Pagl Six SCARLET AND BLACK Friday. October 2. l9“ Pioneer Chip Clark works his way through Ripon tacklers in last week’s football opener against Ripon. The Pioneers lost the contest —— hope for better luck tomorrow against Knox. Ripon Begins Title Defense With Air Victory Over Pioneers, 25-14 By Nick ~Nonas Defending Midwest Confer- ence football champion Ripon launched an overpowering air attack here Saturday to pin a 25-l4 defeat on the Grinnell Pioneers in the opener of the 1964 grid season. Jim Ca‘hoon. the lGO-pound Redman quarterback. stepped into the gargantuan shoes va« cated by Little All-American Jack Ankerson and fired four touchdown p a s s e s coverlng seven, 13. 28, and 73 yards. For the day Cahoon completed 14 of 22 aerials for 214 yards. Grinnell hopes were high early in the game as hard hitr ting halfback Elston Bowers shot through left tackle on the third play from scrimmage lor 49 yards before being brought down on the Ripon Z& The short-lived threat was ended by . an intercepted pass on the 22. Ripon took over with Cahoon at the helm and drove 78 yards for the game’s first score. A 29-yard pass from Cahoon to Andy Goletz put the ball on the Grinnell 1!). The Redmen pene- trated to the seven yard line and appeared to be stopped by a rugged Pioneer defensive line. With fourth down and goal to go. Cal-icon tossed a seven yarder to halfback Dick Ben- nett for the marker. The con- version attempt was wide and Ripon led 64) after 11 minutes of play. Late in the second quarter Ripon returned a punt to its own 45. After driving to the Grinnell 42, Cahoon took to the air hitting Goletz with a 34-yard aerial to the Pioneer 8. How- ever, the play was nullified by a penalty bringing Ripon back to the 47‘ Ca‘hoon then con- nected with five of six tosses hitting Doug Bradley in the end zone from 13 yards out with 35 seconds remaining in the first half, The Pioneers left the field at halftime trailing 13-0. Grinnell came to life early in the third quarter as the Pio- neers tallied their first touch- down of the season with a EL yard drive. A Ripon punt rolled out of bounds on the Grinnel139, Bowers went six yards over the middle and two plays later picked up the first down with a (our yard carry to the midfield stripe. Faced with a fourtih down and seven situation on the Ripon 47, quarterback Denny Hansen sent Bowers around right end to the 37 for the first down, On the next play speedy halfback John Shierholz skirted around right end aided by full- back Marty Ringo’s crushing downfield block whidh found the Ripon defender lying on his back and Shierholz in the end zone for the score, Dave Gau- ger’s extra point attempt was blocked as the Pioneers cut Ripon’s lead to 13-6. Toward the end of the quar- ter Ripon drove from its own 42 to the Pioneer 28 with Ca- hoon hitting on several short passes. on the first play of the fourth quarter Oahoon fired a Still/iii ‘ By Dick Lovell Despite the gay pageantry and exuberant support which the Grinnell College community provided for its football team last Saturday, the Pioneers lost 25-14 to a good, but certainly not unbeatable Ripon team; A postmortem might be in the offing, but I’m sure that ‘ every “If they would only have . . .” and ”Why the hell didn’t he . . .” possible has been dealt with in North campus lounges, faculty homes, and the union, as well » as in Mr, Bowers’ office. What could I add? Among things which might cause Grinnell fans to hope for better fortunes ahead were the fourth quarter _ passing of “Bomber" Anderson many good ball carry- ing efforts (especially by Elston Bowers) and unspec- tacular, but solid line play by the likes of Denny Hoe merin, Jeff Lewis, and Larry Miller. Miller was injured and will be out a couple of weeks His loss will be felt but good depth should ease the burden. Coach Young has really had the rug pulled out from under a potentially great cross country team with several unexpected personnel losses. Look for the re- turn of Paul Patterson plus a lot of grueling work to' pay off later this season. Congratulations to Coach Simone. Vince Anku. and the rest of the soccer squad for its successful sea- son‘s opener. Everyone should take the time to see our soccer team in action —- it is a tremendous game and our team has few peers among colleges this size, Most - often - overheard-quote - by - freshman - at Ripon - game - Dep’t: “Gee, this sure is different from high school. I guess you outgrow yelling at college.” More about this to come in later issues. third Redman touchdown. Ripr on missed the extra point kick for a 19-6 edge, The Pioneers were forced to punt alter the next series of downs. As Ripon took over on its own 26, and two plays later. Cahoon launched a long bomb on the Grinnell 3D to Bennett. who outran the Pioneer secon» dary for a 73-yard score. with 12 minutes left, Ripon held a 25-6 lead. Grinne'll roared back with a 60-yard drive for its final mark— er highlighted by the pro-like passing of junior quarterback. Barry Anderson. Halfback Bob Watt gained {our yards to the Pioneer 44, but a 15-yard pen- After two incomplete passes, Anderson hit Gauger with a six yard toss. With fourth and FOOTBALL—— Continued on Page 1 DuBarry Cosmetics 23-yarder to Bennett for the alty put the ball back on the 21. and 1.0.3 RESTAURANY Your Credit is always good at the Varsity Friendly Service & Quality Products 7 917 Broad Personal Service Unbeatable Combination Cf Tharp i’harmacy 4th Ave. IOWA VCLEANERS