Page Eigh, SCARLET AND BLACK Cagers Fall to 1-12 Conference Mark Pioneers Succumb To Beloit and Coe ’ The Pioneer basketball team, experiencing another frigid weekend in shooting, lost twice more to fall to 1-12 in the conference. Friday Beloit humiliated the Pioneers 98-70 and Satur- day Coe avenged their earlier defeat 76-68. Lawrence and Ripon This weekend the hoopsters will travel to Lawrence and Ripon, two teams that have filready registered wins at arby. The team is hopeful of at least a win at Lawrence, be- cause they are one of the weaker teams in the confer- ence. Any dreams of an upset of Beloit were overturned early as the Bucs roared out to a commanding lead right away and then held it for the rest of the game. The ha me score was 49- 24, while in the second half with substitutes going for both sides, the Pioneers were only outscored 49-46. Pool" Shooting Poor shooting was again the villain. Beloit only took one more shot than the Pio- neers but made twelve more field goals. The rebounding was good though — the Pio- neers matched the Bucs 45-45. The Ode game was close most of the way until the K0- hawks’ John Valentine sank a coupleof baskets near the end of the game. At the half the Pioneers were down 39-36. While stay- ing close in the second half, the hoopsters were never able to tie or take the lead. Finally Coe pulled away for the 76- 68 win. This time the Pioneers got only five fewer field goals than their opponent, but they shot thirteen more times. Leading scorer over the weekend was Elliott Hibbs who notched 27 points. Tom Hill was next with 24. Friday. February 25, rm St. Olaf, Carleton, Cornell to Visit For Last Pre-Tou Scots Are Downed, Sat. Matches Next The Pioneer wrestlers ripped through Monmouth last Friday with a 26-13 victory. The Scots could gain only 13 points from two wins, a tie, and a forfeit in the last four weight divi- sions. Winning by fall: were Mike Martinson, Bill Barnes, and Joel Richman; both Barnes and Rich- man pinned in the first period with times of 1:38 and 2:24 respectively. Countering Monmouth's tactics. Barnes wrestled at the 145 lb. class but against an almost equal- ly light opponent; a double iorreit Tracksters lose 52-42 to Kohawks As Conference Meet Looms Ahead The Grinnell track team yester- day lost what was being billed as their tune-up for the Conference Indoor track meet to be held March 4. The Pioneerrtrackmen lost to toe in a dual meet 5242. The freshmen team also lost to the K0» hawks, 46-39. Jeri Langham was Grinnell's out- standing periermer taking two first places. His 4:455 mile run netted a tirst place and so did his 2:125 880 yard run. The only other Grinnell firsts came in field events. in the “long it is not . "pixu palace". it ii an tabliihment that tuium tin. Ital- . ion :ulinl. What's .a matter with that} people, anyhow? Can you imaginri "Piu- Pal-eo"!7| Slobl. jump" '— used to be the broad jump — Jon Buswell captured first with a leap of 19’7”. Ton-i Russell put the shot 398%" for another Pioneer first place. All are far short of top physical shape because of Grinnell’s limit- ed facilities for indoor practice, with the fieldmen especially lag< ging. Steve Brintnall, Rick MacDow— ell, John Kelsey, Doug Dray, Rick Paxton, Spencer Clark, Tom Wood and Walt Neal also made the trip for Coach Young. "AHKV ' Ahrvano’s Pizza Free Delivery 236-6222 Mermen Face ‘0lympic' Challenge Final Meet Serves As League Tune-up Rapped by Knox and Cornell in their last two outings, the Grinnell Collegeswimmers will be trying to get back on the beam when they compete in Augustana's viking o- lympics at Rock Island, 111., to- morrow. The Olympics close Grinnelrs regular season schedule and pro vide a final tuneup for the Mid- west Conference meet March 45. Through Experimenting “We’re through experimenting," said Coach lrv Simone. “We now know what we want to do for the conference meet and will concen- trate on those areas at Augustana and in practice next week, it we can get ourselves untracked psy- chologically and put the final edge on our physical conditioning, we could pull a few surprises at the conference." Top Pioneer bets for points at the Augustana meat, which always draws a strong field, appear to be Ken Adelman and Steve Holtze. Holtze Gets First Holtze edged out Bob Reimers. medley champ, for Grinnell's only first at Cornell. After having a bad day at Knox. butterflyer Adelman rebounded for a good race at Cornell and was just touched out by Phil Gibbs, also a defending league tltlist. The set» backs were the first for Adelman in two seasons of dual meet com- petition. The Olympics will also offer sprinter Bill Lontz some of the action he badly needs after miss- ing a week of practice because or two burned hands. Though the time he lost came at the most critical stage of the season, Simone is hop- ing Lontz can regain enough of his conditioning to be a threat at the conierence meet. rnament Match was accepted at the 123 lb. divis- ion. Strubler, Sharpe Win Ken Strubler and John Sharpe won easily by identical 14-3 scores. Gary Wilson also won by decision heating last year's conference champion. 8-4. Bob Geller drew at the 177 lb. level, The season's last dual meets prior to conference will take place here Saturday at 1:00. Grinnell Will host a double dual with Cornell and Grinnell vs, Carleton and St. Olaf. Coach Moore, pleased with the turnout and support given the mat- men against Cornell earlier this month, hopes to see an even larger crowd tomorrow afternoon. Title Contenders With three conference title can tenders purportedly on hand, Moore ensures an eventful day. Carleton, too, may prove tough, for in the past they have proven themselves comparable to St, Olaf scorewise when both wrestled the same team. St, Olaf, though considered A power, is also still somewhat of a question mark. They do have a fine team, but just where there strength lies is uncertain. Saturday will enable Grinnell to evaluate more accurately just what its chances tor a conterence crown are next week at Beloii. Four-Way Battle to Four teams remained snarled a- top the overall standings as the LM. basketball season neared its close this week. Crucial action in the ‘A' division sow Dibble and Cowles shaded out of contention, while Smith‘s resurgent ‘B’ squad boosted them into second place. Clark's ‘A' unlt rode Bill Lee's 23 points past Smith, 66-58, to keep its hopes olive, and North held on by sweeping a pair from Cowles. Darkhorse Rawsun has already finA ished with a surprising record of 1+6, including a soar upset or North's undefeated ‘3' team. 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