Short Notes from All Over
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Short Notes from All Over
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January 21, 1937
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SHORT NOTES FROM ALL OVER
We are told of the case where a young chap, directing a match between two schools, stopped one of the bouts and asked: "Would you boys mind fencing a little more slowly? I can’t follow the play when it’s so fast." It’s funny, but at least he was honest about it.
Last issue we mentioned the Coaches’ Association which was formed last year here in the East. Mr. E. Funke, in San Francisco, sends us the following report: “The first year’s examinations in a four-year course for future fencing teachers were held at the Funke Fencing Academy. Seven students passed the examination, given by Maestros Edward Visconti and Erich A. Funke. It consisted of taking individual lessons, conducting classes, giving individual lessons to other students, judging and directing competitions, and a written test on theory. Of the ladies, Mrs. Gerda Funke, and of the men Mr. Chandler Smith passed with the highest marks. This is the first time in the history of fencing west of the Rockies that such tests have been given.” Those tests certainly sound comprehensive enough.
Lt. J.G. Fortune, former manager of the Navy Intercollegiate team and now stationed at San Diego, California, has started a fencing group among the sailors and marines at the Y. The Y had started a fencing class for them as a novelty last year, but their only coaching was at the hands of a tumbling coach. Interest has increased tremendously, and more and more men are coming out for the sport.
