The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania • 69

THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16. 1986 C5 LeMmh urals BnacikBieii 17-7 to weon recor STATISTICS BU LEH First downt 14 19 Rushing yardage 45 137 Passing yardage 165 216 Passes 15-29 1S-27 Passes intercepted by 0 0 Punts Fumbles lost 0 1 Yards penalized 68 45 Bucknell 7 0 0 0-7 Lehigh 3 0 14 0- 17 Leh Beattie 41 FG Beecham 15 run (Barimo kick) Blum 4 run (Beattie kick) Casten 15 pass from McGowan (Beattie kick) 7- ri 4 i 1 The host Engineers did grab an early lead, as Mike Beattie connected on a 41-yard field goal on Lehigh's first possession to cap a 10-play, 67-yard drive. But the first 30 minutes mostly looked like proof of the pre-game rumor that Bucknell was an improved football team. The Bison directed by a talented junior quarterback in Jim Given marched from their own 27 and in for a score on a mere five plays at the end of the opening quarter. Given got the drive rolling when he rushed out of the pocket and scampered 34 yards to the Lehigh 38 yard line.

Tailback Earl Beecham then roared through a major hole for 23 yards, and came right back on the next carry for a 15-yard TD jaunt around right end. Steve Barimo booted the PAT and Bucknell led 7-3. Roger Faison's 23-yard kickoff return after halftime gave the Engineers decent field position at their own 36. Nice catches by split end' Greg Casten and flanker Steve Ellis for 13 and 16 yards, respectively plus several nice pops on the ground by durable tailback Lee Blum (125 yards rushing on 27 carries) worked the ball down to the Bucknell 4-yard line. Blum plowed in on the next play, Beattie took care of the extra point, and Lehigh took the lead for good at 10-7.

Good pressure and pass coverage forced Given to run the ball three By MARK WILL-WEBER Of The Morning Call Don't look now, but the price of poker just went up for the fast-approaching Lehigh-Lafayette game. While the underdog Leopards iwere losing up at West Point (56-48), Lehigh overcame the first half "slows" and corraled the Bucknell Bison contingent to the tune of 17-7 at Taylor Stadium. And after yesterday's gridiron "returns" were in, both Engineers and Leopards are now 5-5 and a winning season has been tossed on the line for Saturday's noon showdown on College Hill a rivalry that needs added incentive about as much as a five-alarm fire needs gasoline thrown on it. Bucknell came after Lehigh in the first half a blitz of Orange and Blue blur that kept sophomore quarterback Mark McGowan off balance. Bucknell took a 7-3 edge to the locker room, but the Bison also failed to capitalize on a number of other opportunities all of which allowed Lehigh to regroup at intermission.

"We looked for the 'heat' blitz and burned them in the second half," said Lehigh coach Hank Small. "In the first half, we weren't letting Mark do what he does best against the blitz, which is throw deep." went to Bucknell." Meanwhile, the Lehigh defense was on Given like poison ivy on a Boy Scout. Left tackle Mike Kosko and soph linebacker Hite led the sack patrol with three each, and the team racked up nine total. Kosko and Hite (12 tackles on the day!) also accounted for seven other stops for losses against Bison backs. And while Bucknell tumbled to a 3-7 record despite some close losses against good football teams Lehigh stock is soaring and perhaps just at the right time.

It was the third straight Engineer victory and gives Coach Small and the troops a shot at a much-desired winning season. "Back when we were 2-5, this is where we wanted to get to," said Small. "We've got a good football team and we're getting better. At this stage of the season, you either grow or you get worse." Having lost three straight games now, Lafayette can hardly be said to be "growing." But Small stresses recent trends will be "out the window" when Engineers and Leopards scratch and claw for the 122nd time the most-played rivalry in collegiate football. All of which shows that even though Hank Small has not yet been to a Lehigh-Lafayette game, he certainly has the pre-game coaches' rap (translation: Don't knock your archrival before the game, no matter what) down perfectly! '1 hlfA 4 -i Lvr MIKE BARNAK The Morning Call Lehigh quarterback Mark McGowan (1 3 sidesteps a Bucknell defender.

A times straight on Bucknell's next possession, but then linebacker Chris Hite broke in for a big nine-yard sack and the visitors stalled and were forced to punt. Lehigh added what proved to be an insurance score late in the third period, starting with 5:16 left from its own 20-yard line and driving 80 yards in eight plays. McGowan did a great job of picking up the Bison blitz, connecting on a key pass with senior tight end Randy Miller (back from injury) from midfield down to the BU 25. Two plays later McGowan hooked up with Casten for the TD pass on a post pattern. Beattie kicked the PAT for the 17-7 advantage.

"They blitzed and I was against one-on-one coverage," said Casten, who snagged four for 71 yards and the TD. "And 'McGoo' McGowan just lofted the ball to me This game was personally important to me, because I had two brothers that deep into the right corner for a 21-yard TD strike and Lafayette was up 14-0 with 4:43 left in the first quarter. But before visions of a black day for the Black Knights spread any further, Army blasted its way back with three TDs in the next 5:24. Crawford and Benny Wright scored on short TD runs and then Crawford (3-for-4, 123 yards passing) showed off his arm with a 50-yard strike to Benny White that put Army up to stay with 13:42 left in the first half. Each team added a touchdown before halftime and then the two clubs continued to scorch Michie's astro-turf surface in the second half.

Army always managed to stay a service break ahead in the football game which more clearly resembled a tennis Third-string tailback Jim Adams helped ignite the Leopard offense with 100 yards on 21 carries and one TD. And Lafayette, fighting back furiously, closed to within eight on a nine-yard TD pass from Struncius to Ryan Priest with 1:50 to play. But the pass for the two-point conversion failed as did an ensuing onsides kick attempt try. Lafayette's READY SUNDAY, 10 A.M.! Warriors complete worst season (1 -9) NEW HAVEN.Conn. Typical of the way it played all year, East Stroudsburg University squandered countless chances yesterday and dropped a 17-0 season-ending decision to host Southern Connecticut.

The loss was the ninth in 10 starts and doomed the Warriors to the worst season in school history. Still, ESU showed some encour- aging signs for next year in making a brilliant goal-line stand at the start of the second half and also threatening three times in the last quarter but to no avail. The Owls (6-3) scored in all but the third quarter in dealing the Warriors their third shutout loss of the valiant upset effort had come up just one offensive possession short. "At no time was our lead safe," Warriors got another good job from Gary Garver, who gained 72 yards on 18 carries. With 54 seconds left in the first quarter, Southern Connecticut took a 3-0 lead on a 40-yard field goal by Darren DiFlorio after Dan Mykov-ich had tossed Owls quarterback Dennis Wade for a 17 yard loss.

Chris Gerhard returned the ensuing kickoff 41 yards across midfield but the Warriors attack stalled and Mike Augustin's 50-yard field goal attempt was blocked. He also missed a 35-yard shot on the next series. Later, the Owls pushed 46 yards in four plays to score with Wade going over on a keeper from the 8 for a 10-0 halftime lead. The Warriors stopped Southern Connecticut at the 1 on a fourth-down play to start the second half but were turned away at the Owls' 31, 35 and 41 later on. get them." Even if it means splitting headaches for fans and coaches alike.

II Your Car Winterized EFGoodrich Trailmaker 4-Ply Wyester Snow Tires P15580D13 $32 t-1 It 3f i I (O) I mini I in STATISTICS ES sc 17 268 74 5-18 2 2 75 First downs 10 Rushing yardage 66 Passing yardage 83 Passes 11-42 Passes intercepted by 1 Punts Fumbles lost 1 Yards penalized 28 ESU 0 0 0 0- Southern Connecticut 3 7 0 7 SC DiFlorio 40, field goal. SC Wade 8, run. (DiFlorio kick). SC Campbell 47. run.

(DiFlorio kick). 0 17 season. They piled up 268 yards on the ground to set a school mark for rushing. Bill Clancy provided the punch. He rushed for 119 yards on 19 carries and has 950 on the season.

The admitted Young. "Lafayette was tough all the way through. We're discouraged to give up so many points, but we'll take wins any way we can II QD II You By ETGoodrich XLM-HT All-Season Belted Radial White-walls P15580R13 $37 runy By KEITH GROLLER Of The Morning Call WEST POINT, N.Y. It's a good thing the Cadets only blast the cannon when Army scores in Michie Stadium. If they had done it for both teams yesterday afternoon, then some 40,088 people would have certainly left with splitting headaches.

As it was, Lafayette and Army surely had heads spinning as the two teams combined for 104 points in a 56-48 Cadet victory that they will undoubtedly be talking about for some time along the banks of the Hudson River as well as on College Hill. STATISTICS A First downs 24 23 Rushing yardage 163 335 Passing yardage 319 123 Passes 23-33 3-4 Passes intercepted by 0 1 Punts 4-33 2-36 Fumbles lost 5-1 4-2 Yards penalized 10 50 Lafayette 14 7 14 13 41 Army 14 21 14 7- 56 Evans 3 run (Renzi kick) Johnson 21 pass from Struncius (Renzi kick) A Crawford 3 run (Waiker kick) A Wright 5 run (Walker kick) A White 50 pass from Crawford (Walker kick) A Peterson 1 run (Walker kick) Johnson 5 pass from Struncius (Renzi kick) A Crawford 2 run (Walker kick) A Crawford 37 run (Walker kick) Swan 11 pass from Struncius (Renzi kick) A Crawford 5 run (Walker kick) Priest 15 pass from Struncius (Renzi kick) A Jones 13 run (Walker kick) Adams 11 run (Renzi kick) Priest 9 pass from Struncius (pass failed) The 104 points marked the highest scoring game in Army's storied football history, while for Lafayette, only a 140-0 shellacking by Princeton in 1884 had more points scored. In all honesty, Army's point total wasn't surprising. Lafayette had given up 42 points in each of its previous two games to weaker offenses than the one it faced yesterday. Army quarterback Tory Crawford was expected to have a big day and he did with 208 yards rushing on 28 carries and four TDs.

But what was so startling was that Lafayette nearly matched the Cadets touchdown-for-touchdown and actually outgained Army (482 yards to 458) even with Bruce Mcln-tyre, the club's 1000-yard rusher, sidelined with an arm injury. It was a contest that Army (5-5) expected to have underwraps soon after the skydivers had landed during the pre-game show. Cadet Coach 'i'lHAII 11 Fvw vJUMb IN bUIMDAY, MUINUMY, lUtbUAY! Don't Let Winter Take EiPQoodrich Trailmaker Radial Belted Snow Tires P15580R13 $39 tlasts 56-48 Jim Young hoped he could give some seldom-used seniors some playing time in their final home games. Instead, Army had to use its starters all the way through the chilly afternoon. Thus, it was not surprising that the Lafayette locker room had a winners' feel to it afterwards, even though the Leopards dropped their third straight game and to 5-5 on the season.

"I know that we gave them a scare," said Leopard Head Coach Bill Russo, whose team still needs a win over Lehigh next week to earn a sixth straight non-losing season. "I'm proud of our kids. We knew how tough their offense would be and they were every bit as talented as we thought they were. But our kids did everything they could to hang in there. They dug down deep and made the big plays all day regardless of being three touchdowns down or whatever." Although it was easy to forget in the scoring onslaught that ensued, Lafayette actually had a 14-0 lead in the first quarter before the fans and the cannon warmed up.

The Lafayette defense actually got it going with one of the few good defensive plays of the game on Army's first possession. With a fourth-and-one at the Leopard 41, Army was left inches short when Mike Joseph came up from strong safety to stop Clarence Jones on a handoff up the middle. The Leopard offense, in a replay of the Colgate and Penn games, then scored on its first appearance. Lafayette went 59 yards on 13 plays with quarterback Clayton Evans rolling around the left side on a keeper from three yards out for the score. Evans was in for that play only because Paul Struncius had the wind knocked out of him on the previous play.

Struncius would regain his wind and go on to have his finest day as a Leopard with a 23-for-33 passing performance that added up to 319 yards (the second highest single-game passing yardage by a QB in Leopard history) and a school record five touchdown passes. Struncius would get the first of those TD passes just two plays from scrimmage after the Leopards' first TD as Keith Grant forced a fumble on Army's kickoff return and Mike Shumaker fell on the ball at the Cadet 22. Struncius hit Jimmy Johnson Fluid motion no jarring impact on bones and joints. Avoids running related injuries. Excellent for weight control and body tone.

SEE OUR COMPLETE LINE OF CROSS COUNTRY SKI EXERCISERS Starting at 95 1 1 LUFGoodrich Radial TA All-Season Steel-Belted Tires P17570SR13 $56 SIZE I NOW P18580R13 $45 P17575R14 $46 P18575R14 $48 P19575R14 $52 P20575R14 $54 P20575R15 $56 P21575R15 $58 P22575R15 $61 P23575R15 $65 SIZE I NOW P16580D13 $37 P17580D13 $38 P18575D14 $40 P19575D14 $43 P20575D14 $46 P21575D14 $47 P20575D15 $47 P21575D15 $49 P22575D15 $52 P23575D15 $55 SIZE I NOW P16580R13 $45 P17580R13 $47 P18580R13 $51 P17575R14 $50 P19575R14 $55 P20575R14 $57 P20575R15 $59 P21575R15 $62 P22575R15 $63 P23575R15 $70 SIZE I NOW P18570SR13 $63 P19570SR13 $65 P20570SR13 $69 P18570SR14 $69 P19570SR14 $71 P20570SR14 $76 P21570SR14 $79 P22570SR14 $83 P23570SR14 $86 P21570SR15 $81 P22570SR15 $86 P23570SR15 $89 P25570SR15 $97 The Fitness Master Year-round tread design Heavy-duty steel belts Super traction for safer winter driving TOTAL SYSTEM FOR CARDIOVASCULAR FITNESS. Simulates cross-country skiing, regarded by fitness authorities as the top cardiovascular exercise. Rated higher than jogging, swimming biking. i till Deep tread for conditions harsh road SAVE Winterize Your Car With A Cooling System Flush 1988 reg. 24.95 Drain and flush system, pressure test for leaks, refill with new antifreeze, more.

Most cars. SAVE 54! Front End Alignment Insures Proper Handling 1788 re9- 21-95 I inst. Well set car to proper specifications on toe-in, camber and caster. (Fnonj wheel ttive an3 light trucks extra SAVE Automatic Transmission Fluid And Filter Change 2188s Replace pan gasket and transmission filter, inspect for wear, and more. Most cars.

SAVE'5! Improve Your Ride With Monroe-Matic Shocks 1488 reg. 19.S5 These most popular replacement shocks come with a lifetime warranty. Most cars. NO TRADE-IN NEEDED TIRE PRICES INCLUDE MOUNTING 11? HESS DOWNTOWN, 433-0800; HESS SOUTH, 791-0841: HESS NORTH, 264-4533; HESS 8 WESTGATE, 865-6353. HESS PALMER PARK, 258-4307 Not all sizes in stock at all stores.

Services available starting Monday.