SCARLET AND ELACK Friday. April 1. iris Page Twelve ‘_ Diamondmen Suit lip,- Ten lettermen Return By GARY WILSON It's that time of the year when we see young men strapping on the. tools and the decker. As the 91' shillelagh comes out of the mothballs, action begins again out At the ol’ Grinnell ballyard, ‘This spring the Pioneers have an experienced baseball team, but new coach. Taking over the job 5 baseball mentor is Gene Kow- rt who replaces Coach Piitsch who ad handled the diamond sport at rinnell since its modern renais— sance here in 1958 Though this is Kowert’s first experience with the baseball team, he is certainly ‘ flot unfamiliar with sports fans are at old Iowa College. Coach Kowert could iield an en- tlre letterman club this spring as he has in returning lettermen with pt least one in every position. An eleventh letterman has declined to tome out ior the sport this year. erhaps the hardest position to fill his year will be pitcher, Where the Pioneers will be without the [vices of all-conference right- ander Denny nanssen who grad- aied last year. Returning veterans Include southpaw Dave Schatz and :ighthander Barry Anderson. Back [mm a bout with mono which lowed him down last year is Steve illy, a rightrhander, who will also robably help with the pitching hores. Up irom last year's iresh- [nan learn is another who Coach kuwen will be counting on heavily Step Up To JD'S RESTAURANT Elevated —- al my, Main, Grinnell to handle the pitching duties. This is Greg Dean whose bat is also expected to do big things this sea- sun. In the infield the Pioneers have Bob Geller returning at first, Les Paii and Ron Gatton at second, ’ Anderson at third, and Tilly at shortstop Back behind the plate, Grinnell will have an experienced man in Nick Nonasl The lettermen in the outfield are Gary Wilson, captain John Shierholz, Schatz, and Mike Stoller. Dean will also be counted on to play the outtield when he's not hurling. There are ii) to 15 other boys out tor the team and the line-up has not been set yet. Tomorrow the varsity will scrimmage the freshman team in a practice game at 2 pm. The iirst actual game for the varsity is next Wednesday against William Penn College at 3 pm. on the baseball iield just south or the golt course. Simone Receives Coaching Award Irwin Ll Simone (physical edua cation), Grinnell‘s s w i m m l n g coach. received special recogni- tion irom the College Swimming Coaches’ Association of America at the group's annual Awards Ban- quet at the Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 23. Simone, who has coached swim- ming at Grinnell for 17 years, was honored as a retiring member oi the NCAA swimming rules com mittee. Simone has resigned his position at Grinnell. Rolls Starling 181 Donna Kotilainen showed she could do it, posting two doubles and converting the 6—7-10 split en- route to a 181 game, as the Col- lege Bowling League resumed ac- tivity this week at Grinnell Mega- lopolitan Lanes. Leading performances for the boys were the Creeper's 215 in a 515 set and Lawrence Fellermen‘s 548, as three teams hung together at the top of the standings. For the best in year- -round cars care,~.-you ~- can'l do any better. iii" STANDARD SERVICE F By Steve Casey The Pioneer athletic scene has been struck by a critical controversy over the issuing of letters Do peo- ple deserve letters by merely participating or must they meet some standards of performance? This is something which can be easily overemphasized, but is a nuisance that must be cleared up Coach Terry Moore of the wrestling team happened to be the center of the dispute, but it really could have happened to any of the coaches. When Moore was the wrestling coach at Grinnell for two years after he graduated, the letters were awarded on the basis of points the wrestler scored He had to win a certain number to get his letter How- ever, this was not inflexible: for instance, a senior who had wrestled for three years with a good attitude would probably still get a letter even if he was short of his quota of points, but was straight-forwards Moore then went to the Peace Corps and came back after two years to resume his coaching at Grin- nelll In the meantime Coach Bowers had been the wrestling coach and had started anew, systemnHe de: cided to award letters to anyone who stayed with the team and filled a weight class for the whole year. When Moore came back he justifiably felt the wrestlers were still on the same point system that he had always known at Grinnell. So when the letters were issued he set the standard at a certain amount of points and three of the members did not make it so were not issued letters. After these boys, who were used to Bowers‘ system, complained, Terry talked with Coach Bowers and found out what had been happen- ing. Although not entirely pleased by the Bowers' sys- tem, he did not want to make a big issue of it since he will not be the coach next year. So he awarded the three letters, What will happen next year when there will be another coach? Will it go back to Coach Moore’s sys- tem or remain as it is? De we want to have fewer but more first-rate lettermen or more that include people not so good? This is something the coaches must decide — and tell the athletes about. With two new coaches coming next year to Grinnell, it becomes even more import- ant Let us hope We never see such misunderstanding between the coach and players again. * >i< Three Pioneer wrestlers, Gary Wilson, Ken Stub- ler, and John Sharpe, ran into some tough luck when they traveled to Mankato State for the NCAA small college wrestling tournament. The faculty athletic rep- resentative had f ' ed to send 1n the form showing the three grapplers had th miniiniim grade- point neces- sary in NCAA competition. Although the Pioneers had paid their entry fees, they could not wrestle. Even when President Leggett telephoned to say the faculty representative had just made a mistake and the Pioneers were not trying to imitate the Ivy League, the NCAA representative said it was too late to do anything, >i< e alive‘s You’re in the Pepsi generaéion! l'hinclads Troll To Keep Title The Pioneer track team, after losing its long control over the con< ference indoor teams, will also find it difficult to retain its Duh door championship. Coach Young has a sixteen-man squad out this spring which in- Cludes seven veterans. The othe‘ nine are sophomores Included in the sixteen are three men, Bob Watt, Mike Schwartz, and Dick Lamb, who have just finished wi - ter sports. Langham Returns Leading the group of retumee! is Jeri Langham. Langham won the no in the loop meet as a sopho< more and added the 380 and mile as a junior. He also had a piec- of four school records from his junior year. He was a member on the one mile; sprint medley, two mile, and distance medley rela‘ teams that hold the school stand- ards. This year .Ieri will probably con- centrate on the 880, the mile, and the relay teams. Middle Distance Jolning Langham in the middle distance ‘events will be Steve Brint- nall and Ric MacDowell, Brintnall runs any race train the 100 to the 880 and can also hurdle. MacDow~ ell is a 440 and 880 mans MacDowell, Langharn, and Brint- nall will also be the heart of the Pioneer sprint-medley, mile. and distance medley teams. In the field events the Pioneers are led by Walt Neal who is the defending conference champ in the pole vault. Giving him help will be sophomore Jim Ceamal. The only other experienced man the Pioneers have in the field events is Tom Wood who finished second in the javelin last year. He also was in high jumps, Sophomore Help Sophomores expected to help are .lon Buswell and Mike Schwartz in the broad jump, Tun-i Russell in the shot put, and Rich Weeks in the discus and javelin. The sprinters include Bob Watt, Buswell, Dick Lamb, and Cearrlal. Mike Schwartz will also be a po« tent threat in the hurdles, Veteran John Kelsey with sopho- mores Doug Dray and Spencer Clark will run the long distances tor the team For School or Typewriter Supplies Grinnell Office Supply Acrosr from the Post Office GRINNELL. IOWA