A.F.L.A. Competitions Held in New York City
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A.F.L.A. Competitions Held in New York City
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November 1939
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A.F.L.A. COMPETITIONS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY
Individual Prep Foil Competition—13 Entries
October 3rd
Walter Vignini of the Greco Fencing Academy won the first of the competitions of the new fencing season. Both he and James Strauch of C.C.N.Y. completed the six-man finals with four wins and one loss apiece, necessitating a fence-off. Vignini won the fence-off 5-3, thereby winning a mask and glove, the prizes awarded annually for this competition by Dr. Graeme M. Hammond.
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Individual Novice Foil Competition—41 Entries
October 10th
Albert Axelrod of the Salle Santelli captured first place in this competition which entitled him to a pair of foils as prizes from Dr. Graeme M. Hammond. Axelrod accomplished this not without difficulty for at the end of the six-man finals there was a triple tie for first place between him, Arthur Tauber of N.Y.U., and Harry Boutsikaris of Seton Hall College, all of whom had three wins and two losses. In the fence-off Axelrod defeated Tauber 5-2, and Boutsikaris defeated Axelrod 5-4. In the Tauber-Boutsikaris bout, the score stood at 4-4 when Boutsikaris stepped off the end of the strip for an automatic touch, which created a second triple tie. In the second fence-off Axelrod defeated Tauber 5-0 and Boutsikaris 5-3.
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Individual Novice Sabre Competition—21 Entries
October 15th
Peter O'Connor of the Greco Fencing Academy won the sabre annually awarded by Dr. Graeme M. Hammond as the first prize for this competition. Again, we saw a triple tie for first place with O'Connor, Joseph Rabb, also of the Greco Fencing Academy, and Nathaniel Lubell of the Salle d'Armes Vince tied with three wins and two losses apiece at the end of the six-man final round. O'Connor, the best technician of the field, won both of his bouts in the fence-off.
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Individual Junior Foil Competition—13 Entries
October 19th
Nathaniel Lubell of the Salle d'Armes Vince won this competition which was restricted to Junior foilsmen only. The outstanding favorite at the beginning of the competition, he went through the entire evening winning all of his eleven bouts without apparently being forced to extend himself at any time. For his evening’s achievement, he was awarded a pair of foils by Dr. Graeme M. Hammond, patron of the competition.
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Women's Prep Foil Competition—11 Entries
October 4th
Miss Kathleen Cerra of the Salle d'Armes Vince, following in the footsteps of her sister, won this first women's competition without a defeat and was awarded the Evelyn Van Buskirk gold medal for her victory. Miss Aida Condosta, also of the Salle d'Armes Vince, won the silver Van Buskirk medal, and Miss Lela Joggi of Hofstra College won the Van Buskirk bronze medal.
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Women's Novice Foil Competition—21 Entries
October 15th
Miss Grace Giratano of the Foils Club won the gold Manrique medal by winning first place in the finals of this competition with four wins and one loss. Her teammate, Miss Lisl Zaduck, a European-trained fencer, took the silver Manrique medal on touches over Miss Addie Bassi of the Aldo Nadi Studio. Each had three wins and two losses.
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Women's Individual Greco Trophy Competition
32 Entries—October 22nd
Miss Barbara Cochrane of the Salle Santelli, by careful use of the stop and time thrust, came off with four wins and one loss in the six-woman finals of this competition to win the Greco Trophy and Greco gold medal for first place. Mrs. Dolly Funke of the Greco Fencing Academy, Miss Madeline Dalton of the Salle d'Armes Vince, and Miss Mildred Stewart of the Salle Santelli were tied for second place on the basis of three wins and two losses apiece. Mrs. Funke received the Greco silver medal, and Miss Dalton the bronze Greco medal on the basis of touches.
