Mid-West Championships
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Mid-West Championships
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June 1939
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MID WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS
There were 75 entries out of a possible 80 in the four events which made up the Mid West Championships this year. Michigan, Illinois and Northern Ohio had full entries, four in each event, a total of 16. Columbus had 15 and St. Louis had 12. An Individual Championship was held in Women's Foil and Men's Foil, Sabre, and Epee. For the team scores, the total bouts won by the two top-scoring fencers from each Division in each round of each event were counted.
These Championships were all held on April 10th in the new Gymnasium of Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. President Harold Van Buskirk of the A.F.L.A. went to Columbus to act as Director of Bouts in the Men's Championships. Wallace Goldsmith of Cleveland and New York acted as Director in the Women's Foil Finals.
Final Results:
Men’s Individual Foil
1. Frank S. Righeimer, Jr. (Illinois)
2. Robert Fickell (Columbus)
3. Douglas Deppe (Northern Ohio)
Men’s Individual Epee
1. Loyal Tingley (Illinois)
2. Robert Fickell (Columbus)
3. Frank S. Righeimer, Jr. (Illinois)
Men’s Individual Sabre
1. William Osis (Michigan)
2. Carl Hanisch (Michigan)
3. Edward Gustafson (Illinois)
Women’s Individual Foil
1. Carol King (Illinois)
2. Mrs. Gerda Michels (Michigan)
3. Cornelia Sanger (Michigan)
Team Scores
1. Illinois - 60
2. Michigan - 40
3. Columbus - 27
4. Northern Ohio - 20
5. St. Louis - 18
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.
