Minnesota
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Minnesota
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April 1939
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4
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12
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MINNESOTA
Five well-attended fencing contests were held on March 4th at the University of Minnesota.
The High School Foil Contest was won by Russell Ferguson of Central High School, St. Paul, with Robert Jamme, West High School, Minneapolis, second. There were 14 contestants.
The College Foil Contest attracted 15 entries. Willard Ronayne of St. Thomas College took first with Kent Spaulding of the University of Minnesota, second.
The Foil Contest in the Society Division was won by George Gunther of the St. Paul Turners with Marshall Sigford of the Minneapolis Cyrano Club, second. There were 12 contestants in this Division.
James Delehanty of St. Thomas College won the Sabre Contest with Norton Mandelbaum of University Farm School, second, in a field of 11.
Bryce Clark was first and Richard Jarvis, second, both of the University of Minnesota, in the Epee Contest. There were 8 contestants in this weapon.
The Minnesota League of Fencing Clubs elected Ferdinand Uebel, President, Robert F. Withy, Jr., Vice President, Howard Aamodt, Sec’y-Treas., and Willard Ronayne, Fencing Director, for the current year.
The 6th Annual Minnesota State Fencing Tournament will be held throughout the last week in April and the first two weeks in May.
