Page Eight lllllllllllllilllllillllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllilllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillg a s & 3 SPORTS? llllllllillllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllifi GRAY MATTER By BILL GRAY Fall is now fading from Grinnell but since it is difficult to con- dense 55 football games in the two weeks nature allows us for lutumn, l. M. sports continue in the cold, drab days which precede true winter. Last week was the first in which the form chart took a beat. ingr East beat South, West beat East (in the annual Goldfish Bowl), Rawson beat West and South beat Smith. All of this proves nothing, of course, except that if one follows this logically, . M. football turns out to be nothing more than a syllngistic flaw In the minds of North Campus athletes. An I, M. board meeting was held this week and it was decided to keep flag football, raise the penalty for failing to referee as- signed games to 20 points, eliminate any sort of cleats in the football games and think about illstituting I. M. Wrestling. None of this is likely to make the New York "limes but it’s the best I can do in a rather mundane week of sports (besides, it's hard to make things exciting when you don't get to have an artist draw for you or you‘re forced to remain within the bounds of decency). In order to take advantage of the fall weather, the South Campus (to think that next year that term will be meaningless, sigh) l. M. program is deeply embroiled in avid softball wars. Assuming the sun comes out again, i will attend one of the affairs and bring back a stirringly descriptive report (i wonder if it’s anything like the sweatshirt relay?). SCARLET AND BLACK HiOSH FEW BUT FIERCE By JEFF SCHECK‘I‘ER As the varsity Pioneers are fighting for Victories. the fresh- men football team is getting ready for their first game. in a recent interview. Coach John Pfitsch said that he had a strong and highly enthusiastic squad. Several s e r i o u 5 problems, however, darken the outlook for a successful season. Coach Pfitsch acknowledged that a lack of depth will prove to be a major problem. With only twenty players on the squad, many team members will be forced to play offense and de- fense. Another serious problem is the inexperience of the back- field, Only quarterback Gal-y Johnson, who played for Grin- nell High School. has adequate game experience. Coach Piitsch continues to hold high hopes for the team. The line is particularly well fortified and is anchored by two 220 pound tackles. Another pos- itive factor for the team is the running of iuilbacir Roy Lewis, The freshmen play against Cornell, Knox and cos. Their first game will be on October 12 at Cornell. VARSITY SPORTS By JACK GOCHENOUER Last Saturday was the occas« ion of a double defeat for the Pioneers and one can be added since. The football team lost to st. Olaf 28-20 and the cross pountry team lost to the Oles 2629 last Saturday. This Tues- pay the barriers lost to the on- versity of Northern lowa, 17- 12. The first seventeen minutes of the sixty minute gridiron battle were decisive for the top ranked oles, During this period ,they ran the score to 2m. Plo- neer quarterback Kent Thom- son had two passes intercepted to start the first and third scor- ing drives. The Pioneers finally started rolling in the second half and ran the score to within eight points. With 2:27 left in the game they recovered an on- side kick. But the faint hope of a tie was shattered three plays tater when Mueller or St, Olaf picked off a Tom Lower pass. The game was filled with er< Tors. St. Olaf lost the ball by fumbling six times and had one pass intercepted. Grinnell had a sure fingered backfield and didn't lose the ball once by tumbling. But they made up for this by having six passes in- tercepted. This is two less than the total for all of last year! It is interesting to note that twice Grinnell recovered Ole fumbles only to have a pass in tercepted in the next play. After doing an enormous e- mount of research I have com- piled the following passing staa tistics: The Pioneers attempted 22 passes; six were intercepted, nine were completed, and seven ate grass. This means a whop- ping 68 percent of the passes Were caught. (Unfortunately Photo by chk Treumann Pioneer split end Mike Schwerh streaks toward six points of Grinnell gain with a completed pass. the gridder frequently had the wrong color jersey.) The total gain from the nine completions was 51 yards. But of the nine, three were for scores. One was for a two point conversion and the other two were touchdown passes. That's a profitable 52 yardsl Less can be said about a crossscountry meet. Naturally coach Ray obermiller was dis- appointed about the two losses and feels they were due to a lack oi conditioning and failure of the squad to run in a pack. He is planning to quickly rem- edy those defects. The order in which they fin- ished against St. Olaf: 1. Doug Dray (2 .125) 3. Bob Asbille 7. Bob Grant 8. Spencer Clark 10. George Potter ln Tuesday’s meet at U.N.l. the same quintet finished in this order: 4. Doug Dray (21:55)_ 8. Bob Grant 9. Bob Asbllle 10. Spencer Clark 11. George Potter Tomorrow is a contest against Cornell at Mt. Vernon for both the barriers and gnda ldey, Sop THE KIBITZER By JOHN RAZ An important omission in last week’s table of zesponses is that when responder holds second round control in the asked suit and an Ace outside, he bids the Ace. In responding to the first asking bid, responder often will have a void or voids which were not covered by the table. For these ln< stances, there are three rules to govern responder's bid: 1. When responders hand has a void but no Ace, treat the vold as though it were an Ace; 2. When responder’s hand has a void and an Ace in outside suits. and second round control in the asked suit, Show the Ace, disregard the void: 3. With an Ace in the asked suit and a void outside, bid the voidi with void in the asked suit and all Ace outside, bid the Ace. In general, the first asking bid and its responses reveal either first or second round control in the asked suit and all first round controls in the outside suits. The second asking bid discloses infors mation about all second round controls which have not been ro< vealed. Responder’s responses to the second asking bldt In the asked In outsldl Responder ruit responder suits responder must bid holds holds 3rd or worn Anything Signolf King King (not trump! Outside King King 2 K [neither trump) Joins Outside King King Trump King Jump trump King Nothing 5 NT The following are examples of the use of z. Saulh North void so J )0! A Q J xxx~$~K xx KQJxx-H-A xx Ax -H»K0xxxtt AQJ -Dstx AKJxx-D-xx O -D-A xx xx -C- xxx A xx vC-K 0 xx -C-x S. N‘ S. N. N. I S 3 S (a) l H l S S 2 H 4C?lb)45(c) 2B 3C 5 33h) o 3 H c p“, 7 (hi to (cl 407 (a) 5Hihi H7ld) 55(0) 6 H lcl pen (is) 5 S {fl pen Hand 1. (a) Spades are the agreed trump suit. (b) it: is the first asking bid. Clubs is the asked suit. (c) North has neither first nor second round control, he therefore signs off by returning to the agreed trump suit at the lowest possible level. Hand 2, (3) Hearts have been bid and raised, there is no reason for South to bid clubs other than to make an asking bid since game in hearts is the obvious target of the bidding. it: must be an asking bid, (b) North has second round control in clubs and the Ace of trump, he therefore jumps trump, (c) From his knowl- edge of the Controls and distributional information in the bidding South bids the slam. (d) North now cannot bid. Hand 3, (a) Spades are the agreed trump suit, they have been bid and raised. (1)) 4C is the first asking bid, clubs is the asked suit. (c) With second round control in the asked suit and an Ace outside you bid the Ace, therefore North bids 4]] showing the Ace. (d) South still needs to know about North’s Kings, so he makes a second asking bid. It is important to note that South could have made his second asking bid in any suit but trump, but some suits will reveal more information than others, therefore he is cazeful to choose hearts as his second asking bid. He needs to know if his partner has the King of Hearts. (e) Nonh has the King of hearts and the King of spades he therefore jumps trump. (0 Against the opening lead South can lose only one club and will be able to sluif his diamond loser on dummy's long hearts. no there- fore confidently bids the slam 65 after which North must not bid. (to be continued next week) asking bids. 3. South North 1. Sum North A Q J xx-S-K lo xx K xx -H-A 0 xx x Jx 0 s. I 2 4 4 and for the sake of revenge my prediction is 27—23 in favor of the Pioneers. The barriers beat Comell 25- ders, Last year Cornell squeak- ed by with a 27-23 football vie- tory. The pioneers will be out to revenge that defeat. A prediction for that game would be a shot in the dark but I will attempt it. Cornell has a lot of depth this year having lost only five men to gradua- tion. They will be playing for the home fans. Grinnell comes to them after almost tying the conference champs of last year. There is bound to be a let down and their performance d e p e n d s on their ability to bounce back. I think they can and will win if they show the spirit they had against the Oles. It should he a close game ADDRESS HERE; 30 last year. A repeat perform once is expected tomorrow. —— i ”ll. FOOTBALL ‘ (includes Thursday‘s games) Dibble 5-0 Rawson 2-3 Smith 4-1 North 2-3 East 3-2 Gates 24 South 3-3 Cowles L3 West 3-3 Langan H Clark 2-2 Langan ended its three year LM. football losing streak by beating Gates 24- 20 yesterday.