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Show Wrestling,ALTHOUGH Utah did not win anychampionship in wrestling during the past year, a very respectable team was put out with several individual stars. At the beginning of the year, Coach 0. C. Haycock was faced with the problem of developing a squad from nearly all green material. Captain Bill Christensen, star heavy whom Haycock had counted on, could not go out, which left only Dean Detton and Phil Baker. Preliminary matches were held with B. Y. U. on February second, and with the U. A. C. on February eighth. Then, on February eighteenth came the Western Division meet of the R. M. C. in which Utah, U. A. C, B. Y. U., and Montana State College were represented. The Aggies came out ahead with twenty-eight points while Utah and B. Y. U.PHIL BAKERWrestling Captain 1928tied for second with twenty-four each. Montana gathered only eight points. A few days later, back in Denver, Utah surprised by gaining conference firsts in each of the two events entered. Those were the 127 lb. class, won by Phil Baker, and the 158 lb. won by Dean Detton.The mainstays of this year's squad were Hobbs, 117 lbs.; Baker, 127 lbs.; Reed Detton, 137 lbs.; Hoagland, 147 lbs.; Dean Detton, 158 lbs.; Packer, 177 lbs.; and Clegg, heavyweight.Fast arm and leg movement, together with numerous holds have founded the principle upon which Coach Haycock has tutored his squad.Utah's prospects for the future predict many upsets in the Rocky Mountain Conference circles.OBED C. HAYCOCKWrestling CoachWRESTLING SQUADâ€"FRONT ROWâ€"CLEGG, D. DETTON. TOP ROWâ€" PACKER, H0AGLUND, R. DETTON, BAKER, HAYCOCK, Coach.Page 215 |