Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
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February 1941
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6
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PHILADELPHIA
Walter Vignini, of the Greco Fencing Academy, New York, won the novice foil competition which drew eleven competitors. Roy Burrell and Tom Dunn, both representing the Triangle Sword Club, won second and third place medals, respectively.
The novice epee, fought on the European system—without ink, each contestant honor-bound to call touches against himself—drew nine entries and proved to be an interesting experiment. James Birdsall, Philadelphia Sword Club, was the winner, with William Govette and Roy Burrell, both of the Triangle Sword Club, taking second and third.
Twenty-seven men competed in the division’s three-weapon meet, another experiment that turned out well. The first three places in foil went to Philip E. Shakespeare, Sword Club, John Austin, P. F. L., and Leonard Fries, Philadelphia Fencers Club. William Govette, Triangle, was the epee winner, followed by James Birdsall, Penn Charter School, and James Gassaway, R. S. C. Henry Pugh of the Sword Club and Arthur MacArthur and J. Aakarman were first, second, and third, respectively, in the sabre division.
The division’s novice sabre competition went to William Govette, Triangle, over a field of eight. Henry Pugh, Sword Club, was second, and Roy Burrell, Triangle, third.
