Southern California
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Southern California
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February 1941
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The competitive year started on October 11 at the Los Angeles Athletic Club with a women’s prep foil contest which had 12 contestants. Ruth Reyna, Faulkner School of Fencing, took first place, followed by Polly Craus, of the same team, and Marjorie Boaz, Cavaliers.
Robert Kieffer, Cavaliers, won the men’s prep foil on October 18 over a field of 12 at Faulkner’s School of Fencing. Charles Manders, Hollywood Athletic Club, and M. R. Arteaga, Faulkner, were second and third.
Twenty-five entries competed in the men’s novice foil competition on October 25 at the Los Angeles A. C. Josef Lampl of the home club won the first prize medal, with Jack Amendt and Herbert Sauke, both Faulkner, second and third.
Gladys Rose of the Cavaliers, Mrs. Gail Potter of the Salle d’Armes Potter and Eleanor Gleason, Hollywood A. C., captured the three medals in the women’s novice foil on November 1 over a field of 17 at the Faulkner School. Second and third places were decided by counting touches after Mrs. Potter and Miss Gleason had tied in number of bouts won.
The men’s junior foil competition at the Los Angeles A. C. on November 8 attracted 24 entries. Herbert Sauke, of the Faulkner School, took the first medal, with Clifford Coggins of the Cavaliers defeating Robert Irwin, Faulkner, for second on touches.
The biggest entry list of the season’s first months—thirty-four—occurred in the men’s intermediate foil on November 16 at the Salle d’Armes Potter. Andrew Boyd, Herman Hersum and Dr. Horace S. Craig, all of the Los Angeles A. C., won the three medals.
A three-way tie for first place featured the women’s junior foil on November 22 at the L. A. A. C. After a fence-off, Gladys Rose of the Cavaliers took first, followed by Mrs. Gail Potter, Salle Potter, and Mavis Myre of the Faulkner School. There were 13 entries.
Edward Carfagno, fencing for the Los Angeles A. C., won the men’s senior foil on November 29 at the Faulkner School over a field of six. Dr. Horace S. Craig, L. A. A. C., took second place on touches from Leonard Bellman of the Faulkner School who finished third and A. E. Kaye, also of Faulkner’s, who finished fourth.
The Los Angeles Athletic Club team of Andrew Boyd, Josef Lampl and Fred Linkmeyer captured the men’s junior foils team title on the same night over a field of four trios.
There were 17 contestants in the men’s open foils competition on December 6 at the Los Angeles A. C., with Edward Carfagno of the home club again coming out on top. Herbert Sauke, Faulkner, beat out Andrew Boyd, L. A. A. C., for second place on a count of touches.
Winning its second straight team competition, the Los Angeles A. C. combination of Edward Carfagno, Herman Hersum and Josef Lampl swept aside a field of five teams on December 14 to win the men’s open foil matches at the Hollywood Athletic Club.
Janice York, Faulkner School, won the women’s intermediate foil competition on December 20 at the Los Angeles A. C. Moreene Fritz of the Cavaliers and Muriel Calkins and Virginia Nelson of the L. A. A. C. were tied for second and placed in that order on a count of touches. There were 13 entries.
