Miss Stewart Wins College Invitation
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Miss Stewart Wins College Invitation
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January 4, 1937
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MISS STEWART WINS COLLEGE INVITATION
Miss Mildred Stewart, the present Intercollegiate champion, swept through a field of 23 to win the invitation meet held under the auspices of the Women’s Intercollegiate Fencing Association.
Miss Stewart fences for Hunter College, and captained last year’s championship team. Miss Stewart went through the first two rounds fencing very erratically, but she steadied down in the final round and gave the best performance we have yet seen from her. In her first bout (in the finals) she defeated Miss Maria Cerra, her teammate who placed second. Miss Cerra has a much steadier technique, but Miss Stewart fenced very cleverly, either closing the line and stop-thrusting her opponent on the march, or parrying both her attacks and reprises of the attack before going out with the Riposte.
This was Miss Cerra’s debut as a fencer for Hunter College and she seemed to be trying too hard. She tied with Miss Grimmelman and Miss Zarzoli, but took the silver medal on touches. Miss Grimmelman, of N.Y.U., placed third and Miss Zarzoli finished fourth. Miss Grimmelman was very light on her feet, and her ability to recover from her lunge as quickly as she went out seemed to baffle most of her slower rivals. Miss Zarzoli’s fencing showed much promise, as she has very good legs. Her technique, however, is very immature and will require a lot of training. Miss Abbate, of N.Y.U., placed fifth, and Miss Deutsch, of Hunter, finished sixth.
The tournament was held at the Park Avenue Annex of the Hunter College, and was followed by a buffet snack.
