Friday, October 9. I964 SCARLET AND BLACK Team Plays Scots Firsl Away Game By Kenton Clymer “Can Monmouth possibly de- feat Grinnell?" was the ques— tion posed to Edd Bowers, coach of the fighting Pioneer football team. “The question should be, ‘Can Grinnell defeat Monmouth?” . was Bowers' quick reply. “Any team in the Midwest Confer‘ ence could defeat Grinnell. ll Monmouth can keep their mo- rale up after losing their first two games, they could be tough.” Opening day, the Scots took it on the Chin from Cornell 28‘0. Last Saturday Ripon rolled over Monmouth 2770. Riponrand Cornell are the two top contenders in the confer- - ence. Plowing through the Knox line for a ground gain for the Pioneers is Elston Bowers in last weeks gric contest. Spirited Gridmen irounce Siwas-h For First Victory of 1964 Season By Nick Nona: A spark of life hit the Grin- nell College campus Saturday as the Pioneer gridmen, bol- stered by an enthusiastic and spirited crowd — a rarity at Grinnell, trounced the Knox Siwash 1670, chalking up their first victory of tile 1964 came paign. The most impressive note of the about»iace from last Week’s showing by the Pioneer defen- nve secondary, which allowed only two pass completions of eleven attempts, [or ten yards. Deiensively, the P i o n e e r s played a commendable game, giving up only 149 total yards, Only once were the Siwash able to move past the Grinnell 38, when they penetrated to the Pioneer 16, and then lost the ball on clowns. Late in the firsgquaxter the Pioneers began to move the pigskin. With halfbacks Elston Bowers and John .Shierholz grinding out the yards, Grin- nell drove from its own 46 to the Knox 18 early in the second quarter. With fourth down and eight, Dave Gauger booted a field goal from the Z7 yard line for the only score or the first half. The Pioneers tallied the first touchdown oi the game driving 46 yards for the score in the third quarter. Fullback Marty Ringo picked up nine to the Knox 37, Shierholz carried the ball to the 23 in two runs. Quar- terback Denny Hanssen gained three yards on a keeper play. then hit Bowers on the next play with an aerial on [he 11. Ringo drove for five more yards to the 6, but was thrown for a loss to the 7 yard line on the next play. Again the pioneers came through in the clutch, as Hanssen w i th fourth down tossed a seven yard pass to Gauger for the marker. Gauger kicked the conversion for a 10-0 lead. The Pioneers put the icing on the cake late in the fourth quara tei‘ with the final score of the game. Chip Clarke intercepted a Knox pass on the Grinnell 39 and returned the ball to the op» ponent’s 22. With time running out Hanssen fired two incom- plete passes to Gauger in the endzone. Barry Anderson, tak~ ing over the signal calling, tossed a screen pass to Bowers tor the touchdown with 34 sec- onds remaining on the clock. The win marked the eighth time in the last ten meetings of the two teams that Grinnell has emerged victorious, with one contest ending in a tie. Next week the Pioneers jour- ney to Monmouth to battle the Scots. - SPORTS SCHEDULE SOCCER IO Mai-.Murray [There] l7 Shimer (Here) Homecoming and Parent's Weekend 24 Carleton (Here) 27 Wheaten [Herel 31 Lake Forest lTbere) CROSS COUNTRY ID Monmouth lTbere) 11 lntrasquad Meet 24 Wabash lHere) 31 Cue (Here) 7 Conference Meet at Chicago I4 NCCA Meet at Wheaten, lll. 20 State Federation Meet lHerel Oct Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Hard Hit Harrier-s Go to Monmouth The cross country runners, who broke into the victory Col- umn for the first time last week by capturing their own Les Duke Invitational, will be aim- ing for win number two when they match strides with Mon- mouth Saturday at Monmouth, Ill. The meet is scheduled for 1:45 p.m. on the Scots’ three— mile course. , Running for Grinnell will he seniors Bruce Beckord, and Clyde Smith; and sophomores Steve Brintnall and Andy Bush- nell. Captain Paul Patterson, is still sidelined with a leg injury. He can't even do any running for at least two more weeks. Rod Brown is out for the next three weeks with mononucle< osis. He was Grinnell’s top {in- isher in the Duke Invitational, coming in fourfl'i with a 16:46.0 clocking for the three-mile run. That's more than a minute over the Course record he set in 1963. Beckord was seventh in 17:04, Brintnall was 11th in 17:13, Bushnell was 17th in 1 ' Smith was 18th in‘ 17:40. Monmouth, which posted an 8-0 dual meet mark in 1963 and finished fourth in the confer- ence (compared to Grinnell’s second-place spot) has a sopho- more - dominated squad this year that includes only three upperclassmen. Football Statistics Knox cilnnen a 139 10 First downs Rush g yardage passi g yardage Yasscs 2.11 interceptions by 17 Prints . , cw mimics l 2 ponnlties . 32 KNOX o o o cmunnu. v 3 7 onnncll rs. Gaugci. 27. crinnel Giluger, c, puss [mm Hans- sen lGnugor kick). Grinnell — Bowers, 22, pass Iroin mu- derson lions failed}. ) 7-35 3 23 117 o 9 — 16 3. and Monmouth will be led by co» captains William Taylor; quar~ terback, and Robert Tucker, halfback. Taylor is also an out- standing Wrestler, and is the de— fending coniorence champion in the 157 lb. division. Coach Bowers was generally happy with the playing or the Pioneers last week against Knox, and expects to make no major changes ’in the line-up. He plans to continue using the platoon system, which worked well against the Siwash. Guard Larry Miller Will still be out of the lineup due to an injury. Coach Bowers hopes he will be able to take limited workouts this week so that he will be in shape for the Home- coming game. The weakest point in the Grin- nell attack is the offense. “Our blocking must improve,” com- mented Bowers, although he pointed out that Knox had an excellent defensive squad. Star harrier Rod Brown, Page Ni“ V Animal L n \ f With three weeks of the 1M. football schedule in the record books, Clark and Smith, both holding unblemished records, would seem to be meeting ex- pectations as the teams to' beat, Smith boasting a 2-0 record, edged by a tough Langan team on opening day. A last peiiod touchdown proved to be the necessary margin in this 7.0 battle. A seven point margin was enough for Smith's second victory also. Smith—13, South# 7. The Clark offense has proved potent in their three wins, scor- ing 92 points. Most impressive Was their 4570 hard fought kit umph over Rawson. Dibble, having lost only to Clark, shares third place in the standings with West and East. All three teams are 2 and 1. Perhaps the most exciting game of the season was played between Langan and North. North jumped out to an early lead and led at half time by a score of 11H). However, Langan struck hack early in the third quarter and cut the North lead to six. Finally with less than three minutes to be played Doug McCormuck intercepted a North pass and returned it sixty yards to even things up, The all important extra point was made and the Langan de~ tense held onto the 14713 vic- tory. North rebounded two days later by defeating Rawson 15-0, and gaining a tie with Langan ANIMAL LIFE— Continued on Page [2 , who came in first among Grinnell runners at the Les Duke Invitational Meet last weekend, is out for about three weeks with mononucleosis. The absence of Brown adds to the increasing troubles of Coach Young and his team. Captain Paul Patterson has been out for two Weeks with an injured foot.