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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 1-10-61 |
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SJS Matmen Open Dual Meet Season |
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by Gary Palmer |
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| With the Northern California collegiate tournament title already tucked away, coach Hugh Mumby's Spartan wrestlers
open their dual meet season against Chico State's Wildcats today in the SJS gym. The match gets underway in the SJS wrestling room, MG207, at 4:00 pm. While the Spartans lack depth, coach Mumby feels his frontline men are strong enough to produce a winning season. Expect to carry a large share of the San Jose load are Bernie Slate and Leroy Stewart. Both are returning lettermen, given a chance by Mumby to go through dual meet competition undefeated. Slate is a strong 177-pounder and a standout on last year's mat team. Stewart is a wiry wrestler who grapples in the 147-pound division. A junior, Stewart was out of action last year, but was a member of Mumby's 1959 aggregate. At 137 and 167 the SJS mat mentor has a pair of fast improving grapplers in Bob Lopez and Fred Yrueta, both juniors and returnees from last year. In fact, the majority of Mumby's squad are returning veterans. Dave Nevis, unable to devote full time to the mat sport, is nevertheless Mumby's choice at 130 pounds. The SJS coach considers the small junior returnee one of the top prospects. Senior Jerry Nelson gets the nod at 157, while sophomore Dave Armstrong is slated to tangle in the 123-pound class. Mumby is well fortified in the heavyweight division with George Hewitt and Paul Hodgins. Hewitt will get the call against Chico State today, while Hodgins will be held in reserve for the Cal Bears Friday. Chico State's strongest division, according to Mumby, happens to be a weak link in the SJS team. Tony Angeles will pit his mat skills against the Spartans' inexperienced sophomore, Armstrong. While not rated in a class with Oklahoma State, Oklahoma University, Pittsburgh or Iowa, the nation's top teams, the Spartans made it known they will be hard to reckon with by taking the NCC tourney back in December, long before the dual meet season was slated to begin. Looking past today's match, Mumby is more concerned with California, which will bring an exceptionally strong team to Spartan Gym Friday night. Bolstering the Bear squad are three rugged returnees. Rich Machado (147), Ken Nemzer (157), and Barry Davidson (167) make the Berkeley team one of the toughest in the Bay Area. The Cal match is slated for 7:30 pm. |
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