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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-1-51 |
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Japanese Mat Squad Defeats Spartans |
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| The touring Japanese college All-Star wrestling team last night won four of the five matches on the card to hand
Coach Ted Mumby's SJS Spartans a 12-3 defeat before an overflow crowd in Spartan Gym. Frank Waxham, Spartan co-captain and top 157-pound matman on the Pacific coast, scored San Jose's three points by decisioning Eichi when he was awarded one point for an escape in the final period. Match point score was 3-2. In the opening match of the evening, Japan's Jiro Boda displayed the talent that has made his name a household word in Japan. Boda decisioned Bennie Ichikawa, local 123-pound star who showed his best form of the season. Other point winners for the invaders were Shobachi Ishi, 7-2 match point victor over Johnny Jackson. The latter replaced Jack Cassedy who injured his shoulder in a pre-match workout. Ishi, 125-pound Japanese national titlist, had trouble with Jackson in the early stages but won handily when the Spartan tired in the last period. Kychei Nagasato defeated Bill Wardrup in the 135-pound class. The Japanese mat sensation was too slippery for the game Wardrup to handle. Nagasato piled up 14 match points to 6. Koji Kanda and Ray Bunnell put on a real crowd pleasing match in the 147-pound class. Bunnell probably displayed his best wrestling form of the season, though he was defeated 10-6. Kanda held a small lead throughout but had to stave off a desperate Bunnell rally in the third period. Judo, Japanese folk dancing, sumo, and two challenge boxing bouts added to the variety of the evening's program. The gathering was described by Mumby as the "largest crowd ever to witness a wrestling match at San Jose State college in the time that I have been here." |
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