US Fencing Team to Meet Cubans
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US Fencing Team to Meet Cubans
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December 1938
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UNITED STATES FENCING TEAM TO MEET CUBANS
As a result of an invitation by the Cuban Fencing League to the A. F. L. A. for a Fencing Team to participate in a Cuban-United States fencing match during the December Cuban Sports Festival, the A. F. L. A. has appointed a team of Jose de Capriles, Miguel A. de Capriles, Warren Dow and John R. Huffman to represent this country.
The members of this four-man team were appointed because of their versatility in all weapons and their ability to leave their businesses for the period from December 21st through Jan. 3rd. They are to be guests of the Cuban Committee and will compete with the Cuban team in a three-day series of competitions scheduled for December 26th, 28th, and 30th.
The fencing plans are not yet complete. Originally, the request stressed epee as the weapon of competition, but the United States Team was planned around a three-weapon excellence and it is hoped that the Cubans will enter teams in the other weapons. Inasmuch as the Cuban fencers specialize in epee, they may prefer to limit the contest to that weapon. As host nation, the final decision is in their hands, but it is hoped that they may favorably consider the A. F. L. A. proposal for an all-around competition.
Returns have not yet been received in regard to the results of the Cuba-Mexico match for the Russell International Trophy. Should Cuba have been the winner, the A. F. L. A. has authorized John R. Huffman and Miguel A. de Capriles, the United States team members who so ably contested the first Trophy round for this country, to hold, if possible, the Cuba-United States round of this International Competition during their visit to Cuba.
This marks the first time that an officially appointed team from the United States has visited any Pan-American country for competition. We hope that it may prove the start of a series of such competitions with Cuba and the other countries in Central and South America.
