-
Title
-
Women's Intercollegiate F. A. Championships
-
Date
-
May 1942
-
volume
-
7
-
issue
-
2
-
pages
-
8, 15
-
content
-
en
Women's Intercollegiate F. A. Championships
ONE evening and another full day of fencing at ever-increasing tempo decided the fourteenth annual championship of the Women's Intercollegiate Fencing Association on April 10 and 11 at Hunter College in New York City. The team from the New Jersey State Teachers' College of Jersey City, made up of Irene Gaczynski, Josephine Schappert and Mildred Fraiese, surprised the field and upset all prognostications by winning the championship with eight team match victories and only one loss during the two days.
Graduation had taken its toll of Brooklyn College's defending team. Pre-tournament guesses favored Hunter College as the logical successor to the title with Cornell a close second. The New Jersey State Teachers' victory, therefore, upset the forecasts as well as their opponents. Cornell took second place, Hofstra College, another dark horse, took third with Hunter College fourth.
The title was never clear until the very end for Hunter College with 6 victories and 2 losses met New Jersey with 7 victories and 1 loss in the last match. Both Cornell and Hofstra had already finished with 7 wins and 2 losses apiece. If New Jersey had lost to Hunter a quadruple tie for first place would have resulted with honors probably going to Cornell on a bout count. Faced with this all-or-nothing situation New Jersey came back to the final evening match keyed high and, despite 3 losses to Grace Uhthoff, the Hunter star, won a 5-3 victory for the title. An anti-climatic 9th bout went to Hunter. Cornell was second over Hofstra with 57 bouts won to Hofstra's 43, both being tied in match victories.
Grace Acel, a Cornell sophomore, successfully defended her individual championship won last year as a student at the College of William and Mary. She won 26 of her 29 bouts to top the field, one bout ahead of Grace Uhthoff of Hunter. Lela Joggi of Hofstra was third on touches made with Irene Gaczynski fourth after each had been tied with 23 victories and 69 touches against.
Special individual prizes for fencing form were awarded by the fencing coaches. Grace Uhthoff of Hunter College, Ethel Teal of the College of William and Mary and Henrietta Brackley of Hofstra College received these prizes in that order.
—
Team Summaries
New Jersey State Teachers' College of Jersey City defeated Brooklyn 7-2, Hofstra 5-4, Hunter 5-4, N. Y. U. 5-4, Panzer 7-2, St. Elizabeth 7-2, Wagner 8-1 and William & Mary 8-1.
Cornell University defeated Hunter 6-3, New Jersey 6-3, N. Y. U. 8-1, Panzer 8-1, St. Elizabeth 8-1, Wagner 8-1, Wm. & Mary 6-3.
Hofstra College defeated Brooklyn 6-3, Cornell 5-4, N. Y. U. 5-4, Panzer 5-4, St. Elizabeth 6-3, Wagner 5-4, Wm. & Mary 6-3.
Hunter College defeated Brooklyn 9-0, Hofstra 7-2, Panzer 8-1, St. Elizabeth 9-0, Wagner 8-1, Wm. & Mary 5-4.
New York University defeated Hunter 6-3, Panzer 5-4, St. Elizabeth 8-1, Wagner 6-3, Wm. & Mary 5-4.
Brooklyn College defeated Cornell 5-4, N. Y. U. 5-4, St. Elizabeth 7-2 and Wm. & Mary 5-4.
Wagner Memorial Lutheran College defeated Brooklyn 5-4, Panzer 5-4, St. Elizabeth 8-1, Wm. & Mary 5-4.
College of William & Mary defeated Panzer 6-3, St. Elizabeth 6-3.
Panzer College defeated Brooklyn 5-4, St. Elizabeth 6-3.
—
Individual Summaries
1. Grace Acel, Cornell University, won 26, lost 3.
2. Grace Uhthoff, Hunter College, won 25, lost 4.
3. Lela Joggi, Hofstra College, won 23, lost 6, 69 touches against, 106 touches for.
4. Irene Gaczynski, New Jersey State Teachers College of Jersey City, won 23, lost 6, 69 touches against, 100 touches for.
5. Henrietta Brackley, Hofstra College, won 21, lost 8.
6. Mildred Fraiese, New Jersey State Teachers' College of Jersey City, won 21, lost 8.
7. Olga Cassino, New York University, won 19, lost 10.
8. Selma Miller, Hunter College, won 19, lost 10.
9. Betty Keller, Cornell University, won 18, lost 11.
