Greco Salle Has Formal Opening
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Greco Salle Has Formal Opening
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February 25, 1937
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GRECO SALLE HAS FORMAL OPENING
The formal opening of the new Greco Salle on February 21st was featured by a series of exhibitions preceding an informal dance. Professor Anthony Greco personally displayed his versatile talents, giving a lesson to his well-known pupil, Mrs. Dolly Funke, and later engaging in a short bout with her, fencing epee with Leo Nunes in a beautiful display of the best Italian school in that weapon. As a closing event of the program, Greco fenced a long and brilliant bout with his professional friend and colleague, George Santelli, in the sabre. However, the event that most interested the audience, which included the best-known figures in American fencing, was Professor Greco’s sabre lesson to seven-year-old Leon Schechter, which brought frequent rounds of applause as the young swordsman unerringly followed the master’s instructions even in the most complicated phases.
Among the other participants in the exhibition were Jose de Capriles and Pierre Netter in epee; John Huffman in sabre; and Miss Marion Lloyd and Miss Barbara Cochrane in foil. Robert Marcy announced the events, which were directed by Harold Van Buskirk, president of the Amateur Fencers League of America.
