Fobruuy 1| Pioneers lose to Beloi'tv,VC By Pete Kollman Grinnell’s basketball team dropped two games on the road last weekend, losing to Beloit Friday night, 90—61, and to Coe on Saturday, 9130. The losses dropped the Pioneers to fifth place in the Midwest Confer- ence standings. Friday night Grinnell trav- eled to Beloit to take on the Buccaneers. The less said about the game the better; the Pioneers played one of their worst games of the year. Grin- nell fell behind at the begin- ning and the margin steadily increased, reaching 15 at half- time, 39724. Beloit continued where they left off when the second half started and contin- ued to roll up the score. Bright spots in the Grin- ,nell effort were , ell-captains Jim Mifflin and John Sundell. Mifflin hit 8 for 13 from the field enronte w 25 points and Sundell showed he had recov- ered from the illness which hampered him last weekend by snagging 21 rebounds. Saturday night was a happier story, although the result looked the same in the stand- ings. Grinnell jumped off to an early lead, but the Kohawks came right back to tie the game at halftime, 47417. The Pioneers recovered from meir Friday night deep freeze by shooting 50 percent the first half. The entire second half was a see-saw battle, somewhat like the St. Olaf game 2 Weeks earlier. The Pioneers lead by four with three and a half min- utes to play but the Kohawks regained the advantage and a lest-second basket by Sundell was of no avail. Jeff F r s n t z, sophomore guard, along with senior co» captains, turned in noteworthy performances. Frantz lead the Pioneers with 27 points. closely followed by Mifflln’s 26. AFROTC Announces Codeis’ Pron‘ioiions The following cadet promo- tions have been announced by the 255th AFROTC Cadet Squad~ ron here at Grinnell: Promoted to Cadet Captain was Cadet Robert A. Patrick; to Cadet lst Lt., Cadets Philip A. Johnson, James A. McIn- tyre, Stephen D. Rockwood and Lawrence R. Rinderknecht. Cadet Arthur H. Weyrauch was promoted to the rank of Cadet Staff Sergeant. Cadets promoted to the rank of Cadet Airman lst Class in- clude Cadets Robert C. Mack, James K. Nash, John J. Poi- man, and Donald D. Potter. Cadet Richard S. Jordan was promoted to Cadet Airman 2nd Class. Basic Cadets who were prorl moted to Cadet Airman 3rd Class include Douglas K. Alter- berg, Nordahl L. Brue, John C. Ellrig, William w. Keaney, D. Ray Langhsm, Ross M. Lan- gill, Robert G. Robnett, Rich- ard Schoenfeldt, Richard W. Starkeson, and Robert D. Wat- gins, Jr. SCARLET AND ILACK Grinnell‘s John Sundell goes up for ma paints in the Pioneers' February 15th game against St. Olaf. The Pioneers will attempt to break a live game losing streak tonight as they host Lawrence in Darby Gym. Co-Capluins Sundell. Mifflin Eye Musser's School Records Grinnell’s basketball co-Cap- tains, Jim leflin and John Sundell, are quickly closing in on one season and two career marks held by Pioneer John Musser (’56), older brother of Bob Musser ('62). In the scoring department, Mifflin, a forward who is cer- tain to join the “LOW-point club” in Iowa this weekend, could, by maintaining his’ cur- rent 21.2 point, average, slip post Musser in career scor- ing. with five games left, Mifflin has come up with 329 points this season, giving°him a three-year total of 994. This leaves him just 10!) markers shy of Mus- ser's pacersetting 1103 points. sundell has his eye set one Dr. R. Maas Optometrist Phone 236-4001 719 51h Avenue across from United Food Store Contact Lenses Complete Uplical Laboratory both a season and career mark of Musser’s in rebound- ing. A 6—7 center with tremen- dous spring, Sundell has pulled down 342 stray shots this year, giving him a total of 916. Musser’s standard is 930. 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GRINNELL TRAVEL CENTER loo Fifth Avenu: Court Call 236-3197 $45.39 By Jack Harrod Grinnell’s Pioneers return home this weekend to try and break out of the slump that has cost the Scarlets six of their last seven games. Tonight at 7:30 p.m. the cagers meet the Lawrence Vikings in Darby Gymnasium and tomorrow air ternoon at 1:30 p.m. face league-leading Ripon. Coach John Pfitsch's main problem is still the question of finding someone to back up his 1-2 punch of Jim Miff- lin and Jeff Frantz. Since the departure of sophomore guard Gordy Kinkead at sem- esters, Plitsch has been un- able to find a third Pioneer who can consistently hit in double figures. Last week Mifflin scored 51_ points to boost his average to 21.2, among the leaders in the Midwest Conference. Frantz rebounded from an offrnight at Beloit to pour in 27 points against Coe and keep his aver. age right around the 17 point mark. But aparrirom these two. no other Pioneers can be found5 among the top is scorers. However, John Sundell, chiefr ly known for his rebounding, had one of his best offensive nights of the year in the 91.90‘ loss to the Kohawks with 19 points. Rounding out the lineup tonight will probably be Clyde Smith and Dave Sellergren, al- though Randy Morgan, Dick Ul» rich and Ted Risser are all slated for action. Tonight's opponent, Law. rence, is currently in sixth place in the conference, one slot'behind Grinnell. The Vik- ings played only one game last Week and looked good although dropping a rather one-sided game to neighboring Ripon. The big gun for the Blue and White this year is Joel Ungrodt, a 5'9" sharp shootibgguardl with a 21 point average. Un- grodt finished in the top five in Pogo hurl oe; Drop to Fifth, last year’s scoring race and is a good bet to do so again this year. L i k e Grinnell, Lawn rence’s big problem is finding someone to batik up Ungrodt. The Redmen of Ripon seem headed for a second consecu- tive basketball crown. Cur- rently sporting a 13-1 record, the Wisconsin crew has a two game margin over second place Cornell. Ripon boasts three players among the top ten scorers. Gary Mevis is the top point~ maker with close to 22 points a game. Jack Ankerson, of gridiron renown. has a 19 point average, and Jim Cahoon a 17 point average. Also fre- quently hitting in double fig- ures is another Ankerson, Doug. Mermen Are Third In Viking Olympics By Eric Jacobson Grinnell placed third in the nine team Viking Swim Olym< pics held at Augustana College last Saturday. ,Augustana won the meet with 64 points. Brad- ley followed with 62, then Grin< hell with 44 and Monmouth with 40. One Viking Olympic record was set by the Pioneers when the medley relay team oi Tony Horton, John Kraai, Dave Lundberg and Howie Schein won in a time 0f4zl4. , bettering the old mark by three seconds. Kraai was the only other winner for Grinnell. He won the 200 yard breaststroke, lowv ering his own Grinn l record to Z:3l.3. 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