Short Notes from All Over
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Short Notes from All Over
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February 11, 1937
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SHORT NOTES FROM ALL OVER
Well, we've finally gotten "Mike" de Capriles to admit the real story of his success in the Hungarian Sabre meet this summer... He was able to win largely due to his linguistic ability... The committee in charge of the tournament decided to have some of Mike's bouts directed in French so that he could understand what was being said more easily... It seems that the Hungarian word for "Ready" is pronounced very much like the French "Allez," which means "Play" in fencing circles... As a result, "Mike" admits that he was able to score several touches by making straight head-cuts on the command "Allez"... The Hungarians had interpreted it as their word for "Ready" and were being hit while they listened for the command of "play" which never came-----
The Open Foils Championship of the Bay Region was held at the Funke Fencing Academy in San Francisco. After four hours of preliminary rounds, seven men reached the finals. Two left-handers, Alfred Snyder of the Olympic Club, and Oliver Bowen of Stanford University, tied for first place. Snyder defeated Bowen 5-3 in the fence-off. The third place medal was won by De Forest Rodecape of the Olympic Club. These three men also qualified for the Pacific Coast Championships in April.----
The Bay Region's Open Epee Championship was also held at the Funke Fencing Academy, and four men from the Olympic Club tied for first. The results of the fence-off gave John L. Thompson first, Robert Dasmann second, Gerard Leicester third, and De Forest Rodecape fourth.
The open sabre championship of the San Francisco Bay division was won by Gerard Leicester of the Olympic Club after tying for first place with his clubmate, De Forest Rodecape. Third place went to Harry Mortimer, also of the Olympic Club. S. Morrill, Leo L. Gadd, and L. von Beroldingen, all of the Funke Fencing Academy, placed in that order for the next three positions.-------
The foil team championship of the same division was won by the Olympic Club with Gerard Leicester, De Forest Rodecape, and Harry Mortimer on the team. The winning trio defeated the University of California 7-2, the Funke Fencing Academy 9-0, and a composite team 7-2.-------
In the women’s prep foil championship, Miss Alice Ocra of Alameda won first place by making a clean sweep of her bouts. Second place went to Roberta Fritz of the Funke Fencing Academy. Miss Fritz is only 16 years old and one of the most promising fencers on the coast. Miss Barbara Shoemac placed third, only two touches ahead of her teammate Harriet Helm.-------
The epee team championship of the Bay Division was won by the Olympic Club, in a very close competition, from the Funke Fencing Academy. The score was 5-4. The deciding bout, after both teams were tied at 4-all, was between Gerard Leicester and Harold Rives, with Leicester winning 3-1.-------
"Jim" W. Hutchinson, Chairman of the New Jersey Division, which has proved very active this year, showed up at the last Board of Governors' Meeting in the role of a good-will representative. As a good Rotarian does, he proudly extolled the virtues of the New Jersey Division and pointed to its marked increase in membership and its dutiful correspondence with the Secretary of the League... Could it be that New Jersey is angling for the coveted trophy given each year to the division which has been most active and cooperative in the League?
