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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 2-26-51 |
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Mumby Rates Boda With World's Best |
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| Wrestling fans who witness the meeting between the touring Japanese college All-Star team and SJS, probably will
be viewing the finest mat attraction ever offered in the local emporium of physical exercise. Ted Mumby, local mat coach, rates Jiro Boda, Japanese collegiate 115-pound champ, as one of finest 115-pound wrestlers in the world today. The name "Boda" is a household word in Japan, just as Joe Louis' name is in the United States. Boda is one of the three grapplers on the tour hailing from Waseda University in Japan. Eichi Kazama, 160-pound great, and Kyohei Nagasato, 136-pound ace, also attended Waseda University. The other two Japanese participants are Shobachi Ishi, 125-pound mat ace from Fukuda University, and Joji Kanda, 147-pound star from Koryo University. Coach Ichiro Hata, a competent wrestler as well as a judoka, graduated from Waseda University. Nagasato and Kanda participated for Japan when a touring American collegiate group appeared in the Orient in 1950. Both were decisioned by Cornell College of Iowa grapplers. Nagasato dropped a decision to Dick Hauser, NCAA 136-pound titlist. Kanda lost a close match to Lowell Lange, NCAA and NAAU 147-pound champ last year. Each member of the Japanese team as well as Coach Hata and Norio Higashide, team official, will be presented SJS commemoration medals by Dr. T.W. MacQuarrie, SJS president. Joe Kaufmann, of Kaufmann Milling Company in San Jose, and long time booster of the Spartan wrestling team, will also be awarded a SJS commemoration medal by Dr. MacQuarrie. |
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