Page Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. February 7 Pioneers Top (0e; To Meet Rams Tomorrow By Pete Kollman Grinnell remained in the thick of the MidWeSL Confer- ence basketball race with a hairsraising 73-71 victory over Coe last Saturday in Darby Gym, The game was a “must" for the Pioneers and the win put them into a second place tie with Cornell, both teams/ only one game behind league leading Ripon. The game started slow with neither tealn looking particu— larly impressive, Coe failed to hit from the field for the first 6 minutes and trailed 10-4 at that point. Then the Kohawks began to connect and the game became a see-saw battle with the Pioneers in the lead most of the time. A basket just before the halftime horn by Dick Ul- rich, Pioneer guard, sent Grin- nell to the dressing room with a 38732 lead. Affer the half, the game ”see-sawed" again, but the Pioneers steadily increased their margin until it reached ll points with about 10 min- utes to play. At this point the game seemed safely in Grinnell’s hands but the K0- . hawks fought back and took the lead with about three and a half minutes remaining. Grinnell retaliated with two buckets to make the score 71-68. Once again, it looked like the game was safely won but a missed free throw and a bad pass put Coe in possession trailing 71—70, when Kohawk guard Dave Collie was fouled. He sank his first free throw but his second bounced off the rim, The jump ball which en- sued was controlled by the Pio- neers, who called a time' out with 23 seconds remaining to be played. Grinnell waited un- til 8 seconds showed on the clock, when Jeff Ftantz shot from 2|) feet out. The ball bounded high but Pioneer cen- ter John Sundell was there to stuff in the winning basket. Notable performances for Grinnell were turned in by co- captains Jim leilin, who scored 23 points and got ll re— bounds, and John Sundell, who scored 16 and pulled in 24 re- bounds; and by reserve guard Ulrich, whose' pass to Mifflin under the basket enabled the Pioneers to regain the lead, 69-68, and whose ensuing good fake and lay-up gave them a three point hulge. Guard Jim Eeckman led the Coe scoring with 20 points. Bothteams were equally cold from the field, each shooting 33 percent. Neither team did much better from the free throw line with Coe hitting 11, of 20 for 55 percent andi Grinnell hittiing only 9 of 43‘ for 39 percent. Pioneer Jeff From shoots over the outstretched hands of \ Kohawk Jim Beckmon in Grinnell's exciting 73-71 victory over One. Front: was fouled and made his two bonus shots. Grapplers io Resume Action: Journey to Dubuque University By Ken Clymcr Grinnell’s undefeated varsity wrestlers open the second half of their season tomorrow with a non-Conference bout against Dubuque University on their mats. Dubuque threatens to give the Pioneers more com- petition than they have prev- iously encountered. Before Christmas the mat- men had compiled a 4-0 record by defeating Lawrence (39-0), Ripon (3273), Simpson (22-10), and Warthurg (22-15% With their best team in years the Pioneers hope to give peren- nially strong Cornell a real battle for the conference chant» pionship March 6th and 7th. Last year Grinnell surprised the whole Conference by edging out Carleton for the spot. At Dubuque, coach Edd Bowers plans to wrestle Bill Barnes (123 lbs.), Ken Stub< ler (130 lbs), Al MacKnight (131 lbs.), Will Van Home (147 lbs.), Ken Clymer or Nick Nonas (157 lbs.), Larry Miller (167 lbs.), Jeff Lewis (177 lbs.), and Morgan Michel (Hwt.). Barnes, Mil- ler, Lewis, and Stuhler re- main undefeated in du all matches so far this season. Lewis has pinned four oppo- nents in four matches. The grapplers‘ final home matches Will be held in Darby Gym next Friday and Saturday against conference opponents Carleton and St. Olaf. second Want to lake at stew now that will guarantee you an executive position as soon as you graduate? And an assured future in the Age of Aerospace? Then_|oln the Air Force ROTC. You’ll receive your Air Force corn- mission with your coliege_degree. _And_ you ll be a leader in an organization that Will give you command responsibility right from _the start. For ‘details, see the Professor of Alr Science. By Andy Bushnell Second place in the Midwest , Conference basketball race W|ll be at stake tomorrow evening when hot shooting Jack Grams and Dick Calbow and their Cor- nell College teammates take the floor in Darby Gym. The 7:30 Contest Will not only break the second place tie, but it Will probably drop the loser out of contention for the Conference championshlp, Ripon is leading the race with an 8-1 mark while Cornell and Grinnell are both 6-2. Ripon, however, faces a tough sched- ule this Week as well. Fourth place Knox, which defeated the Redmen last week and res juvenated Monmouth will be the visitors. Grinnell coach, John Pfitsch is still uncertain about his starting lineup. Since Kin- kead’s departure the team has not been Working togeth- er as smoothly as before. He hopes to remedy this with a few changes. John Sundell, of course, will Start at cen- ter with Jim Mifflin at one forward position. Either Jeff Frantz or Clyde Smith will start at the other forward. Three guards, Dick Ulrich, Tom Buchholtz, and Dave Sel- lergren will see a great deal of action. Pfitsch has been im- pressed with Ulrich’s play in the last few games and Buch- holtz is probably the best out~ side shot, Sellergren has been a regular starter. The Rams boast two of the top scorers in the conference in Jack Grams, the scoring leader, with 22.3 points per game and Dick Calbow who is averaging 18.1. Dal Zierk and John Shillinglaw will be the probable starters at guard with John Allhaugh at Center. Bob Moore should also see quite a bit of action at center as he is B-fi and may be needed to guard Sundell. Cornell uses a zone defense. the best in the league, while Grinnell uses a man to man. Coach Pfitsch is counting on Sundell to keep Grams from raising his average, but says that he is not particularly con- cerned about the team's de- tense. “Our biggest worry is getting the ball through the hoop." LaSalle basketball captain Frank Corace led his team in scoring last season wlth 441 petnts. Dr. R. 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