Page Ten SCARLET AND BLACK Friday, March 2. |9o2 Grime/I eager: edge upset-minded Beioit and Cornell ' by Dave Brown A Capacity crowd Saw th G: lilell Pioneers assure them- selves of at least a lie in Mid- west conicrencc competition, Snlul‘day night in Darby as they, downed th d place Cornell, to 69, Fourlh ranked St Olai had upset the Pioneels closest challenger, Monmouth, so to 83 that afternoon. The win gave Grinnoll a 15.2 eoniercnee record. Now proven "giant killers," the Pioneers had - been rated no better than seer ond division by ore-season polio sters The Pioneers had claimed win No. 14 Friday with a 75770 homc , court victory over Eelolt. 1n the Cornell game, George Gray pumped in 22 points to lead the Grim-tell scorers. Kent Rogerson came off the bench to help ice the contest with eight points, Rick Tomek, scorer, tossed leading Cornell but from the basket. While the Pioneers attempted to stop Tomek, the Rams cap. italized on some wide-open driv— jllg shots But at halfrtillle the score \\ as tied 37-all, thanks tc MIDWEST CONFERENCE STANDINGS ‘V L PCT ,882 ,812 ,562 .582 .529 .500 .500 .437 .137 7000 Grilmell Monmouth Cornell St. Olat Coc . Ripoll Carleton Beloit Knox Lawrence timely shots by Grinnell iegu» let's Gal Smith, Gray, Bob Mus- sei, Jlml Mifflin, and John Sun dell. The Scarlets opened up a short lead early in the second hall and kept a 3 7 point margin for the rest of the game Grinnell Coach John Piitsch called Gray's effort “his best DE the season," after the six- foot Senior guard hit three straight fast-breaking baskets in the last 13 minutes of the game to bleak the Rams‘ de— itnsc Friday night against Beloit the Pioneers built a l7rooint lead in the second half, only to gc' icercold, The Scarlets went eight minutes rvith only two free throws, as the Beloit team nar— rowed the gap to within the iinai rive-point victory margin. Miiflin led Grinnell scoring ii the Beloit contest with 19 pomt >l~tlt| lrunm V,\l*n.ltlo t ”with litmhc lVllililL-t' lieniy Ilvruvll In rsons iaoecr n 'Jtll'lls cl t ’J'olillx at cums com-r, m. Musscr Horton sinulcll p it Inlay canine siin h Ash» lliimln Yin-sou, A column of opinion open to contribution by Scarlet and Black readers in 29 markers. ' :most oi them from 35 to 40 feel . 71‘ Welcome +0 l'he club Footballers, Dick Ulhricht (left) and K 'li Vim Rooyiul, lmppily welcome the Pit)- neel' til-captains, Boll Musser ( ) and Ra Horton, to the “club of champions." The football team gained champion status by v unlll'." :1 tie this fall for the Conference championship, while the hoopstels follollel suit last Saluldztr. arris to defend 167 lb. title Ganos place at 147 and shouldr’ son, Cook, and Harris gained prove a strong contender at this the only victories tor the Pio~ squad began competition todayilower weight, Bill Gorbunon neers. at St. Olaf College, Nortllfieldlwill be shifted to 157. Bruce sew 105M mug}, figm to 123 Minn, in the annual Midwest Robinson and Al MacKnight wil‘ b_ conmemg champ Ron Collegiate Athletic Confereneclwrcstle the 137 and 130 positions Thompson, who is favored to re. championships The slappleisl A hey man in Coach Monies capture his title with relative bearing a dual record 01 thlee tournament plans is 167 lb. Mid ease for the Kohawks wins against six losses are stililwesi commence cimmpm Dickr _, A ilithout the semces of Captain Harris. Harris leads the Pioneer , Wi‘YHe Gano (147 lbs.) who suf ,with six wins this year. SW fered a knee injury earlier in, Rounding out the team is Dave ‘1”; the season against Carleton. lScott at 123 Mike Patterson at ”M; "a“ However, by shifting his lille- 177 and N k van Matrc at 191.,“ ,gm up, Coach Terry Moore is hopriGlinnell will have no entry inmm H ing for a good showing. Senior the heavyweight division ‘ H 7 (him Tom Cook, who has been in 157 In their 21 14 loss to Coo ‘ , lb. slot w i probably take last Friday, MacKnight, Rollin WY“ ‘ it ‘1 by Ken Clymer ‘ Grinnells varsity wrestling ‘llom nson tit-er Nolwil lrl , i let ,\ Knight. (fil derisioned Rolli nan. (lecixltiiled (G\ to ninnnl run Girl‘lltl- ‘lnm Coch tut tlet‘i»itltle