Eastern Intercollegiate Fencing Conference Championships
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Eastern Intercollegiate Fencing Conference Championships
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April 1939
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EASTERN INTERCOLLEGIATE FENCING CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
The well-balanced team from Seton Hall College won the second annual Eastern Intercollegiate Conference championship on March 19th at Dartmouth College, repeating its victory of the year before. It made a clean sweep in all three weapons by piling up the high team score in foil, sabre, and epee for a total of 101 points toward a naturally undisputed first place in the three-weapon total. Fourteen teams participated with a total of 106 competitors.
Individually, Diaz Cetrulo ruled Division A in both foil and sabre, repeating his double victory of 1938. He led the Division A foil with 12 wins and 1 loss. His teammate, Paul Riccardi, won the Division B with 13 wins and no losses, and Peter Malone won the Division C foil with 11 wins and 2 losses.
Cetrulo swept the Division A sabre with 12 victories and no defeats to be followed by Al Lesser of Buffalo and James Bright of Lehigh. Boutsikaris won the Division B sabre with William Myer of Dartmouth, H. Griffin of Lehigh, Allan Bloom of North Carolina, and Edward Ware of Wm. & Mary all tied for second. They finished in that order on the basis of touches.
Pat Marzulli of Seton Hall was tied with R. Bright of Lehigh in the Division C sabre and won 5-4 on a close fence-off.
Al Lesser of the University of Buffalo won the Division A epee crown, unseating Paul Riccardi of Seton Hall, the defending champion, who came second. Robert Cirantoni of Seton Hall won the Division B epee with James Bright of Lehigh second, and Graham Burke of Dartmouth third. The Division C epee ended in a tie between John Finch of North Carolina and Jack Hillman of Hofstra with Finch winning in the fence-off.
Team Results By Weapons (Foil, Sabre, Epee, and Total Three Weapon):
Seton | 37 | 33 | 31 | 101
Wm. & Mary | 28 | 22 | 21½ | 71½
Dartmouth | 24 | 20 | 27½ | 71½
Hofstra | 26 | 14 | 26½ | 66½
Lehigh | 16 | 30 | 18½ | 64½
Panzer | 20 | 22 | 19 | 61
No. Carolina | 21 | 19 | 20 | 60
Buffalo | 20 | 16 | 20½ | 56½
L. I. U. | 24 | 13 | 18½ | 55½
Fordham | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41
Norwich | 17 | 13 | 9 | 39
Wagner | 9 | 14 | 14 | 37
Bowdoin* | 19 | — | 16½ | 35½
Boston U. | 7 | — | 7 | 11½ | 25½
*Bowdoin entered no sabre team.
