
NCAA   Div.   1-AA   post-season each touchdown,
playoff invitation. In the second quarter Lehigh
The Engineers went into action drove from midfield to the Post 2
ranked   seventh   nationally   in only to be stopped on downs but
their division but trailing only Dorrow's first fumble recovery
one other eastern hopeful, Boston one play later, at the same spot,
University, which was third. The returned    the    ball    to    the
Terriers   kept   moving   at   the Engineers.      Halfback      Steve
expense of Holy Cross, 16-7. Plucinsky,  of Wallington, N.J.,
NCAA officials will select a took two smashes at the line. He
four-team   field   for   the   1-AA picked up one yard each time and
playoffs Dec. 8 and 15 including the second one got the ball into
one representative from each of the end zone for a 14-0 lead with
its three divisions  (East,  West 5:48 remaining in the half,
and   South)   plus   one   at-large The Engineers marched again
entry. The title game, Dec. 15, in the third stanza, from midfield
will be played at Orlando, Fla. to the Post 15 before running out
In their latest victory, which of gas, and Iobst kicked his field
upped the season record to a goal from the 23, a 33-yard boot
strong 7-and-2, the Engineers ran including the end zone distance.
80 plays,  73   of  them  on  the Early in the fourth period Post
ground, for 247 yards. Post had recovered a Lehigh fumble on the
the ball for only 54 chances, in- Engineer 26 and moved to the 12
eluding 40 rushes, for 153 yards. before returning the ball on a
The defense blocked one punt to bobble   recovered   by   Dorrow.
set up a  touchdown,  partially Lehigh then organized one of its
blocked two others, intercepted a most    impressive    ball-control
pass and recovered three fum- efforts   of   the   season.   The
bles, one of which set up the other Engineers advanced 87 yards on
TD.  They also turned in four 19 plays, all on the ground, before
quarterback sacks. a fourth-down pass at the Post 1
Linebackers Jim McCormick failed to find the mark,
of  Millville,   N.J.,   and   Bruce Although the threat failed it left
Rarig  of  Whitehall,   Pa.,   and less than two minutes to play and
tackle   Eric    Yaszemski    of nailed down the victory.
Harrison, N.J., spearheaded the The Engineer defense snapped
defense.  McCormick   had   10 a streak for star running back
tackles,   a   sack,   a   fumble Tom Bennett, of Post, who had
recovery  and   the   pass   inter- netted more than 100 yards in his
ception. Rarig had nine tackles last five contests. He carried 17
and blocked the punt which set up times for 77 yards, three more
the first score. Yaszemski was than Plucinsky who led Lehigh's
credited with 11 tackles. ground attack with  18 for 74.
Dave  Dorrow,   a   linebacker Halfback  Jeff  Bernstein,   of
from Bethlehem, Pa., recovered Randallstown, Md., had a good
one fumble to set up a touchdown day for the Engineers with 14
and another to halt Post's most attempts for 56 yards. Neither
serious scoring  chance  at  the team did much of anything in the
Lehigh 12-yard line in the fourth air.
quarter. .          .             _
Rarig   charged   in   to   block Lambert  Cup
Post's second punt of the day
deep in Pioneer territory  and FOOtboll   Poll
teammate Bob Mills, a defensive
back   from   Philadelphia,   Pa., Pts.
returned   the   loose   ball   eight      l. Delaware 8-1  70
yards to the 1. The sturdy Post      2. Boston U. 7-1     60
defense held twice on thrusts at      3. LEHIGH 7-2 59
the middle of  the line before 4. Massachusetts 5-2              48
halfback Joe Rabuck,  also  of 5. Clarion 8-1                          :ih
Philadelphia,       managed      to «• Connecticut 2-4-2               -31
squeeze across on a third down 7. Indiana 7-2                      .2V
smash through right guard. 8. Lafayette 4-2-2 18
McCormick's fumble recovery      m Bucknell 4-3-1 15
gave  the  Engineers   another New Hampshire 5-2-2          i>