Northern California Women's Team Matches
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Northern California Women's Team Matches
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December 1941
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Northern California Women's Team Matches
Six teams entered the women's open foil team competition of the Northern California division, held throughout the month of October at the Funke Fencing Academy in San Francisco and Mills College in Oakland, as a series of 15 dual meets. The San Francisco Fencers Club, paced by National Champion Helene Mayer, won the medals with a total of five match victories and no defeats. Miss Mayer’s teammates were Marcelle Woollen and Lura Morse. Second place went to the Young Italian Club trio of Lydia Riedener, Amelia Riedener and Norma Perotti with four wins and one defeat, with the Funke Fencing Academy firsts—Helen Sander, Emilie Romaine and Betty Jane Nevis—third. Other teams included Stanford University, Oakland Fencing Club and the Funke seconds.
In fifteen bouts throughout the course of the competition, Miss Mayer was undefeated and received but three touches. Emilie Romaine compiled the second best record with 11 victories and 29 touches received.
A triple tie featured the women’s individual novice foil held at the University of California, Berkeley, on November 14. Roberta Hill of the San Francisco Fencers Club, Margie Nevis of the Funke Fencing Academy and Ruth Atkins of Stanford University were deadlocked with three victories and two losses apiece in the final round-robin after the 20 contestants had been narrowed down to six. Miss Hill defeated Miss Nevis 4–0 and Miss Atkins 4–1 in the fence-off to take first place, and Miss Nevis captured second by defeating Miss Atkins 4–3.
The second triple tie in three days occurred in the finals of the men's novice foil at the Olympic Club on November 17. This time Robert Shrader of the Oakland Fencing Club defeated Arthur Lane of the Funke Fencing Academy and Victor Vart of the Salle Visconti, both 5–4, in the fence-off, with Lane beating Vart 5–0 for second place. There were 22 competitors in the meet, and the three medalists finished the regular final pool with four wins and two losses apiece.
The Oakland Fencing Club team of Bernadette Fratessa, Hazel Hill and Dorothy Shrader won the women's novice team competition on November 21, emerging with a clean slate after matches with the San Francisco Fencers Club, the Funke Fencing Academy and the Mask and Foil Club, which finished in that order behind the winners. Miss Fratessa, undefeated in nine bouts, proved to be the mainstay for the winners.
Two new clubs are entering Northern California competitions this year. They are the Salle Visconti, a club formed from the members of the Young Italian Club, which has ceased to exist. Edward Visconti is the coach. The Mask and Foil Club is a new organization instructed by Erich Funke.
