ICFA Elections and Rules
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ICFA Elections and Rules
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January 1940
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I.C.F.A. ELECTIONS AND RULES
The Governing Council of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association met in New York City on January 18th to elect a President to take the place of Mr. Malcolm Farmer who had resigned as of the first of the year. Mr. Farmer, former Graduate Manager of Athletics at Yale University, had likewise resigned that position at Yale to accept an Executive position with a Manufacturing and Engineering concern.
Mr. Kenneth Fairman, Graduate Manager of Athletics at Princeton University, was elected new I.C.F.A. President. Mr. Asa S. Bushnell of the Eastern Intercollegiate Association will continue as Secretary and Treasurer of the I.C.F.A.
After considerable discussion, the Council voted that the I.C.F.A. would operate under fencing rules similar to the A.F.L.A. with the two following exceptions:
1. The official strip markings with visual warning lines are obligatory; eliminating the optional F.I.E. markings.
2. Tie bouts in epee will score as a half victory to each contestant instead of a full loss to both competitors.
These limited changes indicate the acceptance of the A.F.L.A. ground rules of once-off in foil and twice-off in sabre and epee whereas the I.C.F.A. operated last year with a once-off ruling in all three weapons. It also indicates the acceptance of the new A.F.L.A. fleche rulings whereas we published a memorandum in our last issue that there was a rumor that the I.C.F.A. might completely eliminate the fleche.
President Fairman appointed a Committee of Hugh V. Alessandroni, George Breed and Howard Hanway to sit jointly with the A.F.L.A. Rules Committee in its work of preparing a new 1940 Rules Book.
