National Outdoor Epee Championship
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National Outdoor Epee Championship
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June 25, 1936
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NATIONAL OUTDOOR EPEE CHAMPIONSHIP
Miguel A. de Capriles, 1931 indoor champion, won the 1936 outdoor title at Travers Island on June 7th. Fencing steadily though not brilliantly from the preliminaries, "Mike" found the old championship touch midway in the final round, when he scored successive victories over Sands, Mijer, and Jaeckel. "Mike" thus succeeded his younger brother to the title, after the latter had been eliminated in the semi-final of one of the toughest epee tournaments in recent years.
Young Nevis Kapener, teammate of de Capriles, made a remarkable showing throughout the tournament to finish second. Displaying a fearless, wide-open game, he was particularly dangerous to the top-ranking men. Twice he scored over Boyd and he broke even with Jaeckel and M. de Capriles. Following upon his excellent performance in the indoors, this performance marks Nevis as an up-and-coming epeeist.
Tommy Sands, Andy Boyd, and Tracy Jaeckel were so closely behind the leaders that until the final bout between Jaeckel and de Capriles there was a possibility of a quadruple tie for first place. Only Pieter Mijer’s upset victory over Tracy Jaeckel prevented a blanket finish, as the latter defeated both Sands and Boyd. The latter, incidentally, was obviously "on the spot" throughout the tournament, as he was trying hard to show that his third place in the indoor national was no fluke. Eastern followers of the game need have no fear on that score. Andy was the only one to beat de Capriles (and he did it in convincing fashion). The Los Angeles southpaw is good, and he should be a dangerous man in the Olympics.
Jose de Capriles, defending champion, swept through 5 preliminaries bouts and won two more in the semi-final. Then he dropped three close ones in a row to Sands, Boyd, and Mijer — the last one putting him out of the tourney. Three other members of the Olympic epee team were absent: Weber and Heiss attended the pentathlon riding trials, while Righeimer was called away on business.
