Brown and White Vol. 66 no. 1

              leckonby hits substitutions in 1-platoon ball the lehigh gridders travel to charlottesville tomorrow to open their 1954 campaign against the university of virginia kickoff is at 2 p.m at scott stadium the biggest problem facing the brown and white coaching staff is depth particularly in the forward wall coach leckonby has an nounced his intention to base his offensive attack on a strong passing game with senior quarterback tom gloede throwing and bob clark and tom faillace on the receiving end coach leckonby will count heavily on sophomores to handle both start ing and second string roles tom faillace pass snaring end from mama roneck n.y is the only member of last year's strong frosh team assurred of a starting berth although alex maslowsky at center and bob nay lor at right halfback are both po tential starters the brown and white line will be built around a core of seasoned vet erans but will be thin in depth in experienced sophomores will be substituted in case of injuries dave walters last year's lead ing ground gainer will be in the left halfback slot while chico carrasquillo 170 pound speed ster will probably hold down the right half position harry stotz captain of the 54 squad will start at fullback and he will stand ready to relieve tom gloede senior quarterback barney wiley senior tackle is the only returning tackle with experi ence while lou principe a con verted guard is expected to hold see sophs page 6 even before the 1954 football sea son gets under way lehigh parti sans are looking ahead to the 1955 campaign the chief topic of interest or concern centers around the open ing clash with cornell at ithaca on sept 24 the brown and white en gages the big red in the thir teenth game of a series which was halted in 1947 coach lefty james charges have been em broiled in a rebuilding process which should pay dividends this year and certainly next after the opener lehigh will go on to face three more newcomers temple and virginia military insti tute will travel to south mountain for the first time while albright will play host to lehigh for the first time since 1916 mainder will be raised from alumni and friends and it is hoped that it will be collected by the spring of next year dr whitaker added that there are many unsolved prob lems such as finding space for the present classes taught in packer hall but he is sure that none of them are unsurmount able packer hall is one of the oldest buildings on campus dr whitaker stated that it is 90 years old and that they are assured that it is good for another 200 he feels that because of its sturdiness and long lehigh tradition it is an ideal choice for the new center as the second season of one pla toon football opens there is still dissatisfaction being voiced by the small college coach and lehigh's bill leckonby is one of the dissent ors addressing the season's first meeting of the football writers association at toots shors in new york leckonby revealed that a survey made by adam walsh bowdoin coach showed dissatisfaction with the current rule of limited substitutions eastern coaches at small colleges were in favor of a change by two to one leckonby said this does not necessarily mean he explained that they wish to return to two platoon football but rather to some modified form of one platoon foot ball from his own experience leckon by believed injuries to be more pro nounced under restricted substitu tion than in previous year's of two platoon play i have also found that at lehigh there were fewer re porting for practice than in other years this puts a bigger premium on fewer boys who in turn have to work harder benny friedman of brandeis disagreed with leckonby fried man said the rules which went into effect in 1953 should be tried for at least another year probable starting lineups a new 300-man dormitory and a university center will make their appearance on the lehigh campus within the next two years president whitaker announced wednesday at convocation services that two new structures will be built and packer hall will be renovated the new dormitory will be situated between taylor hall and delta tau delta and will cost about 1,500,000 with the addition of the new dorm the quonset huts will come down and the sophomore squeeze which forces about half the non fraternity sophomores into town each year will be eliminated dr whitaker said that the pur pose of the new dorm is not to increase the undergraduate en rollment but to improve general conditions packer hall will be completely re done and will be part of the new univesity center this center will contain a snack bar and a cafeteria it will provide a place for local stu dents to congregate in order to bring the commuting student closer to campus activities the total cost of the new center and the dorm will be about 2,400,000 of this amount 200,000 has already been put aside the re 3-route choice for va game anyway you figure it the distance to charlottesville is around 300 miles but the route you choose may make a time difference here are three possibilities 1 go north on center st bath pike to route 22 bypass going west stay on 22 through har see list page 6 lehigh virginia bob clark e fred moyer tom faillace e ray quillen lou principe t carl schelhorn barney wiley t henry jordan bruno pagnani g frank fannon will hansen g john polzer jim o'connell c owen meadows tom gloede qb bill bonney dave walters hb herb hartwell chico carrasquillo hb henry strempek capt harry stotz capt fb herman gatling wlrn to air game wlrn will broadcast tomorrow's game between lehigh and the uni versity of virginia with the first part of the program originating in drown hall and the game itself from virginia's campus the program will start at 1:30 p.m with pre-game statistics from the campus studios at 2:15 the sta tion will switch to the game itself jim bevan and phil salter will be the announcers volume 66 — number 1 lehigh university brown and w hite gridders clash with virginia in 1954 opener tomorrow friday september 24 1954 lehigh university bethlehem pa quarterback tom gloede is on the receiving end of an aerial as coach dave dockham demonstrates how it should be done for tomorrow's opener at virginia practice sessions moved from steel field to taylor as the brown intensified practice in an effort to win their first opening game since the undefeated sea son of 1950 gloede's passing could be the key to success photo by charles muchmore new dormitory here in 2 years cornell heads 55 schedule brown lacking depth in line backfield shines capt harry stotz