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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 3-8-38 |
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Mat Squad Goes Back To Work |
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| That familiar sign "Men At Work" was posted on the door of the wrestling room last night, with Gene Grattan,
head foreman again directing his charges in the art of muscle management. All of which is a roundabout way of informing the reader that the Spartan grapplers are diligently going through their paces in preparation for a scheduled meet against the Oakland YMCA coming off Friday evening. Mentor Grattan was still beaming with joy over the results of the Far Western matfest held Saturday. It wasn't that four of his trained mat killers returned with gold medals signifying first place winners, but the equally fine showing of the rest of the squad brought pleasure to the coach. "Competition Saturday at Oakland was of the toughest sort," explained headman Grattan. "I was proud of the showing San Jose State made and the work of three or four of the fellows actually surprised me. Ray La Berge, for one, stood out in the 135 class. He met defeat at the hands of a mighty tough man. Then Mel Rush gave Lee Benson all he could handle in the 165 pound division, Benson eventually won the title but he was nearly beaten by Mel. I could mention Con Lacy, who also looked good, despite his lack of recent practice, and Gus Fritz, competing in the 175 weight. Fritz will bear watching." How come University of California scored more points than the Spartans when as a matter of cold fact, State trimmed them in a dual meet recently? Grattan has an answer for that, too. "It could have gone the other way just as well. We simply met some former Olympic wrestlers who would have beaten Cal's representatives just as they defeated ours. Because they scored 21 points and we tallied 13 makes no difference from our point of view." |
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