Brown and White Vol. 67 no. 1

              lehigh university brawn and white vol 67 — no 1 bethlehem pa friday september 23 1955 university 6-0331 gridders up for cornellians in ithaca opener tomorrow brown line strength to face fast red backs renewing a series that broke off back m 1947 and started m 1887 le high and cornell clash m ithaca n.y tomorrow afternoon m what should be a very interesting bit of warfare the big red reported to have the fastest set of backs m the his tory of the school is considering this game to be nothing more than batting practice for the following week's colgate contest the packers on the other hand will unveil an entirely rebuilt line and a partially new backfield but what will provide the best lehigh strength lies behind the starting eleven coach bill leckonby has more prospective stars on his bench than he has had m some time holding their first real live battle of the season last week m scrimmage against george washington university of washington d.c the brown 2nd white came out on top 13-12 but only after a last minute surge that netted them their final touchdown and the game winning extra point both teams played well on defense but both of them left out any good sign of offense except to signify that the offensive side needed a lot of practice leckonby has drilled his team to the bone during the past week m hopes that the scoring machinery of his club will operate at near perfection at least after the g w scrimmage he was pleased with his defense and the way his team came back m the clutch but he had every reason to be taken back by the offensive display lehigh's line this year is going to be the stronghold if the scrimmage work is any indication of the later season the line averages somewhere around 195 pounds with two large tackles at 220 pounds still open for question is the backfield at present leckonby has two returnees that saw action last year bob carrasquillo and bob naylor will be the starters m the halfback slots the fullback position is re served for a sophomore who seems to have filled it with ease walt pi jawka will hold down that position the big question still lies m the quarterback position leckonby has two good prospects m line for the post both john moyer and soph dan nolan are currently fighting for the post moyer is the present starter but by tomorrow nolan may have the job the whole story of lehigh football so far is m the line which is the best leckonby has had to work with for some time with army transfer bill doremus and soph pete williams accounting for 440 pounds of starting tackles the line is quite solid capt bruno pagnani turned m a very cre ditable performance m the colonial scrimmage m his guard slot pete johnson will be m the other guard position back to hold down the center berth will be alex maslowsky a 195 pound returnee from last season's line moose will be backed up by promising sophomore bill mclaughlin who will probably see a lot of action as maslowsky has been out of practice for several days due to a leg injury as m last year's opener for the engineers the brown and white will be definite underdogs with overconfidence as one of their most potent weapons for the big red from ithaca this is rated as a breather while for the big brown this game could make or break their season dan nolan sophomore quarterback picks up yardage for brown and white m saturday's scrimmage game with george washington university down field blockers include bill doremus 78 austin short 82 and alex maslowsky 53 the number of men downfield demonstrates speed and agility of big lehigh line which figured prominently m 13-12 victory for engineers m colonial scrimmage played under game con ditions lehigh scored the winning points m the last quarter when nolan tossed a pass to carrasquillo on the g w one-yard line coach bill leckonby head manager george christianson and cap tain bruno pagnani discuss strategy for tomorrow's opening tilt at ithaca with the big red from cornell pagnani will be starting at left guard for the strong brown line big forward wall to pace engineers by ray farkas we're not pointing for the cor nell game stated head coach bill leckonby following an hour-long scrimmage between the frosh and varsity squads last wednesday after noon m taylor stadium the varsity offensive unit appeared rugged but ragged against the inexperienced freshmen leckonby went on to qualify the remark — i dont mean that we're overlooking the cor nell game but if we should lose this saturday i don't want the team to feel too letdown the n.y herald tribune recently referred to saturday's tilt as a warm-up for the big red looking ahead to the second oppo nent on the brown and white's nine game schedule the veteran of ten masons as director of lehigh foot ball fortunes voiced the opinion that the delaware blue hens were ore lehigh's class the fact is that cornell is a little ** u t of our class delaware is more ou r class and i believe that the fame with them means more to le high but there will be no let-up m our efforts this saturday during the last 50 years the men from ithaca and the engi neers have met once cornell trounced the brown 27-0 m this 1947 contest the two teams met ten times previous to the 47 affair the ten meetings spanning the years from 1887 to 1904 le high won three lost six and tied one prospects for a winning season looked good to leckonby the boys are hustling a little more the backs and the team as a whole move faster than last year's aggregation this is a bigger team that we'll field this year continued the coach a check of the roster revealed that the 20 linemen average approxi mately 190 pounds with the seven probable starters across the forward wall some six or seven pounds heavier sophomore pete williams slated to start at right tackle ac cording to leckonby tips the scale m the neighborhood of 225 probable starting lineups engineers trip colonials 13-12 in scrimmage shaping-up for tomorrow's clash with cornell the engineers nipped highly-regarded george washington university 13-12 m a game scrim mage saturday at taylor stadium an 80-yard punt return by bob nayor and a 75-yard run by halfback john dobosh provided lehigh's scoring punch while the colonials picked up their tallies on a fumble and a bad fourth-down pass from center — both deep m lehigh territory the size and defensive effective ness of both forward walls prevent ed either team from getting up a sustained drive witnessed by sev eral hundred spectators the scrim mage was typical of an early-season workout m that it was liberally sprinkled by fumbles penalties and other miscues no kick-offs were used instead the ball was put m play at the 20-yard line lehigh's first score came when chico carrasquillo took a punt on his own 20 and handed it off to nay lor who scampered down the near chalk-line for the td after gw had gone ahead 12-6 an were m scoring position m lehigh territory dobosh inter cepted a colonial pass on the 15 and galloped 75 yards before be ing brought down quarterback dan nolan's pass to carrasquillo put the ball on the one and he carried it across on the next play on the extra-point attempt nolan juggled the ball but succeed ed m finding a receiver to pass for the winning margin see strong page 2 l ehigh "<* carney le cornell stan intihar i_t clarence la bonte tom akins rg rt frank vadney al hall ihl re gerry knapp qb bill de graaf hb dick jackson fb cy benson hb dick meade