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C4 THE MORNING CALL, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1987 fTT Ml 16-151 ssed PAT haunts Lehigh in OSS bad snaps, one on a field goal, anoth the sunny afternoon. By KEITH GROLLER Of The Morning Call Lehigh recorded nine quarterback sacks four by linebacker Chris Hite alone prompting Princeton Coach Steve Tosches to say, "At times, they just flat out beat us up on the line. We couldn't STATISTICS I First downs 22 I Rushing yardage 30-152 38-29 Passing yardage 166 309 Passes 18-33 25-31 Passes intercepted by 0 3 Punts 5-41 7-29 Fumbles lost 1-0 3-1 Yards penalized 1W7 M8 Lehigh 1 12 0-15 Princeton 3 7 3 3 FG Goodwin 36. FG Beattie 22. Blum 34 run McGowan pass failed).

Judd Garrett 1 run (Goodwin kick). Blum run (McGowan pass failed). FG Goodwin 38. FG Goodwin 39. only 160 yards and was Intercepted three times, all by free safety Dean Cain.

The deep passing game was there," said Small. "Lee Blum caught one down the pike for 33 yards and it was there a few other times, but the ball's gotta get there. We threw a duck on a play that drew a pass interference, but he the defender Cain should've never been able to catch up to the ball "We got behind the defense by about eight yards, but you throw up something like that an underthrown pass and it becomes a 15-yard penalty instead of a touchdown. That's six points we lost" The game seemed destined to be a close, hard-fought affair from the opening kickoff. The teams exchanged field goals in a flag-filled first quarter.

Lehigh's Beattie kicked a 22-yarder and Princeton bad a touchdown nullified by penalty and settled for Goodwin's first of three field goals. Both offenses got it going in the second quarter. Lehigh had one drive stopped when McGowan was intercepted by Cain in the end zone. with a thunder-bolt-type 65-yard, seven-play drive capped by Blum's nine-yard run. Having failed in their try of a two-point conversion, the Engineers settled for a 15-10 lead.

Goodwin connected on a 38-yar-der to pull Princeton to within 15-13 with 38 seconds left in the third period. Still, Lehigh appeared in position to post its third straight win over the Tigers, when it drove to the Princeton 26 with under three minutes to play. However, McGowan was Intercepted by Cain at the Tiger 2. With 2:25 left the Tigers started their winning drive. In the drive Garrett hit brother John for 14 yards on a 4th and 8 play and then after a five-yard loss, Garrett ran off four straight completions of 10, 9, 15 and 10 yards to move the Tigers to the Lehigh 21.

Only eight seconds remained, however, after the last completion and it took an official's timeout for a measurement to stop the clock. The stoppage gave Goodwin some time to get on the field and set up for his game-winner. However, a few minutes later the Engineers made it into the end zone safely as Blum turned a 4th-and-l carry into the 34-yard TD run. Blum took a pitch to the right side, followed key blocks by fullback Rich Curtis and tight end Tom Mar-ron and had a clear path to the end zone after hurdling defenders at the line of scrimmage. "The line just did a great job! There was a lot of running room," said Blum who rushed for 126 yards on 26 carries and caught six passes for 61 yards.

Princeton, averaging 186 more yards per game than a year ago offensively, came right back with a 70-yard, seven-play drive that was keyed by the Garrett boys. First, Judd caught a 31-yard pass from Jason to the LU 24. Two plays later John gained 21 yards on a re- verse to the Engineer 2. Judd took it from there, scooting around the right end on a 1-yard TD run. Goodwin's placement his 53rd straight PAT put the Tigers up 10-9 with 4:09 left in the half.

The Tiger lead didn't last long, however, as Lehigh stormed back er on the extra point; there the one-point difference) right there," said Lehigh Coach Hank Small The blown extra point came in the second quarter after Lehigh (3-3) tailback Lee Blum scored on a 34-yard touchdown run. Holder Mark McGowan, the Lehigh quarterback, couldn't handle the Tow snap cleanly and had to throw into the end zone in desperation, but the ball was knocked away. When Blum, who set a career-high for all-purpose yardage in one game with 269, scored on a 9-yard run later in the same period, Lehigh tried to compensate for the earlier missed PAT by going for the two-point conversion. However, McGo-wan's pass was again batted down. So, instead of the 17 points that usually come with two TDs and a field goal Mike Beattie booted a 22-yarderin the first quarter Lehigh had just 15.

For awhile, it appeared as though the 15 points would be good enough to win. The Engineer defense, particularly the front seven men, played exceptionally well much of PRINCETON. N.J. With Halloween just around the corner, this is the season for ghouls and goblins to haunt people. But for a football team, there can be nothing more haunting than a missed extra-point Lehigh knows all about those "missed PAT ghosts" as a botched point-after-touchdown yesterday proved costly in a heartbreaking 16-15 loss to Princeton at the Tigers' Palmer Stadium.

Oh, the Engineers will surely have plenty of haunting images of the Tigers' Rob Goodwin booting a 38-yard field goal on the final play of the game, along with the several clutch pass completions in the final two minutes that gave Goodwin a chance. But Lehigh players and coaches alike will undoubtedly lose sleep in the week ahead, rehashing their own mistakes and blown opportunities with the missed extra-point heading the list. "All the breakdowns hurt us mistakes in the kicking game, two budge them." When quarterback Jason Garrett (25-for-31 for 309 yards, no interceptions) did get time to throw, he often found one of his brothers either halfback Judd or split end John. Garrett's counterpart, McGowan, had a much more difficult time. He struggled through a 17-for-32 day for summed by IBBy Jays Kutztown rolls over top'D' Kew 17 7 KUTZTOWN CHEYNEY By GARY R.

BLOCKUS Of The Morning Call Alexis Carrington-Colby may be the devil-come-to-life on ABC's Dynasty, but Alexis Malas was the devil-on-the-spot at Muhlenberg Field yesterday. Malas passed for two touchdowns and riddled Muhlenberg's secondary for 328 yards as Johns Hopkins defeated the Mules 29-13 before 4,000 stunned Homecoming fans in a crucial Centennial League game. Joe Svede rushed for 106 yards and a touchdown to help Kutztown thwart Cheyney 17-7. Svede's 105 yards came on 23 carries. He also caught three passes for 46 yards as Kutztown (2-4, 2-1) rolled over the top rated defensive for Division II schools in the country.

The Golden Bears led off the scoring at 4:16 of the first quarter when Mike Attardi booted a 35-yard field goal to end a 67-yard drive which was slowed by 42 yards in penalties. ft STATISTICS JH First downs 22 19 Rushing yardage 71 162 Passing yardage 399 190 Passes 23-35 16-34 Passes intercepted by 3 2 Punts Fumbles lost 0 0 Yards penalized 7-80 10-108 Johns Hopkins 7 10 3-29 Muhlenberg 7 0 0 6- 13 JH Finegan 26 pass from Malas (Kabilio kick) Landino 48 run (Hartman kick) JH Nabillo FG 39 JH Finegan 11 pass from Malas (Kabilio kick) JH Kabilio FG 27 JH Finegan 71 pass from Trenaman (kick failed) JH Kabilio FG 27 Mann 29 pass from Elser (pass failed) fx) STATISTICS First downs 15 11 Rushing yardage 119 114 Passing yardage 68 83 Passes e-16 9-28 Passes Intercepted by 3 0 Punts 5-47 Fumbles lost 4 2 Yards penalized 8-48 (40 Kutltown 3 7 0 7 17 Cheyney 0 0 7 8-7 Attardi 38 FG. Svede 1 run (Attardi kick). Christian 25 run (Webster kick). Selfert 2 run (Attardi kick).

ESS him. He's a great receiver." "They executed their pass offense better than we did and they executed their secondary equal to or better than we did," said Muhlenberg head coach Ralph Kirchenheiter. The Mules are 3-2 in the league, 3-3 overall, and out of the running to defend their co-championship. They also have a very tough game this coming weekend at Gettysburg. "Anytime when you're involved in a passing game, it tends to distort the real evenness of the teams," Kirchenheiter said.

"They did a good job with their pass offense against us and consequently it looked like we were fighting an uphill battle when we were only a breath or two away from making it happen." The Blue Jays made it happen on their first possession, driving 63 yards in six plays, capped by Malas hitting Finegan for a 26-yard TD with 12:42 to go in the quarter. The play followed the Mules' only quarterback sack of the game. Kabilio made the PAT and it was 7-0. It took Muhlenberg two possessions to strike back with a three play, 62-yard drive. On a first and 10 just beyond midfield, freshman tailback John Landino broke through the right side of the line and sprinted down the sideline for a 48-yard scoring romp.

Bruce Hartman's PAT was good and the score was tied 7-7 with 8:45 left in the period. Landino had his second straight 100-yard game. The shifty 5-10, 170-pounder carried the ball 22 times for 113 yards. He picked up 101 yards in the first half before sustaining an injury near his left eye. Kabilio made it 10-7 with 8:45 left in the second quarter on a 39-yard field goal.

The drive started after Muhlenberg's Keith Esposito was stopped short on fourth-and-inches at the Blue Jays' 35. The drive took nine plays and two penalties. Things turned southerly for the Mules near the end of the first half. Johns Hopkins took over on its own 34 following a punt, and Malas turned hot. The quarterback completed two passes to Todd Crocenzi for 21 yards and completed two to tailback Chris Chirieleison for 35 yards and a first-and-10 at the 10.

On second down, Finegan made the catch in the end zone with defender Charlie Antell right on top of him. It came with just 15 seconds left in the half. 5 i In the second quarter, Svede ran one yard for a touchdown to end a seven-play drive. A big play in the drive was a 17-yard pass from Fred Seifert to Eric Werley to put the ball on the 9. Two plays later Svede scored at 13:09.

After missing two field goas in the first half, Cheyney got on the board at 9:46 of the third quarter after Wayne Jenkins recovered a fumble at the Kutztown 25 and Brian Christian ran the next play around the left for a 25-yard touchdown, which cut the Kutztown lead to 10-7. In the fourth quarter, Ron Dabra-valskie intercepted a pass for Kutztown (2-4, 2-1) and ran the ball 55 yards to the Cheyney 7. Seifert ran the ball two yards on a keeper for the Kutztown score on a fourth and two play. For the Cheyney (2-5, 0-4) defense, Wayne Jenkins had 10 tackles, two sacks and three fumble recoveries as the Wolves dropped Seifert for seven sacks. HARRY RSHER The Morning Can Johns Hopkins quarterback Alexis Malas gets smothered by Mules' Dan Graff (62).

John Murphy (68) and Mark Marino (37). Malas hooked up with wing back Tom Finegan, who scored three touchdowns, to end Muhlenberg's Homecoming Dynasty. Kicker Eli Kabilio added three field goals as Muhlenberg lost its first Homecoming Game since 1972. The Blue Jays scored 22 unanswered points to break from a 7-7 tie and had no resemblance to a running offense for most of the game. Malas, a senior who started his first game of the year yesterday, continually picked on the Muhlenberg secondary.

He was 22-for-34 while third-string quarterback Eric Trenaman added a 72-yard scoring toss to Finegan on a halfback option pass. "He may be coming off the bench," Blue Jay coach Jerry Pfei-fer said of Malas, "but he's a senior and we consider him a starter coming off the bench." Malas came off the bench in the Blue Jays' win last week after starter Gary Rupert was injured. Before the game, Malas was the Centennial League's third-ranked quarterback. "I got a chance to play and I tried to make the most of it," the swarthy 6-foot-l, 175-pounder said. "My line got the job done." Of Finegan, who pulled in eight passes for an eye-popping 170 yards and all three JH TDs, Malas said "I love down position.

Muhlenberg had one final hurrah, driving 61 yards in seven plays with Bob Mann making a tough 25-yard touchdown catch with 5:10 left in the game. It was Mann's first reception and he caught it between three defenders in the end zone. He was hit hard by Joe Sokolowski, who was the most intimidating defensive back on the field. An ensuing on-side kick bounced perfectly, but Muhlenberg couldn't get a handle on the ball and Johns Hopkins took over on its own 48. the halfback option pass.

Trenaman connected to Finegan on the right, and Finegan broke the play across field, racing by three Muhlenberg defenders for a 72-yard score with 1:42 left in the quarter. Kabilio's kick failed and it was 26-7. Johns Hopkins added its final score, another 27-yard field goal, with 10:43 left in the game. The drive started at the Blue Jays' 45 in the third quarter and went all the way to the Mules' 10 before two penalties moved the ball out of touch "The key element of the game was their TD before the end of the half and that they scored in the second quarter when we didn't," Kirchenheiter pointed out Kabilio added a 27-yard field goal with 4:43 to go in the third quarter to cap a 55-yard drive after Jeff Scheaffer intercepted his second Chris Elser pass of the day. Muhlenberg punted on its next possession and Johns Hopkins took over on its own 28.

On first down, Malas pitched back to Trenaman for WILKES 28 DELAWARE VALLEY 27 A missed extra noint allowed Wilkes to escape with a 28-27 win over Delaware Valley yesterday in college football. John Nichols scored for the Ag gies with 6.37 left in the game, but the Aggies failed to tie the game Struncius relief directs Leopards 38-10 when they missed the PAT. By TED MEIXELL Of The Morning Call First downs Rushing yardage Passing yardage Passes DV 14 213 144 812 2 3-1 5-44 18 92 260 19-33 0 4-390 3-0 840 Passes Intercepted by Punts Fumbles tost Yards penalized Lafayette coach Bill Russo plucked senior quarterback Paul Struncius out of his bullpen at 11:30 a.m. yesterday. And although it took him a quarter to find his best stuff, Struncius eventually came on strong to pitch the Leopards (4-2) to an easy 7 WHkn.

7- 28 i- Delaware Valley DV Darren Garner 75 run wftn rumble re covery (John Ford kick). vv Anthony 40 pass from can De- Luce (Sean Meagley kick). uv feerner zo run i-oro DeLuca 1 run (Meagley kick). DV Mike Lewandowskl 48 int. return (Ford kick).

Courtney McFartane 9 run (Meagley kick). DiGrazia 7 pass from DeLuca (Meagley kick). Dv John Nichols 19 pass from Kevin cupor (kick failed). STATISTICS First downs 9 25 Rushing yardage 115 3G3 Passing yardage 45 152 Passes 7-18 14-24 Passes intercepted by 2 2 Punts 9-36 3-38 Fumbles lost 1 2 Yards penali2ed 86 57 Davidson 3 8 7 9- Lafayette 7 738 Miller 22 pass from Struncius (Hodson kick). FG, Jacob.

27. Bowman 8 run (Hodson kick). Ng 8 pass from Struncius (Hodson kick). Adams 5 run (Hodson kick). FG.

Hodson, 26. Hughes 12 run (Jacob kick). Lechner 16 pass from Struncius (Hodson kick). "I found out I was starting when I walked into the lockerroom," the genial Struncius said with a grin. "I had no clue earlier, Frank practiced all week normally.

I get enough snaps in practice, though, so the only real adjustment I had to make was in terms of my frame of mind. When the coaches told me I was thinking too much instead of reacting, I knew they were right As the game went along, I got more of a feel for it" It is understandably difficult for a guy who was once the starter to accept being thrust into a backup role, especially a senior. But Struncius is the quintessential good soldier. "You don't accept it," he said. "You understand it Let's face it, Frank is a great football player.

He's got two years left, and there's only one senior Johnson in the starting offensive lineup. I'm here to be ready and help when I do play. "It was fun to play again, that's the main thing. It feels good to be a little sore again." Russo made upgrading Lafayette's running game a top priority against the Wildcats and, while ever mindful that Davidson is not to be confused with Holy Cross, he was happy with the results. Lafayette gained 303 yards over land.

"We used four tailbacks and two fullbacks," he said. "We wanted to find out who would go out and do it And, today at least James Adams emerged. He played much better than he had been. We had to get something going on the ground and, while we all understand the level of competition wasn't that good, I have to be happy with what still left in the first quarter, Struncius found Miller open in the right flat, hit him and Miller bulldozed through half the Davidson student body to complete a 22-yard scoring play. Jim Hodson added the first of five PAT kicks (he also booted a 26-yard field goal) and it was 7-0.

In retrospect, Struncius later admitted, the first score may have come TOO easily, because the Leopards' attack coughed and sputtered for the rest of the first quarter. Two fumbles (one by Mike Joseph on a punt, the other by freshman tailback Dean Mallozzi that led to a 27-yard field goal by Davidson's Brian Jacob) and a Steve Neff interception of a Struncius bomb toward Maurice Caldwell were the culprits. But Struncius and Co. got it in gear in the second quarter. First, after a Dave MacPhee punt return set them up at the Wildcats' 27, they drove to a score in six plays, with Kurt Bowman covering the final eight yards, taking an option pitch from Struncius around the right side.

Then, after another excellent MacPhee punt return, they drove 70 yards in 10 plays for a 21-3 halftime lead. On the march, Struncius teamed up with senior flanker Phil Ng for three completions for 36 yards the last one for eight yards and theTD. Struncius added a 16-yard touchdown heave to J.L. Lechner in the fourth quarter to finish off a 14-for-24, 152-yard, three-TD afternoon of work. James Adams, one of four Leopard tailbacks Russo trotted out, came off the bench to gain a career-high 115 yards on 16 carries that included a five-yard touchdown.

Robert Stein told us this morning," Russo said. "It's not real serious, just a lingering thing. He's had dizziness and headaches. It may actually have happened two weeks ago in the Cornell game. "Paul started slowly, but once he found his rhythm and relaxed, be threw the ball very well" Senior cocaptain Jim Johnson, the Leopards' leading receiver, was also in street clothes.

Johnson was diagnosed Tuesday as having mononucleosis. "Jimmy will be out at least a couple weeks," Russo said of the 6-3, 200-pound Johnson, "and, frankly, he'll have to show miraculous recuperative powers for them doctors to allow him to return at all "It's only a mild case of mono, but when you have it, you have it And the one major part of the problem is that your spleen enlarges. You just can't engage in a contact sport because of the danger of it rupturing. We'll take X-rays and blood tests in a couple weeks, see if his spleen size changes and go from there. "Losing Jimmy would be a big blow because he's been playing so well.

We do have depth at wide receiver, but Jimmy gives us a different dimension than the other kids, because of his size and versatility." Actually, Struncius began like a house afire, cooied off for 15 minutes and then settled in again. With gigantic assists from linebacker Horace Davis and fullback Tony Miller, he got the Leopards on the scoreboard in a big hurry. Davis swiped a Mark Skoczynski pass on the third play of the game and returned it to the Wildcats 40. Three plays later, with 12.57 The Colonels, (5-1 overall, 4-1 conference) got two touchdowns from receiver Anthony DiGrazia on 40- and 7-yard passes from quarterback Carl DeLuca. DeLuca added a rushing touch down in the second quarter and Courtney MacFarlane also scored for the Colonels in the third quarter.

Kicker Sean Meagley was 4-for-4 on his PAT attempts. For the Aeeies, 1-4-1 overall and 1-3-1 conference, Darrell Garner 38-10 Colonial League victory over game but totally outmanned Davidson (0-7) before a cozy Youth and Community Day gathering generously estimated at 2,200. Russo found out at 10 a.m. that prolific star sophomore quarterback Frank Baur would be unavailable due to a slight concussion and a pinched nerve in his neck. But.

given the facts that Davidson was the opposition and that Struncius was his starter all last season as Baur sat out, it's safe to say he wasn't too nervous about banding him the ball "We didn't find out about Frank until Dr. opened up the scoring for his team by rambling 75 yards with a fumble recovery, giving the Aggies a 7-0 first-quarter lead. He also scored from 20 yards out in the second quarter and at the break, the game was tied at 14..