Lt. Leonard Second in Pentathlon
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Lt. Leonard Second in Pentathlon
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October 29, 1936
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LT. LEONARD SECOND IN PENTATHLON
Lt. Charles F. Leonard, winner of the American tryouts as reported in THE RIPOSTE, took second place in the Olympic Pentathlon final results. Leonard was close behind Germany’s champion, Lt. Hendricks, by virtue of a perfect record of 200 in the pistol-shooting event, which may be tied but never beaten. Leonard thereby broke two records, both held by Capt. R.W. Mayo, who had placed third in the 1932 Games, and whose shooting mark of 198 was the event record that year.
Lt. Fred R. Weber won the epee fencing event, which was a round-robin of 45 contestants for 1 touch, and finished well up among the leaders. Lt. Alfred Dodd Starbird, the third American entry, was handicapped by a painful foot injury, sustained in practice, and finished the last event, the cross-country race, with broken bones in the left foot. This compelled him to wear a plaster cast for several weeks. He also placed among the leaders.
Readers of THE RIPOSTE are of course familiar with the names of these three stars. The American team had the best record, in the aggregate, in this event, thereby smashing the former superiority of the Swedish entries. “Dick” Mayo, himself a notable swordsman of national ranking a few years ago, was manager of the team. It is worthy of notice that the high places earned by all three men in the epee event contributed materially to the team’s high record. All are pupils of John W. Dimond, West Point officer and Olympic epee coach.
