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The National Team Championships
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October 1941
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THE NATIONAL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS
All 1940 Title Teams Dethroned—Fencers Club Captures Women's Foil and Men's Epee—
N. Y. A. C. Takes Foil Title—Salle Santelli Ends N. Y. A. C. Five-Year Sabre Rule.
Attracting the smallest number of teams within memory, the 1940-1941 National Team Championships nevertheless made up in quality for what it lacked in quantity. In every case a new championship team was crowned. The women's foil team event, the opening competition of the Gala Week attracted four teams which was the high for the week. Only two teams participated in the epee team championship while the foil and sabre team competitions had only three teams entered.
As a result of the few teams entered, the National Bout Committee obtained the consent of the finalists in each of the men's weapons to use four-man teams in the final matches. This innovation added considerable interest and excitement to each final match and provided a maximum of 16 top notch bouts for the spectators rather than the usual shorter match of 9 maximum bouts.
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NATIONAL WOMEN'S FOIL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
New York Fencers Club—June 6th
Having eliminated the Salle Santelli team champions in the qualifying rounds earlier in the season, the teams from the Fencers Club and the Salle d'Armes Vince easily disposed of the challenging teams from Hofstra College and the Washington D.C. division and met head on in a close, hard fought final match which ran true to the spectators' anticipation of excitement and suspense.
These two teams were evenly matched and the lead shifted frequently enough to upset the nerves of each team's many partisans. The Vince team led off 2-0 in bouts only to have the Fencers Club even the score. Again the Vince team took the lead at 3-2 only to have the Fencers Club again even the score and go ahead to lead at 4-3. Once more the Vince team evened the score at 4-4, but this proved to be their last bid for the title.
Helena Mroczkowska of the Fencers Club won the last and deciding bout to recapture the women's team title for the Fencers Club for the first time in more than ten years.
SUMMARIES
Contestants:
Fencers Club—Dorothy Lancaster, Helena J. Mroczkowska, Mildred I. Stewart and Dorothy Wahl.
Salle d'Armes Vince—Kathleen Cerra, Maria Cerra and Mrs. Marion Lloyd Vince.
Hofstra College—Henrietta Brackley, Lela Joggi and Ruth Maxwell.
Washington, D.C.—Grace Acel, Salley Alley and Aida Prencipe.
Fencers Club, 5; Hofstra College, 1
Miss Wahl defeated Brackley 4-2 and Joggi 4-1.
Miss Mroczkowska defeated Brackley 4-0 and Maxwell 4-2.
Miss Stewart defeated Maxwell 4-3.
Miss Joggi defeated Stewart 4-2.
Salle d'Armes Vince, 5; Washington, 2
Mrs. Vince defeated Prencipe 4-0 and Alley 4-0.
Miss Maria Cerra defeated Acel 4-2 and Alley 4-0.
Miss Kathleen Cerra defeated Alley 4-3.
Miss Acel defeated Vince 4-3.
Miss Prencipe defeated K. Cerra 4-1.
Fencers Club, 5; Washington, 2
Miss Lancaster defeated Prencipe 4-2 and Alley 4-2.
Miss Mroczkowska defeated Alley 4-1 and Prencipe 4-1.
Miss Stewart defeated Alley 4-1.
Miss Acel defeated Lancaster 4-0 and Stewart 4-3.
Salle d'Armes Vince, 5; Hofstra College, 2
Mrs. Vince defeated Brackley 4-0, Joggi 4-1 and Maxwell 4-2.
Miss Maria Cerra defeated Maxwell 4-0.
Miss Kathleen Cerra defeated Brackley 4-3.
Miss Joggi defeated M. Cerra 4-3.
Miss Maxwell defeated K. Cerra 4-1.
Fencers Club, 5; Salle d'Armes Vince, 4
Miss Mroczkowska defeated M. Cerra 4-2, K. Cerra 4-3 and Vince 4-2.
Miss Stewart defeated K. Cerra 4-3 and Vince 4-1.
Miss Maria Cerra defeated Stewart 4-2 and Wahl 4-3.
Miss Kathleen Cerra defeated Wahl 4-1.
Mrs. Vince defeated Wahl 4-0.
Final Standings
Team | Won | Lost
Fencers Club | 3 | 0
Salle d'Armes Vince | 2 | 1
Hofstra College | 0 | 2
Washington, D.C. Division | 0 | 2
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NATIONAL EPEE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Salle Santelli—June 7th
It was the first time in many years that we had seen no more than two teams in a National Championship. After last year's battle royal among six excellent teams, this unfortunate circumstance called for special action upon the part of the Bout Committee. It decided, with the permission of both teams, to conduct a match between four-man teams. This was the first National Championship so conducted. The innovation proved very popular with the spectators, affording them a maximum of 16 final bouts instead of the usual 9. Despite the final score of 9-6 in favor of the Fencers Club team of Captain Gustave Heiss, Robert Driscoll, Tracy Jaeckel and Alfred Skrobisch, the match was hard fought from start to finish. After all, was not the other team the 1940 defending champions from the Salle Santelli? After tying the score at 1-1 and again at 2-2, the Fencers Club ran off three bouts to lead 5-2. The Salle Santelli replied with a three-bout spurt to tie the match at 5-5. The teams again became tied at 6-6 at which point the Fencers Club ran off three bouts to win the match and make it unnecessary to hold the 16th bout.
SUMMARIES
Contestants:
Fencers Club—Robert Driscoll, Capt. Gustave M. Heiss, Tracy Jaeckel and Alfred Skrobisch.
Salle Santelli—Jose R. de Capriles, Miguel A. de Capriles, Norman Lewis and Pieter Mijer.
Fencers Club, 9; Salle Santelli, 6
Skrobisch defeated M. de Capriles 3-0, Mijer 3-1 and Lewis 3-0.
Jaeckel defeated Mijer 3-1 and Lewis 3-1.
Heiss defeated Mijer 3-2 and Lewis 3-0.
Driscoll defeated M. de Capriles 3-0 and Lewis 3-2.
J. de Capriles defeated Heiss 3-1, Skrobisch 3-2 and Driscoll 3-2.
M. de Capriles defeated Heiss 3-0 and Jaeckel 3-1.
Mijer defeated Driscoll 3-1.
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NATIONAL FOIL TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
New York Fencers Club—June 8th
Although three teams entered this championship, the Salle Santelli, defending champions, and the N. Y. A. C. made short work of the much less experienced team from the Michigan Division. After ten quick bouts, the Bout Committee was again faced with providing ample excitement for the spectators who had gathered for this annual affair. The defending Salle Santelli found itself facing a statistically favored N. Y. A. C. team of either three or four men and magnanimously offered to try a four-man defense of its title. Once having made this decision, it went to work with determination and before the 16 bouts were completed had made good account of itself with two wins over each of its opponents. The match, going to the maximum, ended at 8-8 in bouts with the N. Y. A. C. winning on the basis of touches received, 60 to 63.
After losing the first bout, the N. Y. A. C. tied the score at 1-1. The Salle Santelli held the lead at 1-2, 1-3 and 2-3, only to see the N. Y. A. C. tie the match at 4-4 and take the lead to 6-4, 6-5 and 7-5. The match was tied up again at 7-all. The N. Y. A. C. practically clinched the match by winning the 15th bout with enough accumulation of touches to force the Salle Santelli to win the last bout 5-0 for a tie and a fence-off. This was too much to ask; but the Salle Santelli did win the final bout 5-3, to lose the match by only those three touches.
SUMMARIES
Contestants:
New York Athletic Club—Warren A. Dow, Dernell Every, Silvio Giolito and John R. Huffman.
Salle Santelli—Jose R. de Capriles, Miguel A. de Capriles, Dean Cetrulo and Norman Lewis.
Michigan Division—Carl Detzer, Tom. Soddy and Richard Watson.
New York A. C., 5; Michigan, 0
Dow defeated Detzer 5-2 and Soddy 5-2.
Giolito defeated Watson 5-0 and Soddy 5-4.
Every defeated Detzer 5-2.
Salle Santelli, 5; Michigan, 0
J. de Capriles defeated Watson 5-2 and Detzer 5-2.
Lewis defeated Soddy 5-4 and Watson 5-3.
Cetrulo defeated Detzer 5-1.
New York A. C., 8; Salle Santelli, 8
Every defeated M. de Capriles 5-3 and Cetrulo 5-4.
Dow defeated M. de Capriles 5-1 and J. de Capriles 5-3.
Giolito defeated M. de Capriles 5-0 and J. de Capriles 5-4.
Huffman defeated Lewis 5-3 and M. de Capriles 5-2.
Lewis defeated Every 5-2, Dow 5-1 and Giolito 5-4.
Cetrulo defeated Dow 5-2, Giolito 5-4 and Huffman 5-3.
J. de Capriles defeated Every 5-3 and Huffman 5-4.
(New York A. C. won on touches received, 60 to 63.)
Final Standing
Team | Won | Lost
N. Y. A. C. | 2 | 0
Salle Santelli | 1 | 1
Michigan Division | 0 | 2
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NATIONAL SABRE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Salle Santelli—June 9th
A situation similar to that of the foil team championship occurred when only three teams entered the sabre team championship. The defending champions from the N. Y. A. C. and the strong Salle Santelli team quickly eliminated the team from the San Francisco Division. It was now the N. Y. A. C.'s turn to be defending team and be faced with a statistically strong Salle Santelli team. They duplicated the Santelli gesture of the previous day and agreed to a four-man defense of their title. Nor were they any more successful than any of the other 1940 team champions in retaining their title. They lost in a very exciting match 6-9, after having ruled the sabre team event for the past five years.
The Salle Santelli made a strong bid for the title right at the very start, leading 3-0 in bouts. The N. Y. A. C. came up from behind to tie the match at 3-3 and again at 4-4 and go into the lead at 4-5. That proved to be their last bid for their title for the Salle Santelli swept the next four bouts, dropped the next and then won the 15th bout for the championship.
SUMMARIES
Contestants:
Salle Santelli—Miguel A. de Capriles, Dean Cetrulo, Dr. Tibor Nyilas and George V. Worth.
New York Athletic Club—Dr. Ervin S. Acel, James Flynn, Dr. John R. Huffman and Nickolas Muray.
San Francisco Division—Lawrence Bocci, Salvatore Giambra and Victor Vari.
New York A. C., 5; San Francisco, 1
Acel defeated Giambra 5-2 and Bocci 5-3.
Huffman defeated Vari 5-1 and Bocci 5-2.
Flynn defeated Vari 5-4.
Giambra defeated Flynn 5-2.
Salle Santelli, 5; San Francisco, 2
de Capriles defeated Vari 5-2 and Bocci 5-2.
Nyilas defeated Giambra 5-2 and Bocci 5-3.
Cetrulo defeated Bocci 5-3.
Vari defeated Nyilas 5-3.
Giambra defeated Cetrulo 5-3.
Salle Santelli, 9; N. Y. A. C., 6
de Capriles defeated Muray 5-4, Acel 5-4, Huffman 5-3 and Flynn 5-0.
Cetrulo defeated Muray 5-4 and Flynn 5-4.
Worth defeated Acel 5-2 and Flynn 5-2.
Nyilas defeated Acel 5-3.
Huffman defeated Cetrulo 5-3 and Worth 5-4.
Muray defeated Worth 5-4 and Nyilas 5-4.
Acel defeated Detro 5-3.
Flynn defeated Nyilas 5-4.
Final Standing
Team | Won | Lost
Salle Santelli | 2 | 0
N. Y. A. C. | 1 | 1
San Francisco Division | 0 | 2
