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this generation of students is not less
moral but much more so than the previous
ones. It is true that many of the
old mores have been rejected—especially
those that concern the sensational topics
newspapers and magazines like to publicize:
sex, drugs, clothing, hair styles—
or the lack of them.
"Balanced against this new concept is
our genuinely moral approach to the
problems of the nation and the world.
We are concerned deeply with race relations,
the ethics of the draft, Vietnam
—and all political and social questions.
Students today are accused of being both
immoral and idealistic—a paradoxical
charge that reflects our elders' confused
notion of what our brave new world is
all about.
"Athletics won't teach you morality,
but they give you self-discipline. It is
self-discipline, not morality, that the
beatniks lack most. The heritage of the
intelligent college athlete of today is the
combination of a deep moral concern
and self-discipline. Our Cornell athletes
are good examples."
Whew, I wonder what kind of dialogue
they have at those small Liberal
Arts colleges. . . .
spring sports start
BY THE SIDELINER'
• Good prospects are reported in several
Cornell spring sports camps, but it's
doubtful there are any championship
teams.
Best chances are given the baseball
and lacrosse clubs.
Baseball
Coach Ted Thoren's diamondmen
have several lettermen back from last
year, when Cornell was 12-12. The Big
Red demonstrated prowess in a 7-3 log
compiled during the annual spring-recess
tour of the South this year.
In the Hoy Field opener afterwards,
Cornell swept a doubleheader from
Rochester, 8-1 and 6-1.
Senior righthander James Pur cell of
Barryville leads the mound corps. He
was 3-6 with a 2.19 earned run average
last year. During the southern trip this
year, he was 3-0 with a 1.96 ERA.
Other top pitchers are veterans Ivan
Tylawsky '67 of Duryea, Pa., a righthander,
and Roy Walters '68 of Ridgewood,
N.J., a lefthander. Tylawski was
4-3 with a 1.77 ERA last year.
The infield appears tough on the left
side, with Dan Walker '68 of Milford,
Conn., a .308 hitter last year, back at
third base, and Chris Ritter '69 of Belvidere,
N.J., a .545 slugger with the
frosh two years ago but out last year
due to participation with VISTA, at shortstop.
Jim Scullen '68 of Greenbelt, Md.,
may be the second baseman, while first
base will be split by Lou Verdi '69 of
New Haven, Conn., and Tylawski.
Sophomores Ed Cott of Buffalo and
Rick Newton of Dansville are the top
catchers.
Mike Riff '67 of Lawrence is the
leading outfielder. Other prospects include
Mike Krochina '68 of Amsterdam,
Bill Huling '68 of Canandaigua, hockey
star Ken Dry den (.417 with the frosh as
a shortstop) '69 of Islington, Ont, Purcell,
and Newton.
Dartmouth figures to be the team to
beat in the 10-club Eastern Intercollegiate
Baseball League.
Lacrosse
The lacrosse team, which won the Ivy
League crown in an unbeaten season
last year, lost a few valuable players—
primarily Bruce Cohen '66 of Baldwin,
All-American attackman, and Bruce
Mansdorf '66 of Brooklyn, the top defenseman—but
it has the nucleus to challenge
Princeton, Brown, and Yale for the
Ivy League crown.
It showed power in crushing Duke,
22-4, and Baltimore, 19-2, in the trip
South during spring recess.
Top Cornell goal-scorers were Quaranto
(8), Pierce (7), Grubb (6), Webster
(5), and Gould (4).
Butch Hilliard '68 of Baltimore, Md.,
is an exceptional goalie.
Veteran defensemen are footballers
Ting Vanneman '67 of Old Greenwich,
Conn., and Ed Kramer '67 of Hicksville,
and Hank Gompf '68 of Pikesville, Md.
The midfields appear strong. Tom
Quaranto '67 of Huntington is a high
scorer. Others on the first midfield are
veterans Barry Irwin '67 of Bethesda,
Md., and Mike Grubb '67 of Westport,
Conn.
A second midfield consists of Bob
Smith '68 of Plainfield, N.J., Rick
Fricke '67 of Darien, Conn., and Loren
Barker '68 of Corning, which played together
last year as well. On the third
midfield, veterans Brian Rooney '68 of
Sea Girt, N.J., and Jim Jackson '67 of
Alton, 111., are top prospects.
The attack slots are a question mark.
George Gould '67 of Freeport is the
top veteran back, and the only returning
regular. He'll be joined by two of the
following: Tad Webster '68 of Ithaca,
Pete Peirce '69 of Huntington, Tom
Harkness '68 of Etna, Sam Bonney '69
of Geneva, Paul Bloom '69 of Brooklyn,
and Carl Fischer '68 of Gladwyn, Pa.
Ned Harkness is starting his second
year as head coach. He'll be assisted by
new coach Jerry Schmidt and by assistant
football coach Paul Pawlak, who will
specialize with attack and defense, respectively.
Track
Coach Glenn Davis has considerable
over-all strength in both running and
field events and the Big Red track forces
may be a darkhorse in the Outdoor
Heptagonals.
Leaders include:
Bill Bruckel '67 of Avon, 220 and
440; Jim Heeps '69 of Allentown, Pa.,
100 and 220; Ron Nehring '69 of Kalamazoo,
Mich., and Carl von Ende '67 of
Mosinee, Wis., 880; Gordon McKusick
'69 of Rochester, mile and two mile;
John Elliot '67 of Springfield, Mass., 120
and 440 hurdles.
Tom Garthwaite '69 of Port Allegany,
Pa., javelin; Tom Frausa '67 of Royal
Oak, Mich., hammer, discus, and shot
put; Chuck Roll '68 of Berkeley Heights,
N.J., shot put; Bruce Naglee '69 of
Smartville, Calif., and Chuck Grody '68
of Merrick, discus; Gordon Stofer '69 of
Rocky River, Ohio, pole vault; and
Wayne Gustafson '68 of Holden, Mass.,
high jump.
The potential is there for an exciting
season.
Rowing
Crew coach R. Harrison (Stork) San-
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