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Michigan
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May 1942
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Michigan
In the preliminaries for the state championships Byron Krieger, ace three-weapon man from the Salle de Tuscan, captured first place in both foil and sabre and second place in epee. Other qualifiers in foil were William Osis, Grosse Pointe Sword Club, and Thomas Soddy and Howard Hayden, both of the Salle de Tuscan. In epee Roland Rogers of Grosse Point finished number one, followed by Krieger, Ted Willis of Michigan State, and David Merriman of Grosse Pointe. The runners-up in sabre were Richard Watson and Samuel H. Gorman, Salle de Tuscan, and Roland Rogers. The preliminary rounds were held at the Aaron de Roy Community Center on March 8, 15, and 25.
The Salle de Tuscan fencers made a clean sweep in the novice sabre competition which took place at the Aaron de Roy Community Center on January 4. First place went to Richard Watson, with Lawrence Platt and Alexander Klier finishing second and third respectively.
That same day at the Community Center, Roy Chambers, U. of Michigan, captured the novice epee trophy. George Wlodyga, Michigan State, was the runner-up, and Lawrence Platt placed third.
William Osis, Gregory Flynn and Eugene Jakubowski composed the Grosse Pointe Sword Club team which won the Dr. Michels trophy at the Salle de Tuscan on January 11.
Jane Scott, unattached, emerged the victor in the women’s junior foil competition held at the Salle de Tuscan on January 25. Second and third went to two Salle de Tuscan fencers, Virginia Hafenbrack and Lorraine Amelotte.
On February 1, Thomas Soddy, Salle de Tuscan, fencing on his home strips, won the junior foil title. Ted Kaczander, unattached, took second place, and Samuel Gorman of the Salle de Tuscan was third.
Contests in epee and sabre for juniors were run off at the Aaron de Roy Community Center on February 15. In epee the medalists were three Salle de Tuscan fencers: Lawrence Platt, David Eddy, and Albert Stedman, who finished in that order. Roland Rogers of Grosse Pointe was the victor in sabre, with Platt his runner-up and Richard Watson, Salle de Tuscan, placing third.
William Osis, of Grosse Pointe, one of the most experienced fencers of the division, captured the three-weapon individual title on February 22. Byron Krieger and Lawrence Platt, both de Tuscan fencers, finished second and third respectively.
The Salle de Tuscan Fencers Club was host on April 12th to the Women’s Foil preliminaries for the Michigan State Tournament. The four qualifying contestants were the Misses Normaleen Richardson, Salle de Tuscan; Paula Sweeney, Salle de Tuscan; Rachel Friedlund, Michigan State College, and Nancy Kelly, Michigan State College.
