SCARLET é BLACK SPORTS THE WEEKLY SPORTSPAGE WKWWWW worsens earthworms are, as» so : Page Eight in brief . . . BASKETBALL: Friday, GRINNELL 78, Lawrence 64 Saturday; GRINNELL 64, Ripon 56 SWIMMING: 9. Saturday; GRINNELL 67, Cornell 37 (Grinnell takes Dilly the Duck) WRESTLING: Thursday; DRAKE 41, Grinnell 0 WOMEN‘S BASKETBALL: Tuesday; GRINNELL 33, Cornell Z7 LETTERS: ~“Ta/tactics In The Raw Labowi’tz Reports: Men’s LM. Finals ByJ. c. Labowilr. The 1M Basketball struggle saw a series of titantic clashes of epic proportions, and when the debris cleared, Read retained sole possession of first place in the overall standing This haps penstance was due to a couple of Read victories over the Norrises, and also because Cowles took two from Haines to knock them from a tie for first. Outside shooting by Bill Dicks and Grant Little (3 timthonored formula for IM victory) proved overwhelming to Haines. The Read machine rolled on -— what can you say about a 12935 Victory over West A team? This one saw Read score 46 points before West Read starters hit ior 20 points or more, with Ed Hirsch (acV curate. and yet humble) hitting for 27, The West team showed a lot of class by not givtng up in the face of this barrage. The [M Basketball standings as of March 1 (Profs games are not included in hall Standings): Read Cowles Dibble Haines Loose East North 5-9 Clark 3-11 Off-c’mps Hi Cleveland z-iu wast 2-16 Profs 84 15-1 144 9-3 104 10-10 8-8 By John Nigel Pepper Imagine, ladies and gentlemen, if you will, just what it might be like to be the object of atten» ,tion from all quarters. Imagine a life in which your friends op- plaud you and your enemies expend their spite in churhsh Sneers. 1i this is, in fact, the case, you will do me a great kindness to imagine that you ieel it not to be and suddenly discover that it is, In Aristotle’s view the perfect state is one in which the good man is always capable of vir- tuous action in accord with a good will, and hence is happy Close, Aristotle, but no ceegar. The perfect state is one in which your enemies despise you in the basest possmle manner. (This Is all rather Dialectic “Dialeclic-adj., oi or pertaining to Hegel andror Marx," Ii you still don't understand, ask a Sophomore. If you are a Sophor more, aild don’t too much mind admitting the iact, come down to the 5&8 office some time and we can give you our mimeo» graphed sheet entitled The Noble Savage iu the State of Nature. A Study in Rising Expectations of the GreatCliaiii oi l'leing.) Q: What do you wish for the Universe? A: Health, wealth, happiness, and purpose. Q: Perhaps you could he a little more specific? A: l want folks to love one another as they may be disposed, Q: Does that mean you wouldn’t mind it if G. K. Chesterton moved til next door and married your sister" A: What are you, some sort oi wise guy? Hence, to some extent, a man judges himself and is himself judged by his enemies There are rumors that there once lived a Man Without Enemies (relax friends: this isn't going where you think it is) His SCARLET AND BLACK Returni By Roger Rowe The Grinnell Pioneers fought back last Weekend after a disastrous road triprto claim two victories in basketball from their Wisconsin rivals, Lawrence and Ripon, In both games the margin of victory was provided by clutch performances in the second half. Trailing by a single point to Lawrence at the intermission Friday night, the Pioneers spurted ahead at the outset of the second half to take the contest 73-64. It was about the same story Saturday, as the cagers were deadlocked 31-31 until they pulled away in a bitterly fought contest to take their first win over Ripon in six years, 64-56. Early in the second half with the team trailing and with scoring leader Bob Burnett sidelined with four fouls, Greg Beckman, a junior forward took control of the game to swing it name, however has been unr accountaoly and permanently lost to us. Our only meagre hint as to his identity is that he himself seemed to have been uns certain of his identity, and that he made it his subsequent life’s work to discover it, Unfor- tunately, The Man Without Enemies never did find out just who he might be, cwtng to the fact that everyone he met was too kindly disposed towards him to let him know. Friends, we live in a wonderful Universe, chock-full to the beams and rafters with nuneUnicorns, tion~Questing Beasts, and non- Dragons (you, there in the back row: You can either quit snig. got-mg or leave at once.) to say nothing of Congestion upon Con- gcstion of noanhilosophersA King, Philosophers-SGA Presi- dent, cabbagegrower, steno- graphct-, book-maker, and sur- gical appliance salesman. And one more thing: newspapers and opinions without enemies. The world is crammed without. them. And so, Lords and Ladies, with illsconcealed and rather insuffers able pride, I present: The Sports editor-Universe Correspondence. To THE EDITOR: Last week I read your ”newspaper" I always wanted to read a newspaper, so you can imagine my disappmntr Incnl. Almost before I finished being indignant 1 was bored I know 18 Students who wanted us to heat Beloil, and yet you reported, In AV UNSIGNED mix SCORE that we didn't. How come, MR EDITOR'7 inamewithheldbyrcqucst) Pepper— Continued on page Friday, March o, 1970 g Netmen Win, Picking lip Two in Darby in Grinnell's favor. Beckman scored 22 points and hauled in 19 all-important rebounds to lead the team in both departments. Most importantly, to of these points and 13 rebounds came in the closing stanza. Burnett finished With 18 points, Hanson with 12, and Johnson with 10 to round out Grinnell’s Well- balanced doublerfigure scoring. On Saturday, it was again Beckman who provided the initial impetus in the second half againsta physically stronger and more aggressive Ripon squad. Pouring in eight straight points, he helped the Pioneers pull away from the 31731 lie to a 39735 lead. Unhindered on Saturday by personal iouls, Burnett claimed a major part of the action with 19 points, most oi them in the 'second half. Scott Hanson led the team with 10 hard-fought rebounds, but to no avail: Ripon outgrabbed us 47-38 in this department. Beck- man finished up with 18 points and 9 rebounds, with Hanson putting in 18 points and Burnett 3. However, the most significant difference between the teams was in accuracy. Grinnell sank 50 per cent of its floor shots, while the Redmen could only net 28 per cent in the second half, The stronger Bad Guys continually got more than one shot on each visit to the goal, but singly they were unable to get their range. On the strength oi their weekend sweep the Pioneers upped their record to 7-9 in the conference and 8-12 overall. This assures them of their best record since 1964, when they went as and 12-10. Only two games remain in their schedule as the Pioneers travel to Cornell this Tuesday and then to Knox a week later. Tankmen Sink Cornell Capture“ Billy The Duck" By Reggie Graham Last Friday’s meet against defending conference champion Cornell provided an excellent iinish to a perfect season (the first for Grinnell in eleven years). About fifty Grinnellians made the trip to Mt. Vernon to watch us beat Cornell G7 to 37 and Win “Dilly the Duck” for the best dual meet record. / fl - e ~’ Reggie Graham Our very own 0b Squad provided entertainment between events and managed to alienate the Cornell team and fans with its unusual repertoire of cheers. The whole team thanks everyone that come; we are glad we were able to make the trip a rewarding one, Our medley relay (Ron Brammer, Bruce McKean, Jim Williams, and Bruce Rollins) began the meet with its usual fine performance, swimming a 3:565 for a pool record, just short of our school record. Mike Daley swam a good 200 freestyle (1:54.41) and later broke his school record and set a pool record in the 5006.23.41). Steve Ward swam a fantastic 2:116 individual medley for a school record, Ken Glass of Cornell (last year’s champ) won the diving with a pool record oi 235 points. Bruce Rollins won the fifty and 100 yard freestyle events, tying the school record in the latter (50.1). At 50,3, just touched out by Bruce, was Steve Ward, with his best time of the year, I-Ial Dale won his year's best in the butterfly, and Jim Williams did an excellent ioh to win the backstroke (he missed every one of his seven turns, but he won anyway, which was the important thing) This week, apprehensive but confident, we travel to the grand finale, the conference meet, at Northfield, Minn. All ten Midwest Conference schools will be there vying for the coveted conference champion title and trophy, Our biggest competition will be Carleton (whom We beat here, Feb. 6). The team is in great shape and ready for the big meet; Carleton shouldn’t be much of a problem. And the rest should be easy.