Northern California
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Northern California
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October 1940
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
The Oakland Fencing Club was formed in Oakland in early May. Membership in the club was recruited from present and former students of local colleges, universities, and fencing academies. The club plans to meet every Friday evening at Lazear Auditorium and offers open house hospitality to any fencers visiting California. Organization of the club came about as the result of real increases in fencing interest throughout the Bay region. San Francisco State College, San Jose State College, and several local junior colleges all established fencing as a regular sport within the last year. Oakland Evening High School also has a large fencing class.
There were four fencing competitions held on August 22nd at Festival Hall on Treasure Island, the site of the 1939 National Championships.
In the afternoon, a foil competition was held for boys under 16 years of age. Of the six boys who entered this limited competition, Gerald Biagini of the Young Italian Club was first, while Milton Iverson and Donald Devlin, both of the Olympic Club, were second and third respectively.
A women’s novice foil team competition was held at five o’clock. Four teams were entered; two from the Funke Fencing Academy, one from the Young Italian Club, one from the Oakland Fencing Club. Mrs. Emily Romaine, Miss Marjorie Nevis, and Miss Madeleine Lowell of the Funke Fencing Academy won the competition with three match victories and no losses, winning 21 bouts and losing 6. The Young Italian Club team, made up of Miss Lydia Riedener, Miss Anna Giannini, and Miss Nella Panelli, was second with two matches won and one match lost.
Two competitions, a Divisional Three Weapon Individual Championship and a Women’s Individual Open Summer Tournament, were conducted simultaneously in the evening. Alfred R. Snyder of the Olympic Club won the Championship over a field of 13 contestants. Ferard Leicester, also of the Olympic Club, was second, losing a close final match to Snyder, 7-8. There were 19 entries in the women’s foil event, which was won by Miss Helene Mayer. Miss Mayer was undefeated, having only one touch made against her while winning her seven bouts in the eight-girl Final Round. Miss Marcelle Woollen was second, losing only to Miss Mayer, while Miss Roberta Fritz was third with two losses. All three place winners were members of the newly formed San Francisco Fencers Club.
Fencing was continuous from 3 P.M. to 11 P.M., with a large crowd of spectators always on hand under the same ideal conditions as prevailed last year.
