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  Spartan Wrestlers To Meet Utah Matmen Tonight

 
     
  Over the weekend with coach Gene Grattan's wrestling squad would prove too strenuous for the average fan as the Spartan matmen will attempt to rout the strong team sent west by the University of Utah tonight at 8:00 and then turn to Berkeley Saturday morning for the Far Western team championships.

The barrister coach is a bit worried over the reports that have come in through his scouts as to the strength of his outfit against the invaders in order to emerge victorious to keep with the present record he has established. This will give the boys a full schedule as they will have to be in Berkeley early in the morning to start in with the preliminary bouts.

Sam Della Maggiore will get the call in the heavy spot and will be in for a full evening with Karl Schleckman, Rocky Mountain champ and heavyweight representative from the Utah aggregation.

Coach Pete Couch brings a squad of 15 men to San Jose and claims to have a more powerful team than the one that downed the Spartans last year. Joe Beesley, Utah 118-pounder, and Henry Puckett, undefeated pinweight of the State squad, will square off in the first match at 8:00.

Second on the program, Jack Fiebig (126) will meet another undefeated man in Monty English who has provided the thrills in staying behind in all matches and winning by a fall in the last minutes. The third member of the Spartan lightweight trio will be "Ollie" Olavarri, he of leg swing fame to be challenged by Jack Banks who had little trouble in downing the University of California 135-pounder.