South Mountaineer Volume 26, Issue 10

              Vol. 26 - No. 10
NOVEMBER 15, 1983
BETHLEHEM, PA.
LU Sets Sights On Lafayette
Members OK Colonial Loop
Six-Team Conference Aiming
To Start During 1986 Season
The presidents of Bucknell,
Colgate, Holy Cross, Lafayette,
Lehigh and William and Mary
have announced that governing
boards at each of their institutions have given formal aproval
to a new football league to be
called the Colonial League.
The presidents had announced Sept. 22 that they were
discussing formation of the
League. League play is
expected to begin in 1986.
Enthusiasm for the Colonial
League runs high at Lehigh
where Coach John Whitehead,
Athletic Director Bill Leckonby
and President Peter Likins are
staunch supporters of the concept. The primary impact of the
new league on Lehigh football
will be the introduction to the
annual schedule of William and
Mary, Holy Cross, and several
Ivy League teams.
The new Colonial League has
reached an interleague scheduling agreement in football with
the Ivy League. Ivy League
teams will schedule the majority of their non-league games
with teams from the Colonial
League. The Colonial League
will develop policies and standards compatible with those of
the Ivy League in football.
Teams in both the Colonial
League and the Ivy League are
members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's
Division I-AA.
Howard Swearer, president of
Brown and the current chairman of the Ivy Group said:
"The presidents of the Ivy
League welcome the formation
of the new football league by colleges which share our philosophy of sports and our view of
the role of athletics in higher
education. We believe it is a constructive step for them to create
a new league in which they may
adopt policies and procedures to
safeguard and further their
common athletic perspective
and goals.
"Members of the Ivy League
have scheduled football games
with these colleges on an irregular basis for 3 number of years.
We now look forward to closer
association in our athletic
relationships with these sister
institutions, and to scheduling
with them the majority of our
non-Ivy League football
games."
The purpose of the new league
is to bring together a group of
institutions of higher learning
that share comparable academic standards of admission
and achievement and historically long commitments to
intercollegiate athletics. The
presidents and governing
boards of the Colonial League
schools are committed to four
guiding principles:
—Student athletes in football
will be representative of the
total student body in each institution, in general academic
achievement and overall educational experienpe.
—Standards of admission and
criteria for financial assistance
for student-athletes will result
in the development of football
teams that will provide balanced and fair competition
among the members of the
Colonial League and the Ivy
League on a continuing basis.
—Member institutions will
fully share information about
both academics and athletics.
—The presidents and governing boards of the member institutions will exercise full
responsibility for the policies
and standards of the Colonial
League.
The members of the new
league are all located within the
original thirteen colonies, as
are the members of the Ivy
League.
Committees comprising
representatives from all the
Colonial League schools
already have begun the work of
implementing League policies
and objectives.
Football
LEHIGH 3 14 0 0—17
E.Strdsbg 3   0 0 0—3
L-FG 24 Scott.
E—FG 48 Pingatore.
L—Jeffries 3 pass from Horn.
Scott kick.
L—Benn 34 pass from Horn.
Scott kick.
Attendance: 9,500
L ES
First downs 22 11
Net yds. rushing ...... 114 7
Net yds. passing 266 163
Total yards 380 170
Passes attempted 36 43
Passes completed.. 19 14
Had intercepted 2 4
ES Beaten, 17-3; Engineers,
Leopards Await THE GAME
RENNIE BENN
. .another record
Award-Winners
Weekly football staff coaching awards, following the East
Stroudsburg game, went to
tackle Terry Bollinger
(offense), corner back Blair
Talmadge (defense) and placekicker Dave Melick (special
teams).
Two touchdown passes by
quarterback Marty Horn, one of
them resulting in a record-
setting catch by split end Rennie Benn, shared the spotlight
with a solid defensive effort as
Lehigh's football team downed
East Stroudsburg, 17-3.
It was the Engineers' fourth
victory in a row, the sixth in the
last seven starts, and gave them
a 7-and-3 record going into the
annual shootout against
Lafayette Saturday in Taylor
Stadium at noon.
Lafayette raised its mark to
6-and-4 with a victory over Kutztown, 28-13.
The Engineer defense shut
down East Stroudsburg's
ground game, limiting the Pa.
Conference eastern division
champions to only seven yards
of net rushing, and 163 in the air.
Lehigh's offense, despite handicapping itself with three lost
fumbles and two interceptions,
manage to get 114 yards running
and 266 passing.
Both   Lehigh   touchdowns
came in the second quarter to
shatter a 3-3 stalemate. The
first ended a 32-yard drive after
a short Warrior punt into blustery winds. Freshman tailback
Joe Svede, of Mt. Bethel, PA,
ripped off runs of nine and 13
yards, and fullback Doug Ertz
of West Lawn, PA, and Horn
carried to the 3-yard line.
Horn then ran wide off the left
side, found his way blocked and
flipped the ball to reserve tight
end Bob Jeffries of Hershey,
PA, for the TD. Kicker Jim
Scott, of Boonsboro, MD, converted for a 10-3 lead.
An exchange of punts followed the ensuing kickoff before
corner back Blair Talmadge, of
Philadelphia, PA, intercepted a
pass to give Lehigh possession
on the East Stroudsburg 44. The
Engineers moved to the 34 in
three tries and on a first-down
play Horn arched the ball to
Benn for another touchdown.
Scott's extra point made it 17-3,
ending the day's scoring with
5:35 remaining in the first half.
When Benn grabbed the scor-
Next Issue
Publication of next week's
South Mountaineer will be
delayed one day, until Tuesday,
to permit coverage of the NCAA
cross country tournament
which Lehigh hosts Monday
(Nov. 21) on the Saucon Fields.
LAMBERT CUP STANDINGS ^S^^"^?™'
(WEEK OF NOVEMBER 14) (Continued on Page 2)
Pts
1. Holy Cross 9-0-1  60 AlllIIlNoteS
2. Colgate 7-3  54
3. Boston U. 7-3 47 MONDAY, NOV. 28
4. New Hampshire 7-3 38 Lehigh Club of Long Island:
5. LEHIGH 7-3 36 Dinner at the Hofstra Univer-
6. Harvard 5-2-2 34 sjty club, Hempstead Turnpike,
7. Pennsylvania 5-3-1 22 Hempstead, NY, in conjunction
8. Lafayette 6-4 20 with Lehigh men's and women's
9. Rhode Island 6-4 11 basketball  games  at Hofstra
10. Northeastern 5-4-1 2 that night, the women at 5:30
Dartmouth 4-4-1 2 and the men at 7:30.
Wm. & Mary 5-5 2 Reception with cash bar at
5:45, dinner at 6:30. $11.50. Spe-
^a^                     a   .     a    f^ | cial guest Joe Sterrett, admis-
C W fll IT"I ££   A T   £\  C qui d 81PA sions   counselor   and   former
-W ««■<■'■*»  #-».■   *-»  -vb««>b«»W assistant football coach. Ron
Lipetz, 99 Waverly Ave., Apt.
Svede-L 5   66   ° 7G, Patchogue, NY, phone 475-
Ertz-L 4   17   ° 0613, chairman.
Benn.L  3   82   1
LEHIGH PLAYERS WEDNESDAY, DEC. 7
Offense: Split ends—Benn, Mullen. Lehigh Home Club: "Fast-
Tight ends-Hunt, Jeffries. Tackles- break'' basketball reception fol-
J.Thompson,  Bollinger,  Exarchakis,       i„.„:„„   0 „„„.„   „„,,:.,„*
Hallick   Guards-L Williams,   Bear, lowln8   8   Pm-   iame   aSamst
Uliana, Murphy. Centers—Whitehead, Navy at Stabler Center. Second
Snyder,  Szymanski.  Quarterbacks- floor   foyer   above   the   main
Horn, Semler. Fullbacks-Ertz, Tarn- entrance <S4ariiilts $7couDle $1
buro.Cirucci.Tailbacks-Svede.Opet. entrance. >4aauits, »/coupie,M
Wingbacks-Hunsberger, Davidson. children.    Persons   making
Placekickers—Scott, Melick. advance reservations, by Dec.
Defense:   Outside linebackers— 2,   receive   free   game   ticket.
™telH' Th.i,U,erka*uf' hZim7,n^' Greg Falkenbach, Suite 301A, 65
E.Williams. Tackles—Kasbar, Zlock, °                             _.!;.. .
Kosko.   Middle   guards-Walton, E. Elizabeth Ave., Bethlehem,
Tylutki.  Inside linebackers—Shito, PA, 18018, phone 865-7875, chair-
Santangelo   Supp,  Gillespie. Corner man   Tickets for tne reception
backs—Talmadge, Mecca, Isla, Tho- f
mas, Bellantoni.  Safeties-OHagan, also   W1H  be  available   at  the
Gum, Cichocki. Ragimierski. game.
Punts 7 7
Avg. distance 33 35
Fumbles 6 2
Fumbles lost 3 1
Penalties 5 5
Yards penalized  35 36
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing att net avg td
Svede.L 26   76   2.9   0
OpetL 6   19   3.1   0
Walker.ES 10   10   1.0   0
Passing        att com int yds td
Horn.L 35   18   2   247   2
Diskin,ES....21   11   3   112   0
Baranek,ES..22     3   1     51   0
Receiving cgt yds td
Benoit.ES 7   61   0