SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-10-36                   Rehash Of Far Western Wrestling Tourney             by Warren Smith           Rehashing the Far West Tourney... Coach Gene Grattan whispering furtive advice to one of his boys in the ring in tones that reverberate throughout the building. Steve Hosa drawing Gale, 165 pound Olympic contender in the first round preliminaries and astonishing everyone including himself by battling him until within one minute of the time limit before yielding the fall. George Nelson dislocating a neck vertebrae in the first minute of his match and losing a fall because he couldn't turn his head to find out what opponent was up to when he got behind him. Smith, towering UC heavy champ, overheard asking his coach if he couldn't call it a night after winning a tough seven minute fall over John DeMello of SJS in the first round. Gene Lear, another victim of the steam room, holding Lewis, veteran 145 pound champ to a three minute time advantage in one of the closest matches of the meet. Old rivals meeting in the 118 pound match, when Numerino Davin (SJS) pinned Salisbury of the Oakland Y in 1:10. George Wenglein, husky SJS middleweight, tossing Mahoney of San Mateo Junior College on everything but his shoulder blades and having to be satisfied with a decision over the tricky junior collegian. SJS men coming late from a nature study field trip and moaning about having had nothing more substantial than lettuce and olive sandwiches to sustain them for their evening's rassling. Somebody's remark that the SJS wrestlers acquitted themselves nobly from the best of the talent down to Byron Lanphear.