San Francisco
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San Francisco
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January 1940
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SAN FRANCISCO
The Women's Novice Foil and the Men's Novice Foil Competition on December 2nd and the Men's Novice Sabre Competition on December 3rd were all scheduled to coincide with an Amateur Sports Show held at the Civic Auditorium in Oakland. Despite the fact that the Auditorium proved too large and drafty for fencing competitions, the entry lists were the largest ever received in novice competitions here.
There were 31 contestants in the Men's Novice Foil. At the end of the six-man Final Pool, Chandler C. Smith and Richard Mercer of Funke Fencing Academy and Lawrence Bocci of the Young Italian Club were tied for first with three victories and two losses apiece. They finished in that order in a fence-off.
The Women's Novice Foil Competition attracted 21 entries. There were 8 girls in the Final Pool with Miss Betty Jane Nevis of the Funke Fencing Academy winning first place with 6 wins and 1 loss. She received only 8 touches against her in the 6 bouts she won. Miss Gertrude Metter and Miss Lynette Goldstone, both from the Funke Fencing Academy, were second and third respectively, Miss Metter suffering two losses in the Finals and Miss Goldstone losing three bouts.
The Novice Epee competition had 18 entries. Lawrence Bocci of the Young Italian Club went through the 8-man Final Pool undefeated with only 12 touches against him. Jack Hovick of the University of California was second and Chandler C. Smith of the Funke Fencing Academy was third.
The Junior Epee Team competition attracted only three teams on December 8th. The competition was held at the Young Italian Club. The Olympic Club team of Louis Lataillade, Alfred R. Snyder and Merton Davies defeated the University of California team 6-3 and the Young Italian Club 5-1, while the University team defeated the Young Italian Club 6-3.
There were eight entries in the Divisional Junior Sabre Championship held at the Funke Fencing Academy on January 19th. Mr. Lawrence Bocci came off the eventual winner after tying with Robert Shrader, unattached, with six wins and one loss apiece in the 8-man pool. Bocci won the fence-off 5-1, after losing 4-5 in the original bout with Shrader. Walter Westman, Olympic Club, was third with 5 wins and 2 losses in the original pool. The three place winners automatically qualified to represent San Francisco in the Pacific Coast Junior Sabre Championships.
