The East-West Intercollegiate Championships
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The East-West Intercollegiate Championships
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April 1939
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THE EAST-WEST INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
A competition was held this year for the first time between the winners of the Eastern Intercollegiate Conference, decided on March 18th, at Dartmouth, and the Western Intercollegiate Conference, decided in Chicago on March 11th. This competition brought the sectional intercollegiate champions together at Ohio State on March 25th to decide the East-West Conference Champions in individual and team fencing for the current year.
The strong Seton Hall College team, undefeated in 13 dual meets in two years, came off the three-weapon winner with a total of 18½ bouts won against their three opponents' total of 8½.
Seton Hall College defeated the University of Chicago 7-2 in foil, the University of Illinois 7-2 in sabre, and tied with Northwestern University 4½-4½ in epee.
Paul Riccardi of Seton Hall College defeated William Chaikin of Ohio State University 5-4 to take the individual foil title. Diaz Cetrulo of Seton Hall College fought a 10-touch bout with Ralph Wilmott of the University of Illinois to win the individual sabre title 10-4. Emory Naylor of Northwestern University defeated Al Lessor of the University of Buffalo 5-4 to win the individual epee title.
