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Illinois
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February 1941
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ILLINOIS
Loyal Tingley, Jr. resigned as president of the Illinois division at a special meeting held on December 3. He was succeeded by Herb Strauss, Jr.; and Floyd Traynham, Jr. was appointed to two offices—the chairmanship of the bout committee and the presidency-elect.
Fencing his way through ten bouts without a defeat, Arthur Cohn of Austin High School won the Junior members foil meet at Bartlett Gymnasium, December 15. Cohn, the Junior foils champion of the division, had only fifteen touches scored against him throughout the competition. Second place went to Carl Hoeckner, third to Leon Strauss; both men were fencing for Hyde Park High School.
Charles L. Blair, a graduate student at the University of Chicago, captured first place in the Junior three-weapon meet. He defeated his three competitors: Robert Cameron of the Lake Shore Club, Harry Cohn of the Hermanson Fencing School, and Carl Hoeckner of Hyde Park High School.
Nine women entered the women’s novice foil meet at Bartlett Gym the morning of December 22nd. Miss Marjorie Bohnhoff of Lyons Township Junior College won first place, while Miss Jean Tracy of Mundelein College was second. Miss Doris Knockart of Mundelein and Miss Marjorie Ott of the Waukegan Fencers Club were tied for third. The tie was not discovered until after the meet and duplicate third place medals were awarded.
A men’s novice foil meet was held the same afternoon. Edward Vebell of the Hermanson Fencing School won first place with Morton Deutch of Northwestern University, second, and Carl Hoeckner, of Hyde Park High School, third.
Loyal Tingley, ranking number three epee man, of the Hermanson Fencing School, won all of his bouts in the novice sabre meet to place an undisputed first. He was followed by Arthur Cohn, of Hyde Park High School, who lost only to Tingley, and by Robert Cameron of the Lake Shore Club, who lost only to the first two men. The meet was held at Bartlett Gym on the morning of January 5th.
Demarest Polacheck of the University of Chicago, defeated Robert Cameron of the Lake Shore Club, 3-1 to win the fence-off for first place in the novice epee meet at Bartlett Gym, on January 5th. Henry Hauser, of the Edgewater Fencers Club was third. There were 8 fencers in the competition.
Nine teams entered the open three-weapon team meet, held at Bartlett Gym the morning of January 12. Four teams qualified for the final round-robin; the University of Chicago graduate team, the University of Chicago “B” team, the Edgewater Fencers Club team, and the Hermanson Fencing School team. The Hermanson Fencing School team consisting of Floyd Traynham, Jr., Loyal Tingley and Herb Strauss, Jr., defeated each of the other teams 2-1 to win first place. The U. of C. graduate team placed second, losing only to the Hermanson team. The U. of C. “B” team was third.
The Individual Open three-weapon meet was held on the same afternoon. Jerry Mau, of the Edgewater Fencers Club, lost only one bout to win first place. Floyd Traynham, Jr. of the Hermanson Fencing School was second and Charles Blair, of the U. of C., was third.
