Apvii II. It SCARLET AND ILACK WWWWWWW §WWEWWWWWWM 29% $9 Season's First all tifli tA-i/o mmwuwmmmwmwmm PIONEERS LOSE ONE. TIE ONE By JEFF SCHECKTER 5&3 Sports Editor ‘ The Pioneers opened their baseball season Saturday with a doubleheader loss and one tie against Coe. After losing the opener 52, Grinnell controlled 3 tie game that was called after eleven innings and three hours on account of darkness in the opening game, the Pioneers were down by four runs in the first inning and never quite recovered. Coo hit pitcher Greg Dean for a triple, two singles and a walk which, coupled with a Grinnell error, gave them a commanding lead, Dean then settled down and al- lowed only three hits and one run tor the remainder of the contest. Grinnell got its first run on a solo homerlm by first baseman Roger Roe In the fourth inning. The second run came in the fifth when Jim Sebern (0F) doubled in Don Peterson (SS) who had walked. |llIllilllllllllllilllhlllllllIIlilllIlillllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllillilillllll SGHWARTZ TOP SGORER Senior Mike Schwartz led the Grinnell C 0 l 1 age basketball team in scoring during the re- cently completed season while sophomore Terry Holloway led the reminders. Mike totaled 358 points in 21 contests for a 17.0 average Terry pulled 216 rebounds on the boards in 22 games. A three year iirst string player, Schwartz finished in eighth place on Grinnell’s all- time scoring list with 396 points. He scored 257 as o jun- ior and 281 as a sophomore. Holloway was second in scor- ing with 294 points and a 13.4 average and was also the most accurate Pioneer from the floor, hitting fifty per cent or his Show. Also finishing in double fig- ures were junior Thor Evenson with 261 points and a 11.9 av- erage and senior Roger Able with 238 markers for a 10.8 av- erage. Roger also held the liigii game score for the season with 31. Able and Schwam ranked second and third in rebounding with 139 and 112. The Pioneers, who won only two of their twenty two games and had a 2-16 record against conierence competition, were outscored 1871 to 1657. They were outshot 698 to 627 from the floor and 475 to 313 from the foul line. Opponents outre bodndcd the Grlnnell team 916« 816 Sebern ended up with two hits for the Pioneers as did second baseman Keri Engle. In the second game, pitcher Tom Murray went all the way for Grinnell allowing only four hits. Grinnell added four errors to Tom's six walks to give Coe their runs. Grinnell got two runs in the rim on a single by catcher Brent Dubach and two Coe er- rots. Two more runs Carrie in the fourth on three walks, an error and a single by Vranek, The final Grinrlell tally came in the sixth inning on a walk and singles by Vranek and Du- bach. Dubach and Vranek had three hits apiece for the Pioneers while Roe added two and third baseman Dave Luthy had one. As for the team's future, pitching appears as the Plo- neers' greatest obstacle. Dean and Murray are the only expe- BASEBALL— (Continued on page 2A) Ililllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllillllllllillllllillllllllllillilllllllllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilll MacDOWELL TRIPLES; PIONEERS SHUT OUT Even though Ric MacDowell scored an almost impossible triple. whining the 880, mile and two mile runs, the Pioneers were shut out in seven events and lost a recent three-way track meet to William Penn and Simpson. Other firsts were scored for GrinneLl by Gordon Abel, Steve Carroll and Thor Evenson, but the final score gave William Penn 93%, Simpson 451/, and Grinnell only 42. Ric MacDowell won the 880 in 2:053, the mile in 41:39.6 and came back to take the two mile in 10:35.1 lllllllllIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllilllllllllll THREE WINS WENT to Ric Macoowell, senior, at last week’s track meet The Pio‘ neers lost despite Macoow- e I l ‘ s spectacular periorm- once; Carroll took the discus with a toss ot 130-1, Evenson cap tured the high jump at oz and Abel Won the 220 in 22.5 Grinnell could take only one second — Doug Dray's finish in the twonnile run, Doug also took third in the mile. Other thirds were turned in by Thor Evenson in the 440 intermedi« ate hurdles and Bob Swortwood in the pole vault. Evenson also placed in the 120 high hurdles taking fourth as did Carroll in the javelin and Chuck Burns in the pole vault. The Pioneers were complete- ly closed out in the shot put, long jump, triple jump, 100 yard dash, 440, 440 yard relay and the mile relay. with only tour lettermen re- turning on the entire track Squad. Grinnell will be hard pressed the maintain its record or not finishing out of the Mid west Conference’s first division during the last eight years. Three of the letterlnen are involved in the distance or mid- dle-distance events and new coach Dick Walker has a great lock or experienced manpower in the hurdles, sprints and field events, Leader for the Pioneers is Thor Evenson, who scored in five events —— 440 intermediate hurdles, high jump, pole vault, long jump and 120 high hurdles —and ran on relay teams a year ago. Thor was conference champion in the 440 intermedi- ates and tied for third in the high jump during the 1961 Championship Meet. Evenson jumped 64 during an indoor meet this winter and looks like a sure bet to break the school mark oi 64V2 set by Kent Rogerson in 1961. The other lettermen are Doug TRACK— (Continued on Page in) GOURTS. GREENS LOOK ”RAB Grinnell College lost a well- iought tennis match to Mon— mouth last Saturday. In the opening contest oi the season, Grinnell had singles victories by Doug Gilbertson, Greg WaL lance and John Mattice and o doubles victory by Mattico and Jeff Ellis. Coach John Pfitsch has five lettermen back from his 1967 team which lost eight straight dual meets in a row and failed to score a point at the Mid- west Conference Meet. Re- turning from last year are Gil- bertsnn, Ellis, Rich Segool, Phil Hooper and Ralph Brant. Newcomers to the varsity are Grant Crandall, number one on the 1966 Fresh team and Greg Wallnnce from the 1967 Fresh team. Rounding out the team are Bob Benke and Duncan Wat- ters. The Pioneer‘s first match at home will be against Cornell on April 20. Following the Grin< hell-Cornell dual, the Pioneers have home duals against Corie ton (April 29), St. Olaf (May 3), and Beloil (May 10), Saturday's individual statis- tics were: Crandall lost to Gmssman (M) (H, 6-1 Gilberlsull defeated Dole (M). 4-6. Mr H Hooper lost to Hofiman (M) 9-1, 0-6, H Seguol lost to Krlck (M) 8-4, 6-3 Wallanco defeated In (M) o1, 3—6, 64 Martina defeated “II (M) e1, 6—1 Crandall & Segool lost to Gmssman 8t Dole (M) 6-4, H Gilbertson 8t Wallanee lost to Hoffman Rt Kridr 6-1, 6-4 Mattice 8; Ellis defeated Loo and Lin (M) 64, 2-6, 6-1 Experienced gollers return 09 m1 most or the positions on Coach Edd Bower's golf team. Unfortunately, theirs is the the wrong kind ol experienca as the team is trying to recov- er from its first winless season in history. Four letterrnen and three other teammates return from a 1967 team that lost nine straight dual meets and placed seventh in the Midwest Conference Championships. Returning are Russ Heucken- dorf. Rowland Parsons and John Winterson. Heuckendorl, a two year veteran, held down the second position on the ’67 team while Parsons and Win- terson shared third and fourth positions. The fourth letterman is Bill Lee, number two man on the 1966 team, who missed last sea- son becanse of scholastic prune sure. Also back irom last spring are Paul Jacobsen, Bill Gray and Jack McCordi They held the number 4, 5. and 6 positions last year, but not long enough to letter. Filling out the team are Doug Fink, Kevin Frewert, Herb Fritz, Jim Poison and John Uhlenhopp. The schedule: April 13 — Knox and wu- llaln Penn - home April 19 — Knox, Lawrenoa and Rlpon - at Knox April 25 — Cornell and Iowa State - at 1.5. April 26 — Drake invita— tional - at Drake May 4 — St, Olaf - homo May a — Carleton, Cornell and iowa Slate - home May 8 — Coe - home May 16, 17 — Midwest Con- ierenoe Meet - Minneapolis MMWMfiQMAQQMQfiM $181313 fitAEGflEflt By WILLIAM ALAN GRAY Four 1. M. championships were decided in the last two week- belore Spring Vacation and how our athletes prepare to leap into the softball wars as spring is about to spring (what a flair tor words). Smith clinched basketball as they closed out their season with only two losses The Smith “B” team was the only quintet in either section to go undefeated. The Dibble "n” teens won their division as nibble captured the second spot with a 155 mark. East successiully detended its ping- pong championship but was iorced to share it with South. Doug Gilbertson (East) defeated Henry Wingate (Smith) 3-1 to retain his singles championship. The South doubles team look first to lorge the first place tie. I. M. howling was won by Dibble in a Walkaway as they shot 2,605 for me men to top second- place Cowles by 342 pins. Jolui HoleIt (Dibble) had the high Series, a 565 Other high series' were rolled by Rich Wickstrorrl (Rawson) 551, Bill Glay (Dibble) 542; Rick Klieihe (Cow 195) 533;M1ke Grant (Dibble) 521; Mikfi Redd (East) 515- and Phil Jones (Cowles) 5116. The win made Dibble the first hall this year to capture thiee team sports. I. M wmslling was predictably brutal but no one ngured kay Mendel would have 20 stitches taken in his leg; or course, he got these when hit by a car Nonetheless they proved quite costly as he was forced to forfeit his championship match and, hence, East edged Dibble by In 0 points. Notable champions were T J Smith (Gates) in the heavy- weight division and long, lean Phil (Barrel- Bod) Woodward in the 180—190 Class. There is a rumor going around campus that it is traditional for warm weather to begin at this time of year The Senate, however decided u-lis was incompatible with freedom as they see it so while they are determining what kind of people we can see, lhey are also dictating our weather ior us. A hearty thanks for protecting our interests.