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With two narrow escapes last week, coach Sam Della Maggiore's Spartan wrestling team is hard at work in preparation
for Friday night's meet with UCLA in Spartan Pavilion.
Last year the teams tied for second in the PCI and UCLA has a veteran returning team and will probably give the
Spartans their toughest meet this year. Last week San Jose squeezed through to two-point victories against both
California and Cal Aggies.
In both meets San Jose won four and lost four matches but won by scoring the most falls. San Francisco YMCA earlier
in the year held the powerful Spartans to a two-point victory, losing 20-18 and Thursday the Aggies were downed
16-14.
If the Spartans can keep their majority of falls in Friday's meet, they will probably go undefeated the rest of
the season. Only San Francisco YMCA and the Pacific Coast tournament April 25-26 remain on the schedule. If UCLA
is beaten, San Jose will be favored in the coast meet, having already beaten California, the defending champions.
Both Ivan Olsen and Davey Hines, Sparta's two Far Western kingpins, continued their undefeated records in last
week's meet and will lead the Spartans Friday. Against Cal Aggies, Olsen pinned one of the two men who have gone
to a decision with him this season. He has won every other match by a fall.
Hines, handicapped by an injured shoulder, was held to a decision against the Cal Aggies man, one of the few matches
he has been held to a decision. Both Olsen and Hines are sophomores and have tow more years eligibility. |
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