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Illinois
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January 1940
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ILLINOIS
The Illinois A.F.L.A. fencing season opened with an Open Foil Competition at the Lake Shore Athletic Club in Chicago on December 17th. Oscar Barab of the Hermanson Fencing School, won first place, winning all his bouts in the finals. Tully Friedman of Northwestern won second place, while Charles Corbett of the University of Chicago placed third.
The second competition of the season was the Open Junior Foil Competition held at the University of Chicago on January 7th. It was won by Bernard Fishman of Austin High School after a three-way fence-off with Jerry Mau of the Edgewater Fencers Club who was second and Armand Stella of Austin High School, who was third.
Both the Open Sabre and the Open Epee Individual Competitions were held on January 14th at the Bartlett Gymnasium. There were 15 entries in each competition, fencing continuing from 11 A.M. to 7 P.M., with no time out for lunch.
Karl Hanisch of the Michigan Division won the sabre competition, going through the 5-man Finals undefeated. Donald McDonald of the University of Chicago was second, winning three bouts. Charles Corbett, also of the University of Chicago, was third.
Paul Wheeler of the Lake Shore Athletic Club won the epee event, after defeating the National Champion, Loyal Tingley of the University of Chicago, in a fence-off. Arthur Todd of the Edgewater Fencers Club was third.
Although individual competitions in women's foil have been conducted in Chicago in the past, this year has seen such a growth in women’s fencing here that team competitions are now in demand. Five teams of girls entered the Open Team competition held at Mundelein College on January 21st.
The University of Chicago’s "A" team of Miss Dorothy Ingram, Miss Maryalice von Wesche and Miss Mary Elizabeth Grenander won the three-team round-robin Finals by defeating the Hermanson Fencing School team of Miss Carol King, Miss Norma MacIntosh and Miss Diantha Warfel 5-2 and the La Grange team of Miss Betty Anne Richards, Miss Betty Ann Mullen and Miss Dorothy Leitch 5-1. The Hermanson Fencing School team defeated the La Grange team 5-0 to take second. The other teams competing were the Mundelein College team and the University of Chicago "B" team.
