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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 2-26-37 |
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Wrestlers Meet Powerful UCLA Tonight |
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by Keith Birlem |
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| The customers in the Spartan Pavilion will receive a double treat tonight when they watch the casaba boys for a
while and then get settled for a real thrill from the San Jose State wrestlers who will entertain the matsters
of the University of California at Los Angeles in exhibition matches. Coach M. Briggs Hunt, mentor of the UCLA grapplers, will bring a team touted as the best the Southland has ever produced and will be out for the scalp of the Spartans and the Spartan coach. Coach Grattan and Coach Hunt both were members of the University of Iowa wrestling squad and tonight's matches might prove which of the two pupils of the same teacher is the best teacher of pupils. A new headliner will be seen in action tonight as the man to represent the Washington Square heavyweight department. After a hard-fought battle Wednesday night, Johnny Jones was able to win out over the usual starter, Sam Della Maggiore, who so far has a record to be envied by any intercollegiate heavy. Coach Gene Grattan will present a man with the speed of a cat and strong enough to take care of his 185 pounds in any pinch. Neither of these two heavyweights have been defeated this year. Mel Rush will get his usual call to fill in the 165-pound spot and will enter the squared circle as a decided underdog. His opponent will be the new swing artist, Murray Hemming, UCLA veteran and holder of the Southern California title in his weight. In the 175-pound class the Spartan representative will be the wily "Harp" Frank McGuire, who will meet a darkhorse southerner, Roger Rogers. In there three lightweight divisions the Spartan mentor will present another group of undefeated boys who have met the best competition available on the coast. 118, 126, and 135-pound Puckett, Fiebig, and Olavarri, in their clean sweep of opposition, were pitted against six champions of PAA and intercollegiate ratings, and in only one case met an inexperienced opponent. The up and coming swedish nightingale, Carleton Lindgren, will again perform in the 145-pound class and, if up to showing his against the Cal man, will be a favorite to bring home about five points for the total team score. George Wenglein will repeat at 155 pounds and has a win streak of three straight to uphold so he too will be out for his own record and the chance to take a clean sweep against the Bruins. |
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