St. Louis Abandons Championships
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St. Louis Abandons Championships
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February 1942
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St. Louis Abandons Championships
By a unanimous decision, the executive committee of the St. Louis division has voted to drop all competition for championship grades in all weapons, from junior up, for the remainder of the current fencing year. It was decided to do so, the committee declared, to enable the older fencers to give more time to the needs of national defense. Competitions for prep and novice classes will be carried through as planned, and all team meets will be seeded.
In the men's prep foil individual competition, Winston McClure, unattached, was the winner, with Staff Sergeant James Ford, Scott Field, second, and Cadet Michael Galston, Western Military Academy, third on a count of touches.
The men’s novice foil team meet, with three teams competing was won by the White team, composed of Ed Maher of the Salk Vical, Staff Sergeant Herbert Thomas of Scott Field, and Cadet Lawrence Fleishman of Western Military Academy.
Seven girls entered the women’s individual prep event, which was won by Pauline Faulkner of the Y.W.C.A., who went through the competition undefeated. Her teammate, Susan Dixon, was second, with Mary Ann Chiles, Salle Meykar, third on touches.
