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Show Utah and Deseret Matmen to Clash A squad of University of Utah grapplers, including several sophomore, will get its first taste of competition Monday at 7 p. m, when it meets the Deseret gym wrestling team 'at the Ute gym. The Utah crew, coached by Karl Schleckman, former heavyweight wrestler and all-conference tackle for the Redskins, hss only three returning lettermen, namely Ed Marillus, Reginald Stlrk and Ray Brooks, team captsin. Brooks Is the only returning conference winner. win-ner. Inexperienced Grapplers Coupled with the fact that many squsd members are sophomores and are therefore comparatively Inexperienced is the fact that the i team only started drilling January Jan-uary 3, and is not yet in top shape. However, the Utes are expected to make an excellent showing Monday Mon-day night. They'll have a distinct weight advantage over the Deseret Des-eret gym's Elmer Barton, 183, In the heavyweight division, with Floyd Spendlove at 206 and Howard How-ard Stonebreaker at 212. But, on the other hand, if Ken Keddlng-ton, Keddlng-ton, 245-pound "Man Mountain" a former Ute now with the gym squad returns to Salt Lake City in time for the match, the odds in this division will be reversed. Toshl Mlyeeakl, 121-pound Japanese Japa-nese grappler, who was with Jsck Anderson's Deseret gym squad for about three years, will oppose one of his former mates, Paul Cornell, gym tussler. Meet Husky Beames Marillus or Ralph Lowe will meet Wallace Beames of the gym in a 136-pound battle, with the Ute favored if Marillus is the opponent op-ponent Beames was pinned Friday Fri-day by Ernest Rhimchizel of the B. Y. U. squad. Stlrk will probably prob-ably clash with Al Luchlnettl, one of the best amateur matmen ever developed at the gym, according to Anderson, This 155-pound tilt promises to be one of the closest bouts of the evening. Captain Brooks will probably be paired with Theron Neilson In the 165-pound division, while Al Blesk of the Utes meets Roy Crane In the light-heavyweight bout. The Utah squad opens Intercollegiate competition February 2, when It grapples the Brigham Young crew at Provo. |