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a a a a a a a a a a C-2 SUNDAY CALL Wittenberg Grid Machine Rolls Over Lehigh 37-14 STATISTICS First Rushing downs yardage Passing yardage Passes 13-29 11-27 Passes intercepted by Punts 11-36 Fumbles lost Yards penalized 52 By JIM BUSS Lehigh would probably like to forget what happened in the second and fourth quarters yesterday. 1-college power Wittenberg' used those periods to rip apart the Engineers' defense both through the air and on the ground en route to a 37-14 win before 9,500 fans in Taylor Stadium. Sophomore quarterback Roc-120 ky Alt passed for three touchdowns to Ray Ward, and a trio of backs were responsible for gaining most of the 299 yards on the ground, Alt completed 13 of 28 passes for 194 yards as the powerful Tigers gained their second win of the season and 65th in 72 games since the start of the 1960 campaign. Scott Hill led the Tigers' ground assault with 134 yards in 11 carries, including a 92- yard scoring jaunt just prior to the end of the first half. Bill Noble added 79 yards in rushes and Darryl Herring chalked up 43 yards in 14 attempts.

The Tiger runners got good blocking up front and the defensive unit was stubborn yielding only 38 yards on the ground and keeping constant pressure on Lehigh's quarterbacks Rick Laubach and Jim Baxter. At the same time, Jack Paget led what Lehigh ground attack there was with 49 yards in 21 carries. Laubach had a rough day all around. He managed to complete only seven of 19 aerials for 68 yards and had a 75. holding onto the ball.

Baxter fared a little better with four completions in seven attempts for 79 yards, including a 40-yard pass play to Tom Tootell to set up Lehigh's second touchdown. The Engineers' offensive blocking left much to be desired. The defensive line and secondary were riddled and weakened after the first quarter, although the Tigers did not do much in the third period when Lehigh scored both of its touchdowns. The Brown and White's first score came with only 55 seconds gone in the second half. Mike Leib caught a punt on the TIGER ON THE LOOSE Wittenberg's Scott Hill Lehigh.

Chasing in vain are Engineers Brad Fox (21) heads for the end zone on a 92-yard run against (12), Mike Holva (75) and Paul Koepff (72). MAC Defending Champ Wilkes Dumps 'Green' Moravian 40-0 STATISTICS First downs 19 Rushing 294 Passing yardage 132 106 Passes 9-21 11-27 Passes intercepted by 0 Punts 7-39 11-33 Fumbles lost 2 Yards penalized 100 28 02 By TERRY LARIMER Wilkes showed yesterday it. has no intention of relinquishing the Middle Atlantic Conference crown it has held for three years. The Colonels played 60 minutes of almost flawless football and extended their winning streak to 23 games by annihilating Moravian, 40-0. The Colonels had an easy time with the green and ailing Greyhounds, who could not muster a decent attack all day and allowed Wilkes to grind out 426 yards.

The Greyhounds could only penetrate Wilkes territory twice, once each in the second and third quarters, once to the 37, once to the 29. The Colonel front four allowed Moravian only 67 yards on the ground. Little Bob Smith, the top Greyhound ball carrier, ran 15- times for 28 yards, less than two yards per carry, and full. back Rick Hoppes gained 20 yards on eight carries, or 2.5 yards a carry. In the air, the Greyhounds did better with 106 yards but not well enough as the Colonel pass defense was tough when it had to be.

The Colonels meanwhile fielded. a trio of field generals who connected on nine of passes for 132 yards. What accounted for the scoring gap, however, was Colonels' ground game which amassed 294 yards. Ted Yeager, 165-pound freshman, accounted for yards in 20 carries and two touchdowns, while fullback Vince Yarmel carried 12 times for 56 yards. pace of the game was set on the first two series of plays.

Moravian took the opening kickoff and was forced to punt after. stalling at their own 42. Wilkes took the ensuing punt on their own 33 and drove for a touchdown in seven plays. Halfback Bob Gennaro started: the drive with a 17-yard run and dashed 53 yards along the south sideline. Bill Layton added his first PAT.

Almost 11 minutes later fullback Bill Oehlke capped a sixplay, 64-yard drive by going over from the 1. Baxter completed three passes for 63 yards to keep the drive going since Lehigh had to overcome a 15- yard holding penalty and 10- yard loss in the march. The engineers' only, other two setious threats ended in failure. Layton missed a 44- yard field- attempt, which went wide, in the second quarter. Late in the first half Lehigh moved from its 34 to the 8 where Petrillo was stopped on a fourth down and one situation.

The Engineers also experienced another rare problem as twice the ball was snapped over Laubach's head in punting situations. The first time resulted in a safety, as the ball went out of the end zone. The second time Laubach ran it out of the end zone to his 26. Wittenberg's scoring drives covered 80, 92, 47, 16, and 46 yards, the latter two after a fumble recovery and pass interception. Ward caught his first TD pass lon the goal line and got open on the other two scores.

was stopped temporarily the line before breaking away on his long run just before halftime. Fred Mitchell made five placements and missed a 43- yard field goal attempt. WITTENBERG Ends Ward, Staver, Feltz, Stevenson, Lynn, Stavor, -Yontz, Lantz, Beckett. Tackles Warner, Wagner, Casciola, Hank, BibCatlett, Denko. Guards Young, Moyer, Hunter, Gates.

Jacobs, Bush, Peacock, Bates, Borland, Radinsky, Pittenger. Centers Dove, McNutt, Hannah. Backs Alt, Hill, Herring, Noble, Fertig, Poindexter, McDowell, Mackan, Mever, B. Miller, Robb Townsend. Otero, Mandon, Heuer, S.

Smith, Duff, Schenkenberger, Sherman, Mitchell. Mako, Dent, Vordenberg. LEHIGH Ends Berger, Matalavage, Bennicoff, Nicholson, Baar, Walsh, Hoerig, Clav. ton. Tackles Jenninos, Jamula, Stover, Wolford, Fonte, Bean, Leinberger.

J. Miller, Mears, Tomaino, Smith, Popvk, Holva, Lieb, Revta, Solomon, Perrotta, Belic, Bonaventura, ElCenters Ferketic. Freund. Backs Laubach, Plummer, Paget, Tootell, Bergdoll, Leib, Fox, Oehike, Baxter, Kovatis, Petrillo, Harrington, Stock, Gallo, Moonan, Wagner, Schattenbera, Layton, Hull, Cavagnaro, Wittenberg 14 21-37 Lehigh 14 0-14 Witt- Ward 5 pass from Alt, Mitchell kick. Witt-Hill 92 run, Mitchell kick.

Lehi-Leib 53 punt return, Layton kick, Witt-Safety, ball snapped out of end zone. Oehike run, Layton kick. Witt-Ward 45 pass from Alt. Mitchell kick. Witt-Ward 13 pass from Alt, Mitchell kick.

Witt- -Miller 4 run. Mitchell kick. Lafayette Edges Hofstra 7-0 On Fourth-Period Touchdown STATISTICS First downs Yards Yards passing rushing 168 Passes 14-36 7-14 Passes intercepted by Fumbles lost Punts 12-37 9-37 Yards penalized 75 45 By PAUL MAY A fourth-period touchdown gave Lafayette its first victory over Hofstra before 5,000 fans attending the Leopards' home opener yesterday. Junior quarterback Ed Baker plunged over from the 1, midway the final period for a 7-0 win the Leopards their second straight win of the early 1968 season. Lafayette is now 2-1 for the year, while the loss for Hofstra gave the Flying Dutchmen from Long Island, a 2-2 season record.

Brewer Retains Golf Title SOUTHPORT, England (AP) Gay Brewer, a pug-nosed Texan, shot a final round 69 Saturday and successfully defended his Alcan Golf title with a 72- hole total of 283. Brewer, a former Masters champion from Dallas, was 1 13 under par for the par 74, 7,140 yard Royal Birksdale layout on the shore of the Irish Sea. Peter Townsend, a 22-year-old British whiz kid who held the third round lead, slipped to a 73 for 286 and second place in the $200,000 tournament. He blew his chances in a hurry, taking a bogey five on the first hole and a double bogey six at the second. Bob Murphy, the paunchy former amateur champion from Nichols, finished with a 72 for 287 and a tie for third with 41-year-old Gardner Dickinson, who shot a course record 67- seven under par.

Brewer, one stroke off the pace going into the final round, wasted no time, in taking charge. He birdied two of the first three holes, and picked up two more birds on the back nine before taking his only bogey on the par 4 15th. He got that back on the final hole, clinching the $55,000 first place money with a bird. Brewer, holding a two stroke lead, was on in two on the par 5, 513 yard 18th, and two putted for the clincher. Dickinson, the lean and leathery Ben Hogan prototype, made an early charge with an incredible 29 on the front nine, seven under par.

He had seven birds, including four in a row on Nos. 6 through 9. But he slipped to a par 38 on the back nine. "I went out in 29 and back in a Dickinson's wheelbarrow," round he quipped. course records, the 29 going out and the 67 total breaking the record of 68 set by the late Tony Lema in the British Open in 1965.

Gay Brewer, $55,000 75-70-69-69-283 Dallas, Tex. Peter Townsend, $15,000 75-69-69-73-286 England Bob Muphy, $6,650 72-69-74-72--287 Nichols, Fla. Gardner Dickinson, $6,650 77-71-72-67-287 Grand Harbor, Bahamas Peter Butler, $4,250 74-69-73-72-288 England Bob Charles, $4,250 73-70-74-71-288 New Zealand Bobby Cole, $4,250 71-70-79-68-288 South Africa Neil Coles, $3,800 75-72-73-69-289 England. Bill Casper, $3,500 77-74-72-70-293 San Diego, Calif. Brian Huggett, $3,500 74-75-75-69-293 Wales Peter Thomson, $3,100 75-72-74-73-294 Australia Tommy Horton, $3,100 71-76-74-73--294 England Lee Trevino, $2,800 72-72-77-75--296 Horizon City, Tex.

Miller Barber, $2,500 80-75-72-70-297 Sherman, Tex. Dave Thomas, $2,500 80-74-73-70-297 Wales Bert Yancey, $2,200 77-75-68-78-298 Tallahassee, Fla. The game proved a battle of two stubborn defenses with Lafayette having the upper hand. The Leopard line yielded only 42 yards on the ground for the afternoon, 24 in the first half the second. Both defensive units put a lot of pressure on the opposing quarterbacks, but Baker was able to complete seven of 14 passes for 90 yards, while Hofstra's Bill Kaminski completed 13 of 33 for 135 yards.

Baker's game winning touchdown came with 7:32 minutes left in the game and climaxed a 40-yard-drive in five plays. Sophomore Bob Donofrio, 167-pound tailback from Brick Township, N.J., was the star of the drive, picking up 19 yards on a slant off right tackle for a first down on the Hofstra 12, then taking a swing pass from Baker around right end for a first down on the visitor's oneyard line. With first down and goal to go, Tom Triolo was stopped for no gain, then Baker, on a quarterback sneak, plunged in for the score. Dennis Visich's placement split the upright to complete the scoring for the day. Leopard Coach Harry Gamble was a happy man in the lockerroom following the game.

He the Leopards. It may be as the said it was. "a good win" for players say, "we are on our way," Gamble added. The win was the first for the Leopards over Hofstra in five meetings. The first game in 1964 ended in a tie, and Hofstra won the last three.

The win was run up the middle, Yeager ried 31 yards to the 14 and a pass interference penalty put the ball on the 9. Gennaro ried for four yards and Yeager on a off left tackle. lugged 1 the ball in from the 5 The Colonels scored again later in the period on, a 22-yard drive recovering a Moravian fumble. Joe Zakowski followed Yarmel and Yeager around left end for the last 20 yards. The Colonels marched 83 yards for the third score in the second quarter behind the running of Yeager and the receiving of Joe Skvarla.

Quarterback Rick Simonson was at the helm for this drive hit Skvarla five times for 47 yards and Yeager carried five times for 29 yards and the TD. The teams played even in the third quarter, but the Colonels turned the game into a rout in the final period scoring on drives of 58, 14 and 31 yards. The 58-yarder took nine plays with Skvarla taking a pass for 20 yards. A 13-yard ramble up the middle by 225-pound Charlie Fick helped and Simonson rolled out for the last five yards. The 14-yarder came after a pass interception and took four plays.

The 31-yard drive took four plays after All-MAC safety Joe Wiendl returned a punt from the Moravian 44. WILKES Ends Babuschak, Jones, Koterba, La- Tackles Comstock, Hoover, zor, Merrill, Skvarla, Williamson. Howe, Kolmta Layden, Mazur, Mitchell. Guards Baranowski, Chaump, J. Loveland, L.

Loveland, Loverro, Mallam, Moore. Centers Conway, Kenney, Roman. Backs Connolly, Davenport, Farnettl, Fick, Forde, Frappoli, Gennaro, Harkins, Hegel, Holliday, Kane, Kaschak, Malloy, Staake, Moser, Wiendl, Yarmel, Peterfreund, Yeager, Simonson, kowski, Zientek. MORAVIAN Ends Rheinhardt, Martinelli, Betz, Brocious, Silva, Jones, Margiotta, Brookfield. Tackles Arnesen, Waradzyn, Hutler, Bogardus, T.

Gratz, Mickner. Guards Mancini, Sinclair, Bona, Griga, Yodis, Kemmerer, Wilson, Zaninelll, Brady, Wilcomes. Centers Yerkes, McCauley, Vecchio. Backs Gastmeyer, Seifert, Dietz, Jetferson, Korbulic, H. Gratz, Geib, Smith, lannantuono, Overk, Hoppes, Burke.

Wilkes 12 0 21- Moravian 0 W-Yeager 5 run, kick failed. -Zakowski 20 run, kick failed. run, Staake kick. 5 run, Staake kick. w-Frappolli run, Staake kick.

W-Farnetti 2 run, Staake kick. Lycoming Beaten by Aggies 39-3; Smith Throws for 3 Touchdowns STATISTICS DV First downs 16 13 Rushing yardage 240 131 Passing yardage 121 39 Passes 10-28 11-28 Passes intercepted by Punts 9-36 10-28 Fumbles lost 0 Yards penalized 79 15 Special to the Call-Chronicle WILLIAMSPORT Junior quarterback John Smith tossed three touchdown passes two in the second half to Warren Hitz to lead a post-intermission Delaware Valley surge Saturday that carried the Aggies past host Lycoming 39-3. The unbeaten Aggies (2-0) fell behind 3-0 in the second period on Bill Curly's 17 yard field goal for Lycoming (1-2), but managed to take a 6-3 lead into the lockerroom. The six-pointer in the second period for Delaware Valley came after the kickoff when the Aggies put the hall in I play on their own 37 and moved 63 yards to score. Smith, subbing for Ron Timko who is suffering from an injured throwing arm, capped the drive with a 22-yard pass to Harry Capozzoli.

But it was the second half that the game around and carried Delaware Valley, seventh-ranked in the ECAC 201 (Lambert Cup standings before the game, to the win over Lycoming, sixth-ranked in the same poll. The Aggies struck for two touchdowns in the third period and three in the last quarter to salt the win away. They took second half kickoff and on the fifth play of the drive, John Nice scooted 50 yards for the 12-3 edge. Lycoming was to move the ball after unable, the ensuing kickoff and punted in three plays. Delaware Valley moved 79 yards for its next score with Smith tossing nine yards to Hitz for the points and the 19-3 edge entering the final quarter.

Hitz was on the receiving end of a Smith four-yarder that capped a 49-yard march early in the fourth period. Ted Cottrell, Delaware Valley's captain linebacker, pro- Tufts Wins 28-22 GETTYSBURG (R) Quarterbaek Pete Cohen smashed over from the one-yard line in the last minute of play Saturday to give Tufts a 28-22 football win over Gettysburg. duced his team's fifth touchdown midway through the period when he burst, through to block Gunther Nellen's attempted punt on the Lycoming 22. The ball rolled into the end zone where Don Stump fell on it for the score. Lycoming fumbled the ball and the Aggies recovered on the Lycoming 25 to set up the final TD.

Don Shank cracked over left tackle for two yards and the points. DELAWARE VALLEY Ends Hitz, Thorn, Cerchio, Stump, Arcade. Tackles Wargo, Virostek, Duffy, Janotti, Bracchi. Guards Wessel, Lehman, A. Smith.

Centers Mehalick, Peters. Backs Smith, Thompson, Day, Sitarski, Nice, Scott, Timko. Branch, Capozzoli, Hawkswell, Urban, Chance, Shank LYCOMING Ends Kunes, J. Smith, Schweder, Turner. Tackles Andes, Ketner, Stoltz, Turczynski.

Guards Overly, Bakely, Hoernig, Holden. Center Ross. Backs Kelly, Miller, Kauffman, Picketts, Porter, Olson, Zeliner, Curly, Nellen, Hinkle, Spieth, McDonald, Chesney. Delaware Valley 12 21-39 Lycoming Lyc-FG Curly 17. DV-Capozzoli 22 pass from Smith, pass failed.

DV-Nice 50 run, kick failed. DV-HitZ 9 pass from Smith, kick failed. Ritter -Hitz pass from Smith, kick. DV- -Stump recovered fumble In end zone, Ritter kick. DV- 2 run, Ritter kick.

RUN FOR DAYLIGHT Wilkes halfback Aldo out two Moravian men, George Betz (72) and Ted Farneti (22) goes for 17 yards around left end on Hutler (79). Moravian's Don Brocious (81) is moving an option play after Nate Eustis (76) has taken in for the tackle. (Photo by Phil Boyle). also the first Middle Atlantic Conference victory for Lafayette this year. Baker, running mostly on end sweeps, was the leading ground gainer for the Leopards, picking up 51 yards in 22 carries.

Donofrio added 46 yards in 10 carries, while juniors Triolo and Bob Zimmers picked up 38 and 27 yards, respectively. Tailback Richie Green was the gainer for Hofstra with 30 yards in 16 attempts. The passing of Kaminski kept the Leopard defense busy. Kaminski, on his 13 pass completions, used Bill Roca his main target. Roca caught 10 passes for 133 yards.

Mike Miller, 6-foot-1 junior end, was Baker's main receiver with six receptions for 80 yards. The Leopards moved the ball well in the first half gaining 103 yards on the ground but two fumbles halted drives. The Flying Dutchmen had the first scoring threat of the game midway in the first period. Hofstra had a first down on the Lafayette 35 following an exchange of punts. A pass from Kaminski to Roca and a Green plunge gave the Dutchmen a first down on the Leopards 25.

When Hofstra was unable to move, Kaminski, on fourth down, passed to Dave Mac Donald in the end zone, with Larry Flohr barely tipping the ball away. In the second period, the Leopards drove to the Hofstra 30, 35 and 17, but were unable to come up with the big play. Ken Fox attempted a 42-yard field goal on the final play of the first half for the Dutchmen, but the kick was way In the second half, with both defenses increasing the pressure on the quarterback, neither team could get a sustained drive, except for the Leopards lone score of the game. HOFSTRA Enda Roca, Mannari, Williams, MacDonald Tackles Malanowski, Trump, Garay, Sandler, Gerace Guards Craig, Sandherr, Penna, Royle, Silvey Centers Bonczek, Dobelstein, Dobson Backs Kaminski, Green, Hanion, GiBlasi, Tagen, a Fox, Barrick, Burzinski gante, Schlegel, Scaringe, Hunter, pi LAFAYETTE Ends Miller, Allshouse, Gaydeskl, Stayn, Bourger, Johnson Wytenus Tackles Pollice, Visich, Thomas, Petitti, Hromyak Guards Lewis, Lambert, Bradfield, Sprecher, Andrews, Lettieri, Kolarik, Prill Centers Gaumer, Bellis Backs Baker, Zimmers, Triolo, Simpson, Donofrio, Flohr, Soraruf, Fraser, McCombs, Landes, Malpas Hofstra Lafayette Laf Baker, 1 (run); Visich (kick) LEOPARD SAVE Lafayette defensive end John Gaydeski (84) breaks up pass intended for Hofstra's Wandy Williams (32) in game won by Leopards 7-0. (Photo by Glenn Airgood) Lafayette on Top In Cross-Country PHILADELPHIA Bill Crawford and Dan Thomas tied for first place as Lafayette whipped Drexel, 15-44, Saturday in a cross country meet in Fairmont Park.

Crawford and Thomas completed the five mile run in 28:51, the fourth best time the Leopards have ever registered on the its course. first The five Maroon (4-0)) placed runners seven of the top 10. LAFAYETTE 15, DREXEL 44. 1. Crawford (L) and Thomas (L), tie 3.

Webb (L); 4. Herman (L); 5. Sanderson (L); 6. Henkies (D); 7. Reinheimer (D); 8.

Knoll (D); 10. Hanzalek (L). CYO GRID LOOP St. Simon and Jude of Bethlehem defeated St. Francis of Allentown 27-6 yesterday in the ICYO Lehigh Valley Football League.

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