Illinois News
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Illinois News
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July 1940
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5
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15
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ILLINOIS
Alvar Hermanson plans to open a new and larger Salle d’Armes in the Fall. The Army-Navy Club of Chicago conducted a fencing meet in all three weapons for the reserve officers of the Chicago area. The competitions were held at the Army-Navy Club with finals conducted at the monthly formal dance of the club on May 25th. Preliminaries on earlier dates were conducted in foil and sabre reducing entrants to two finalists in each weapon. The entire epee contest took place the final evening.
Ensign Clifford Groh defeated Floyd Traynham, Jr., in the foil Finals, 5-3. Groh also won the sabre competition by defeating Orval Lucier 5-3 in the final match. Captain Fred W. Siebert, newly crowned National Champion, won the one-touch epee competition, after a fence-off for first place with Floyd Traynham, Jr. There had been five entries with the finalists tied with three wins and one loss apiece.
