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Pacific Coast Championships
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May 1940
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PACIFIC COAST CHAMPIONSHIPS
The 1940 Pacific Coast Championships were held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club from Friday through Sunday, April 12th-14th. The Championships were given good publicity and enjoyed record attendance but because of an unseasonal heat wave in Los Angeles perhaps suffered from what had originally been estimated as even better attendance. The fencers' only comment about the heat was that it "served to loosen up the muscles and make for better fencing."
The Southern Division was the final victor in point scores with eight first places, seven seconds, nine thirds and five team events. The Northern Division captured four firsts, three seconds, three thirds and two team events. One second place went to both the Utah Division and the Navy at large.
The non-entrance of Miss Helena Mayer, defending Pacific Coast Women's Foil Champion since 1935, was a disappointment but tended to spur on the other contestants to greater effort to capture the Championship which she thereby defaulted.
Individual trophies about eight inches in height of a musketeer about to draw his sword were awarded to this year's winners. These attractive awards in gold, silver and bronze, designed by Ned Davenport, proved a welcome change from the medals of past seasons.
Repeated failure of the electrical epee machine and individual epees caused a disappointing series of delays in that weapon. Frequent rests were called to permit repairs to the equipment and it was noted that too many double touches were registered by the machine itself despite the fact that it was timed to the old 1/50th second interval.
We list the Open Championships in greater detail than the Intermediate or Junior Championships. We also list the results by weapons rather than in the chronological order of their occurrence. Ties were decided under the Olympic Scoring method and in such cases are indicated by the initials, (O. S.).
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MEN'S FOIL
Individual Open Championship
1. Alfred R. Snyder, Olympic Club, won 7, lost 0.
2. Edward Carfagno, L.A. A. C., won 6, lost 1.
3. Oliver G. Bowen, Faulkner School of Fencing, won 4, lost 3 (O. S. 541).
4. Leonard Bellman, Faulkner School of Fencing, won 4, lost 3 (O. S. 509).
5. Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club, won 4, lost 3 (O. S. 472).
Other contestants were Salvatore Giambra, Young Italian Club; Arthur Kaye, Faulkner School of Fencing, and Ted Westlake, Utah Division.
Open Team Championship
Olympic Club, San Francisco, 5; Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood, 1.
Alfred R. Snyder, O. C., defeated Sidney Getzovitz 5-2 and Leonard Bellman 5-0.
Ferard Leicester, O. C., defeated Leonard Bellman 5-3 and Oliver G. Bowen 5-2.
Harry Mortimer, O. C., defeated Getzovitz 5-0.
Oliver G. Bowen, F. S. F., defeated Mortimer 5-1.
Individual Intermediate Championship
1. Leonard Bellman, Faulkner School of Fencing.
2. Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club.
3. Salvatore Giambra, Young Italian Club.
Individual Junior Championship
1. Thomas Tarbet, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
2. Wilbur Coggins, The Cavaliers.
3. Robert Irwin, Faulkner School of Fencing.
Junior Team Championship
Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood, 5; University of California, Berkeley, 2.
The F. S. F. team consisted of Leonard Bellman, Robert Irwin, and Herbert Sauke.
The U. of C. team consisted of Robert Stone, Jack Hovick, and Norman Hodson.
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WOMEN'S FOIL
Individual Open Championship
1. Maxine MacMasters, The Cavaliers, won 5, lost 1.
2. Roberta Fritz, San Francisco, unattached, won 4, lost 2 (O. S. 645).
3. Cornelia Sanger, L.A. A. C., won 4, lost 2 (O. S. 580).
4. Louise Reardan, L.A. A. C., won 4, lost 2 (O. S. 571).
Other contestants were Amelia Riedener, Young Italian Club; Betty Jane Nevis, Funke Fencing Academy; and Virginia Westlake, Utah Division.
Open Team Championship
Los Angeles Athletic Club, 5; Unattached San Francisco Team, 2.
Muriel Calkins, L.A. A. C., defeated Roberta Fritz 4-2 and Lura Morse 4-0.
Cornelia Sanger, L.A. A. C., defeated Roberta Fritz 4-2, Constance Dean 4-2, and Lura Morse 4-1.
Roberta Fritz, unattached, defeated Virginia Nelson 4-1.
Constance Dean, unattached, defeated Virginia Nelson 4-3.
Individual Intermediate Championship
1. Roberta Fritz, unattached, San Francisco.
2. Muriel Calkins, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
3. Moreene Fitz, The Cavaliers, Los Angeles.
Individual Junior Championship
1. Janice Lee York, Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood.
2. Virginia Westlake, Utah Division, Salt Lake City.
3. Mary Jean Clark, Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood.
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SABRE
Individual Open Championship
1. Edward Carfagno, L.A.A.C., won 6, lost 1.
2. Leonard Bellman, Faulkner School of Fencing, won 5, lost 2.
3. Howard Davis, L.A.A.C., won 4, lost 2.
Carfagno and Bellman were tied with 5 wins and 1 loss at the end of the round. Carfagno won the fence-off by a score of 5-1, after having lost to Bellman by the same score in the original round. The fence-off result has been included in the above summary. Other contestants were Hans Halberstadt, Funke Fencing Academy; Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club; Herman Hersum, L.A.A.C.; and Ferard Leicester, Olympic Club.
Open Team Championship
Los Angeles Athletic Club, 5; Funke Fencing Academy, 1.
Edward Carfagno, L.A.A.C., defeated Major S. R. Irwin 5-4 and Hans Halberstadt 5-4.
Herman Hersum, L.A.A.C., defeated Major S. R. Irwin 5-2 and William G. F. O'Brien 5-4.
Howard Davis, L.A.A.C., defeated William G. F. O'Brien 5-3.
Hans Halberstadt, Funke Fencing Academy, defeated Howard Davis 5-4.
Individual Intermediate Championship
1. Herman Hersum, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
2. Howard Davis, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
3. Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club, San Francisco.
Individual Junior Championship
1. Fred Linkmeyer, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
2. Josefi Lampl, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
3. Robert Irwin, Faulkner School of Fencing, Hollywood.
Junior Team Championship
Los Angeles Athletic Club, 5; University of California, Berkeley, 0.
The L.A.A.C. team consisted of Fred Linkmeyer, Albert Carfagno, and Josefi Lampl.
The U. of C. team consisted of Robert Stone, Jack Hovick, and William Hohenthal.
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EPEE
Individual Open Championship
1. John L. Thompson, Olympic Club, won 6, lost 1.
2. Lt. Comdr. Leonard Doughty, Navy at Large, won 5, lost 2 (O.S. 643).
3. Thomas Tarbet, L.A.A.C., won 5, lost 2 (O.S. 633).
Other contestants were Edward Carfagno, L.A.A.C.; Walter Westman, Olympic Club; Victor Arnautoff, Olympic Club; Horace Craig, Hollywood A.C.; and Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club.
Open Team Championship
Los Angeles Athletic Club, 5; Olympic Club, 2.
Fred Linkmeyer, L.A.A.C., defeated John L. Thompson 3-0, Louis Lataillade 3-1, and Walter Westman 3-0.
Edward Carfagno, L.A.A.C., defeated Walter Westman 3-0.
Andrew Boyd, L.A.A.C., defeated John L. Thompson 3-1.
Louis Lataillade, O.C., defeated Edward Carfagno 3-0.
Walter Westman, O.C., defeated Andrew Boyd 3-0.
Individual Intermediate Championship
1. Harry Mortimer, Olympic Club.
2. Salvatore Giambra, Young Italian Club.
3. Walter Westman, Olympic Club.
Individual Junior Championship
1. Weston Irwin, Hollywood Athletic Club.
2. Sidney Getzovitz, Faulkner School of Fencing.
3. Simon Carfagno, Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Junior Team Championship
Olympic Club, 5; Los Angeles Athletic Club, 2.
The Olympic Club team consisted of Merton Davies, Louis Lataillade, and Alfred R. Snyder. The Los Angeles Athletic Club team consisted of Simon Carfagno, Stanley Vallet, and Hale Hendlin.
