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468 Take Part in 21 Competitions
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February 1942
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468 TAKE PART IN 21 COMPETITIONS
FIELDS totaling 468 competitors entered the 21 meets held in the metropolitan district during December and January, not including the inter-divisional finals of the all-eastern championships. These fields were broken down as follows: men’s foil, 142; epee, 64; sabre, 69; three-weapon, 12, and women’s foil, 181. For the season thus far in the metropolitan section, 37 competitions have attracted 978 fencers: 306 in men’s foil, 168 in epee, 162 in sabre, 12 in three-weapon and 330 in women’s foil.
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Men’s Foil
A.F.L.A. Novice Foil — It took two nights of fencing to find a winner among the 48 entries in the second novice foil of the metropolitan season, held on December 9 and 11 at the Salle Santelli. Andre Deladrier of St. John’s University finally captured the gold medal, defeating Neil Lazar of the home club, 5–2 in a fence-off after each had won four of his five final round bouts. Peter Tishman of the Salle Santelli was third.
Metropolitan Junior Foil Championship — Austin Prokop of the Salle Santelli outfenced an unusually large field of 34 to win the metropolitan junior foil championship on his home strips on December 13. Prokop did not drop a bout in the nine-man finals until after he had clinched first place, when Wallace H. Goldsmith, Jr., of the New York A.C., defeated him and made certain of second. Arthur Tauber, New York University, was third, having the same number of wins as Goldsmith, six, but receiving three more touches. No one but Goldsmith managed to score more than three touches against the winner.
Open Foil Team, Cartier Trophy — A New York Athletic Club trio of Warren A. Dow, Dernell Every and John R. Huffman that lost only three bouts through the entire competition retired the Cartier trophy in open team foils at the Saltus Club on December 15 and 18. In the preliminary rounds the A.C. foilsmen defeated the Saltus Club, 9–0 and a composite team 5–1, and in the finals trounced their own “B” team 5–1, the Salle Santelli “B” team 5–0, and the Santelli “A” trio 5–0. The final match, between the A.C. and the undefeated Santelli “A” squad of Jose de Capriles, Dean Cetrulo and Norman Lewis, wasn’t even close, with only one bout reaching the full nine points. Seven other teams were on hand to challenge the national championship squad.
Greco Senior Foil — Nathaniel Lubell of the Salle d’Armes Vince won the Greco senior foil at the Greco Fencing Academy on December 28. Lubell took the gold medal only after a fence-off with Albert Axelrod of the Foils Club, which he won, 5–3. Ralph Goldstein of the Salle Santelli took third on touches over Kurt Ettinger, unattached. The latter was the only senior among the twelve entries in the competition, which was fortunately also open to intermediates and juniors.
All-Eastern Intermediate Foil Championship, Qualifying Round — Six foilsmen out of a field of 20 survived the metropolitan qualifying rounds for the all-eastern intermediate championship, held at the Salle Santelli on January 4. They included Ralph Goldstein, Austin Prokop and Evan Quinn of the Salle Santelli, Nathaniel Lubell of the Salle d’Armes Vince, Wallace H. Goldsmith, Jr., of the New York A.C., and Arthur D. Tauber of New York University. Ralph Leiderman of the Greco Fencing Academy and Henrique Santos of the N.Y.A.C. were alternates.
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Epee
Metropolitan Junior Epee Championship — Wallace H. Goldsmith, Jr., of the New York A. C., won the metropolitan junior epee championship from a field of 37 at the Salle Santelli on December 7. Goldsmith took the title after a fence-off with Archie Ignatow of the Salle Santelli, winning 3–2. Ralph Goldstein, also of the Salle Santelli, took third on touches over his teammate, Peter Tishman. Goldsmith and Ignatow both won six of their eight bouts on the nine-man final strip.
All-Eastern Intermediate Epee Championship, Qualifying Round — The Salle Santelli, the New York A. C. and Columbia University each qualified two men among the six metropolitan qualifiers for the all-eastern intermediate epee championship at the Salle Santelli on January 10. Advancing to the finals were Ralph Goldstein and Evan Quinn of Santelli, Henrique Santos and Wallace Goldsmith of the A. C. and Andrew Pickens and Mortimer Bader of Columbia. Nineteen competed for the six places. William Meyer of the Salle Santelli and Ralph Leiderman of the Greco Fencing Academy qualified as alternates.
A.F.L.A. Senior Epee — Pieter Mijer of the Salle Santelli, with a record of six wins and one loss, won the A. F. L. A. senior epee at the Saltus Club on January 15. Robert Driscoll of the Fencers Club, with a record of five and two, was second, while Henrique Santos of the New York A. C. defeated August von Munchhausen of the Saltus Club, 3–1, in a fence-off for third after a complete tie in bouts and touches. Seven senior and ranking epeelists took part in the competition.
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Sabre
Novice Sabre Team, Castello Trophy — Eight teams entered the competition for the Castello novice sabre trophy at the Salle Santelli on November 29. The N. Y. U. trio of Arthur Frank, Seymour Cantor and Arthur D. Tauber came through undefeated to emerge as winners. In the final round they disposed of the Seton Hall College squad of Fred Gillen, Al Sully and John Ciccone, 5–1, having defeated the Columbia “B” team 5–1, C. C. N. Y. 5–3, and Columbia “A” 5–2.
A.F.L.A. Senior Sabre — Tibor Nyilas of the Salle Santelli, going through the ten-man competition with but one loss, won the A. F. L. A. senior sabre competition on his home strips on December 2. Deadlocked for second with three wins and two losses were Norman Armitage of the Fencers Club, national champion, and Nickolas Muray of the N. Y. A. C. Armitage was awarded second on touches.
Metropolitan Junior Sabre Championship — Emerging from his preliminary and the nine-man final without the loss of a bout, Peter Tishman of the Salle Santelli won the metropolitan junior sabre championship from a field of 15 at his home club on December 20. Only one opponent managed to take four points from Tishman during the course of the championship. Neil Lazar of the Salle Santelli won second place on touches over Sol Gorlin of New York University.
All-Eastern Intermediate Sabre Championship, Qualifying Round — The Salle Santelli and New York University each qualified two men for the finals of the all-eastern intermediate sabre championship in the metropolitan preliminaries at the Salle Santelli on January 11. Peter Tishman and Joseph Goldzieher of Santelli and Sol Gorlin and Arthur Frank of N. Y. U. were top men in the field of 11. Harold Newton of the Greco Fencing Academy was first alternate.
A.F.L.A. Senior Sabre — George V. Worth of the Salle Santelli won the second A. F. L. A. senior sabre competition of the season, held at the Salle Santelli on January 22. He went through the single nine-man strip with but one loss. Three men deadlocked for second with six wins and two defeats: Norman Armitage of the Fencers Club, Tibor Nyilas of the Salle Santelli and Miguel A. de Capriles of the Salle Santelli. They finished in that order on a count of touches.
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Three-Weapon
Honeycutt Memorial Open Three-Weapon Team — A New York Athletic Club trio of Warren A. Dow, Nickolas Muray and Henrique Santos, fencing foil, sabre and epee in that order, won the first leg on the new Honeycutt Memorial Trophy in open three-weapon team competition at the N.Y.A.C. on January 18. Fenced under the same rules as the former Allair Trophy competition, the meet attracted four three-man squads. Each touch received and each bout lost counted a point against the team, and the squad with the lowest score took the trophy.
The Salle Santelli, with Jose R. de Capriles fencing foil, Tibor Nyilas, sabre and Pieter Mijer, epee, was second, with the Fencers Club squad of Kurt Ettinger, Norman Armitage and Tracy Jaeckel third and the Saltus Club team of Stephen Stevens, Wilfred Ritayik and August von Munchhausen fourth.
The totals in each weapon were as follows:
Team | Foil | Sabre | Epee | Total
New York A. C. | 12 | 8 | 10 | 30
Salle Santelli | 7 | 12 | 15 | 34
Fencers Club | 13 | 14 | 10 | 37
Saltus Club | 18 | 18 | 16 | 52
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Women’s Foil
Women’s Novice Foil Team, Santelli Trophy — A Greco Fencing Academy composite team of Zelda Atkins, Mary Hoffman and Florence Mode won the Santelli trophy for women’s novice foil teams from a field of 13 trios at the Salle Santelli on November 30. In the final round they defeated the Salle Santelli, 5–2, New York University 5–4, and a Cooper Union composite squad, 5–1.
Vince Open Women’s Foil — Helena Mroczkowska of the Fencers Club overpowered a field of 33 to win the Vince open women’s foil competition at the Salle Santelli on December 6. Fencing in top form, Miss Mroczkowska allowed only three fencers to score more than a single touch against her, two of these coming in her only losses in the nine-woman finals. Madeline Dalton of the Salle Santelli took second over Dolly Funke of the Greco Fencing Academy on a count of touches. Tied for fourth were Marion Lloyd Vince of the Salle d’Armes Vince, Mildred Stewart of the Fencers Club, Ruth Maxwell of the Fencers Club, Elizabeth Bruskin of the Salle Santelli and Maria Cerra of Vince. They finished in that order on a recapitulation of touches.
Locke Junior Women’s Foil — Bessie Aboulafia of the Foils Club won six of her eight final-round bouts to take first place in the annual Dorothy Brown Locke women’s junior fencing competition at the Greco Fencing Academy. Tied for second with five wins were Kathleen Cerra, Salle d’Armes Vince, and Ethel Iskowitz and Gloria Watson, both of the Salle Santelli. They finished in that order on a count of touches. There were 33 competitors.
Metropolitan Junior Women’s Foil Championship — Triumphing over a field of 21, Grace Uhthoff of the Salle Santelli won the women’s metropolitan junior foil championship at the Fencers Club on December 21. Second in the field was Ethel Iskowitz of the Salle Santelli, and third Bessie Aboulafia of the Foils Club. Miss Uhthoff had a clear margin over the rest of the field throughout the championship.
Voorhees Senior Women’s Foil — Maria Cerra of the Salle d’Armes Vince, fencing at her strongest, won the Voorhees senior women’s foil from an entry list of 17 at the Fencers Club on January 3. Tied for second place were Helena Mroczkowska of the Fencers Club and Madeline Dalton of the Salle Santelli, but Miss Mroczkowska was awarded the silver medal on a count of touches.
Greco Open Women’s Foil — Twenty-five entries took part in the Greco open women’s foil at the new Greco Fencing Academy on January 25. Helena Mroczkowska, with an unblemished record in the preliminaries and eight straight triumphs in the final, took the gold medal. Second was Elizabeth Bruskin of the Salle Santelli and third Ruth Maxwell of the Fencers Club. In the deciding bout between Miss Mroczkowska and Miss Bruskin, both with spotless records, Miss Bruskin ran up a 3–1 lead but finally succumbed by a 4–3 score to Miss Mroczkowska’s aggressive attacks.
