Washington, DC
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Washington, DC
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October 1940
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
An annual fencing tournament was held at Pierce Hall on May 22nd and 24th. Twelve medals, donated by Colonel Anthony Drexel Biddle, were awarded on the 22nd to the first three place winners in men’s foil, sabre, epee, and women’s foil. The winners were as follows: Men’s Foil, 1st, Lt. Richard Steere; 2nd, Young; and 3rd, Kniasez. Epee, 1st, Gerns; 2nd, Cavanaugh; and 3rd, S. C. Munson. Sabre, 1st, Young; 2nd, Col. E. E. Emerson; and 3rd, Kniasez. Women’s Foil, 1st, Miss Aida Prencipe; 2nd, Miss Pratt; and 3rd, Miss Sally Alley. There were 11 entries in the women’s foil.
On May 24th, an individual three-weapon contest was held with the first three place winners awarded letter-weight emblems by Ambassador Alfaro of Ecuador, President of the Washington Fencers Club. These emblems, commemorating South America’s decisive battle for Independence on Mount Pichincha, May 24th, 1822, were won by 1st, Kniasez; 2nd, A. Williams; and 3rd, Col. E. E. Emerson.
