Southern California
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Southern California
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April 1941
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6
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
The novice epee competition on January 3 at the Faulkner School was won by Fred Kaiser of the Cavaliers. Clair Stille of the same team was second and Charles Manders of the Hollywood A. C., third. The bouts were fenced for one touch and fence-offs were necessary to decide the second and third prize winners.
Gail Potter has recently moved his Salle d'Armes Potter from Hawaii to California. From Honolulu to Hollywood is no small jump, but evidence of the change is already apparent by the appearance of his pupils in Southern California competitions.
Nineteen entries competed in the men's junior epee contest held at the Hollywood Athletic Club on January 11. Charles Manders of the home club captured first place, while second went to Stanley Vallett and third to Dr. Henry Reitz, both of whom represented the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
The men's intermediate epee competition at the Los Angeles Athletic Club on January 17 resulted in a three-way tie. Simon Carfagno of the home club finished first in the fence-off; Leon Cepparo, University of Southern California, placed second; and Robert Irwin of the Faulkner School of Fencing was third. There were eighteen competitors.
Muriel Calkins, fencing for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, won the women's senior foil tournament at the Faulkner School of Fencing on January 24. Defeated in a fence-off by Miss Calkins, Cornelia Sanger, also of the Los Angeles Athletic Club, took second place, and Moreene Fitz, Cavaliers, was third. Ten fencers competed.
Fencing on the home strips, the Faulkner School of Fencing's team of Polly Craus, Mavis Myre, and Marion Washko captured the women's junior foil team title on January 24.
Edward Carfagno of the Los Angeles Athletic Club won the men's senior epee over a field of nine on January 31. Commander Leonard Doughty of the Navy and Fred Linkmeyer, L. A. A. C., finished second and third in the competition, which was held at the Los Angeles Athletic Club.
Four teams, representing the Los Angeles Athletic Club, the University of Southern California, the Faulkner School of Fencing, and Cavaliers, entered the men's junior team epee meet held at the Los Angeles A. C. on January 31. The home team, composed of Simon Carfagno, Stanley Vallett, and Dr. Henry Reitz, captured the title.
The Los Angeles Athletic Club first team of Fred Linkmeyer, Edward Carfagno, and Andrew Boyd won the men's open epee team meet on February 14. Six trios competed on the Los Angeles A. C. strips, the home club being represented by three teams.
There were twelve contestants in the men's open epee competition at the Faulkner School of Fencing on February 22. Edward Carfagno of the L. A. A. C. took first, and the fence-off of a three-way tie gave second to Commander Leonard Doughty of the Navy, third to Andrew Boyd, L. A. A. C., and fourth to Harold Swisher, also of the L. A. A. C.
