Friday, June 2, |96l SEASON Gl‘inuell RECORD Opponent Score Score 35 i . orai state Tcncliers 40 '27 Knox 43 Cornell 21 Carlcloii is St. Olaf lotto stale . , Loyola of Chicago . so University of Wisconsin iMilwuukee) Gustavus Adolphus lilinois Not-mill Beloit Nebraska Kansas state .. h." 52 GO 36 44 59 35 72 2'5 25 ‘76“: 19 68 69 5454.: Dale Furnish Gr'nllell's swimming team naiie down its seventh Con- fci rice title in eight years but pa through a rocky regular. season before the llaDDy elimav, Coach Irv Simone" swm‘k mers hat-e often bemoaned the fact the: the competition pl’oV vided t . them by their schede not as good as it could have beer During the past season the uimmers had no room ch gripes. They swam :14 five Midwest Coiitei» on a schedule \\'lllcll‘ included such highpowered ops po. . n as Nebra Iowa state and Kansas State of the Big Eight conference, plus Gus— tavus Adolphus. Loyola of Chic'go and Winona State Teac crs on the Smallrcollege le‘ . Faced with this schedule and plagued by early season in. juries and the absence of key performers. Grinneli finished its regular season with a re— cord of seven wins and s losses. Considering the co , tlitions. this record was far- from the mediocre one its per— centage would indicate, 3:11 Herman. who had won two Conference championships the year before. was in Washs ington. D c, semester. Un- til Rick Beer hit his stride late in the season, Gl‘lnnell had to so virtually without a diver in its meets. In other early meets not a Single man was healthy to swim in some events. Coach Simone maintained throughout the season, however, that the stout competition was good for his squad. saying “We may lose some close meets here FINAL TEAM STAND .Grinnell . . . Carleton . Knox . Belait . Lawrercc . St. Olaf . Cornell .liIonmoutli . .. 2 Note: Cafe and Email did not swimv NGS but every time ourl get a Chance to Comrl nst really good opponr kes them better fol" and there. 'I‘:c got men swimming for me who were no more thaiil adcdaate when they began and, are how outstanding in then- own righz. The ’key is individual improvement. to produce team that finally stronget No excuses were needed for ‘ Grinnell's performance in the Conference meet, Simone laoke od like a good prophet when his team took all but three ‘ events and cracked three rc- cords in swainping the second place team, Carleton, by so , points. Stan fabulous is orman closed out a career as a freestyle sprinter for Grinnell by will- ning one Conference title in, the 50—yard freestyle and getting second in the 100. The latter rcpi-o cnted in; first Conference loss in three years Tte only other senior on the squad was Elldtlv Frank. co. captain along with Norman. and bolder oi times well below thcl Conference record for the but“ tcrt'lr. Frank didn't get a shot at the mark because tiio event has been dropped from the list of races in the Conference nleet.i SCARLET AND BLACK Swim Team Wins Championship Adain Pictured above is the Grinnell swimming team in eight years for the Pioneers and Coach Irv Simone. F ”l anllo, Joe Latham,‘ Rick filler, Jim Crass; securi To“. Frank, Stall Norman, Zill Leiknwitz; top row: Mike Lehman, Snyder, and John Teget, which left bottcm row: Bill llermln, Paul Coach ‘il brought home the seventh titlel‘ Simone, Mike Gnugh, Tod Rolander, Buddy Pete Lysnc, Pete @rltt‘lkt anti {mark . : @CRTS ° lKnilmil Baseball lentil Gary Knamiiler and Roger Milicr were honored Monday night at a banquet given in lien- or Cl the varsity and freshman baseball teams in the private dining room, SPRING SPORTS I \RSITY LETTER WINNERS TRACK AND FIELD Carlton Peterson Kent Rogerstln Gin-its King Gene Kowert Ernie Rutherford (Captil Bub Trellktt Fred Arnold - Dennis Asby John Edgl'ell Jim Fisher Bob narrill John llartung BASEBALL Bruce Bell Howard Bunton Jack Freter Dale Furnish Gary Knamillei— Jim Lowry ioli Melittyrc lack Meyer team.) Dick Mittelbuslicr * Roger Miller Ron orlisiie- Art Peterson Chris Sprung TENNIS Guy Ashton Tom Cnak Ira Keeshjn Joel Present: .ioim Ruralds Jim Smith GOLF Steve Brodt (Capt) lich Fuller Jon goreteiusclien inept.) Lowell iloehett :iil Mcllniglit Craig Mc. - FRESHMEN LETTER WINNERS TRACK AND FIELD Dave Abel Tom DcL‘erg Dave .Baeta Rich Wall Ray cooper Pete Nassiff Gary Gotfredson Mike Fox Joel Goldman Andy Goldstein Jim Johnson Jint Harrington Bill Henry Jini McKlveen Davé Pdtter‘un Mike Patterson _Paui iieiciis Larry Skeeter-son Orv Tci ug Pete krona Jim llatiield Frcd Berg BASEBALL Robert Barker David Berman Ca] Collier Robert DeCook John Grittin Harris Goldsteill Phil King Jack Spence Wi iam Staehlin Joltn Pcele Steve Whrrickt Tutu Wenner .iiin Jenks TENNIS ‘ Jim Maxmin Mike Schulhol‘ Mark Ferdinand Bob Hewes Tony Horton GOLF Gary Fisher Jack Hansen Russ Harden Paul Nelson Tim-iy Schroer Bob shepherd __——_______ l Knamilier was voted the most valuable player for the 1961 season; Miller was voted captain of next-year's team. - Knamiiler, or "Kna" as he is known by his teammates, had a season that will be long re- membered; he broke a total of fire Grinneli baseball records in three seasons of competition .Knamiilcr got 19 hits in 49 times at bat tins season for a batting average of .388; both the batting average and the number of hits are new records. Three career rccortk were set by Kiminilier, including most runs, 32 (breaking the old re _rd oi zsl most hits. 43 tbrpa the old record by three and beating teammate Jim Lowry by one hit). Both Lowry and Knamlller stole a total of nine bases in their three years here to break the old career record by two. Jack Fretcr, a sophomore. set the siugle'seasoii mark in that department with it in one year.| Knaniiiler, third baseman and unolllclal field general. led the, Pioneers to their best seasoni since 19l2 with eight victories. SIX defeats and one lie. ln alll a total of 14 records were setl this season; modern records at: Grinnell date book only to 1957 when baseball returned to Grind neii alter a 40 year Intervention: Freter set the record for i most runs scored in one sea— son with 15. while Dick Mite telbusher tied the record set last year by Jack Mcyor for most wins in, one season for a pitcher with four. Meyer set a total of five marks himself in the pitching tlcpart— merit They wei most strike- outs in one se n, so; most, wal s in one season, 33; most wins in a pitcher's career. 9: most strikeouts in a pitcher's career. 130 (old record was 71): and most walks in a career. 70. Meyer was captain of the souadj this season. i Coach Pfitseh will lose on four members from this yea squad. Lowry. Knamiller. Mey— er and Ron Ochsner. ln summariz- ing the season, Pittsch felt that the 5-6 record isn't a true re- presentation of how well Grin- ncll played. He pointed out that when Grinncll won, they won by the average margin of 51 runs; when they lost it was by_ a 2d margin. or the six loses, three were by one run and two by only two runs, He also added that the team batting average was a creditable .2 3, and the slugging average was .309. . ‘ and ’with \l'al‘mlllg fire. music and hot ‘chocolate on nights and week- Page Eleven Lowry Clio'sen Top Alhlefe ' Jim Lowry, the first man to earn nine varsity letters at Grim Hillel] in 80 years, heads :l list of ,top Pioneer athlete-s to he honor- *cd at th: annual Commencement- moi-ning Honor ‘6' letter-men‘s breakfast Sunday. Lowry. earlier the recipient of the Tlieophilus trophy as the year's outstanding athlete and al- so named most valuable basket- ball player and most otltst'lnding football back, will rE39lVe the Honor ‘G' service award which goes annually to the Pioneer who has accumulated the most monoe grams in his varsity career, He has three letters each in ioothhll, basketball and baseball, Last Pioneer to earn nine letters was Ben Douglas. ’31, former Grinnell coach who now lives in Cedar Rapids. Chris King, will receive the Honor ‘ct' scholastic award presented each year to the senior lettcrman with the best academic record. He is a track and cross country man who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa this. ’ year. Four spring sports stand-outs have been named most valuable members of their respective squads: Ernie Rutherford, track captain and Midwest Conference pole vault and jaielin champion Gery Kiiamiller. whose .385 batting average for the season was the best earned since base- ball was revived at Grinnell five years ago. Guy Ashton. tennis captain and Midwest Conference No. l singles champion, Lowell golfer. Picked to succeed Jack Meyer, senior pitching aee, as baseball captain next year is catcher Roger Miller. 1 John Hartung. talen ed shpte putter-sprinter, will captain the 1962 track squad. t Grinnell Proiiides Hooiietl, top Pioneer 'Ouldoor Program . Grinnell provided more student recreation in the past year than ever before. due largely to the efforts of Coach Ii-v Simone and the physical education depart. ment Working with lunited funds, two college station wagons and an old school bus rcehristcncd "The Covered Wagon" no cnten tainment become out of the ques- tion for Grinnelhans As Simone pointed out, “All you need is the ideas — our dep nt wlll’see to it that you ha a the tneans if the activity is worthwhile." Shopping, theater performances and sporting events in nearby large cities became the ohjects of trips by various groups. Winter sports were emphasized with a well-rounded program in. cluding ice skating, ice fishing and skiing. A rink was impro- ivised next to Darby Gymnasium which provided for both hockey pleasure skating complete ends. ice fishing was offered as a recreational pastime on the near— by Rock Creek Lake. The skiing program was one of the most rewarding. Visits to local slopes took place weekly' and, as interest gained, longer jannts were arranged to Wis- consin and Colorado over se- l master break and Spring vac:— tion. In the spring canoeing and sail- boating were offered. The cane '- lng program was particularly successful. It offered a soemile m‘el'lllght trip tor 2.: students every week-end on the Iowa River. A total of Hit students took advni age of the opportunity to paddle and camp out The program is still gathcring momentum. with bigger and beta tcr things planned lor next year A tentative project is an extended Christmas vacation cruise through the Bahamas for some thirty people