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1-10-40

 
 

 

 
     
 

 50 Sign Up For College Wrestling Tourney Jan. 25

 
     
  It's going to be an all-college weekend when the San Jose State College wrestlers tangle in the first annual all-college tournament scheduled for the night of January 25, the evening following the all-college boxing event.

"With approximately 50 men signed up for wrestling," declared coach Gene Grattan, "i feel, for the first time in the history of the sport at San Jose, that there is sufficient interest to justify such a tournament. Everyone registered in varsity wrestling will be expected to compete."

Everyone is school will be eligible for the tournament including the freshmen. The addition of the freshman team will add considerable interest, as the first-year men have been itching for a chance to get a crack at the varsity.

The frosh reputedly have the strongest aggregation in the history of the school, even stronger than the 1938 squad which defeated the varsity for the PAAU title of the year. Among the frosh stars entered are Karl Kuhl and George Yoshisato, Junior PAAU champions, and Dave Hines and Alvin Duty who finished fifth and third respectively in the 1939 National AAU tournament.