Page Twelve ' SCARLET AND BLACK ‘ Friday, June 2, I96! Roundballers Finis! in Tie For Fourth FINAL MlD'WEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS W L PCT. .833 1311 ,6“ Cornell. 5t. clui Carleton Grinnell Monmouth Coe nipou Beloit , Knox . ., Lawrence . ,5th .500 .389 3 7 7 9 9 9 9 ll 13 13 by Toni rranta Grinneil‘s past basketball sear son can bestAbe summed up by dividing it into two phases; the unproductive. listless 1960 s and the i‘ciuvenalcd” spi hustling 1961 season, ~ Things were lookinea-ery block to the Ploncci‘SNC\ i'ear'sDa , 19 1 They had lost iivc gdm , nile winning only one and-wci-c in last place in the Midwest Cons forence. Coach Plitsch cited a number of reasons for the Pionccrs' poor iii-st half showing. Many,of his boys had just completed the foot. ball season and weren't “basket- ballized" yet. Cupiain' Jim Lowry was bothered by an in. jury sustained late in the grid season. The squad ,played together well as a team but lacked spir— it; individually they were very mediocre nnd unpolished, with the exception of Bob Musser, who played some of his best games in 1960. But starting with their 72—71 victory over Beloit on Jan. 3, “the Pioneers found themselves, came to life and won in games .500 t .500 i .278 ‘, .273 ~ Col Thomson, Keith Kestcr, P! the Conference. He finished his career at Grinncll with 132 points! which places him sixth, on the list of allrtimc high Grinnell scorers. ; Jon Gi-oieluschen has to»be 'czilled the most improved player on,the squad. Always having great potential but never being able to use it, Groteluschen found while dropping only five, cli- maxed by. their 6043 rout of the “mug” ““5 year and Maya“ the . , most consistent ball of any of '“hamp‘m “we“ “3‘“; t ithe Pioneers. He has scored 452 Nobod likes to ride‘the . . . bench hilt Coach riitseh cited ‘Pmms ‘“ h’? ””99 5’0“" "WW ' 'carcer at Grinnell. this season's second and third g > team as having the best ntti- l Musserwas theleadmg Pioneer point producer for the second tude of any group of boys he’s , . straight year, raising his two- . ever coached. _ year total to 663, good enough lndividuzill', Ca lain Lowl" 3 D y for seventh place in allrlime scorcd 2' points during the sea— .Cros's', Conni‘ry Team Iil Nortllcn. Paul Kisser. l57 Mai Ti’rle Gi'ilinell‘s closed out wrestling its season in ings defeating only Knox and Cue, Two men. Captain Elll Fair Harris Takes ' tP. E. Department Takes league Crawn i‘ Griiiiiell‘s v -sity and fresh- 31 man crossscoumry squads enjoy '1 Ed highly Successful seasons as ‘ this year ; both teams won Conference title it The varsity harriers gained th ‘distihction of being one of two , teams in the Midwest Conference to win a Conference title without suficririg a single , defeat in Confer-enee competition. Conference champion Pioneer cross-couniry" runners are kneeling l. [u ri llap Lutter, Rion DDIT, Tail \Vinieki, Dick Fisher, Bill Gorhinnff, standing I. to 1'. Coach Young, Grant Fairbanks, 1T0 Try New Plans squad} independent improvement and 52v! eiith place in Conference stand- pr'actice‘w‘ill be the theme or the new men's physical education program. This is in keeping with the overall trend toward inde- ton and Dick l-iarris, won H team points for ninth place in the Conference meet at Cornell. pendent study at Grinnell. The objectives of the program are basically the same. The mole graduate should be proficient in several areas of athletics as u-cil as in academics. Dial: Harris, runner-up at 157-, pounds last year asia sophomore' in the conference meet, return. . ed this year to terrorize his o The .“e‘fV “Mel” °‘ ”“3 PTO- « , gram lies in the manner by which. ouents throu hout the sea . , €19 racked up geighvwms againstthese skills should be reached. Few . teams in Conference liistorv have won the Cross- crountry title without suffering it single dual meet setback within the Conference. The Pioneers dcieated Belnit, Carleton. Lawrence and St. Olaf in dual meets and bested Knox and Monmouth in a triangular, At Chicago’s Washington Park, Grinnell met these schools once again. with the addition of Coi nell and Ripoli. for the Contei enee championship. Grant Fairbanks covered the three inilc distance in 15:24 to ~placc third. establishing a new Grinncll recordtor the courstz. Got Thomson, Keiih Kester, Phil 1Northcn and Tad winiecki back- ed up Fairbanks to give Grinnell 61 points and the title. it was the second crown in three years ior Grim-tell. The Freshman toppled Cornell, iKnox and Drake in dual meets and placed first in the Confer- ence telegraphic. achieve a high degree of profi- ciency in his major field and a lesser degree in- his minor. Test. ing in these iieldswill take place at the end of semesters and will emphasize mechanical skill as well as rules and theory. The swimming 'requircnicnt will be maintained as in the old program. ' Another innovation is in the _ team sports requirement. Fill- fillment will rest on participa- son, bringing his three year total to 591 and making him lhe eighth leading scorer in‘Grinnell history. He started slowly this se'ason, but by the last few games bc w ptaying excellent ball, _ Simmons, handicapped by poor eyesight and a bad ankle late in Grinncll scoring. and he still has a year oi eligibility left. He ill‘ir proved greatly on rebounding and his major weakness, defense. With the addition of Smith to the first five came the spark and impetus that the Fionccrs lacked so badly in ’60. He played cxcel. the one loss, a decision, and brawled his way to the pound title in meet, Four of the dual wins came as pins. Bill Patton, captain of Griiincii wrestlers, . piled up then! 167» the Conference season; the} a There Will be no required PE. courses PE. instructors \Vlll be t‘aining basic courses which will not be compulsory The ‘pi‘ogram is designed to available to give help to those} who desire it as well as mama} tion on at least three teams. l These can be intramural, class or intereollege grouus’as pres— ently oflered. A 16“?! of physical fitness will ireplace the present body building course, This level will be based stimulate the student's own in- [on [he Swami: mm], mm, b - ‘ lied d ~ 2331'? l td'f b ll, h tl ' e 59‘5”“ p“ M" e" e an“ a ”5 $31.1. latest in achieving a high fla— iwhich will be tested early in the _ , , 'record in the lab-poundl bounds to lead the Pioneers infinite and by late season was on. He wrestled} iii . evel‘y‘ that depal‘lmem, though at 6'2", i among the landing scorers in each has one DI the smallest centers in | game, ‘ AnimalLife ‘Cowles hall famed the w- the top two contenders and third vetcd Kent trophy after Winning placed Langm the men's intr mural race for A5 a whole, the season was 'the third weight year. _ ifair with a number of teams . , The QUWlES Jeflmsvflho fm“forfeiting games in several ‘ isaed third or above in all but Spa”; The mmpgmon was one sporti beat out sscqnd PlaCélmainly between the top two or ,Rawson by 260 points. There three regime with the : was a 500 point margin between Cowies-mumphmg_ KENT TROPHY 1961 s FB Te YB SW 815 Bi) Tr SB GoToliil S 3010 2750 2270 2100 2100 1920 710 1520 1100 1310 800 Cowles Rawsbn Lnngan North Younker South itounker East Norris Dibble Smith Gates Clark , West Norris ‘HPI dihmFetDWfiflNmt—I a~w=aamw-m i-aeeintaenoetisw» =r—mwié‘xlcawNiS-H i...— aeri-i'iooesosvieatoi-t larger , Pioneer meet and faced more Oil- ponents than anyone else on lhe‘ squad. Alrankle iiiiury haini‘iei ed his attempts in the islied strong picking up a draw, a decision, and a pin in the last three'meels oi the season. Patton won his first Conlcr- enee meet encounter but dropped the next match to the eventual 1307rloui'id clinmuinn. Patton contributed one point to Harris’ 13 m the Grinncll ninth place total. Ron Dori a 147-pound vet— latter‘ part of the season but he fln~ gree of skill in a Sport, The old class system which often dill will be abandoned and are designed to cover all four ye'ars of a student’s career, it is hoped that this will bring ~the juniors and seniors into the RE, program. The carry-over sport will be .tiic foundation of the requii — ments? it will COHSISLOE the st dent‘s selection of a inaior aii ‘lnlnoi‘ sport in fields which are tion. This will Requirements will number five crab, turned iii-several good porn goit, archery, peevmg bunting; \VRESTLING Cont. p. 14, col. 3 iswnnming, skiing. paddle tennis and other similar sports. The student will be required to Congratulations freshman year This physical abila ity Will also help determine the “M accomplish this "hie-“We ‘tlevel in the other requirements. The program will be enforced by the use 01 compulsory attend- ance of class in the case of lack of progress in the semester tests. ‘ Women students are also em- barking on 21 Similar plan with a different setmf requirements. The class of lot will‘have its d- pi‘esent PJE. credits transferred to the new program so there will commonly used in adult i-ecrea- not be two plans in effect at the include .tcnnls same time. All Kinds of MAGAZlN’EIS —Schuol Supplies —Tobaccos —Pipes ' eTypewriIer Supplies 1 [Congratulations ‘ SENIORS ' CLASS .0f ‘61 ’GENERA‘L TELEPHONE COMPANY OF Grinnell Federal Saving , -. - IOWA 8: Loan ' Association Where Your Savings Earn 4%. and Repair Available LAROS News STAND