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3 THE RIPOSTE VOL. V JULY, 1940 NO.4 THE 1940 GALA NIGHT Although fncrs hav assmbl annually sinc 1891 to pay tribut to thir Champions an to njoy a social vning at th clos of th activ fncing sason, thr ha bn somthing a bit forc about th Gala Nights of th past two sasons. Prhaps that was u to th fact that fncrs rquir som fncing to put thm in th moo for gaity an uring th last two yars th Gala Nights wr sparat social gathrings without any introuction by swor play. This yar, th Gala Night, hl in th Nw York Athltic Club Main Dining Room on May 10th, follow immiatly aftr th Sabr Tam Championships in th Gymnasium, fiv floors blow. It prov to b a tru Gala Night, a fstiv occasion, th finst an gayst social affair of th fncing sawn. Evryon, both fncrs an gusts auk, sm to ntr into th spirit of th occasion an njoy thmslvs. Th Gust or iionor was Dr. Gram M. Hammon, founr of th A. F. L. A. in 1891 an its first prsint. This blov octognarian was th toast of thr gnrations of Amrican fncrs that vning an appar ply touch whn call forth latr in th vning to awar th nw Trophy, nam in his honor. Dr. Hammon ha bn Prsint an Mr. W. Scott O'Connor ha bn Scrtary uring th first thirty yars of th Lagu's xistnc. Togthr thy ha hl th fncing Lagu togthr uring th ifficult formativ yars of th organization. As th "Fathrs of Amrican Fncing", thir nams wr honor that vning through th cration of two nw an intical Championship Trophis, th "Dr. Gram M. Hammon Sabr Trophy" an th "W. Scott O'Connor Mmorial Trophy". Ths two trophis, intical strling silvr cups suitably ngrav, ar to b awar annually to th winnrs of th National Iniviual Sabr an Ep Championships. Although th cups must b rturn to th Lagu ach yar, its winnrs will b awar silvr plaqus with an mboss rplica of th cup as thir prmannt trophis. Ths trophis wr obtain through th prsonal contributions of many of th laing fncrs of th past thirty yars. Past Prsint Lon M. Schoonmakr, having srv as Chairman of th Trophy Committ, turn ovr th Trophis to Colonl Hnry Brckinrig who ha bn th Lagu's Prsint from 196 through 199. Colonl Brckinrig, in a spch fill with amusing an intrsting rfrncs to Dr. Hammon an "Scott" O'Connor, prtnt th Trophis to th A. F. L. A. Prsint Harol Van Buskirk, accpt th Trophis in bhalf of th Lagu. Thr fncing xhibitions wr provi for th ntrtainmnt of thos gusts who wr not familiar with or who ha lost contact with th sport in rcnt yars. Ths xhibitions, a sabr lsson by Profssor Gorg Santlli to Dr. John R. Huffman, an p xhibition btwn Carlos LamarSchwyr an Eugnio Sarina of th Cuban lgation of fncrs, an a sabr xhibition btwn Dr. Tibor Nyilas of Hungary an Gorg V. Worth, Hungarian mmbr of th Cuban lgation, wr of such xcptional calibr that thy hl th closst attntion of vry fncr in th room. Prsint Harol Van Buskirk thn awar th many National Trophis an mals which ha bn won throughout th sason. Th continuous applaus as Amrica's laing sworsmn an sworswomn wr call to th rostrum for thir awars was inicativ of th mutual rspct an amiration th fncrs hl for th winnrs an ach othr uring what might othrwis hav prov to b a lngthy crmony. Prsint Van Buskirk ai an abtt ONE OF TWO NEW AND IDENTICAL CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHIES th awars with jovial prsonal commnts as "his fncrs" cam forwar to rciv thir sason's awars from "Van", Prsint Van Buskirk thn introuc th ConsulGnral of Cuba as a Gust of Honor an in bhalf of th A. F. L. A. awar spcial mals of Participation to th six fncrs of Cuba who ha com to th Unit Stats to participat in our National Championships. Th activ fncing sason was thn clar clos an th party continu with ancing in a gran final until th small hours of th morning.

4 Pag two THE RIPOSTE Amrica's Olst Fncing Magazin 114 Washington Plac I Nw York City JOSE R. DE CAPRILES DERNELL EVERY WARREN A. Dow MIGUEL A. DE CAPRILES GEORGE H. BREED FLOYD TRAYNHAM, JR. CONTRIBUTING STAFF SUBSCRIPTION RATES 6 Issus... $ Issus... $.00 THIS IS ISSUE # 57 Mail on or about July 6th CONTENTS Founr Eitor Businss Managr Tchnical Avisor Forign Corrsponnt Illinois Th 1940 Gala Night... Pag 1 Eitorial... Pag Nw Englan Nws... Pag Th National Tam Championships... Pag 3 Th National Iniviual Championships... Pag 4 Th 1940 Amrican Olympic Fncing Tam... Pag 6 Th Rmis Pag 7 An Amrican School of Foil... Pag 8 All Eastrn Outoor Sabr Championship... Pag 13 Arthur S. Lyon Outoor Ep Comptition... Pag 13 Illinois Nws Pag 15 A. F. L. A. Elctions... Pag 16 NEW ENGLAND Thr wr 80 ntris in th First Boston Outoor Opn Tournamnt hl on Boston Common on May 11th. Fncing continu from 9 A.M. until 8 P.M. an attract an stimat attnanc of 10,000 popl uring th ay. Th rsults wr as follows: Foil: 1. Alson, M.LT.;. Ouri, Yal Univ.; 3. Labasti, Harvar; an 4. Lvin, Wstrn Mass. Division. Sabr: 1. Alson, M. 1. T.;. Johnson, Harvar Univ.; 3. Hinchman, M.LT.; an 4. Willous, Sall Scafati, N. J. Ep: 1. Krigr, M.LT.;. Linkmyr, Los Angls A.C.; 3. Amion, Brown Univ.; an 4. Kllogg, M.LT. Womn's Foil: Miss Morn Fitz, Th Cavalirs, Los Angls;. Miss Nlli Goron, Boston Swor Club; 3. Mrs. Lisl Oppnhim, Boston Swor Club; an 4. Miss Elois LaFavor, Wstrn Mass. Division. EDITORIAL W prsnt this issu with an apology an a touch of sanss. Th apology is u our rars for th tarinss of publication. As th National Championship issu it shoul hav bn publish uring th last ays of May. Unfortunatly, th Eitor was forc to unrtak a month's businss trip immiatly aftr th Nationals. consquntly lay fallow uring that tim an its prsnt rcipt will contain littl nws that is frsh or surprising. X'X' Our sanss at this tim is bas upon th fact that this is July, 1940, th at st for th 1940 Olympic Gams. On war aftr anothr has toss th 1940 Olympic Gams about until toay thr is not only no chanc of thir bing hl but thy hav vn bn crow from th thoughts of most of us. Many of th countris which might hav participat xist toay only in mmory. Many of th athlts which might hav participat hav i on th battlfils. Frinly comptition an sportsmanship hav bn rplac by intrigu, trachry an struction. Not only is th 1940 Olympic Gams "out" but thr is th strong possibility that th 1944, 1948 an 195 Gams will nvr b. Th Olympic torch has bn xtinguish, its spirit thrown onto th rubbish pil. Conqust an hatrs ar th orr of th ay an thir aftrmaths will istort th viwpoints of mn for cas to com. Amrica has chosn its Olympic tams. It may b th only country to o so. What is wors it may nvr fin rason to slct tams again for many yars. X'X' As th fncing puls of th nation slows own for th summr prio so shall Th Ripost rtir for sista until Sptmbr. A fw oughty iniviuals prsist hr an thr in carrying thir wapon bags through th hot strts, but th majority has aopt tnnis an golf bags as its summr sports bag. Viv I sport, viv la sista!

5 Pag thr r 8 f 8 n.. "., a t THE NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS SALLE SANTELLI WINS EPEE AND THE MEN'S AND WOMEN'S FOIL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS Apparntly not satisfi with only two of th fiv National Tam Championships which it ha hl in 1939, th Sall Santlli prsnt its challng cars vry sriously in all wapons this sason an cam away from th Gala Wk, having succssfully rtain its Foil Tam titl, captur th Ep Tam titl from th Fncrs Club an th Womn's Foil Tam titl from th Sall 'Arms Vinc. Th Nw York Athltic Club was all that stoo btwn th Sall Santlli an a clan swp of th Tam titls, for th N. Y. A. C. succssfully fn its Sabr Tam titl in th final comptition of th Gala Wk an ha alray captur th Thr Wapon Tam Championship from th Sall Santlli on April 7th. Eightn tams with 59 comptitors ntr th fout tam championships of th Gala Wk. Exactly 00 official bouts wr fought to ci th winning tams. N. Y. A. C. RETAINS SABRE TEAM TITLE National Womn's Foil Tam Championship Nw York Fncrs Club May 3r Although thr wr only thr tams ntr in this opning vnt of th 1940 Nat ion a 1 Championship Gala Wk, svral xciting upsts an surpriss wr provi to hol th tns intrst of th spctators throughout th vning. Th Sall Santlli tam ma up of Miss Barbara,Cochran, Miss Dorothy 'Grimmlmann an Miss Milr Stwart an th Sall 'Arms Vinc tam of Miss Kathln Crra, Miss Malin Dalton an Mrs. Marion Lloy Vinc fat th Hofstra Collg tam of Miss Ruth Maxwll, Miss Hlna Mroczkowska an Miss Dorothy Wahl by onsi scors in th first two matchs to mt in thir usual last an ciing Championship match at th n of th vning. In this Final match, th Sall 'Arms Vinc start off with what appar lik a rptition of its succsss of th past 10 yars. It jump into a 41 la which inclu an upst victory by Miss Kathln Crra ovr Miss Dorothy Grimmlmann. Miss Kathln was substituting that vning for Maria, hr mor xprinc sistr, who was sriously ill with a strptococcus infction. Miss Dalton ha fat Miss Grimmlmann arlir, whil Mrs. Vinc ha own both Miss stwart an Miss Cochran who hl th la positions on th Santlli tam. Th Santlli tam ha to win all four rmaining bouts to brak th Vinc rign; a larg assignmnt which inclu Miss Grimmlmann's fating Mrs. Vinc, who ha suffr no losss thus far in th Championship. That, howvr, is xactly what th Santlli tam accomplish in a long uphill fight, which kpt th spctators in constant xcitmnt an a stat of unblif throughout th Final match. SUMMARIES Contstants: Sall Santlli: Miss Barbara Cochran,M iss Dorothy Grimmlmann an Miss Milr Stwart. Sall 'ArI'ns Vinc: Miss Kathln Crra, Miss Malin Dalton an Mrs. Marion Lloy Vinc. Hofstra Collg: Miss Ruth Maxwll, Miss Hlna Mroczkowska an Miss Dorothy Wahl. Sall Santlli 5 Hofstra Collg 1 Miss Grimmlmann fat Miss Wahl 41. Miss Stwart fat Miss Maxwll 40 an Miss Wahl 43. Miss Cochran fat Miss Mroczkowska 43 an Miss Maxwll 41. Miss Mroczkowska fat Miss Grimmlmann 4. Sall ' Arms Vinc 5 Hofstra Collg Miss Dalton fat Miss Maxwll 4. Miss Crra fat Miss Wahl 41. Mrs. Vinc fat Miss Mroczkowska 41, Miss Wahl 41 an Miss Maxwll 41. Miss Mroczkowska fat Miss Dalton 40 an Miss Crra 40. Sall Santlli 5 Sall ' Arms Vinc '" Miss Grimmlmann fat Mrs. Vinc 43. Miss Stwart fat Miss Crra 40 an Miss Dalton _l. Miss Cochran fat Miss Crra 4 an Miss Dalton 4. Miss Dalton fat Miss Grimmlmann 43. Miss Crra fat Miss Grimmlmann 4. Mrs. Vinc fat Miss Cochran 41 an Miss Stwart 43. FINAL STANDINGS Sall Santlli..... Sall 'Arms Vinc.... Hofstra Collg..... (Continu on pag 1) Won 1 o Lost o 1

6 Pag four Th National Iniviual Championships Norman Armitag Rtains Sabr Titl Drnll Evry an Hlna Mroczkowska Captur Foil Titls. Championship. On four succssiv ays, bginning May 4th, 94 iniviual comptitors assmbl in Nw York City at on tim or anothr to compt for th four championship fncing titls awar annually by th A.F.L.A. At th n of thos four ays, th Bout Committ ha conuct 408 official bouts, an announc th crowning of thr nw Champions an th continu rign of on of its 1939 Champions. Norman Armitag of th Fncrs Club was th only 1939 champion to fn his titl succssfully whn h won th National Sabr Championship for th sixth tim. Drnll Evry of th Nw York Athltic Club won th National Foil Championship which h ha hl in 1938 an ha lost last yar to Norman Lwis of th Sall Santlli. Fr Sibrt, an pist nw to Nw York comptition, won th National Ep Championship, isplacing Loyal Tingly, his tammat from th Illinois Division. Miss Hlna Mroczkowska, a snior at Hofstra Collg, captur th National Womn's Foil Championship which ha bn lft unfn by Miss Hlna Mayr of th Northrn California Division. W prsnt a chronological rport of th fncing by wapons, giving iniviual rsults an bout scors. Othr tails may b foun in Th Rmis column. NATIONAL FOIL CHAMPIONSHIP Nw York Fncrs ClubMay 4th. Aftr a last minut tripl ti for first plac, Drnll Evry of th N.Y.A.C. rgain th Championship h ha hl in 1938 whn h fat his clubmat, Warrn A. Dow, an Norman Lwis of th Sall Santlli in a fncoff. With prliminaris an smifinals hl in th aftrnoon, th vning fatur a nin man Finals which as minight approach look lik a swp for Warrn Dow. H ha a Finals rcor of six victoris, no losss an two bouts to fnc with no othr Finalist with lss than two losss to his rcor. In a surpris rvrsal h lost his last two bouts, giving both Evry an Lwis a scon chanc at th Championship. Evry an Lwis ha start th Finals baly, ach losing of thir first 4 bouts but thraftr winning thir rmaining bouts. Th fncoff, coming aftr at last nin hours of championship calibr fncing, was primarily a tst of stamina, with Evry, Lwis an Dow coming off in that orr on that basis. This was spcially vint sinc Evry'S two fats in th Finals ha com at th hans of his two opponnts in th fncoff. In th nin man Finals, four nams appar for th first tim: Silvio Giolito of th N.Y.A.C., fourth; Liutnant Richar Str of th U. S. Navy, sixth; Nathanil Lubll of th Sall 'Arms Vinc, ighth; an Maxwll Garrt of th Sall 'Arms Vinc, ninth. Th two rmaining finalists wr Dr. John R. Huffman of th N.Y.A.C., fifth, an Jos R. Caprils of th Sall Santlli, svnth. Fr Sibrt Wins SUMMARIES Prliminary Strip # 1 Liut. Richar Str (U. S. Navy) fat Barrna 51, Rogrs 51 an Lansing 5. Norman Lwis (Sall Santlli) fat Barrna 5, Rogrs 50 an Lansing 5. Luis Barrna (Ouba) fat Rogrs 51 an Lansing 54. Rolan Rogrs (Michigan Division) fat Lansing 54. Egar Lansing (Nw Jrsy Division) lost all bouts. Str, Lwis an Barrna qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # Diaz Otrulo (Sall Santlli) fat Garrt 5, Mottrshaw 53 an Stphan 5. Maxwll Garrt (Sall 'Arms Vinc) fat Huffman 53 an Mottrshaw 5. John R. Huffman (N. Y. A. 0.) fat Mottrshaw 51 an Stphan 5. Harol Mottrshaw (Michigan Division) fat Stphan 53. Philip Stphan (Yal Univrsity) lost all bouts fnc. Otrulo, Garrt an Huffman qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary strip # 3 Warrn Dow (N. Y. A. 0.) fat Krigr 53. Dog 53 an Owr 5. Jos Oaprils (Sall Santlli) fat Krigr 53, Dog 51 an Owr 51.. Byron Krigr (Michigan Division) fat Dog 50 an Owr 5. Alfr Owr (Yal Univrsity) fat Dog 5. Robrt Dog (Northrn Ohio Division) lost all bouts. Dow, Oaprlls an Krigr qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary strip # 4 Hugh Alssanroni (Fncrs Club) fat Snyr 51, Hammon 5, Rowly 5 an Milon 5. Silvio Giolito (N. Y. A. 0.) fat Snyr 51, Hammon 54, Rowly 50 an Milon 51. William Hammon (Michigan Division) fat Rowly 50 an Milon 54 (19 touchs against). Alfr Snyr (Northrn Oalifornia Division) fat Hammon 54 an Rowly 51 (0 touchs against). Ptr Milon (Nw Jrsy Division) fat Snyr 53. Mrvin Rowly (Northrn Ohio Division) fat Milon 54. Alssanronl, Giolito an Hammon qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 5 William Osis (Michigan DiviSion) fat Evry 5, Lubll 5 an Matoslan 5. Drnll Evry (N. Y. A. 0.) fat Matoslan 5 an Dpp 5. Nathanil Lubll (Sall 'Arms Vinc) fat Matosian 54 an Dpp 5. Ewar Matosian (Philalphia Division) fat Dpp 50. Douglas Dpp (Northrn Ohio Division) loat all bouts fnc. Osls, Evry an Lubll qualifi for th smifinals. SmiFinal Strip # 1 Dow fat Osis 50, Hammon 51 an Lubll 5. J. Oaprils fat Osis 53 an Hammon 5. Lubll fat Osls 53 an Hammon 51. Osls an Hammon lost all bouts fnc. Dow, Oaprils an Lubll qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # Huffman fat Lwis 54, Barrna 50 an Krigr 50. Evry fat Huffman 54 an Krigr 5 Lwis fat Barrna 5 an Krigr 53.. Barrna fat Evry 54. Krigr fat Barrna 54. Huffman, Evry an Lwis qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # 3 Gar f::;:_tlssanroni 53, Otrulo 51, GloHto 54 Giolito fat Otrulo 5 an Str 53. Str fat Alssanroni 54 an Otrulo 5 Ctrulo fat Alssanroni 53.. Alssanroni lost all bouts fnc. Garrt, Giolito an Str qualifi for th finals.

7 Pag fiv p 51, grs als. 51 han 53 g an s. mi.. 51, on {ly t 53. on th bll n s. tran outs FINALS Evry fat Huffman 53, Lubll 53, Giollto 53, Caprils 54, Garrt 54 an Str 54. Lwis fat Huffman 53, Lubll 51, Glollto 53, Dow 53, Garrt 53, an Evry 53. DoW fat Huffman 53, Glolito 54, Caprils 54, Garrt 53, Evry 53 an Str 54. Glolito fat Huffman 53, Lubll 53, Caprils 53, Garrt 54 an Str 53. Huffman fat Lubll 53, Caprils 53, Garrt 50 an Str 54. Str fat Lubll 5, Caprils 54, Garrt 54 an Lwis 5. Caprils fat Lubll 54, Garrt 5 an Lwis 5. Lubll fat Dow 53. Garrt fat Lubll 54. FENCEOFF Evry fat Dow 53 an Lwis 51. Lwis fat Dow 53. NATIONAL EPEE CHAMPIONSHIP Th Sall SantlliMay 5th Fr Sibrt of th Lak Shor Athltic Club of.chicago won th National Ep titl aftr a fncoff with Alfr Skrobisch of th Fncrs Club. Both mn ha a rcor of six wins an two losss at th compltion of th Finals. Loyal Tingly, th fning champion, finish thir, on bout bhin th gol an silvr malists. This comptition was th most confusing of all th wk's iniviual vnts as th la ssaw back an forth among th first six mn throughout th first half of th Finals. As th Finals nar compltion, howvr, th first thr mn rw away from th othrs with Skrobisch in a onbout la as th last bout was call btwn Sibrt an Jos Caprils. Sibrt trail 0 an it look lik anothr p titl for th Fncrs Club whn Sibrt ran off thr touchs to win th right to a fncoff for first. H fat Skrobisch 31 for th titl. Eugnio Sarina of Cuba was fourth on touchs ovr Jos Caprils of th Sall Santlli aftr thy ti at four wins apic. Carlos Lamar of Cuba was sixth, Commanr Lonar Doughty of th U. S. Navy was svnth, whil ighth an ninth placs wnt to Lo Nuns of th N.Y.A.C. an Robrt Driscoll of th Fncrs Club, rspctivly. Prliminary Strip # 1 Carlos Lamar (Cuba) fat Tingly 3, Marson 30 an oubl loss with Corntt 33. Loyal Tingly (Illinois Division) fat Corntt 3. Ralph E. Marson (N. Y. A. C.) fat Corntt 3. Winslow Corntt (Fncrs Club) oubl loss with Lamar 33. ' Lamar, Tingly an Marson qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # Commanr Lonar Doughty (U. S. Navy) fat Garat 31 an Osis 31. Liut. Gustav Hiss (Fncrs Club) fat Doughty 31 an oubl loss with Garat 33. William Osis (Michigan Division) fat Garat 3. Eugnio Garat (Cuba) oublloss with Hiss 33. Doughty, Hiss an Osis qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 3 J. Caprils (Sall Santlli) fat Linkmyr 3, Agnw 3 an Rogrs 30. Robrt Driscoll (Fncrs Club) fat Linkmyr 3, Agnw 3 an Rogrs 3. Fr Linkmyr (Southrn California Division) fat Agnw 30 an Rogrs 31. Rolan Rogrs (Michigan Division) fat Agnw 3. Robrt Agnw (Philalphia Swor Club) lost all bouts. J. Caprils, Driscoll an Linkmyr qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 4 Eugnio Sarina (Cuba) fat Armitag 31, Sibrt 30 an Stoffltt 41. Fr Sibrt (Illinois Division) fat M. Caprlls 31, Armitag 30, an Stoffltt 31. Norman Armitag (Fncrs Club) fat M. Caprlls 30 an Stoffltt 31. Richar Stoffltt (Michigan Division) fat M. Caprlls 3. Migul Caprils (Sall Santlll) lost all bouts fnc. Sarina, Sibrt an Armitag qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 5 Liut. Morris Ewars (U. S. Army) fat Skrobisch 3, Ozol 31 an Mattsson 31. Alfr Skrobisch (Fncrs Club) fat Nuns 31 an Ozol 3. Lo Nuns (N. Y. A. C.) fat Ozol 30 an Mattsson 31. Ruolph Ozol (Sall Santlli) fat Mattsson 3. Carl Mattsson (Northrn Ohio Division) lost all bouts. Ewars, Skroblsch an Nuns qualifi for th smifinals. SmiFinal Strip # 1 Sibrt fat Hiss 31, Linkmyr 3 an Skrobisch 3. Skroblsch fat Hiss 3, Linkmyr 31 an Sarina 30. Sarina fat Hiss 3 an Llnkmyr 3. Hiss an Llnkmyr lost all bouts fnc. Sibrt, Skrobisch an Sarina qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # Lamar fat Doughty 31, Armitag 3, Nuns 31 an oubl loss with Osls 33. Nuns fat Doughty 31, Armitag 31 an Osls 31. Doughty fat Osis 30 (9 touchs against). Armitag fat Doughty 3 (11 touchs against, 8 touchs for). Osls fat Armitag 3 an oublioss with Lamar 33 (11 touchs against, 7 touchs for). Lamar, Nuns an Doughty qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # 3 Driscoll fat J. Caprils 31, Ewars 30, Marson 3 an oubl loss with Tingly 33. Tingly fat Ewars 3, Marson 31 an oubl loss with Driscoll 33. J. Caprils fat Tingly 31 an Ewars 3. Ewars fat Marson 31. Marson fat J. Caprils 3. Driscoll, Tingly an J. Cap rils qualifi for th finals. FINALS Sibrt fat Sarina 30, Tingly 30, Nuns 31, Lamar 30. Driscoll 3 an J. Caprils 3. Skrobisch fat Sarina 31, Tingly 30, Nuns 31, Lamar 31, Sibrt 3, Doughty 30 an oubl loss with Driscoll 33. Tinglv fat Sarina 30, Nuns 31, Lamar 31, Driscoll 3 an J. Caprils 30. Sarina fat Lamar 3, Driscoll 31, Doughty 30, J. Caprlls 3 an oubl loss with Nuns 33. J. Caprils fat Skroblsch 31, Nuns 31, Driscoll 3 an Doughty 3. Lamar fat Nuns 31, Doughty 30 an J. Caprlls 3. Doughty fat Tingly 31, Driscoll 30 an Sibrt 3. Nuns fat Driscoll 31, Doughty 31 an oubl loss with Sarina 33. Driscoll fat Lamar 3 an oubl loss with Skroblsch 33. FENCEOFF Sibrt fat Skrobisch 31. NATIONAL SABRE CHAMPIONSHIP Nw York Athltic ClubMay 6th Norman Armitag of th Fncrs Club was th only 1939 Champion to rtain his titl in this yar's Championships. H accomplish this by winning all but on bout throughout th championship. That loss was in th Finals to Jos Caprils of th Sall Santlli, who finish scon with a Final staning of six wins an two losss. John R. Huffman of th N.Y.A.C. took thir plac ovr Migul Caprils of th Sall Santlli by a four touch margin aftr tying in bouts at 5 wins an 3 losss apic. Ths sam mn hav shar th first four placs among thmslvs for th past four sasons. Diaz Ctrulo of th Sall Santlli was fifth on touchs aftr tying in bouts won with Ralph Marson of th N. Y. A. C. Gorg Worth of Cuba was svnth, whil Ptr Brur of th Sall 'Arms Vinc was ighth an Dr. Ervin Acl of th N.Y.A.C. was ninth. (Continu on pag 14)

8 Pag six Th 1940 Amrican Olympic Fncing Tam On May 5th th Amrican Olympic Committ an th Amrican Olympic Association vot to authoriz an instruct its Gams Committs to slct a thortical Olympic Tam in th sam mannr as though a tam wr bing chosn for actual Olympic comptition at Hlsinki. Awars will b availabl for prsntation to tam mmbrs to commmorat thir slction for an Amrican Olympic tam. This cision of th Amrican Olympic Committ an th Amrican Olympic Association is highly commnabl. Th activ comptitiv yars in many sports ar fw in numbr. Th runnr who is at th pak of his ability this yar may wll hav pass his pak four yars from now an through circumstancs byon his control nvr rciv th honor of Olympic slction which woul othrwis hav bn his. This is not so tru of fncing as of othr sports, for fncrs continu goo for yars an sm to b comptitivly fficint longr than most othr athlts. Nvrthlss, th Amrican Olympic Gams Fncing Committ has slct its 1940 Amrican Olympic Fncing tam in accoranc with th rqust of th Parnt Olympic Organization. Aftr ciing upon a fourman tam in ach wapon, a twogirl womn's foil tam, a Captain Managr, a Coach an a Trainr, it was vot that slctions shoul b ma upon th point systm aopt by prvious committs. By this systm th 1938 Championships wr givn th wight of on, th 1939 Championships th wight of two an th 1940 Championships a wight of four. All othr schul official tryouts wr givn a wight of on. Ths last mntion consist of all invitation iniviual snior vnts on th 1940 Mtropolitan Schul (originally schul as Olympic Tryouts) an th 1940 Pacific Coast an Miwst Championships. Fncrs placing from first to ighth rciv ight to on points rspctivly. Ths ratings pr comptition, multipli by th wight factor, wr total to giv th final point scor. It was furthr ci that a fncr making th tam in two wapons woul giv way to a succing fncr in on of th wapons. Noncitizns also yil thir placs to citizns. Th rsults of such a point tabulation wr as follows: Foil Drnll Evry Warrn A. Dow Norman Lwis Dr. John R. Huffman Ewar Carfagno... Jos R. Caprils Silvio Giolito Danil Bukantz Liut. Richar Str Hugh V. Alssanroni Alfr R. Snyr... Byron Krigr Nathanil Lubll Sabr Dr. Norman C. Armitag Jos Caprils Dr. John R. Huffman Migul A. Caprils Ralph E. Marson Diaz Ctrulo... Ptr Brur Dr. Ervin Acl Ewar Carfagno.... Nickolas Muray.... Dr. Jams Flynn Lon Hockr..... Lonar Bllman Ep Jos R. Caprils.... Alfr Skrobisch..... Loyal Tingly Fr W. Sibrt Commr. Lonar Doughty.... Robrt Driscoll Anrw Boy Ralph E. Marson August von Munchhausn Jan V. Grombach Liut. Gustav Hiss Norman Lwis..... Migul A. Caprils John L. Thompson... Saul Karch Womn's Foil Miss Milr Stwart Miss Hlna M:roczkowska Miss Malin Dalton Mrs. Marion Lloy Vinc Miss Barbara L. Cochran Miss Carol King.... Mrs. Dolly Funk.... Miss Maria Crra Miss Dorothy Grimmlmann Miss Morn Fitz Miss Maxin MacMastrs..... Miss Paula Swny Aftr ropping Huffman from foil an J. Caprils from sabr, sinc thy wr finit slctions in sabr an p rspctivly, th 1940 Olympic Fncing Gams Committ has announc th following mmbrs of its 1940 Amrican Olympic Fncing Tam: Foil: Drnll Evry, Warrn A. Dow, Norman Lwis an Ewar Carfagno. Sabr: Norman C. Armitag, John R. Huffman, Migul A. Caprils an Ralph E. Marson. Ep: Jos R. Caprils, Alfr Skrobisch, Loyal Tingly an Fr W. Sibrt. Womn's Foil: Miss Milr Stwart an Miss Hlna Mroczkowska. CaptainManagr: Harol Van Buskirk. Coach: Gorg Santlli. Trainr an Assistant Coach: Alvar Hrmanson. In th slction of coachs consiration was givn to th fact that ight of th twlv mn chosn wr th prsnt pupils of Santlli whil two wr pupils of Hrmanson.

9 Pag svn s n 9 is, l s Is It always sms wis to plan th National Championships as a Gala Wk, I gran smain. This not only souns wll but also provis th opportunity for fncrs to com from far an nar to participat in all vnts. On th othr han th wk itslf gnrally provs to b a pain in th nck for thos rsponsibl for its conuct. Th Bout Committ an th various Lagu Officrs ar prtty blary y an f up with th gran smain bfor it is ovr. Th Dirctors an Jugs fl that if thy hav to s on mor bout of any kin thy will burst out crying. Nrvs bcom gy, tmprs fray. W s no altrnativ to th plan as rcntly mploy. Har though it may b upon thos who shoulr th wk's burn, it is th most practical an th fairst plan to fncrs who liv any istanc ftom th sit of th Nationals. Th fncrs ow a bt of gratitu to many iniviuals who contribut willingly of thir tim an srvics to mak th 1940 Nationals th succss thy wr. W ar thinking particularly of Harol Van Buskirk, Dr. Tibor Nyilas, Migul Caprils, Warrn Dow, Curtis Ric, Hans Stark an Douglas Grar. Thr wr countlss othrs who srv as Dirctors, Jugs, Scorrs, Tickt Collctors an in all th othr miscllanous jobs that mak things asir for th fncrs thmslvs.. Th fncrs gt th glory an th fun, th othrs gt th thanklss work. This column wants spcifically to thank th workrs. XX Th A.F.L.A. borrow th facilitis of thr clubs for th wk's comptitions; th Fncrs Club, Th Sall Santlli an th Nw York Athltic Club. Dspit th possibility of confusion in this arrangmnt, thr was non. Th fncrs an spctators show up at th right clubs at th right tims an furthrmor with th right wapons. XX With th xcption of th Iniviual Sabr which Armitag sm to ominat right from th starting bll, th othr Iniviual titls wr anyon's guss up until th final touchs wr ma. Both Evry an Sibrt won thir foil an p titls in last minut fncoffs whil Miss Mroczkowska stoo 33 in th last bout of th Womn's Championship, th loss of Which woul hav thrown hr into a tripl ti with Mrs. Vinc an Miss Stwart for anothr first plac fncoff. k Th Sall Santlli tams cam off with xcptional succss; xcptional in that th prcontst gusss wr not in thir favor. This was particularly tru in th two Foil Tam vnts whr comptitiv statistics strongly favor th N.Y.A.C. for th Mn's titl an th actual miway scor of 41 favor th Sall 'Arms Vinc for th Womn's titl. In th Ep vnt, th Santlli caus i not appar too bright Whn it lost its scon match of th vning. Howvr, that was th only match it i los throughout th Championship. Profssional laurls go to Gorg Santlli an Alvar Hrmanson for th scon yar in a row. With all Championship Tams coach by Santlli ithr at his privat Sall or at th Nw York Athltic Club, SANTELLI CLEANS UP! his clanup in that fil was complt. Th iniviual succss of th fncrs h coach was also imprssiv for all thr malists in both foil an sabr wr his pupils although 3 wr from th N.Y.A.C., two from th Sall Santlli an on from th Fncr.s Club. Alvar Hrmanson's pupils took two mals in p whil Rn Pinchar's took on. Josph Vinc coach on malist in th Womn's Foil whil surprisingly nough th othr two malists wr train by othr amaturs.. XX Th Womn's Foil Tam Championship provi consirabl xcitmnt in th final match btwn th Sall Santlli an th Sall 'Arms Vinc. Th Sall 'Arms Vinc has hl this tam titl for so many yars that, if thr ha bn a Trophy for this vnt, it woul look much lik a V by now. Th Vinc tam was wll on its way to rpating th ol, ol story, laing 41 in bouts whn th Sall Santlli bgan th longst, succssful, backtothwall stan that w can rcollct. Th Vinc tam was actually an psychologically hanicapp by th loss of Maria Crra who was sriously ill th vning of th comptition. Hr youngr sistr, Kathln i a most commnabl an couragous job as pinchhittr but was unabl to rplac fully hr mor xprinc sistr. Miss Grimmlmann srvs prais for hr work for th Santlli tam. Sh too was th last xprinc of hr tam but spit this sh achiv th outstaning upst of th matchs in causing Mrs. Vinc hr only fat of th Championship in a bout which turn th ti finitly to th Santlli tam. XX Upsts mark th arly rouns of th Foil Championship. Th trip across country stol th raction tim an tmpo from Snyr, th California lfthanl', who was unxpctly liminat by a on touch avantag in th first roun. Osis of Michigan ropp all bouts in th smifinal roun aftr coming off top man in his prliminary strip which ha inclu Evry an Lubll, two of th vntual Finalists. Alssanroni, twic Champion, also lost all bouts in his smifinal pool to allow thr nw mn to go forwar into th National Finals from his strip. (Continu on pag 16)

10 Pag ight AN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF FOIL Slowly but surly this country is vloping a School of Fncing, an Amrican School rcognizabl as such. Its vlopmnt has bn so graual an bn u to th contributions of so many that it is barly vint to thos who ar closst to it. Howvr, anyon who may hav bn absnt from Amrican fncing for th past 15 yars woul immiatly rcogniz rastic changs. W shall navor to stuy ths changs an, if possibl, assmbl thm into rcognizabl Amrican fncing charactristics. Finally, w shall offr proposals for its furthr an mor rapi volution. It is ifficult toay to fin a tru Frnch stylist among our amaturs. Our socall Italian stylists somwhat rsmbl th tru typ on th offnsiv but vary consirably from th Italian foilsmn on th fnsiv. Variations hav crtainly bn introuc. In comptition thr is littl istinct clavag btwn th mthos of our fncrs whthr using th Italian or th Frnch foil. Somthing happns to thm btwn th tim thy lav thir fncing mastr's lsson an th tim thy arriv on th comptitiv strip. Whr too ar th Mastrs of pur styls? Both th pur Frnch Mastr an th pur Italian Mastr ar a rarity. Thn thr ar all th othr mn whos livlihoo pns upon fncing instruction. What ar thy? What o thir tach? Thr ar litrally hunrs of thm an thy all sm to giv th pat answr that thy tach a combination of both Schools. An a goo bit of nithr. Anyhow thy ar all xprimnting an from that vry sarching a School may furthr vlop that is particularly aapt to ouf Amrican boys an girls. Profssionals hav inicat that thy ar thinking about ths things. Sgrgat from ach othr, scattr far an wi throughout a larg country, ach has bn thrown upon his own rsourcs. Convrsations with many of thm whr occasion has prmitt an lttrs from othrs containing xplanations of prsonal mthos all point towar a sarch in full cry for a way of fncing bst aapt to Amrican youth. On profssional writs: "I bliv that in numrous instancs our bst fncrs isplay an ffctiv tchniqu which is in avanc of th vry principls that thy accpt as corrct. How much mor rapi woul b th ris of our young fncrs if thy wr not confront (consciously or unconsciously) with this conflict btwn thory an practic?", How os any School vlop? How i th Frnch School vlop? Or th Italian? Dos not th School first vlop from a trn an thn from som capabl prsonality, ithr amatur or profssional, having such striking succss with iniviual aaptation that h bcoms copi an thrby fixs th mthos for futur fncrs? Di not th gnius, ingnuity an frsh concption of Italo Santlli crat a whol nw sabr School, now know as th Hungarian School, out of th Italian sabr School, which ha just prviously swpt th Frnch sabr School to xtinction? Hr w hav a striking xampl ntirly vlop by 'an crit to on man. Thr n not b a similar on man sourc for an Amrican School. It may vry possibly b a bln of th bst charactristics of svral fncrs. Now lt us rviw what w s to at an n avor to spcify th still missing rquirmnts for a complt Amrican School. Dvlopmnt has thus far bn th accint of iniviual qualifications. With som ia of what is still n prhaps w can hastn th volution. Why not trmin our objctivs an vlop a plan of achiving thm? Up until about 15 yars ago thr was no istinction btwn an Amrican fncr an a Frnch fncr. All of our profssionals wr ithr Frnch or taught th Frnch School. Our fncrs unfortunatly wr mrly a slowr copy of th ral thing. During th past 15 yars, howvr, thr hav bn som vry istinct an intrsting prsonalitis among our succssful foilsmn. Furthrmor ach was spcifically iffrnt from th othr. Excpt for th basic positions an lmntary concptions, this was a prio of iniviualism, th vry prio of introuction an xprimntation ncssary for any nw School. First w ha Liutnant Gorg C. Calnan. H was closr to th orthooxy that prc him than any of his followrs. Suprimpos upon a simpl an irct concption of th Frnch School was a giant..,... II"t... =\::a

11 Pag nin W g r h 1 s y 1,? a t r S s. r h h. n S h )r is )f y LS Y It in siz, strngth an nuranc. H was a irct actionist using th simplst of Frnch attacks, parris an riposts but backing up vry action with a trmination an a controll forc that spar no opponnt whos attacks hsitat or whos fns was halfhart. His influnc was that of simplification. H ispos of opponnts whos ias wr root in attacks of many involv movmnts an whos riposts wr complx. Calnan i in th Akron irigibl isastr in 1933 at th hight of his pow!,!r. His lacirship was sorly miss in th following yars but it can b truly sai that th fncrs who follow him wr nvr unt.ru to th prcnt h st thm. Complxity has nvr rntr th Amrican fncing gam sinc Josph L. Lvis ha natural sp of lgs an a most flxibl swor arm an shoulr. It gain him prmir foil staning for many yars. His gam was ssntially on of attack with a surprising sp that lan his point bfor th fns coul gain any organization. H forc th tmpo an litrally blurr his opponnts into submission. Lvis turn profssional in His chif contribution was on of mobility an lan. Whras Calnan slom us mor than a irct lung or at most a short singl march an lung, Lvis gain istanc with multipl marchs an lung or vn a flch. Toay's gratr mobility in all of our laing fncrs can b trac back in grat part to Lvis. Calnan an Lvis togthr finitly introuc a brak with prcnt for sinc thir rigns thr has bn no Amrican foilsman of importanc that you coul rcogniz finitly as bing from on club or anothr. An Amrican foil tam toay consists of so many iniviuals no two of whom fnc alik. Of toay's activ fncrs w must first mntion Lo G. Nuns, whos xprinc an succsss xc that of all th othrs both in tim an brath. H is xtrmly orthoox, fncs Italian styl, blning th avantags of th olr with th nwr Italian mthos in accor with circumstancs. H is nat in both offns an fns an is a cool, couragous fightr, on of th fw vr to win th National Championship in all thr wapons. His is a gam which might hav introuc a School for it is not iniviualistic but rathr bas upon orthoox tchniqu. Howvr, his outstaning achivmnts took plac in th arly 0's at a tim whn fncing mastrs in th Unit Stats favor th Frnch School. Thy accpt Nuns, prais his succsss, but woul not tach his styl to othrs. Up until only a fw yars ago Nuns was th sol xponnt of th Italian School, a fncr with many frins an amirrs but with no iscipls. In this cas, th Amrican profssionals prmitt thir actual or aopt prjuics to ovrlook th bst mol w ha for orthoox, clan, ffctiv an tachabl fncing, a styl that was aaptabl to at last half of our young mn. Insta, an ntir ca was wast with all of our young fncrs bing taught Frnch styl whthr or not it was thir fort. Many of thm gav up whil othrs turn to th Italian styl too lat to bnfit fully from its youthful appal. In rtrospct, w wr fools an miss th boat. W shall now scrib th ominant charactristics of som of our laing foilsmn for latr uss in this ssay. Thr is no plann orr in thir prsntation. Thy ar alik in only on rgar; thy cannot b pntrat with any orinary thrats or attacks whn thy ar st to fn thmslvs. Thy may b surpris, hit with sconary intntion or wllconciv cption, ys, but thy amaz th visitor with thir ability to parry anything hurl at thm by th nymnyminymo school. In vry othr particular thy ar unalik as thy can b. Th most unusual an iniviualistic of all is Norman Lwis. H is also th most controvrsial an unprictabl. Alo Nai onc sai of him that h fnc 60% wrong. That mans that th rmaining 40% was goo nough to s him go into a tripl ti for first plac in two succssiv National Championships an com off with on gol an on silvr mal. H has an uncanny sns of istanc an timing. H is accurat, patint an untiring. H is somthing of th jittrbug, ancing in an out, in constant motion, until his opponnt ithr rlaxs his fns or allows him to gain that inch of istanc h has bn sking an thn straight out for a irct hit. H is cool, angrous an amnably xhausting. This last point maks him a fin tam fncr, xhausting his opponnts for his tammats' kill. Lwis' waknss lis in his bing a onshot playr. This accounts for his unprictability. H probably has a poorr rcor from arly limination in comptition than any othr Snior foilsman. H is ultracautious on th attack an withhols riposts until a sur opning is offr. Hnc, Mr. Nai's statmnt about him which w intrprt as maning that Lwis his 60% of his possibl ffctivnss bhin an unu caution. Jos Caprils, lik Lwis, is a natural, fncing primarily from instinct although mor orthoox in oing so than Lwis. Bing tall, h worris lss about istanc an concntrats upon choic of tim. H is a mastr of th stopthrust, th tim thrust an consciously or unconsciously uss lay tim to prfction. Although h bins his foil, his offnsiv is ssntially Frnch, mixing cption an irctnss wll in his attacks. H too is prhaps ovrcautious on th fnsiv, withholing. many riposts. H is patint, unprturbabl, has goo nuranc an is an xcllnt iniviual comptitor in any wapon. Our thir natural is Frank Righimr. Hr again w fin a man who can tak on orthoox lsson aftr anothr an thn ntr a comptition an fnc a highly iniviualiz styl. H is tall, fast an th most aring attackr of all our Sniors. H lans mor touchs in th low lin an with high lin cavs than any othr foilsman. His touchs arriv from many angls but unfortunatly ar as ifficult to jug as to parry. His concptions ar bol an uniqu an whn h is in goo conition is a flashing winnr. His fns is orthoox; his riposts an countr riposts crtain in rply. H uss lay timing xcllntly spcially in th stopthrust, a aly wapon in his hans. Now lt us turn to othrs of gratr orthooxy. Thr is Hugh Alssanroni whos fnsiv han is th fastst in comptitiv foil toay. His gratst ffctivnss lis in his riposts an countr riposts. His attacks ar wll conciv, bing wll mix in ithr Frnch or Italian concption, although, unlss in top conition, h lacks th bst in mobility an stamina. H thrfor wisly rlis to a grat xtnt upon sconary intntion. H liks th complx play in foil an on tras vry angrously in challnging him at crossplay.

12 Pag tn John Huffman has rcntly chang ovr from th Frnch to th Italian foil. At tims h loss confinc in his nw wapon but whn h is "on" h flashs th finst attacks in Amrican foil toay. H is a smart xprinc sworsman an knows what h must o an how to o it. H is a fln tchnician an cool analyist, laving xprimntation to th practic Sall. His strngth lis in th offnsiv with an xcllnt sns of countrtim. H can stopthrust with th bst of thm but othrwis his fnsiv tns to bcom cramp. His on waknss lis prhaps in a too grat intntnss upon th offnsiv, which h lovs, an which h carris off with th bst sp in Amrican foil. Warrn Dow, th most xprinc of our activ Sniors, nxt to Lo Nuns, has th sounst an most complt gam of all. With attacking sp qual to Huffman's, countr tim qual to Caprils, th only fns with lbow in at all tims, a fighting hart qual to Nuns', ability to hit with straight lungs or with balstrs, an a us of opposition that confuss opponnts an Dirctors alik, his rcor of victoris ach sason tops th list.' Starting with th Frnch foil h shift to th Italian foil svral yars ago an toay blns both styls in a comprhnsiv Unrstaning of foil. Dow prfrs th offns or its quivalnt in countr tim. H is a har man to hit, a rsourcful attackr an capabl of snsing on's waknsss quickly an playing against ths for clan touchs. His chif rawback is on of tmpramnt; th slightst isagrmnt with jug, irctor or opponnt bing sufficint to throw any coolnss h has into iscar. Thrfor, to win h oftn must fat op'ponnt, irctor an all jugs. Evn so, going about it th har way, his batting avrag is on top sason aftr sason, a tribut to his full concption of foil. What can w tak from ths svral mn an combin into a worthwhil Amrican School? Lt l's ip hr an thr an s if w o not com up with somthing that woul b prtty goo. From Lwis w tak his quick y, his sns of istanc an som of his inanout mobility. From Caprils w tak his choic of tim an his stopthrust. W a to this Righimr's aringo an his concption of lowlin attacks which most of us ignor compltly. Alssanroni must contribut his fast fnsiv wrist an his tactac riposts. Huffman's gnral tchniqu an his sp of attack, whn onc start, ar n by th School. Dow's lbow (wll in at all tims), his countrtim an opposition must b a to th broth. Nuns' inomitabl fighting spirit must b borrow. Ths charactristics, just as thy ar, provi th basis for a goo School. Howvr, it is still not as complt, as w shoul lik to s it. If w wr to giv ths charactristics to a half ozn boys of 19 w woul immiatly. a youth, stamina an rcuprativ powr to our formula. This woul fortunatly b thirs an vry ncssary to tak th plac in small part of th xprinc which w cannot giv thm. It woul b vry nic in to tak Nuns' xprinc an pass it ovr to our young mn, but that is impossibl. Exprinc is somthing which cannot b taught, but must b ::Lcquir iniviually. W. must a tmpo, which is somthing that is gnrally lacking in Amrican fncing. Tmpo is "forcing th action", th forwar riv that starts things going, that os not allow an opponnt to gt st or follow any routin plan, that sts th pac for th xchangs within a phras. It is th wav lngth to which any bout is tun an that wav lngth is st by th ominant opponnt.. It can b ngativ as wll as positiv by rawing an opponnt into an illtim attack as wll as surprising him back upon his hls. It xists in th fns as wll as in th offns through th mr xpint of stpping forwar or backwar with vry parry; thrby not bing whr th attack was aim for originally. Anothr xampl of fnsiv tmpo occurs whn you crow an opponnt to th n of th strip an forc him to attack you, against his will, in a panic lst h stp off th strip. Amricans hav bn slow in apprciating an unrstaning tmpo. It must b stui an appli consciously to our School. Nxt w must a training. It is riiculous that w shoul hav to strss this but it is a fact that Amrican fncrs train lss than probably any othr National group of fncrs. Thy practic, ys, but thy o not unrtak sssions of strnuous ffort at IW.trnat xrciss to prfct th vry funamntals ncssary bfor thir mins bcom fr for comptition. Comptition shoul actually b but a small part of a' fncr's routin. This is not tru with Amricans, many of whom o thir harst work in comptition an thn layoff until th nxt on. If w practic at all it consists of a lsson from our profssional an thn a plasant hour or two fncing for touchs with som frin. That is not training an w all know it. Training is plann xrcis, a rpat practic of ssntials irct mntally an appli to spcific actions an countr actions. It is rptitious, lik practicing th scals in music, but n nvr b monotonous. Our Snior fncrs ar only riing along on har training in th past. This is possibl only bcaus our youngr fncrs o not sm to train at all. Thy ntr comptition with poor lgwork, singlrflx riposts an an inability to mak smooth attacks. All thy hav is youth an nthusiasm. Consquntly, thy futilly bat thir has against th calm front an rsistanc givn thm by th pasttrain Sniors. Thr is no oubt that many of thm hav promis but scarcly on of thm has appar.in th last 10 yars with sufficint basic founation to mak mor than a tmporary nt in th A. F. L. A. list of annual rankings. Our School will nvr progrss far unlss w unrtak som har training onc again. With th aition of tmpo an har training thr will b a goo Amrican foil School. This is tru bcaus all of our laing foilsmn us th things w hav scrib; som with mor succss than othrs an hnc thir iniviual mntion. Nvrthlss, it is alray a istinct School. Its gratst uniqunss lis in its lack of mphasis upon th typ of foil us. Choic of foil is lft ntirly to th iniviual prfrnc of th fncr. No Amrican foil tam will b rcognizabl from its wapon bag. Th fns us by th Amrican School is also uniqu. It is aquat without bing suprfluous. Foils o not spin frantically at vry fint. It is a hay, rsrv fnsiv whos fficincy in th hans of all of our laing foilsmn has bn mntion arlir in this articl. A finit contribution by th Amricans lis in thir natural us of lay tim. By this w man th lay offbat in som actions that ar normally instantanous. Amricans natly lay thir rplis until an opponnt cass to' xpct thm. Thy (Continu on pag 15)

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14 Pag twlv (Continu from pag 3) NATIONAL FOIL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Nw York Fncrs ClubMay 8th Th Sall Santlli succssfully fn th titl thy hav hl for th past four yars whn thy outfought an rout a supposly unbatabl N.Y.A.C. tam by a 51 scor. This uplicat thir fat of last yar at San Francisco whn thy fat th sam tam with th intical scor. Th N.Y.A.C. with four of th first fiv finalists of th iniviual championship was forcast to win with littl ffort an apparntly this was th caus of rawing th smallst auinc of th championship matchs. Howvr th fans who i com wr givn a trat in sing th biggst upst of th tournamnt, again proving that comptitions ar won on th fncing strip an not on papr. Th othr two tams in th comptition th Swor Club of Philalphia an th Michigan Division tam wr unabl to cop with th two lars an wr asily outclass in th arly matchs. SUMMARIES Contstants: Sall Santlll Albrt Axlro, Jos Caprils, Diaz Ctrulo an Norman Lwis. N. Y. A. C. Warrn Dow, Drnll Evry, Silvio Giollto an John Huffman. Michigan Division William Hammon, Harol Mottrshaw an William Osis. Swor Club of Philalphia Dana Alln, Ewar Matosian an Philip Shakspar. Sall Santlli 5 Michigan Division 1 Lwis fat Osis 51 an Mottrshaw 5. Axlro fat Mottrshaw 51 an Hammon 54. Caprils fat Osis 54. Hammon fat Caprils 5. N. Y. A. C. 5 Swor Club of Philalphia 0 Giollto fat Matosian 5 an Alln 5_ Huffman fat Alln 5 an Shakspar 53. Evry fat Shakspar 54. Sall Santlli 5 Swor Club of Philalphia 0 Lwis fat Matosian 5 an Alln 53. Ctrulo fat Alln 53 an Shakspar 50. Caprils fat Shakspar 54. N. Y. A. C. 5 Michigan Division 0 Dow fat Hammon 51 an Osis 5. Evry fat Osis 51 an Mottrshaw 53. Giollto fat Mottrshaw 51. Sall Santlli 5 N. Y. A. C. 1 Ctrulo fat Huffman 54. Caprils fat'evry 54 an Dow 54. Lwis fat Huffman 54 an Evry 5. 'Dow fat Ctrulo 5. FINAL STANDINGS Sall Santlll..._...._ N. Y. A. C....._.. Swor Club Michigan Division _.._.. Won 3 o Lost o 1 NATIONAL EPEE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Th Sall SantlliMay 9th Th Sall Santlli won th Ep Tam Championship on thir hom strips in th closst tam comptition of th Gala Wk. With fiv of th six tams ntr shuffling th la back an forth among thm, th Championship was not ci until th conclusion of th last roun of matchs an six hours of fncing. Th winning tam, ma up of Jos an Migul Caprils an Norman Lwis won four of thir fiv matchs, whil th Cuban tam, th tam from th Illinois Division an th Fncrs Club tam, th fning Champions, ach won thr of thir fiv matchs. Thy finish officially in that orr on th basis of numbr of bouts won. Th tam from th Southrn California Division won two matchs for fifth plac, bing th only tam to fat th Sall Santlli trio. Th tam from th Michigan Pivision was sixth. SUMMARIES Contstants: Sall Santlll Jos Caprils, Migul Caprils an Norman Lwis. Cuba Eugnio Garat, Carlos Lamar an Eugnio Sarina. Illlnois Fr Sibrt, Loyal Tingly an Frank Righimr. Fncrs Club Norman Armitag, Lt. Gustav Hiss, Alfr Skrobisch an August Von Munchhausn. Southrn California Division Commr. Lonar Doughty, Fr Linkmyr an Curtis Ric. Michigan Division Harol Mottrshaw, William Osls an Rolan Rogrs. Sall Santlli 5 Michigan Division (l Lwis fat Mottrshaw 31 an Rogrs 3. M. Caprils fat Rogrs 31 an Osis 3. Jos Caprils fat Osls 31. Sall Santlli 5 Fncrs Club Lwis fat Skrobisch 3 an Armitag 31. J. Caprils fat Skrobisch 30. M. Caprils fat Skroblsch 31 an Armitag 30. Hiss fat J. Caprils 3 an M. Capril.s 3. Sall Santlli 5 Cuba 3 J. Caprils fat Lamar 31 an Sarina 3. Lwis fat Lamar 3 an Garat 3. M. Caprils fat Lamar 3. Sarina fat Lwis 3. Garat fat J. Caprils 3 an M. Caprils 31. Sall Santlli 5 Illinois 0 Lwis fat Righlmr 31. J. Caprils fat Rlghimr 3 an Sibrt 3. M. Caprils fat Sibrt 31 an Tingly 30. Cuba 5 Illinois 3 (1 bout oubl loss) Lamar fat Righimr 31, Tingly 30 an oubl loss with Sibrt 33. Sarina fat Righimr 3 an Tingly 3. Garat fat Righimr 3. Sibrt fat Sa.rina 31, Garat 3 an oubl loss with Lamar 33. Tingly fat Garat 31. Cuba 5 Southrn California 4 Lamar fat Llnkmyr 31 an Doughty 30. Sarina fat Llnkmyr 31 an Doughty 3. Garat fat Doughty 3. Ric fat Lamar 3, Sarina 30 an Garat 3. Linkmyr fat Garat 30. Cuba 5 Michigan Lamar fat Rogrs 31 an Osls 31. Sarina fat Rogrs 31 an Osls 31. Garat fat Mottrshaw 31. Mottrshaw fat Lamar 3. Osis fat Garat 31. Illinois 5 Michigan 0 Righimr fat Mottrshaw 3 an Rogrs 30. Sibrt fat Rogrs 31 an Osis 31. Tingly fat Osls 30. Illinois 5 Southrn California 4 Righimr fat Doughty 31. Sibrt fat Ric 31. Tingly fat Linkmyr 31, Doughty 30 an Ric 30. Doughty fat Sibrt 30. Ric fat Rlghimr 30. Illinois 5 Fncrs Club 1 Rlghlmr fat Armitag 3. Sibrt fat Armitag 31 an Von Munchhausn 31. Tingly fat Von Munchhausn 31 an Hiss 3. Von Munchhausn fat Rlghlmr 3. Fncrs Club 5 Southrn California 3 Skrobisch fat Doughty 31 an Ric 3. Hiss fat Linkmyr 3 an Doughty 3_ Armitag fat Linkmyr 31. Ric fat Hiss 3 an Armitag 30. Linkmyr fat Skrobisch 31. Fncrs Club 5 Cuba 3 Skrobisch fat Lamar 3 an Sarina 3. Hiss fat Lamar 30. Armitag fat Lamar 31 an Garat 30. Sarina fat Hiss 3. Garat fat Skrobisch 31 an Hiss 3.

15 Pag thirtn. r., 1. I Fncrs Club 5 Michigan 1 Sall Santlli 5 Cuba Hiss fat Mottrshaw 31 an Rogrs 31. Skrobisch fat Mottrshaw 3 an Osis 30. Von Munchhausn fat Osis 30. Rogrs fat Von Munchhausn 3. Southrn California 5 Sall Santlli 3 Linkmyr fat M. Caprils 31 an J. Caprils 31. Doughty fat Lwis 31. Ric fat M. Caprlls 31 an J. Caprils 31. Lwis fat Linkmyr 3 an Ric 3. M. Caprlls fat Doughty 3. Southrn California 5 Michigan Linkmyr fat Mottr.haw 31, Rogrs 30 an Osis 31. Ric fat Rogrs 3. Doughty fat Mottrshaw 31. Osis fat Ric 31 an Doughty 31. Sall San tll!. Cuba.... {Illnois.... Fncrs Club..... Southrn California Michigan.... FINAL STANDING Won o NATIONAL SABRE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP Nw York Athltic ClubMay 10th Lost With this tam championship conuct just prior to th Gala Night an concluing th full sris of comptitions, it naturally attract th largst group of spctators of th Championship wk. Th formal vning attir in contrast to th whit uniforms of th comptitors; th prsnc of th Cuban National tam an th cat tam of th Wst Point Fncrs Club all a color to ths concluing matchs. Th Sabr tam of th Nw York Athltic Club which has ominat tam comptitions in this wapon for many yars a on mor titl to its string of sabr championships. Again, as in rcnt yars, th Sall Santlli tam was th laing challngr an th 5 match btwn ths prnnial opponnts conclu th vning's fncing. Th Cuban tam took 3r plac officially, spit th fact that an ankl injury uring th N.Y.A.C.Cuba match forc Ricaro Hrnanz to fault 6 latr bouts. Th Wst Point Fncrs Club was fourth an th Michigan Division was fifth. Summaris Contstants: N. Y. A. C. Ervin Acl, John Huffman, Ralph Marson an Nickolas Muray. Sall Santlli Jos Caprils, Migul Caprils, Diaz ), Ctrulo an Philip Lubart. Cuba Ricaro Hrnanz, Eugnio Garat an Gorg Worth. Wst Point Fncrs Club Davison DalZil, Alan Rorick an Alan Strock. Michigan Division William Hammon, Harol Mottrshaw an William Osis. N. Y. A. C. 5 Michigan Division 1 Muray fat Hammon 53 an Mottrshaw 51. Acl fat Mottrshaw 54. Marson fat Hammon 5 an Osis 54. Os is fat Acl 53. Sall Santlli 5 Wst Point Fncrs Club Ctrulo fat Dalzil 5 an Rorick 53. J. Caprils fat Rorick 54. M. Caprils fat Dalzil 51 an Rorick 51. Strock fat Ctrulo 5 an J. Caprlls 54. Ctrulo fat Hrnanz 51. J. Caprils fat Garat 53. M. Caprils fat Worth 5. Garat 53 an Hrnanz 5. Worth fat Ctrulo 51 an J. Caprlls 54. N. Y. A. C. 5 Wst Point Fncrs Club 0 Marson fat Dalzil 5 an Strock 5. Acl fat Strock 53 an Rorick 54. Huffman fat Rorick 51. Sall Santlli 5 Michigan Division 1 Ctrulo fat Hammon 51 an Mottr.haw 54. Lubart fat Mottrshaw 5l. M. Caprils fat Hammon 50 an Osis 5. Osls fat Lubart 5. Cuba 5 Wst Point Fncrs Club 3 Worth fat Dalzil 5. Rorick 53 an Strock 53. Garat fat Rorick 53 an Strock 54. Hrnanz fault all bouts. N. Y. A. C. 5 Cuba 3 Marson fat Worth 53 an Garat 5. Hrnanz fault thr bouts. Worth fat Muray.'\3 an Huffman 53. Garat fat Muray 5. Wst Point Fncrs Club 5 Michigan Division Rorick fat Hammon 54, Mottrshaw 5 an Osis 50. Strock fat Mottrshaw 54. Dalzil fat Hammon 54. Osls fat Strock 5 an Dalzil 53. N. Y. A. C. 5 Sall Santlli Marson fat Ctrulo 53 an M. Caprlls 54. Muray fat J. Capl'lls 53. Huffman fat Ctrulo 53 an M. Caprlls 53. J. Caprils fat Marson 53. M. Caprils fat Muray 54. FINAL STANDING N. Y. A. C Sall Santll1.... Cuba..... Wst Point Fncrs Club Michigan Division..... Won o Lost o ALL EASTERN OUTDOOR SABRE CHAMPIONSHIP Norman Armitag of th Fncrs Club a th Outoor titl to his National Championship whn h finish th 9 man Finals in this Championship with svn wins an on loss. His only fat was by Diaz Ctrulo of th Sall Santlli. Dr. Tibor Nyilas of Hungary, unattach, was scon on touchs ovr Migul Caprils of th Sall Santlli aftr ach ha finish with 6 wins an losss. Th Championship attract 15 comptitors to th N.Y.A.C. Clubhous at Travrs Islan on Jun 9th. Th spcial mals wr onat an awar by Pitr Mijr. ARTHUR S. LYON OUTDOOR EPEE COMPETITION Thr wr 1 pists ntr in this annual outoor comptition, hl this yar at Travrs Islan on Jun n. Liut. Gustav Hiss of th Fncrs Club captur th Arthur S. Lyon gol mal by winning four of his fiv Final bouts. Winslow Corntt an Robrt Driscoll ma it a clan swp for th Fncrs Club by capturing th silvr an bronz mals on a basis of touchs ovr Migul Caprils of th Sall Santlli aftr ths thr fncrs wr ti for scon an thir placs with thr wins an two losss apic.

16 Pag fourtn (Continu from pag 5) Prliminary Strip # 1 Norman Armitag (Fncrs Club) fat Osis 5 an Wollnsack 5. Diaz Ctrulo (Sall Santlli) fat Os is 5 an Wollnsack 5. William Osls (Michigan Division) fat Wollnsack 54. Frank Wollnsak (Yal Univrsity) lost all bouts. Armitag, Ctrulo an Osls qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # John Huffman (N. Y. A. C.) fat Hammon 5, Garat 54 an Dpp 50. Philip Lubart (Sall Santlli) fat Hammon 51 an Dpp 5. Eugnio Garat (Cuba) fat Hammon 5, Lubart 54 an Dpp 5. William Hammon (Michigan Division) fat Dpp 51. Douglas Dpp (Northrn Ohio Division) lost all bouts. Huffman, Lubart an Garat qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 3 Migul Caprils (Sall Santlli) fat Latourtt 51, Ozol 51 an Krigr 53. Byron Krigr (Michigan Division) fat Latourtt 50 an Ozol 53 (13 touchs against). Ervin Acl (N. Y. A. C.) fat Latourtt 5 an Krigr 53 (15 touchs against). Ruolph Ozol (Sall Santlli) fat Latourtt 53 an Acl 54 (17 touchs against). Howar Latourtt (Northrn Ohio Division) lost all bouts. M. Caprils, Krigr an Acl qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 4 Jos Caprils (Sall Santlli) fat Mottrshaw 51, Cantor 5 an Wlllous 51. Ralph Marson (N. Y. A. C.) fat Mottrshaw 5 an Willous 54. Irving Cantor (Fncrs Club) fat Mottrshaw 53 an Wlllous 54. Charls Willous (Nw Jrsy Division) an Harol Mottrshaw (Michigan Division) lost all bouts fnc. J. Cap rils, Marson an Cantor qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 5 Gorg Worth (Cuba) fat Rowly 5, Flynn 5 an Litt 54. Ptr Brur (Sall 'Arms Vinc) fat Rowly 51 an Flynn 5 (13 touchs against). Alfr Litt (Yal Univrsity) fat Rowly 5 an Brur 54 (16 touchs against, 18 touchs for). Jams Flynn (Sall Santlli) fat Rowly 5 an Litt 54 (16 touchs against, 14 touchs for). Mrvin Rowly (Northrn Ohio Division) lost all bouts. Worth, Brur an Litt qualifi for th smifinals. SmiFinal Strip 1 Armitag fat Marson 5, Lubart 53 an Litt 53. Brur fat Marson 54, Lubart 53 an Litt 5, Marson fat Lubart 53 an Litt 5, Litt fat Lubart 53. Lubart lost all bouts. Armitag, Brur an Marson qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # Huffman fat Ctrulo 51, Osis 51 an Garat 50. J. Caprils fat Ctrulo 5, Osis 53 an Garat 53. Ctrulo fat Osis 53 an Garat 5. Garat fat Osis 53. Osis lost all bouts. Huffman, J. Caprils an Ctrulo qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # 3 M. Caprils fat Acl 53, Cantor 50 an Krigr 51. Worth fat Acl 50, Cantor 5 an Krigr 59 Acl fat Cantor 54 an Krigr 53. Cantor fat Krigr 53. Krigr lost all bouts. M. Caprils, Worth an Acl qualifi for th finals. FINALS Armitag fat Huffman 5, Marson 5, M. Caprils 54, Acl 5, Brur 5, Worth 5 an Ctrulo 50. J. Caprils fat Armitag 5, Marson 53, Acl 53, Brur 54, Worth 5 an Ctrulo 50. Huffman fat J. Caprils 54. Marson 53. Acl 5, Worth 54 an Ctrulo 5 (30 touchs against I. M. Capril, fat J. Cap rils 54. Huffman 54. Acl 54, Brur 53 an Worth 54 (34 touchs against). Ctrulo fat Marson 53, M. Caprils 54, Acl 51 an Brur 51. Marson fat M. Caprils 54, Acl 50, Brur 53 an Worth 54. Worth fat Acl 53, Brur 51 an Ctrulo 51. Brur fat Huffman 54 an Acl 54. Acl lost all bouts. NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOIL CHAMPIONSHIP Nw York Fncrs ClubMay 7th With Miss Hlna Mayr not abl to com on from California, this was th only iniviual championship of th yar which was unfn by its 1939 Champion. Thr was no singl outstaning contnr for th vacant titl as th comptition bgan, thr bing svral girls closly match, ach with hr own group of supportrs an wllwishrs. Miss Hlna Mroczkowska of Hofstra Collg provi th surpris of th wk in coming through th Championship with a clar claim to th titl. Sh won svn of hr ight bouts in th nin girl Finals, losing only to Miss Milr Stwart, th girl who ha act as hr amatur coach sinc sh first start to fnc only thr yars ago. Miss Mroczkowska ha plac fifth last yar, which was hr scon sason of fncing an ha won th Intrmiat titl arlir this sason, thrby bcoming th first prson to win th Intrmiat (ol National Junior) titl an th National Opn Championship in th sam yar. Sh ha amittly bn conc a goo chanc to plac in th Opns but yt with only thr yars' xprinc th Titl itslf sm a bit out of rach. Sh prov th arlygussrs wrong with a fin isplay of stay, consistnt pointmaking an with th unfailing stamina which has always mark hr fncing. Mrs. Marion Lloy Vinc of th Sall 'Arms Vinc an Miss Milr Stwart of th Sall Santlli wr ti for scon with six wins an two losss apic. Mrs. Vinc took scon with a six point avantag ovr Miss Stwart who was thir. Miss Barbara Cochran of th Sall Santlli was fourth on touchs ovr Mrs. Jarmila Vokral of th Sall Hrrmann of Philalphia, whil Mrs. Lisl Oppnhim of th Nw Englan Division was sixth. Miss Carol King of th Illinois Division, Miss Morn Fitz of th Southrn California Division an Miss Dorothy Grimmlmann of th Sall Santlli wr ti for svnth plac in bouts but finish svnth, ighth an ninth in that orr on th basis of touchs. Prliminary Strip # 1 Miss Malin Dalton (Sall 'Arms Vinc) fat Miss Wahl 43 an Miss Mancinlli 4. Miss Clair McRobrts (Nw Jrsy Division) fat Miss Wahl 43 an Miss Mancinlli 43. Miss Josphin Mancinlli (Nw York Univrsity) fat Miss Wahl 43. Miss Dorothv Wahl (Hofstra Collg) lost all bouts. Miss Dalton, McRobrts an Mancinlli qualifi for th smifinals Prliminary Strip t Mrs. Jarmila Vokral (Sall Hrrmann, Phila.) fat ss Krfoot 41, Miss Swny 4 an Miss Goron Miss Dorothy Grimmlmann (Sall Santlli) fat Mrs. Vokral 43, Miss Krfoot 41 an Miss Goron 41. Miss Dorothy Krfoot (Foils Club) fat Miss Swny 4 an Miss Goron 4.?\lis Paula Swny (Michigan Dh'ision 1 fat :r..liss Gl'in1111ln1ann 13 an 11iss Goron 43. Miss Nlli Gor:m (Nw Englan Division) lost all bouts. for s S.;trfa.iSS Grimmlmann an Krfoot qualifi

17 Pag fiftn II p r 9 p s, 0 r n y, 1 r. a s of w h rn 1n in,at Iss jss ; for lon [rs. ly [iss ItS. i Prliminary Strip # 3 Miss Milr Stwart (Sall Santlli) fat Miss King 4 an Miss Thompson 40. Miss Carol King (Illinois Division) fat Mrs Oppnhim 40 an Miss Thompson 4. Mrs. Llsl Oppnhim (Nw Englan Division) fat Miss Stwart 43 an Miss Thompson 4. Miss Btty Thompson (Conn. Division) lost all bouts. Miss Stwart, King an Mrs Oppnhim qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 4 Miss Barbara Cochran (Sall Santlli) fat Miss Maxwll 43 an Miss Duffy 40. Miss Ruth Maxwll (Hofstra Collg) fat Mrs Funk 4 an Miss Duffy 40. Mrs Dolly Funk (Grco Fncing Acamy) fat Miss Cochran 4 an Miss Duffy 4. Miss Mari Duffy (Conn. Division) lost all bouts. Miss Cochran, Maxwll an Mrs Funk qualifi for th smifinals. Prliminary Strip # 5 Miss Hlna Mroczkowska (Hofstra Collg) fat Mrs. Sny 4 an Miss Fitz 4. Mrs. Marion Lloy Vinc (Sall 'Arms Vinc) fat.. Mrs. Sny 41 an Miss Fltz 43. Miss Morn Fitz (Southrn California Division) fat Mrs. Sny 4.. Mrs. Cly Sny (Conn. Division) lost all bouts. Miss Mroczkowska, Fitz an Mrs Vinc qualifi for th smifinals. SmiFinal Strip # 1 Miss Mroczkowska fat Miss Dalton 40, Miss King 4 an Miss Krfoot 43. Miss King fat Miss Krfoot 41 an Miss Grimmlmann 41 (10 touchs against). Miss Dorothy Grimmlmann fat Miss Mroczkowska 43 an Miss Krfoot 41 (1 touchs against). Miss Malin Dalton fat Miss King 4 an Miss Grimmlmann 43. Miss Krfoot fat Miss Dalton 43. Miss Mroczkowska, King an Grlmmlmann qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # Mrs. Oppnhim fat Mrs. Vokral 41, Miss Cochran 4 an Miss Maxwll 43. Mrs. Vokral fat Miss Maxwll 41 an Miss Mancinlli 41. Miss Cochran fat Miss Maxwll 43 an Miss Mancinlli 43. Miss Maxwll fat Miss Mancinlli 43. Miss Mancinlli lost all bouts fnc. Mrs. Oppnhim, Vokral an Miss Cochran qualifi for th finals. SmiFinal Strip # 3 Miss Stwart fat Miss McRobrts 4, Miss Fitz 41 an Mrs Funk 4. Mrs. Vinc fat Miss McRobrts 41, Miss Fitz 4 an Mrs Funk 43. Miss Fitz fat Miss McRobrts 41 an Mrs Funk 41. Miss McRobrts an Mrs Funk lost all bouts fnc. Miss Stwart, Fitz an Mrs. Vinc qualifi for th finals. FINALS Miss Mroczkowska fat Mrs. Vinc 41, Mrs. Vokral 4, Miss King 41, Miss Grimmlmann 41, Mrs. Oppnhim 4, Miss Fltz 43 an Miss Cochran 43. Mrs. Vinc fat Mrs Vokral 43, Miss Stwart 40, Miss King 4, Miss Grimmlmann 41, Miss Fitz 4 an Miss Cochran 41. Miss Stwart fat Mrs. Vokral 43, Miss King 43, Mrs. Oppnhim 41, Miss Mroczkowska 43, Miss Fitz 43 an Miss Cochran 4. Miss Cochran fat Miss King 4, Miss Grimmlmann 4, Mrs. Oppnhim 4 an Miss Fitz 4. Mrs. Vokral fat Miss King 4, Mrs. Oppnhim 4, Miss Fitz 4 an Miss Cochran 43. Mrs. Oppnhim fat Mrs. Vinc 43, Miss Grimmlmann 4, an Miss Fltz 43. Miss King fat Miss Grimmlmann 4 an Mrs. Oppnhim 4. Miss Fitz fat Miss King 43 an Miss Grimmlmann 43. Miss Grimmlmann fat Miss Stwart 43 an Mrs. Vokral 43. AN AMERICAN SCHOOL OF FOIL (Continu from pag 10) hav rais havoc with this funamntal trick against fast opponnts tim an tim again. Bonoux, on of Franc's finst foilsmn, mt isastr in our own National Championships against six Amricans who fool him rpatly with this trick. Now thr w hav a School. It has takn concrt form out of a miscllanous grouping of iniviual charactristics alray vint in this country. If this wr boun togthr an aopt as a School an taught as a sris of things to b larn, th Amrican School woul finitly b launch. With xprimntation an us woul com confinc, somthing that is also lacking in much of our Amrican fncing toay. By confinc w o not man lack of courag; rathr w man that somthing that kps assuring you sincrly that you ar going to win. Evn though th scor may b 41 against you no thoughts of failur assail you. You cannot los an you continu fncing xactly as if that wr tru. With confinc, you finish all of your attacks with authority an, vn if that fails, you tak car of th ripost too. With confinc, you parry with authority an lap into th countr action with zip an maning businss. Lvis ha it an Dow an Righimr crtainly hav it. Thy rspct an opponnt but that is all. Thy nvr allow an opponnt to upst thir confinc in thmslvs or giv thm any qualms about th outcom. A spcific School shoul incras our confinc an w must acquir this bfor w can progrss from our prsnt staning. Amrican foil no mor rsmbls th foil work hr of 15 yars ago than it rsmbls th pur Frnch or Italian School. It is a School of its own, a spontanous an vloping School that is rally not so ba. Giv it much mor sp, giv it tmpo, giv it furthr unrstaning an us of countrtim an giv it har training practic. Such an Amrican School will invitably acquir confinc an win a string of Intrnational succsss to rpay it for th patint an prsistnt sarch for a National xprssion in its fncing form. D. E. ILLINOIS Alvar Hrmanson plans to opn a nw an largr Sall 'Arms in th Fall. Th ArmyNavy Club of Chicago conuct a fncing mt in all thr wapons for th rsrv officrs of th Chicago ara. Th comptitions wr hl at th ArmyNavy Club wit.h finals conuct at th monthly formal anc of th club on May 5th. Prliminaris on arlir ats wr conuct in foil an sabr rucing ntrants to two finalists in ach wapon. Th ntir p contst took plac th final vning. Ensign Cliffor Groh fat Floy Traynham, Jr., in th foil Finals, 53. Groh also won th sabr comptition by fating Orval Lucir 53 in th final match. Captain Fr W. Sibrt, nwly crown National Champion, won th ontouch p comptition, aftr a fncoff for first plac with Floy Traynham, Jr. Thr ha bn fiv ntris with th finalists ti with thr wins an on loss apic.

18 Pag sixtn A.F.i...A. ELECTIONS Th following A.F.L.A. Officrs wr lct for th fncing sason at th Annual Mting of th Lagu hl on May 4th at th Nw York Fncrs Club: Prsint. Vic Prsint. Trasurr.... Scrtary.... Dr. John R. Huffman... Richar F. Warrn... Gorg Cochran... Dr. Ervin Acl THE REMISE (Continu) All of th Finalists, xcpt Dow, ran into ifficultis almost immiatly. It was a buncl;j. fil with Dow in th la until almost th n whn h unxpctly lost his last two bouts an join th tangl. Evry, Lwis an Dow cam out on top in a tripl ti an finish in that orr in th fncoff. Giolito arn a fourth plac clanly by losing only to th thr malists. This was his first National Finals an only lack of xprinc kpt him from th mal class itslf. Huffman an Str wr right bhin Giolito, suffring primarily from mntal rsrvations; Huffman not having stai consistntly with th chang in styl h has aopt whil Str bing slightly confus aftr svral yars absnc from har comptitiv fncing. Ep too ha som surprising upsts. Mik Caprils was blitzkrig out of th first roun without a win whil Hiss rciv th sam tratmnt in his sifinal roun. Th Finals was a tug of war. At th half way mark Sarina, Doughty, Sibrt, Skrobisch an Tingly wr in a quintupal knot with th last thr graually coming out of th scrambl to tak th la at th n. Sibrt ha his clos calls but sm to thriv on thm an onc having achiv his chanc for th fncoff ro through with flying colors. Th Sabr Iniviuals, as has alray bn mntion in th main articl, was th only Championship ominat by on fncr from start to finish. Armitag was hot an istribut his hat vnly ovr all of his opponnts xcpt Jo Caprils. This loss gav Jo a clar claim to scon an lft brothr Mik an Huffman to match points for 4th an 3r placs. Ths four hav ominat our Sabr Nationals for th last four yars an sm to hav form th habit of swapping placs only with ach othr. XX Th Womn's Foil was a foolr with th squnc of bouts supplying th sourc of that confusion. Th vntual malists unoubtly ha th uppr han but thr was no clar istinction among thm. Miss Mroczkowska ha stainss an stamina, Mrs. Vinc ha xprinc an Miss Stwart ha sp an tchniqu. Mrs. Vinc lost of hr first 3 bouts an for that rason was not closly watch by thos who wr following thir scor shts automatically. Thos bouts wr all sh lost but that was not apprciat until much latr. Aftr 5 bouts apic Miss Mroczkowska an Miss Stwart wr ti with 4 wins an 1 loss apic an intrst cntr in thm. Thn Mrs. Vinc fat Miss Stwart an ti mattrs with hr at losss apic which ti hl throughout th Championship. What about Miss Mroczkowska? Was sh not th last xprinc in th Finals? Di not fncing prcnt say that sh woul blow up, fall own or at last gt sworshy bfor th n. It i, but sh in't o any of thos things. Sh rmain stay an hr stamina stay with hr an ths, hr main assts saw hr through to a istinct onbout avantag claim to th Champion ship. '. XX Th Foil Tam Championship sm a st up for th strong N.Y.A,C. tam, ma up of four of th first fiv mn from th Iniviual Championships. This tam an that from th Sall Santlli romp through th arly matchs to clash onc mor in th final match. This A. C. tam ha takn th Santlli tam 50 an 51 in arlir sason tam comptitions. So what? Th Sall Santlli natly turn th tabls an rtain its National Titl with a 51 rvng. Dos this not mak fncing as unprictabl as horsracing? On woul rasonably xpct highpowr tams to hav clos scors an yt in th last four mtings th scors hav bn 51, 05, 15 an 51. Although th Bout Committ ha arrang th Ep Tam matchs in a way to allow th strongst tams to forg aha, thrby liminating th ncssity for complting vry possibl match, ths plans wnt awry. Fiv of th six tams proc to battl it out from th start an vry match was ncssary to ci th Championship. No tam was consistntly goo, but ach of th fiv top tams flash prios of fin p. Th bst mannr oi rviwing th tam achivmnts is to rcit thir losss. Th Santlli tam lost only to Southrn California. Th Cuban tam won all matchs xcpt against Santlli an th Fncrs Club. Illinois lost only to Santlli an Cuba. Th Fncrs Club was fat only by Illinois an th Sall Santlli. Th changs of fortun wr many an frqunt that night an th spctators wr har prss to know which of th thr fncing strips to watch for th maximum xcitmnt. XX Th Sabr Tam Championship was again vry much a rac btwn th N.Y.A.C. an th Sall Santlli to s which tam coul ispos of its opponnts th asir. Th final match btwn ths tams was in favor of th A. C. all of th way. Th spctators wr in a party moo in anticipation of th Gala Night immiatly following an viw th sabr bouts mor as a floor show for thir ntrtainmnt than as a har fought National Championship. XX Th ntir statistics of th wk wr as follows: Iniviuals Foil..... Womn's Foil Sabr.... Ep.... Totals Comptitors Tams Foil Womn's Foil. Sabr Ep... Totals 94 Pr! Numbr Bouts Sm! Mmbrs Thr wr 153 ntris an a total of 608 bouts. Vital Statistics: On turn ankl an on split lip. 59 Finals Bouts