Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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FENCING: First row: Davis. Mullins. Veglia. Bywater. Second row: Jackson, Adams, Reese, Nemitz. Burdash. Cohn. Wimmer. Fencing efforts for victorious season thwarted by lack of team depth By tieing Muhlenberg for fifth place in the Middle Atlantic Tourney, the Lehigh University fencers ended one of their most disasterous sea- sons. After breaking even in their first four matches, Coach Harry Boutsikaris ' squad lost their captain and leading scorer. Kurt Nemitz. Scholastic difficulties played havoc with the squad throughout the entire season, resulting in the club being at minimum strength for many contests. Thomas Rees, captain for the second semester, was the leading foilman for the Brown and White. In the other weapons, epee and sabre. Park Adams and Walter Cohn were the most consis- tent scorers. Since the varsity, working hand in hand with the Cut and Thrust Society, the fencing honorary, gave fencing instruction in gym classes, there are freshmen with potential for next season. THE RECORD Lehigh Opponent 19 Rutgers 18 16 Brooklyn 11 4 Johns Hopkins 23 14 Haverford 13 4 Stevens 23 11 Drew 16 16 Temple 11 Pennsylvania 27 13 Muhlenberg 14 Parke Adams sharpens his epee skills as he drives his weapon near the leg of his Lehigh opponent. 155

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not as successful as expected . . . Suffering their first losing season in over a decade was a blow to the Lehigh nimrods. The expectations of Coach Paul Savage ' s squad were high, but although the riflemen worked hard, not one of them scored with any consistency. Veterans like Greg Lane, captain Vinee McPhee, and Alan Apter gave and relied on strong support from shooters Lanning Steitz, Jim Tait, Craig Bretz, and Larry Thomas, but as the record shows, they failed to come through when needed. THE RECORD Lehigh Opponent 1390 Rutgers 1270 1403 Penn State 1377 1390 Cornell 1406 1389 Princeton 1391 1397 LaSalle 1369 1395 Villanova 1410 1397 Navy 1433 1369 St. Johns 1424 1403 Maryland 1422 1388 Georgetown 1363 1183 Lafayette 1123 tri-match 1395 Villanova 1414 PMC 1409 Practice perfects as Engineer marksman spends long hours on the rifle range in an effort to improve his eye. Rifle Team VARSITY RIFLE TEAM: Standing: Pickanos. Junior Manager; Kirsche. Senior Manager: Capt. Paul L. Savage. Coach. First row: Apter, MacPhee. Captain: Milford. Second row: Thomas. Zapala. Carpenter. Bretz. Kirtz. Third row: Minnier. Lamborn. Erler. Albala. Kelley, Lane.

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FRESHMAN SWIMMING: First row: Reicht, Denko, Scholz, Sodowick, DeBarbadillo. Second row: Sofferman. Barber, Emanuel. Gitlin. Gendell. Third row: Robert L. Windish. Coach. tough breaks ruin attempt to repeat as MAC champs It was a season of hardships and tough breaks for Swimming mentor, William Christian, as vic- tory after victory managed to bypass the mermen. Plagued by injuries, disqualifications, and failure of lettermen to return to the squad played a big part in the Engineer ' s 4-5 record and their failure to successfully defend the Middle Atlantic Cham- pionship. After the initial three lopsided contests, the Brown and White ' s weakened pre-exam squad lost to the powerful Pitt Panthers by a few inches in the final relay. Penn ' s Olympian Slater was too much, Syracuse and Lafayette were swimming in the wrong class, but the Rutgers meet proved to be the most exciting as the final medley relay victory gave the Engineers the win. Disputed qualifications of Captain Dave Painter and the injury of diver Bill Tyries were just enough to spell defeat in the Bucknell meet and the Middle Atlantics. The misfortunes of Coach Christian should change next season as freshmen Jeff Scholtz and John DeBarbadillo broke Lehigh and pool rec- ords this year. Dennis Murphy and Toms Royal get good starts in the 200 yard butterfly event against the Syracuse Orangemen. 156 THE RECORD Lehigh Opponent 24 Colgate 71 38 Army 57 78 Delaware 17 43 Pittsburgh 52 65 Syracuse 30 40 Pennsylvania 55 74 Lafayette 20 50 Rutgers 45 43 Bucknell 52