This and That From Here and There
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This and That From Here and There
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November 27, 1937
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THIS AND THAT FROM HERE AND THERE
Washington
On Sunday afternoon, November 14, the Ecuadorian Ambassador, Captain Colonel Eloy Alfaro, and Her Excellency, Sra. de Alfaro, at their apartments in the Hotel Mayflower gave a cocktail party in honor of the Washington Fencers Club of which Ambassador Alfaro is the president. The party, which proved a very enjoyable affair, was attended by some three-score of fencers, of diplomats with their ladies, of military and naval officers with their wives or daughters, and by a number of Captain Alfaro’s classmates at the U.S. Military Academy. Among the elder swordsmen, besides several former Olympic contestants and intercollegiate champions, were seen Maitre Darrieulat and Maestro Messineo, as well as Maitres Deladier and Fiems, the two coaches at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.
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Minnesota
Mr. Earl Goodrich Lee, of St. Paul, tells us that his city is holding a Sportsman’s show and fencing exhibitions are being given by the Minnesota League of Fencing Clubs every evening and Saturday afternoons. The show has had an attendance of 5,000 people at its performances, with a packed crowd about the fencing exhibitions and thousands more looking down from the gallery of the immense Civic Auditorium where the show is held. It is the finest publicity opportunity fencing has had in that section and they are making the most of it.
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New Jersey
New Jersey opened its season with a Prep Foil competition held at the Montclair Y.M.C.A. There were 20 entries, and the final round-robin ended in favor of Steve Sabo, of Barringer High School. Al Giordano, also of Barringer, and Julius Sommers, of the Salle Scafati, placed second and third. The Novice foil competition which was held at Seton Hall College drew 29 competitors and over 300 spectators. The affair received much publicity. Movies were taken and refreshments were served. Paul Ricardi, who won the Interscholastic Invitation meet last season, placed first. Ricardi is now at Seton Hall. Second and third went to H. Boutsikaris, of Barringer High School, and P. Marzulli of Seton Hall.
The second novice foil competition, which was an invitation affair held at Princeton, drew 10 entries. The regular round-robin ended in a triple tie, and the tie had to be fenced off three times before the final winner could be decided. The three men who were so closely matched finally ended in the following order:
1. G. Boutsikaris, Seton Hall
2. B. Calkins, Princeton
3. P. Brienza, Barringer H.S.
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San Francisco
The prep foil championship for women started the season. In this event three girls tied for first place, each losing one bout. In the fence-off Miss Marjorie Thompson of the Thompson School of Fencing defeated Lynette Goldstone of the Funke Fencing Academy and Norma Di Vito of the OGIE. The girls finished in that order.
Seventeen girls entered the Novice Foil Tournament at Mills College. The final round included seven girls and ended in a tie between Miss Alice Sera of Berkeley and Miss Roberta Fritz of the Funke Fencing Academy. Miss Sera won the fence-off 5-2 and Mrs. Gerda Funke finished third. The other finalists were: Helen Sander, of Funke Fencing Academy; Norma Di Vita, of the O.G.I.E. (Young Italian Club); Marjorie Thompson, of the Thompson School; and Patricia Green of Oakland. The three place winners qualified for the Pacific Coast Championship which will be held in April in Los Angeles.
Seven teams entered the Heron trophy tournament. The teams are composed of five men, and the Olympic Club has not lost a meet yet. The final score so far is:
Olympic Club: 87 v. - 38 d.
Funke Fencing Academy: 76 v. - 49 d.
*University of California: 86 v. - 64 d.
Y.M.C.A. Central: 71 v. - 54 d.
Stanford Univ.: 63 v. - 62 d.
O.G.I.E. (Young It. Club): 44 v. - 81 d.
Thompson School: 23 v. - 102 d.
* Has fenced all its bouts of the round-robin. All other teams will fence their final match on December 3, 1937.
