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Women's Intercollegiate Championships
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June 1941
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Women's Intercollegiate Championships
A well-balanced trio from Brooklyn College, Charlotte Anker, Kathleen Cerra and Lillian Rubino, undaunted by an unexpected setback at the hands of the College of William and Mary in the initial team match of the tournament, came back strongly to sweep its remaining six matches, and to capture the team trophy (the Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish Cup) in the 13th annual championships of the Intercollegiate Women’s Fencing Association held at New York University on April 18 and 19.
Grace Acel, daughter of the A. F. L. A. Secretary and a freshman at the College of William and Mary, became the individual champion with 21 victories. Ruth Maxwell, of Hofstra College, finished second with 19 victories. Miss Anker, of Brooklyn, took the third medal over Ruth Barcan, N. Y. U., on a count of touches after both had finished with 18 victories.
New York University, rated the team favorite on the basis of its undefeated dual meet season, was impressive in the early rounds, winning its first three matches with ease. Then came the N. Y. U.–Hofstra match, which gave rise to much heated discussion. Miss Maxwell, already a winner over Miss Acel, had defeated Miss Barcan, 4–2, when, with the score tied at 4-all in bouts, she faced Harriet McGlennon. The N. Y. U. fencer won 4–2, to give her team the match. But this turned out to be the last N. Y. U. team victory.
Hunter College, defeated only by Brooklyn, pulled N. Y. U. down into a triple tie for the lead by scoring a clean-cut 6–3 victory. Then William and Mary dropped N. Y. U. down another notch by winning 5–4. The match was tied at 4-bouts-all when Miss Acel faced Miss Barcan. The new champion practically clinched her title with a brilliant 4–1 victory.
Meanwhile, Hofstra College had rallied from an earlier let-down, so that at the start of the final round, with Hofstra meeting Hunter and N. Y. U. fencing Brooklyn, there was still the possibility of a four-way tie among these teams. Hofstra defeated Hunter, and Brooklyn then led the field, with 5–1 in match victories and needing only 4 bouts to clinch its first team championship.
The Brooklyn team was not to be denied. Miss Cerra, younger sister of the former Intercollegiate and Metropolitan Champion, found her best game in the crucial match. Overcoming her chief weakness, a tendency to indecision, she breezed through the N. Y. U. team by 4–1, 4–2, and 4–1 scores. But the final climax of a successful tournament was reached when, with the score tied at 3-all in bouts, Miss Anker defeated Miss Barcan 4–3 to clinch Brooklyn’s title in the team events, and to win for herself the third-place medal.
The summaries:
Team
1 Brooklyn College defeated Cornell 9–0, Hofstra 5–4, Hunter 5–4, N. J. State 6–3, N. Y. U. 6–3, and Wagner 7–2. (Won 6 matches.)
2 Hunter College defeated Cornell 8–1, N. J. State 7–2, N. Y. U. 6–3, Wagner 5–4, and William & Mary 5–4. (Won 5 matches, 39 bouts.)
3 Hofstra College (5–2) defeated Cornell 6–3, Hunter 5–4, N. J. State 5–4, Wagner 7–2 and William & Mary 5–4. (Won 5 matches, 36 bouts.)
4 College of William & Mary defeated Brooklyn 5–4, Cornell 6–3, N. Y. U. 5–4 and Wagner 9–0. (Won 4 matches, 36 bouts.)
5 New York University defeated Cornell 7–2, Hofstra 5–4, N. J. State 6–3, and Wagner 6–3. (Won 4 matches, 34 bouts.)
6 New Jersey State College for Teachers (Jersey City) defeated Cornell 6–3, Wagner 5–4, and William & Mary 6–3. (Won 3 matches, 29 bouts.)
7 Wagner College defeated Cornell 5–4. (Won 1 match, 20 bouts.)
8 Cornell lost all matches. (16 bouts won.)
Individual
1 Miss Grace Acel, Wm. & M., 21–2; 2 Miss Ruth Maxwell, Hofstra, 19–4; 3 Miss Charlotte Anker, Bklyn, 18–5 (47 t.r.); 4 Miss Ruth Barcan, N. Y. U., 18–5 (50 t.r.); 5 Miss Kathleen Cerra, Bklyn, 16–7 (56 t.r.); 6 Miss Edith Zinn, Hunter, 16–7 (58 t.r.); 7 Miss Grace Unthoff, Hunter, 15–8; 8 Miss Mildred Fraiese, N. J. S., 13–10 (54 t.r.); 9 Miss Lela Joggi, Hofstra, 13–8 (59 t.r.); 10 Miss Irene Gaczynski, N. J. S., 12–11; 11 Miss Marion Keller, Cornell, 11–12 (64 t.r.); 12 Miss Lillian Rubino, Bklyn, 11–12 (70 t.r.); 13 Miss Inna Troupin, Hunter, 11–12 (71 t.r.); 14 Miss Harriet McGlennon, N. Y. U., 10–13 (65 t.r.); 15 Miss Margaret Wiesner, Wagner, 10–13 (67 t.r.); 16 Miss Mary Moore, Wm. & M., 10–12 (70/63); 17 Miss Ethel Iskowitz, N. Y. U., 9–14; 18 Miss Florence Mikkelsen, Wagner, 8–15; 19 Miss Josephine Schappert, N. J. S., 7–15 (71 t.r.); 20 Miss Henrietta Brackley, Hofstra, 7–14 (73 t.r.); 21 Miss Frances Knight, Wm. & M., 7–14 (79 t.r.); 22 Miss Florence Jicha, Wagner, 5–18; 23 Miss Olive Wilson Seel, Cornell, 4–16; 24 Miss Ellen McCarthy, 3–15.
Substitutes
25 Miss Norma Alessandrini, Cornell, 1–5 (90 t.r.); 26 Miss Gladys Jones, Wm. & M., 1–0 (91 t.r.); 27 Miss Ethel Teal, Wm. & M., 0–2 (92/3); 28 Miss Selma Miller, Hunter, 0–1 (92/2); 29 Miss Lorrayne Shirley, Hofstra, 0–4 (92/2); 30 Miss Margaret Kirkwood, Cornell, 0–2 (92/1); 31 Miss Ethel Hueglin, N. J. S., 0–1 (92/0).
