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San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO
The 1939 Heron Trophy Competition, described in some detail in our November issue, was completed on November 3rd. There had been six teams entered this year, and three dual meets had been held each week from October 5th through November 3rd. The Olympic Club team of Alfred R. Snyder, Louis Lataillade, Bryan H. Smith, Victor Arnautoff, and Marvin O. Adams, Jr., successfully defended its 1938 winning of the Trophy. It won five matches, losing none, won 80 bouts, losing 40, and scored 495 touches with 396 touches against.
The fencing team of the University of California was second with three matches won, two matches lost, 70 bouts won, 55 bouts lost, and scored 479 touches with 431 touches against. The Funke Fencing Academy was third with three matches won, two matches lost, 64 bouts won, 61 bouts lost, and scored 479 touches with 455 touches against.
The other teams were the Young Italian Club, the Berkeley Team, and Stanford University, fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.
There were 41 foilsmen in the competition throughout the period. We list the first ten men in order of their accomplishment, showing Bouts Won, Bouts Lost, Touches Given, Touches Received, and Olympic Scoring Average.
B.W. | B.L. | T.G. | T.R. | Avg.
1. Alfred R. Snyder (O.C.) | 24 | 0 | 120 | 49 | .7100
2. Jack Hovick (U. of C.) | 21 | 4 | 120 | 54 | .6896
3. Salvatore Giambra (Y.I.C.) | 19 | 1 | 97 | 47 | .6736
4. Robert Stone (U. of C.) | 20 | 5 | 115 | 67 | .6318
5. Lawrence Bocci (Y.I.C.) | 4 | 1 | 24 | 14 | .6315
6. Louis Lataillade (O.C.) | 18 | 6 | 109 | 64 | .6300
7. Bryan H. Smith (O.C.) | 15 | 5 | 110 | 79 | .5820
8. Richard H. Mercer (F.F.A.) | 18 | 7 | 108 | 78 | .5806
9. John Cooper (S.U.) | 15 | 10 | 107 | 84 | .5600
10. Evo Luporini (Y.I.C.) | 3 | 2 | 23 | 19 | .5476
The Prep Foil contest was held on November 10th at the Funke Fencing Academy. There were ten entries, three of whom came from Sacramento for the event. Because of the new ruling for Prep classification, the fencing was better this year than ever before, partly due to some experience acquired by several of the entries in the Heron Trophy Competition. The winner of the six-man finals was Joel Lee Brenner of the University of California, who won all five of his bouts for a clear title. John Cinelli of the Young Italian Club was second, losing only to Brenner, while William Mertsching from Sacramento was third, losing only to Brenner and Cinelli.
The Prep Sabre Competition on November 15th at the Funke Fencing Academy attracted 8 entries. At the end of the first fence-off in which all entries participated, John Cinelli and Joe Bini of the Young Italian Club, and Robert Shrader, unattached, were tied for first with 5 wins and 2 losses apiece. In the final fence-off, Cinelli won both bouts 5–2, while Bini defeated Shrader 5–2. Although he only took third place, Shrader had the lowest touch score of the evening with only 26 hits made against him to Cinelli’s 30 and Bini’s 32.
The Divisional Junior Epee Championship was held at the University of California in Berkeley on November 17th. Of the nine entries, 5 were from the University, 3 from the Young Italian Club, and one unattached. Robert Stone and P. Richard Rosenberg of the U. of C. were tied for first with 6 wins and 2 losses apiece, while Jack Hovick, also of the U. of C., was third with 5 wins and 3 losses. Stone defeated Rosenberg 3–2 in the fence-off. Their victories qualified these three men for the Pacific Coast Championships in April.
