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SJSU Wrestling Archives The Spartan Daily 4-3-40 |
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Spartan Mat Title Hopes Fade |
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| Hopes for a second consecutive PCI Spartan championship wrestling team faded yesterday with the announcement by
coach Eugene Grattan that only four San Jose entrants will compete in the annual tournament at Berkeley, Thursday
and Friday. Injuries and eligibility rulings hit half the Spartan squad leaving vacancies at 135, 155, 165, and heavyweight divisions. Only one, team captain Fortune Masdeo, of the four 1939 San Jose champions, will compete in the welterweight class. 135-pound titleholder Jack Fiebig has dropped out of school, while heavyweight Sam Della Maggiore was unexpectedly rule ineligible because of several weeks attendance at the University of Santa Clara during his freshman year. According to conference rules, transfer students lose one year of eligibility. Hardest blow to Grattan was loss of Mel Bruno, stellar 155-pound mat ace, who received a broken arm in the NCAA tournament at Champaign, Illinois, last week. Bruno's injury dampens Sparta hopes for a San Jose wrestler on the 1940 Olympic or Pan-Pacific team. San Jose's four entrants in the tournament will be Con Lacy (121), Bob Norona (128), Fortune Masdeo (145), and Bob Riddle (175). Of the four, Lacy is a doubtful finisher in the tough two-day tournament because of a trick elbow that has kept him out of competition almost all year. Lacy and Riddle were runnerups in the 1939 tournament. University of California is the pre-tourney favorite to regain the title that they lost last year for the first time in ten years. UCLA may also nose out the Spartans for second place. San Jose walloped California decisively in a dual meet in Spatan Pavilion last month. |
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