South Mountaineer Volume 15, Issue 06

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Published by the Lehigh University Alumni Association
Vol. 15 — No. 6
OCTOBER 17, 1972
BETHLEHEM, PENNA.
Defense Stars As Lehigh Gridmen
Hand Bucknell First Setback, 21-0
14,000 Fans
See Parents
Day Battle
Defense was the name of the
game Saturday as Lehigh knocked
Bucknell from the undefeated
football ranks with a convincing
21-0 decision before 14,000
Upperclassman Parents Day
spectators in Taylor Stadium.
The Engineers (3-3) blanked
the Bisons (3-1) for the second
straight year. Last season the
tally was 23-0 at Lewisburg, Pa,
It was a crucial contest for
both teams. Lehigh, battling for
another winning campaign, now
needs three triumphs from among
Penn Gettysburg, Colgate,
Rochester and Lafayette, Bucknell went into action ranked
second behind Delaware in the
Lambert Cup scramble.
Lehigh's defenders, overshadowed while the Engineers
continue a streak in which they
now have scored double-figure
totals in 22 consecutive contests,
picked an opportune time to come
up with their first whitewashing
of 197 2,
The offense, although managing
to put 21 points on the board,
had a spotty afternoon as quarterback Kim McQuilken, of Allentown, Pa,, couldn't hit receivers
with his usual accuracy. A fine
running job by tailback Jim Farrell, of Massena, N.Y,, and the
superb defense enabled the
Engineers to keep moving,
Farrell picked up 110 yards in
21 carries, the first time a Lehigh
runner has gone over the century
mark this year. Sophomore fullback Tim McDonough, of South
Orange, N.J., did well as a
reserve for Bob Stewart, of
Lansdale, Pa,, when the latter
was shaken up early and sat out
most of the game. McDonough
gained 33 yards on eight tries.
Actually the defense was so
good that no points were
necessary from the offense,
Safetyman Mark Mitravich, of
DuBois, Pa., took care of this
when he returned an intercepted
pass 70 yards for a touchdown.
Quarterback Bob Bianchi, a
highly-touted sophomore who had
led the Bisons to victories over
Gettysburg, Maine and Drexel,
couldn't keep Engineer defenders
off his neck long enough to
accomplish much on Saturday.
He completed 15 of 33 passes
for 151 yards, creditable enough,
but threw the TD interception
to Mitravich in the second
quarter and was caught eight
times behind the line. The hard-
charging Lehigh defense forced
seven Bucknell fumbles, recovering four of them.
McQuilken, who seems to set
records even on days which are
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TYPICAL OF LEHIGH'S outstanding defensive effort against
Bucknell was this play as tackle Bruce Pohlot (73) and wingman
Larry Coffman (81) of the Engineers throw Bison star Mitch Farbstein
considered only "average" for
him, completed 14 of 34 tosses
for 189 yards and a touchdown.
He gained three yards on one
running attempt but was
caught for a 21-yard loss on a
scramble in the fourth quarter
and this resulted in 171 yards
total offense.
This gave him his eighth
Lehigh record, advancing his
total yards career figure to
3,139 to better a standard of
3,037 established by All-
American quarterback Dan Nolan
from 1955 through 1957.
Bucknell never got inside the
Lehigh 35-yard line on its own,
although a fumble punt gave the
Bisons possession at the 34 late
in the third quarter. Bianchi
passed to Phil Meltzer on the
19 and Bob Langan picked up
three to the 16 before the
Engineer   defense   took   charge
once again. End Len Maddox, of
Mt. Vernon, N.Y., sacked Bianchi
for a 13-yard loss back to the 29
and      the     Bisons     eventually
for a loss. The 210-pound fullback
seven attempts.
relinquished the  ball   on downs
at the 24,
Maddox,   end   Larry  Coffman
of    Frederick,    Md.,    and    two
Booters Split Pair
Lehigh soccermen, after
making Rutgers their first victim
of the season, 4-0, dropped a 2-1
cliff-hanger at Drexel on Saturday for their fifth loss in six
starts.
Coach Tom Fleck's booters
trimmed the Scarlet with fresh-
Coach's Comment
" We 're down 1-5 but we haven't,
given up hopes of a winning
season. There still are seven
games to play."
 Tom Fleck, soccer
man Dave Williams, of Pennington, N.J., ramming home a pair
of markers and goalie Pete
Torgensen, of Westfield, N.J.,
getting the shutout.
Paul Degen, of Wantagh, N.Y.,
tallied for the Engineers against
Drexel only to have the Dragons
snap a 1-1 deadlock on a goal by
Stan Sotirchos with nine minutes
remaining in the game.
Lehigh has its biggest test of
the season tomorrow (Oct. 18) on
the Saucon Valley Fields against
nationally-ranked Pennsylvania
at 3 p.m.
R unners In Full Stride
Tim Steele of Denville, N.J.,
fighting off illness, finished
second and Wayne Rogers of
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., despite a
pulled leg tendon, placed fifth as
Lehigh's harriers turned back
West Chester and Millersville in
a   triangular  at West  Chester.
The Engineers prevailed over
West Chester, 25-30, and
Millersville, 22-36. Bill Showers
of West Chester was the
individual winner in 25:06 over
the five-mile route.
Jim Barnes, of Denville, and
Dave Cope, of Fogelsville, Pa.,
helped   Lehigh   with   a   tie  for
seventh   and    Rick    Bourie,   of
Coach's Comment
"Winning the triangular, with
Tim Steele and Wayne Rogers
both below form, was quite
remarkable. Tim was near dropping out twice but stayed in there
for a second-place finish. Wayne
held the early lead but after
pulling a leg tendon he had to
drop back, still finishing fifth."
 John Covert, cross country.
Springfield, Mass., placed 10th.
Coach John Covert's squad
(8-1) shoots for its ninth and
tenth triumphs of the season
Friday, Oct. 20, against Fordham and Princeton at Van
Cortlandt Park, New York City,
at 4:15 p.m.
The summary:
1. Showers (WC) 25:06; 2.
Steele (L); 3. Bradley (M);
4. Dawson (WC); 5. Rogers (L);
6. Baynow (M); 7. Barnes (L)
and Cope (L); 9. Marquette (WC);
10. Bourie (L).
could grind out only 14 yards on
blitzing linebackers -- Roger
McFillin of Philadelphia, Pa.,
and Larry Warren of White
Plains, N.Y., -- teamed with
tackles Tom Benfield of
Boyerstown, Pa., and Bruce
Pohlot of Valhalla, N. Y., to
demolish BucknelPs running
game.
Mitch Farbstein, the Bisons'
battering-ram, 210-pound fullback, was held to only 14 yards
in seven attempts. Tailback Dick
Diez led the visitors on the
ground with nine carries for
37 yards. Greg Wright, a
smaller but quicker fullback than
Farbstein, carried the ball seven
times for six yards. Lehigh
defenders were crashing into
Bucknell runners at the line, or
behind it, and nailing them for
53 yards in losses.
While the defense was getting
standing ovations on several
occasions as it trotted off the
field, the offense got itself untangled for a 86-yard scoring
drive in the second period.
Farrell began the drive
modestly enough with a five-
yard pickup and McQuilken, on
second down, scrambled and
dodged back into the shadow of
the goal posts before spotting
Schlegel and firing him the ball
for a 33-yard gain to midfield.
Seven plays later the Engineers
had a fourth-and-seven at the
Bucknell 31 and McQuilken threw
11 yards to split end Norm
Liedtke of Verona, N.J.
McQuilken fired  13 down the
middle to Schlegel, at the seven,
and  Farrell  swept  left end for
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