A.F.L.A. Competitions Held in New York City
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A.F.L.A. Competitions Held in New York City
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January 1940
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A.F.L.A. COMPETITIONS HELD IN NEW YORK CITY
Individual Prep Foil Competition - 21 Entries—December 10th
Bernard Allen of the Salle Scafati of Newark won the third competition of the season in this class, coming through undefeated in twelve bouts at the Salle Santelli. John D'Agnese of the Foils Club was second with one loss in the finals, and Stanley Klein of New York University was third.
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Individual Novice Foil Competition - 34 Entries—December 16th
Murray Kornfeld of St. John's University won the third of the novice foil competitions of this season at the Salle Santelli by winning seven out of eight of his bouts in the final. Harry Boutsikaris of Seton Hall College was second with six wins, and Ralph Goldstein of the Metropolitan Club, third with five.
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Individual Senior Sabre Competition - 9 Entries—December 17th
Miguel de Capriles of the Salle Santelli won this competition, limited to sabremen of senior ranking, with six wins and two losses. Norman Armitage of the Fencers Club and Ralph Marson of the New York Athletic Club nosed out Nicholas Muray of the N.Y.A.C. and Jose de Capriles of the Salle Santelli on touches after all four had tied with five wins apiece. Armitage and Marson were tied on touches received and given and fenced off for second and third. Armitage took the silver medal by defeating Marson 5-4 in the fence-off. The competition was held at the Salle d'Armes Vince.
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Individual Novice Sabre Competition - 27 Entries—December 21st
William Ritayik of the Saltus Club won the third of the season's novice sabre competitions at the Salle Santelli by defeating Ralph Goldstein of the Metropolitan Club 5-3 in a fence-off after both had tied for first place. Goldstein took the silver medal, and Harry Morganstern of St. John's University took the bronze.
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Intermediate Epee Qualifying Round - All Eastern Championships - 22 Entries—January 6th
Ralph Marson of the N.Y.A.C. and Winslow Cornett of the Fencers Club led the eight qualifiers from the Metropolitan District for the All-Eastern Intermediate Epee Championship. Marson was undefeated in the second pool of the qualifying round, while Cornett suffered one loss. The remainder of the qualifiers were Henrique Santos and Joseph Donovan of the N.Y.A.C.; Ernest May and Henry Barthel of the Fencers Club; Mindy Slikas of New York University and Abraham Martinez of Columbia. The competition was held at the Salle Santelli.
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Individual Open Foil Competition—25 Entries—January 7th
Edward Carfagno of the Los Angeles A.C. and the country’s #2 foilsman, stopped off in New York on his way home from the International Matches in Cuba just long enough to win the gold medal in the strongest foil competition held in the Metropolitan area this season. This competition, held at the Salle Santelli, was marked by many reversals of form throughout the day. Carfagno had difficulty in making the grade to the finals but then he came from behind several times to take four out of five bouts and first place. The New York Athletic Club with four of the six finalists could not take more than one medal when Dernell Every took second on touches over Jose de Capriles of the Salle Santelli. The remainder of the N.Y.A.C. finalists were Warren Dow, Dr. John R. Huffman and Silvio Giolito who finished in that order. The biggest surprise of the day was the failure of Norman Lewis, the National Champion, to survive the semi-finals.
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Individual Novice Epee Competition—15 Entries—January 9th
Mindy Slikas of New York University won the second of the epee competitions held under the Metropolitan Committee this season after a fence-off at the Salle Santelli with Peter O’Connor of the Greco Fencing Academy. Each had finished the finals with one loss. In the fence-off Slikas defeated O’Connor 3-0. Ralph Goldstein of the Metropolitan Club won the bronze medal, having been defeated twice.
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Intermediate Sabre Qualifying Round—All Eastern Championships—22 Entries—January 11th
Bernard Marks of the Greco Fencing Academy and Edward Egan of the Saltus Fencing Club led the eight qualifiers from New York for the All Eastern Championship. Marks was undefeated in the second round while Egan had but one loss. The remaining qualifiers were William Ritayik of the Saltus Club; Harold Newton of the Greco Fencing Academy; James Wells and Gordon Wallis of Columbia; Kevin Kapner of the Salle Santelli and Harry Scharstein of New York University. The competition took place at the Salle Santelli.
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Individual Open Sabre Competition—20 Entries—January 13th
Nicholas Muray of the N.Y.A.C. and National Sabre Champion more than a decade ago, cleaned up the field and the gold medal by winning twelve out of thirteen bouts during this competition held at the Salle Santelli. His only defeat of the day came at the hands of Peter Bruder of the Salle d’Armes Vince, by a 5-4 score, in the finals. Norman Armitage of the Fencers Club, Peter Bruder, and Ralph Marson of the New York Athletic Club were tied for second. On touches, Armitage took second and Bruder third. This marked the first appearance of Bruder in sabre competition since the Olympic Games in 1936.
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Intermediate Foil Qualifying Round—All Eastern Championships—17 Entries—January 14th
Nathaniel Lubell of the Salle d’Armes Vince led the six qualifiers from New York for the All Eastern Championship in this class. Lubell, the only ranking fencer entered, was clearly the favorite and proved it. The other qualifiers were Maxwell Garrett of the Salle d’Armes Vince; Joseph Rabb of the Greco Fencing Academy; Wallace Goldsmith of the N.Y.A.C.; Theodore Green of the Saltus Club, and Murray Kornfeld of St. John’s University. The competition took place at the Salle Santelli.
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Individual Open Electric Epee Competition—16 Entries—January 21st
The de Capriles brothers returned to their old place in the sun in epee fencing when Jose took the gold medal for the first electric epee competition of the season and Miguel took the silver medal on touches over Henrique Santos of the N.Y.A.C. after they had tied in bouts. The de Capriles brothers represented the Salle Santelli at which place the competition was held.
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Women’s Individual Prep Foil Competition—11 Entries—December 12th
Miss Shirley Stewart of Hofstra College won the third prep competition of the season by winning four of her five bouts in the finals at the Salle Santelli. Miss Shirley Day of the Trinity School, Miss Anija Muray of the Salle Santelli, and Miss Ernestine Grundensky of Brooklyn College tied for second with three wins and two losses and finished in that order on the basis of touches received.
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Women’s Individual Novice Foil Competition—19 Entries—December 19th
Miss Kathleen Cerra of the Salle d’Armes Vince, who won the first of the season’s prep competitions, showed her steady improvement by winning the third of the season’s novice competitions at the Salle Santelli. Miss Cerra tied with Miss Hope Beauchamp of Hunter College for first place and in the fence-off was trailing her opponent 2-0 but ran off four straight touches to win the gold medal 4-2. Miss Beauchamp was second, and Miss Addie Bassi of the Aldo Nadi Studio was third.
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Individual Women’s Open Foil Competition—Voorhees’ Medals—27 Entries—January 20th
Miss Maria Cerra of the Salle d’Armes Vince, having had disappointing results in competition in recent seasons, returned to her old form to win the gold Voorhees’ Medal in this competition conducted by the Fencers Club. Miss Cerra won four of her five bouts in the finals. Miss Helena Mroczkowska of Hofstra College, newly crowned Eastern Intermediate Champion, was second on touches over Mrs. Jarmila Vokral of the Salle Herrmann of Philadelphia and Miss Barbara Cochrane of the Salle Santelli. On the same basis of touches Mrs. Vokral took third place over Miss Cochrane.
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Individual Women’s Senior Foil Competition—Fish Medals—10 Entries—January 24th
Miss Mildred Stewart of the Salle Santelli won the gold medal awarded annually by Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish for competition among the senior and national ranking fencers. Miss Stewart won eight of her nine bouts in the round-robin, fencing considerably better than in the early part of the season. Miss Maria Cerra and Miss Madeline Dalton of the Salle Vince, Miss Helena Mroczkowska of Hofstra College, and Miss Barbara Cochrane of the Salle Santelli tied for second, each with six victories. They finished in the above order on touches with 20, 22, 24, and 26 touches scored against them in that order.
