Northern California
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Northern California
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May 1940
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Women's Open Foil Championship of this Division was held at the Hotel Claremont in Berkeley on March 15th. Fourteen girls entered the championships. Miss Roberta Fritz, unattached, topped the seven-girl finals with 6 wins and no losses. Miss Betty Jane Nevis of the Funke Fencing Academy and Miss Amelia Riedener of the Young Italian Club were tied for second with 4 wins and 2 losses apiece. Miss Nevis won second place on the basis of touches. Other finalists were Miss Gertrude Metter, Miss Emilie Romaine, and Miss Lynette Goldstone, all of the Funke Fencing Academy, and Miss Constance Dean, unattached.
The Divisional Junior Sabre Team Championship was held at the Hotel Claremont on March 15th. Three teams were entered. The Olympic Club team of Walter Westman, John Lincoln Raymond, and Alfred R. Snyder defeated the University of California team of Jack Hovick, William Hohenthal, and Robert Stone 7-2, and the Funke Fencing Academy team of Arthur Lane, Robert Shrader, and Truman W. Clark 6-0. The University of California defeated the Funke Fencing Academy 6-3. As a consequence of this competition, the Olympic Club team won the right to represent San Francisco in the Pacific Coast Junior Sabre Team Championship. However, all members of this team were unable to go to Los Angeles and defaulted their right in favor of the University of California team.
The Open Sabre Championship of Northern California was held at the Olympic Club on March 23rd and attracted 16 entries. Hans Halberstadt of the Funke Fencing Academy won this championship with 4 wins and 1 loss in the six-man finals. Harry Mortimer and Ferard Leicester, both of the Olympic Club, were tied with 3 wins and 2 losses apiece and in touches for and against. This necessitated a fence-off, which Mortimer won 5-1. The other finalists were Salvatore Giambra and Lawrence Bocci of the Young Italian Club and Bryan H. Smith of the Olympic Club.
Three Novice Foil teams competed for the Pisani Trophy at the Young Italian Club on April 19th. This competition inaugurated last year was won for the second time by the Young Italian Club. The Trophy is to become the property of the club whose team wins three times. The winning team consisting of Frank Giambra, John Cinelli and Victor Vari defeated the University of California team of Noel Spiess, Norman Hodson and Norman Firestone by a score of 5-4. A third team which lacked a third member defaulted after its first four bouts.
There were 8 competitors in the Novice Epee Competition held at the Funke Fencing Academy on March 29th. Joel Lee Brenner of the University of California and Robert Shrader of the Funke Fencing Academy were tied at the end of the round robin with 5 wins and 2 losses apiece. Brenner won the fence-off 3-1. Noel Spiess and Rene Sommer of the University of California were third and fourth with 4 wins and 3 losses and 3 wins and 4 losses respectively.
A San Francisco Three Weapon Championship and a Women's Open Foil event are being scheduled for August 22nd at Treasure Island, San Francisco International Exposition.
