Time Thrusts
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Time Thrusts
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April 9, 1936
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TIME THRUSTS
Bruce Wallis was the white-haired boy for the Columbia team in the intercollegiates, as his performance kept the sabre team crown at Morningside Heights—which naturally makes him a hero to all the young fencing aspirants. Norman Armitage brought one of these freshmen to the Fencers Club last Monday, and they happened to come in during a spirited practice bout between Aldo Nadi and George Santelli. Nothing was said in the fencing room, but when Norman and his freshman went upstairs to dress, Norman asked very off-handedly, “How did you like that for fencing?”—whereupon came the answer, “They’re all right, but Wallis has better form.”—When Santelli heard the story he laughed appreciatively and proceeded to give the youngster the sabre lesson of his life.----If you will look on the last page, you will see a new idea that Pieter Eijer has introduced—they make very swell wall panels.----During the last day of the Intercollegiates, Yale and N.Y.U. were still tied, and it was anybody’s battle. Someone made the brilliant observation that it looked like one of the two would just manage to win by a nose, whereupon Emil Goldstein said, “If it comes to winning by a nose I bet on N.Y.U.”----A famous Society reporter tells us that Tracy Jeckel is not engaged to a very pretty debutante because he’s really wed to fencing. It must be bigammy—we thought it was bridge.----A new club is going very well at the beautiful parish house of the French church du St. Esprit on East 61st St. They call the place the Salle d’Armes Henry IV. It is tremendously high and the fencing floor can accommodate enough fencers for the running of a national tournament. M. Cabijos and H. de Saint-Leger are the masters there, and classes are held on Wednesday and Friday of each week.
