Short Biographies of the Team
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Short Biographies of the Team
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SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THE TEAM
Hugh V. Alessandroni
"Hugh" was born in New York City and is of Italian parentage. He attended DeWitt Clinton and Rutherford B.S., but did not begin fencing until 1926, while a freshman at Columbia, when he learned from Jimmy Murray. He placed second in the Intercollegiates of 1929. After his graduation in 1931, he joined the Fencers Club, and under the guidance of Renee Pinchard, his fencing improved rapidly. His first major victory was the Manrique medal, and in 1931 he reached the final four of the National Foil Championships. He hasn’t failed to place in them since. He won the nationals in 1934 and repeated this year. He was runner-up in 1932, '33, and '35. Hugh is a research chemical engineer by profession and he makes it his hobby when he's not fencing. He was on the 1932 Olympic team and has been a member of two international teams. He was awarded the cup for the highest score during the Olympic tryouts this year.
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Norman C. Armitage
"Norman" was born in the wilds of Albany in 1907, but came back to civilization to attend Stuyvesant H.S. and Columbia. Jimmy Murray started him off in 1924, and in 1925 he entered and won his first tournament, the Prep Sci. bra. He was Intercollegiate Champion in Sabre in 1928. Norman has won the National Outdoor Sabre championship five times since 1929, and has held the indoor title four times. He defended it successfully in 1935 and 1936. He has the unique distinction of having won every individual sabre competition he entered this year—and he entered all but the Metropolitan, being unable to enter that because of a severe burn on his arm. He was on the 1928 and 1932 Olympic teams and on four international teams. Norman is a chemical engineer working on industrial gas. He belongs to the Fencers Club and is a pupil of Giorgio Santelli.
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Andrew Boyd
"Andy" was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and is of Scotch descent. He attended Jamaica H.S. and then moved to the Pacific Coast where he joined the Pasadena Y.M.C.A. It is there that he became interested in fencing under Mr. Paul Cope in 1930. He made very rapid progress and won the Los Angeles A.C. open invitation epee event in 1933. He has held the Southern California Outdoor epee title for the last two years and was indoor champion in 1934. That same year he won the Pacific Coast Intermediate Epee title. Andy is now a successful young stock broker and has made fencing his major vice. When asked who deserved the credit for "polishing" his fencing, he modestly told us he didn’t consider himself "polished" yet. However, he gives all the credit to Henri de Uyttenhove. Boyd is treasurer of the Southern California Division and belongs to the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
