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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 4-11-38 |
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3 First Place Spartan Winners At Berkeley |
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| Spartan grapplers raised quite a havoc in the PCI wrestling tournament held at Berkeley, Friday, with three of
mentor Gene Grattan's musclemen winning first place medals, two copping second place laurels and one entry capturing
a third position. The local matsters were thwarted in their attempt to wrest the team title from California, the
Bears having run up 42 points as against 29 registered by SJS. However. George Wenglein, Mel Rush, and Johnny Jones won first places in their respective divisions which matched the efforts of three firsts garnered by California wrestlers. Keith Hughes and Bob Riddle did the next best thing by winning seconds. Chic Tonouye brought up the rear with a third place. Coach Gene Grattan was particularly pleased with the work of Wenglein and Rush. The former, wrestling in the 155-pound class, subdued Peter Enos, California representative. Wenglein looked very impressive in pinning his opponent in 6:43. Mel Rush gets credit for a sensational upset in defeating captain Lee Benson of the Bears. Mel got the thing over in a hurry, clamping Benson's shoulders to the mat in 2:20. It was the first college loss suffered by Benson. Johnny Jones mauled California's John Spear all around the ring but was unable to score a fall. Spear was continually on the defensive but managed to keep out of serious trouble. Hughes and Riddle were defeated for first place honors but in the bouts to determine second place winners, each scored victories. Riddle wrestled in the 175-pound division, which proved a handicap as he's actually only a 165-pound competitor. University of California placed the same number of titleholders as SJS. Dalo, Shepherd, and Funx were Bear winners. Dalo eliminated Keith Hughes in capturing the 126-pound throne. |
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