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Southern California
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January 1940
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The selection by the Board of Governors of Edward Carfagno of the L.A.A.C. as a member of the United States fencing team to go to Cuba in December, his trip and participation there, and his return by way of New York City where he won the Individual Open Foil Competition on January 7th, outweighed all other fencing news here during the past month.
The growth and interest in fencing in Los Angeles in the past few years has been most encouraging, as evidenced by the ever-increasing number of professionals. From 1907 until 1935, Professor Henri Joseph Uyttenhove of the Los Angeles Athletic Club and the University of Southern California was the only full-time active professional in Los Angeles. Since 1935, we have had Mr. John McKee and since 1936, Mr. Ralph Faulkner, a former member of two American Olympic Teams, as more or less full-time professionals conducting Salles. The profession has also claimed Mr. DeLoss McGraw for the past two years and Mr. Duris DeJong, a former member of the Holland Olympic Fencing Team, for the past ten months. Mr. McGraw is at present coaching at Claremont Colleges, consisting of Pomona College and Scripps College for Girls. Mr. DeJong has been teaching fencing at the Hollywood Athletic Club. Additional professionals this season are Mr. Aylello and Mr. Matthew Gusick, recently from New York City. Mr. Gusick is teaching at the Terry Hunt Health Club in Beverly Hills.
The first half of Southern California's '39-'40 season has been unusually successful, with many new members added to the roster and excellent attendance at all meets.
The season officially opened with the Men's Prep Foil on September 29th. The event was won by Vernon Stille (Cavaliers), with Hamilton and Whitside, both of Pasadena Junior College, second and third.
Women's Prep Foil, October 7th, was won by Mrs. Gladys Rose (Cavaliers) with Miss Janice York (F.S.F.) second and Miss Helen Holroyd (F.S.F.) third.
First place in Men's Novice Foil went to Si Carfagno (L.A.A.C.) with Wilbur Coggins (Cav.) second and Charles Irby (F.S.F.) third.
The Faulkner School of Fencing made a clean sweep of both Novice and Junior Foil for Women by winning the first five places in each event. The Novice title went to Miss Helen Holroyd, while second and third places went to Miss Gloria Doan and Miss Janice York respectively. The Junior title was won by Miss Mary Jean Clark, with Mrs. Lorayne Downs second and Miss Marion Washko third.
Thomas Tarbet of the L.A.A.C. took the Men's Junior Foil title. Leonard Bellman (F.S.F.) finished in second place and Bob Cousineau (F.S.F.) in third.
This was Bob Cousineau's last Southern California meet as he left shortly afterward for Panama where he will work on a government project for the next two years. Needless to say, he will be missed in fencing circles. His post as Secretary of the division has been filled by Herbert Sauke.
The Men's Junior Foil Team event was won by Faulkner's Team No. 1. The L.A.A.C.'s No. 1 team took second place, with the Cavaliers third.
Faulkner School scored again in the Men's Intermediate Foil with the first three places going to Sidney Getzowitz, Jerry Bowen, and Leonard Bellman, all of Faulkner's.
In the Women's Intermediate Foil, December 2nd, Miss Louise Reordan (L.A.A.C.) won the fence-off for first place by defeating Miss Moreene Fitz (Cav.) who finished in second place. Miss Muriel Calkins (L.A.A.C.) placed third.
The Cavaliers opened a new Salle in the Beaux Arts Building, Los Angeles, in late December.
Paul Lukas, film star, has inaugurated fencing at the West Side Tennis Club in Los Angeles with Duris DeJong as instructor.
For the first time in fifteen years, the L.A.A.C. was defeated in the Team Foil for Men, with this year's title going to the Faulkner School of Fencing. At the Black-Foxe Military Academy on December 8th, Faulkner's Team No. 1 (Bellman, Bowen, Getzowitz) took first place, with L.A.A.C. Team No. 1 (Carfagno, Davis, Hersum) second.
First three places in the Men's Open Foil on January 6th went to the Faulkner School of Fencing. Arthur Kaye won the Open title, with Jerry Bowen second and Leonard Bellman third. In addition to the medals, a beautiful trophy from an anonymous donor also went to the first-place winner.
Miss Maxine McMasters of the Cavaliers defeated a field of twelve entries to win first place in the Women's Open Foil held at the Faulkner School of Fencing on January 12th. Second place went to Miss Cornelia Sanger of Detroit and third place to Miss Louise Reardan of the L.A.A.C.
