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 UCLA, San Diego Topple Grapplers

 

 by Tom Powell

 
Coach Hugh Mumby's Spartan grapplers ran into whirlwinds of wrestling talent Friday night when they wound up on the short end of 19-11 scores against San Diego State and UCLA.

Heavyweight Don Anderson was the only consistent bright spot for the SJS squad. In the San Diego match he pinned Jack Whaley in 30 seconds of the second period. Against UCLA's Russ Banducci, Anderson required just over two minutes to end the match. In the two victories, Anderson stretched his win string to four wins against one defeat.

In other bouts with San Diego, Spartan Mike Stone lost by a pin to John Zook in the 123-pound class. John Lim cored a 5-3 win over SDS matman James Anderson. Art Beatty was edged 6-5 by Dennis Payne in the 137-pound category. Frank Strause (147) lost to Jack Ross 5-4. In the 157 division, Spartan Cliff Olsen found a one-point advantage going into the final period. Without meriting stalling penalties, Olsen cleverly kept Dale Kernes away from a takedown and squeezed a 3-2 victory. Gary Scardina ran into trouble against Frank Brown and lost the 167-pound match 13-9. San Diego's Ed Hoffman pinned Bill Harm (177).

The going against UCLA was just as rough. UCLA's Robert Janko pinned Mike Stone for five points in the 123 weight division. Dave Hollinger (130) followed his team mate by taking a 7-0 match from John Lim. Art Beatty (137) finally got things rolling for the Spartan cause by beating Francis Wilson 9-2. Carl Dommeyer kept things alive by shutting out Jay Crenshaw 5-0. Cliff Olsen (157) ran into trouble against Bruin Don Matson and was defeated 5-1.

UCLA's Rahim Javanmard, AAWU champ at 167 last year, squared off against Gary Scardina and found him impossible to pin. Although Javanmard knew all the tricks and showed himself to be a highly polished performer, he could not hold on to Scardina and had to content himself with a 26-10 decision. Gary Scrivens (177) took the win from Spartan Bill Harm when Harm was forced to leave the action because of a wrenched back.
 

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