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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 1-18-37 |
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Spartans Open Season With Decisive Victory |
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| San Jose State's wrestling team stepped out of the potential championship class Friday night and proved to be the
aggregation that a coach dreams of decisively defeating the San Francisco YMCA 28-3. Boasting three champions in their ranks, the SF team came to town expecting to force our boys to bow before a crushing onslaught. Ed Brunetti was the lone salvation of the YMCA by eking out a victory over George Wenglein with a top time of 1:42. PAA champion Jack Fiebig in the 125-pound division still held the limelight with his lightning-like fall over Elliot Grubert in 42 seconds. The other lightweight hope, Henry Puckett, 118-pounder, defeated Erich Diebels in the most hotly contested bout of the evening. Diebels, who holds the PAA championship in his class, showed a world of experience but was finally overpowered by the superior speed and agility of Puckett. Martin Olavarri, 135-pounder, exhibited all of his experience to pin Bob Cota of the YMCA in 7:26. Cota started with a rush and with a show of strength that took the first minute of top time from the clever Olavarri, but was soon forced to submit to the more finished attack of the Spartan matman. Melvin Rush, 165-pounder, met Oscar Brunetti and succeeded in gaining a fall in 4:02. Rush, in winning this bout, proved to be of the form that last year gained him the reputation of being one of the foremost 165-pounders on the coast. Second only to Fiebig's fast time was Frank McGuire's performance in the 175 division in which he easily threw one of the SF mainstays in 49 seconds. Substituting for Sam Della Maggiore, who was kept out of the meet by Coach Grattan because of a slight knee injury, was Johnny Jones who succeeded in throwing Andy Oddsted in 4:59. |
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