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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 1-24-38 |
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SJS Squads Pin Athens Club |
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| Gene Grattan's massive muscle men (termed wrestlers in more polite circles) hardly worked up a sweat in their match
with the Oakland Athens Club Friday night. Sparta's strong men scored a 26-10 victory in the varsity affair and
turned in a 26-8 triumph in the frosh encounters, all of which means that the boys are looking around for tougher
opposition. The only defeats suffered by the Spartans were Chic Tonouye and Robert Riddle on the varsity and by Simoni of the frosh. Tonouye, opening his intercollegiate mat career, was subdued by Al Martin after a close struggle. Tonouye did as well as could be expected considering this was his first wrestling bout. Riddle had the misfortune to tangle with Bill Brooks, ace man of the Athens team. Brooks had class to spare and scored a fall over Riddle after 6:38 seconds of grappling. Si Simoni showed up well in his match with Hale of the Athens Club, but the latter finally clamped on a half-nelson to win 7:56. Johnny Jones, Sparta's heavyweight he-man, looked most impressive in pinning Orteliv in 44 seconds. Orteliv is considered as the top amateur grappler of the Bay Area, but Jones had no trouble with him. Hugo Pink at 145 pounds met a good man in Johnny Evju but succeeded in winning the decision. Keith Hughes came up to expectations by virtue of his victory over Jack Banco. Hughes came up to pin the Athens representative but he gave him a good trimming throughout the nine minutes. Jack Fiebig looked the same in victory over Al Pestanna. He won in 4:38 using a body press. Jack Smith and George Wenglein won forfeit victories because there were no men to face them in their divisions. In winning their match 26-8, Grattan's freshman squad looked as good as the varsity. Mel Bruno continued his winning ways by pinning Jim Ramsey in 5:43. |
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