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Show College Mat Artists Get Dovn To Work j First call for varsity wrestlers j rang cut over the Utah Aggie cam- I pus this week with the revebcr-( acing echo bringing forth a large j ar.d aspiring group from which j Coach George iDoc) Nelson will pick those having a more thorough knowledge of the mat sport to form his 1941 team. j The veteran Aggie trainer and again, and In the 128 lb. class, Gerald Ger-ald Palmer, a lotterman of three years ago, who has returned to his studies following a mission for the L. D. S. church seems to be in a class by himself. Last year's 128 pounder who took sscor.d Place at Provo, Lynn Pitcher Pitch-er has moved up to the 135 pound bracket this season. In this same, weight division are LaMar Mackay and Don Hall, both lettermen at this weight, and J. T. Abbott, a junior who displa3'ed plenty of skill by winning the recent intradural intra-dural championship in this weight. With Larssn's 145 pound post vacated, Nelson faces a problem of bringing to the surface another matman as versatile and adroi't as the clever Larsen. At the present time it se$ms that Ralph Rollins, , intramural champion and the j leading sophomore candidate, Mi- i lo Nelson, both will be pushed if any of the 135 pound men decide I to go up a weight, believing that ( 1, their chances of making the team 1 would be much better. J d Burl Hermanson, returning let-1 h terman, Crosby Bott, squadman mac coach who will have com-; com-; plet-d his twentieth season with such duties at the conclusion of the track sport this spring. He is I'ery desirous of building a team which will not only win the sate collegiate bunting for the fifth I successive season but regain the Western Division honors which have been elsewhere the past two years. Heading the list of returning lettermen who are anxiously awaiting the opening of the season sea-son on January 31 at Salt Lake City against' Brigham Young uni- versity's defending Western Divi- . sion titleholders is Captain Robert I j Koike. Koike, clever niDDonese tier- . terman, Crosby Bott, squadman last season, and Homer Shurts, a powerfully built youngster with possibilities, are all in the thick of the fight in the 155 pound weight and Dave Clark, Frank Sompson and Dale Miller are contesting con-testing in the 165 pound class. Clark is a letterman and Ray Larsen, Lar-sen, brother of Rollo, and letter-man, letter-man, is also lost to the squad by graduation. Another vacancy is in the 175 pound division with the graduation of Arthur Kay, but there are a half candidates of near equal abil- former, grabbed off Western Division Di-vision honors in the 121 pound weight last season for one of the only two Farmer triumphs. The other championship for the Aggies' I was won by Rollo Larsen, last j season's captain in the 145 pound class. Larsen was acclaimed as the most polished matmen to perform in the Provo meet. Koike is expected to win over all rivals in the 121 pound class In the heavyweight class Darwin - Bradfield, a sophomore of consider-s consider-s i able repute on the mat by virtue . of his winnig of the intramural - title his frosh and sopohomre i years, is getting plenty of backing. At the same time, Seth Maughan who laid out of the sport last season after lettering two years ago in the 175 pound bracket, has I indicated that he intends to vie' for the heavyweight post also ' There are several other candidates' ! m this weight also. |
