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San Francisco
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March 1939
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SAN FRANCISCO
The first three place winners in the competitions held in San Francisco thus far this year have been as follows:
Jan. 13, Novice Épée, 8 entries. Lt. Kermit R. Schweidel, Funke Fencing Academy, Salvatore Giambra, G.G.I.A., and Mary Perotti.
Jan. 20, Men’s Novice Foils, 24 entries. Salvatore Giambra, G.G.I.A., Lt. Kermit R. Schweidel, Funke, and Evo Luporini, G.G.I.A.
Jan. 21, Women’s Prep Foils, 14 entries. Betty J. Nevis, Funke, Virginia Morgan, and Norma Perotti.
Jan. 27, Men’s Novice Sabre, 11 entries. Evo Luporini, G.G.I.A., Mario Perotti, and Lawrence Bocci, G.G.I.A.
Jan. 28, Women’s Novice Foil, 12 entries. Helen Sander, Marcelle Woollen, Funke, and Norma Perotti.
Feb. 3, Men’s Junior Foil Team, 8 teams. 1st, Gruppo Giovanile Italo-Americano and 2nd, Funke Fencing Academy.
Feb. 5, Men’s Junior Sabre Team, 2 teams (Unofficial because of limited entries). 1st, G.G.I.A. and 2nd, Funke Fencing Academy.
Feb. 10, Men’s Junior Foil, 25 entries. Salvatore Giambra, G.G.I.A., Herbert Woolley, Stanford, and C. Chandler Smith, Funke.
Feb. 11, Women’s Junior Foil, 10 entries. Marcelle Woollen, Funke, Ruth Jaffe, Funke, Mrs. Beulah Smith, Funke.
Feb. 17, Men’s Junior Sabre, 12 entries. Lt. Kermit R. Schweidel, Funke, Salvatore Giambra, G.G.I.A., and Lawrence Bocci, G.G.I.A.
Feb. 24, Men’s Open Foil, 44 entries. Alfred Snyder, Olympic Club, Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club, and Major S. R. Irwin, Funke.
The Open Foil Championship, reported above, held on February 24th, was the first fencing event to be held on Treasure Island at the San Francisco International Exposition. This Open Championship of the San Francisco Bay Division attracted over 2,000 spectators to watch what proved to be the largest non-Olympic fencing competition ever held on the Pacific Coast. The 44 fencers who participated represented 8 organizations.
The scores in the 6-man Finals were:
Alfred Snyder, O.C., defeated Irwin 5-1, Smith 5-3, Leicester 5-2, and Risling 5-0.
Harry Mortimer, O.C., defeated Snyder 5-3, Irwin 5-1, Smith 5-2, and Risling 5-2.
Major S. R. Irwin, Funke, defeated Smith 5-3, Leicester 5-1, and Risling 5-0.
Bryan H. Smith, O.C., defeated Risling 5-2.
Ferard Leicester, O.C., defeated Smith 5-1.
Jay Risling, San Fran. Y.M.C.A., defeated Leicester 5-3
Snyder, Mortimer, and Irwin qualified for the Pacific Coast Foil Championship from the San Francisco Bay Division. Snyder defeated Mortimer in the fence-off 5—3.
Snyder and Mortimer were tied for first place. These three fencers, with Walter Westman, O.C., Bryan H. Smith, O.C., Ferard Leicester, O.C., Louis Lataillade, O.C., and Jay Risling, San Francisco, Y.M.C.A., qualified for the National Foil Championships.
The Capital City Fencing Club has been organized in Sacramento and already claims 15 members.
