riday. February 2 I962 SCARLET AND BLACK Page Seven Winter sports n dyddyd at Monmouth, Knox fiarlpi auh Z'E’ilttrk 2 5PQJRT5 ag_ers Io defend eir lead in MWC by Sam Grossman Grinnells conference 7 lead- ng basketball team moves east into lllinois this weekend for no important contests, with ionniouth, tonight and Knox tomorrow. After a gameless weekend for he three teams, the midrseason tatistics look as follows: Grin- icll heads the conference with II] 571 record; Monmouth enlers' -iriflay's contest in a second-place i l 2 le Wth seven wins against two , osses, one to‘ Gr iiell Iamlary and Knox, ninth in the eonierence with its 2-7 record, dis already suiiered two de- in mida ' eats to the Pioneers (one in al ioii league tournament). 0f the two games. the Mon— pull} match appears to be the nor-e threatening from most endpoints. Gl'innell’s head has. ~etball coach, John Piitscli, coni- that Monmouth and are iaii-ly evenly— any The Scotsman: oiieiisive ace is Jerry Melt, who leads the Eonterence's lop scorers with an impressive average of 27.4 points a game Pfitscli feels, however, he Pioneers are mentally - od shape and optimistic. in No special" preparations were be~- rig made to keep down Mell's scoring effect “He scored 33 hits against us last time," titsch brought out, “but we Von.H Knox should prove to be an asy foe‘on the basis of past ~e‘cords. This attitude, however, ‘ould be Knox's greatest of- 'ense if the Pioneers should be. -ome~overconfident at the pro- gect of this third meeting of he season with the Siwash. Playing on a home court fol- owing two defeats, would also end to give Knox the psycho. Micro hr leaping Pioneer Pioneer center, John Sundell caught in a iamiliar pose, as e leaps high to clear the boards n a recent Grinnell victory over College into Se ogrcal advantage. Pfitsch coma nented that the Siwash have well coached and promising cam. asiinirell's major advantage, - itsch feels, is depth, as the ioneers have four or five men in the bench who can come in no play good ball. that i I i i cousin, Milwaukee branch. Frosln cagers ,Io go agains’r Cen’rral here The Pioneer ircshinan basket. ihall tcain will play its last‘ home gainc or the season Monet day atternooii against Central College of Fella in Darby gym. i Since their last game, a thrill-l ring 64453 will over Wartburgl Itlic irosh lioopstci-s have been working on a new oflense that, in effect. is mum to the one the Pioneer varsity now uses. This week. the yearling cag- crs met and deicated a team, composed of Grinnell football 'players and IM, star- by the, ‘score of 93759, This just all-l ‘otlicr illustration of how well the ireslimeii are coming along alter slow start Also this week, have Scher- greii, (H) guard iroin Red oak, was, elected captain oi a the freshman team. The Scar-lot ireshmen still' have two road contests remain- ing to he played on their sclleda oppo- Knox ule, against conference nenls -Monmctutll and Those iwo meetings will be beta ,Lled out over the weekend of Feb. 16717 I.M. BOWLING IS MARCH 2 BETTER GET SOME PRACTICE IN. OPEN BOWLING TUESDAY—FRIDAY EVE'S. COLLEGE RATES IN BOWLADROME THE AFTERNOONS. Splashers poinI Ioward record- | The Pioneers 400 yd. medley relay team oi tleit to right) Jim Cross, Jim Maxinin, Bill Herman, and Pete Synder all point towards the Grinnell pool record iii 4:004 set last year by Bud Frank, Stan Nurmnni Snyder and Herman Last week a Pioneer medleyrrelay team set a 400 yd. pool record at the v, ol Wis- {‘Toil'MaIman Wayne at 157 , wrestling captain, ll.lsr Gano, the Pioneer \v-ill wrestle this weekend, ‘ tougher ‘Clil'istmas vacation, with special ’ Scott, ' Robinson at 137 pounds. Simpson, Grapplers Iry for Iirsl win Coach Tcrry Moore’s wrestlers will invade Monmouth midi Knox this weekend along with the haskelbull and swimming teams. The grapplers will be oul to improve upon lheir 071 record for the season The loss was it) Len Cnladney ;!Sinipson College in December. During iinal exam week the - team has been putting in pl‘ac» : tice time in order » condition ‘ ence match this year. to got iiitc for the first Center On the whole ,the squad looks than it did hefore in Dave and Bruce improvement noted 123 poundel‘ Dick Harris, last year's 157 pound Midwest Conierencc champion, has rejoined the squad and hopes to wrestle 191 pounds at Monmouth and Knox. With Moore this cxception ‘ said he would probably start the same team as he did against which included 123 pounds — Scott; .130 pounds — Al MacKnight; 137 pounds — Robinson; 147 pounds — Bil: Gorbunotf; 157 pounds — Toni Cook, 157 pounds — Captain Wayne Gano, and 177 pounds —. Mike Patterson. The Pioneer wrestlers'will forfeit the heavyol weight class. At Monmouth, the men to heat will be Bob Gould, 21 137 'pound sophomore who Went un- defeated in his freshman matches last year, Ken Knox. 147 pound senior who won more matches than any other Scot grappler last year and George Car-oil, a 157 pound senior who placed second in the Midwest Centerence meet last season, The Grinncil freshman mats men, who have been working along with the varsity, will have their iirst meet next Fri day against Simpson, follower by a triangular contest with the Coe and Cornell yearlings on I Feb 13. sigmoid 6- -5I ONE-STOP VALENTINE SHOPPING We have Hallmark Valentines for you to send to everyone on your list in our distinctive new collection of quality designs! You‘ll also find exciting Hallmark Gift Wraps and Plans~1< Party accessories for easy entertaining in- peifect tnstc. Shop easily . . . shop now for your Hallmark Valentine needs, “When you care enough to send the very best,” ’ tom's FINEfiT'DRU STORE 2Tankers Irollnce rU of Wisconsm aI Milwaukee l l by Dave Brown Aitcr a ,l'ecol'd~boosi.itlg 60-35 victory over the University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee) last Sat— urday, the Grinnell swimming teain goes to Monmouth and Knox this weekend tor a kind of sports “piaynday” icaturing swimming, wrestling and has. ketball events at each school. Pioneer swim coach Irwin Simone reports that the team is “rounding into shape atier the testing period lay off in Wednesday trine trials all swlm< mers recorded their best times of the season. According to Simone, Mons month‘s team is somewhat stronger than in the past, and lKnox is a little weaker He is, however, looking forward to “two good meets.“ in winning the Milwaukee meet the swimmers advanced their record to two victories lagainst one loss in dual meet competition. . Jim Adelman sophomore dis- tance ace, paced the team with wins in the zou yd freestyle land the 440 yd fleeslyle. Adel- nian has lost only one of six distance races. A pool record in the 400 yd. medley relay was set by the Pioneers The relay team of tPete Snyder, Bill Herman Jim lMaxmin and Joe Latham finish- led the event in 4: ll.l The oth— ’ei‘ of the two relays was also won by Grinnell. 1 Steve Brooks, Paul Torno, Jim jci~,oss Pcte Snyder and Jim lMaxmin won individual events iin the 50 yd. freestyle, 200 yd. |individual medley, 100 yd, free- style, 200 yd. backstroke, and 200 yd. butterfly, respectively. Jerry Rounds placed second in the diving competition. ‘ The Spot To Hit is curs I I BEGINS SATURDAY BROWN'S SHOE FIT 907 MAIN STREET