National Epee Team Championship
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National Epee Team Championship
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July 1939
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NATIONAL EPEE TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday, June 29, 1939
The Fencers Club of New York, after a lapse of one year, recovered its preeminent position in epee team competition in most spectacular style. It accomplished this by completely overwhelming the rest of the field in losing only 1½ bouts throughout its five team matches. The fact of their winning may not have been surprising, although they were faced by a group of potentially strong teams, any one of whom might have been expected to win some bouts. Furthermore, the Fencers Club team used two of its members who had not participated in team competition throughout the season. Lt. Gustave Heiss, having spent part of the year at Fort Warren in Wyoming and part in Salt Lake City, had only his record of previous years to recommend him. Norman Armitage, a sabre man first and always, joined the team to complete the trio. Tracy Jaeckel, the newly crowned Outdoor Epee Champion, was the only authentic team member fresh from the Fencers Club and Rene Pinchard's tutelage.
The surprise of the tournament was the second place that went to the Illinois Division team, which defeated both the Los Angeles A.C. and the Salle Santelli, each of whose teams was made up of ranking fencers or men with Olympic team experience.
SUMMARIES
Pool #1
Salle Santelli defeated the Funke Fencing Academy 8-1
Miguel de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated Wm. G. F. O’Brien 3-0, Rives 3-1, and Mercier 3-1.
Jose de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated O’Brien 3-0 and Mercier 3-1.
Norman Lewis (Salle Santelli) defeated O’Brien 3-0, Rives 3-1, and Mercier 3-1.
Harold Rives (Funke Fencing Academy) defeated J. de Capriles 3-2.
Illinois Division defeated Los Angeles A.C. #2 — 5-4
Loyal Tingley (Illinois Division) defeated Swisher 3-0.
John Horrigan (Illinois Division) defeated De Jong 3-2.
Charles Corbett (Illinois Division) defeated De Jong 3-0, Swisher 3-1, and Craig 3-1.
Duris De Jong (LAAC #2) defeated Tingley 3-0.
Harold Swisher (LAAC #2) defeated Horrigan 3-2.
Horace Craig (LAAC #2) defeated Tingley 3-1 and Horrigan 3-1.
Illinois Division defeated Funke Fencing Academy 5-2
Loyal Tingley (Illinois Division) defeated O’Brien 3-1, Rives 3-1, and Mercier 3-1.
Charles Corbett (Illinois Division) defeated O’Brien 3-1 and Mercier 3-2.
Harold Rives (Funke Fencing Academy) defeated Horrigan 3-1.
Mercier (Funke Fencing Academy) defeated Horrigan 3-2.
Salle Santelli defeated Los Angeles A.C. #2 — 5-2
Miguel de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated Tarbet 3-2, Swisher 3-2, and Craig 3-1.
Jose de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated Swisher 3-0 and Craig 3-0.
Thomas Tarbet (LAAC #2) defeated Lewis 3-2.
Horace Craig (LAAC #2) defeated Lewis 3-2.
Illinois Division and Salle Santelli qualify for the finals.
Pool #2
Fencers Club defeated Olympic Club 9-0
Norman Armitage (Fencers Club) defeated Louis Lataillade 3-0, Walter Westman 3-1, and Ferard Leicester 3-0.
Gus Heiss (Fencers Club) defeated Lataillade 3-1, Westman 3-0, and Leicester 3-0.
Tracy Jaeckel (Fencers Club) defeated Lataillade 3-0, Westman 3-2, and Leicester 3-2.
Los Angeles A.C. #1 defeated Michigan Division 5-4
Fred Linkmeyer (LAAC #1) defeated Wm. Osis 3-0 and Hayden 3-0.
Andrew Boyd (LAAC #1) defeated Osis 3-0 and Hayden 3-1.
Edward Carfagno (LAAC #1) defeated Osis 3-2.
Karl Hanisch (Michigan Division) defeated Linkmeyer 3-1, Boyd 3-1, and Carfagno 3-1.
Howard Hayden (Michigan Division) defeated Carfagno 3-0.
Los Angeles A.C. #1 defeated the Olympic Club 5-3
Fred Linkmeyer (LAAC #1) defeated Walter Westman 3-1 and Ferard Leicester 3-0.
Andrew Boyd (LAAC #1) defeated Westman 3-1 and Leicester 3-1.
Edward Carfagno (LAAC #1) defeated Westman 3-2.
Louis Lataillade (Olympic Club) defeated Linkmeyer 3-1, Boyd 3-1, and Carfagno 3-1.
Fencers Club defeated Michigan Division 5½ - 1½
Norman Armitage (Fencers Club) defeated Hanisch 3-2, Osis 3-2, and Hayden 3-2.
Tracy Jaeckel (Fencers Club) defeated Hayden 3-0 and tied with Osis 3-3.
Gus Heiss (Fencers Club) defeated Hayden 3-2.
William Osis (Michigan Division) tied Jaeckel 3-3.
Los Angeles A.C. #1 and Fencers Club qualified for the finals.
FINALS
Fencers Club defeated Los Angeles A.C. #1 — 5-0
Norman Armitage (Fencers Club) defeated Harold Corbin 3-2 and Andrew Boyd 3-2.
Gus Heiss (Fencers Club) defeated Boyd 3-0 and Fred Linkmeyer 3-0.
Tracy Jaeckel (Fencers Club) defeated Linkmeyer 3-2.
Illinois Division defeated Salle Santelli — 5-3
Loyal Tingley (Illinois Division) defeated J. de Capriles 3-0 and Lewis 3-0.
Charles Corbett (Illinois Division) defeated M. de Capriles 3-0 and Lewis 3-2.
John Horrigan (Illinois Division) defeated M. de Capriles 3-2.
Miguel de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated Tingley 3-0.
Jose de Capriles (Salle Santelli) defeated Horrigan 3-2.
Norman Lewis (Salle Santelli) defeated Horrigan 3-1.
Illinois Division defeated LAAC #1 — 5-3
Loyal Tingley (Illinois Division) defeated Harold Corbin 3-2 and Boyd 3-0.
John Horrigan (Illinois Division) defeated Corbin 3-2.
Charles Corbett (Illinois Division) defeated Corbin 3-0 and Linkmeyer 3-2.
Andrew Boyd (LAAC #1) defeated Horrigan 3-0.
Fred Linkmeyer (LAAC #1) defeated Tingley 3-1 and Horrigan 3-2.
Fencers Club defeated Salle Santelli — 5-0
Norman Armitage (Fencers Club) defeated M. de Capriles 3-1 and J. de Capriles 3-0.
Gus Heiss (Fencers Club) defeated J. de Capriles 3-2 and Lewis 3-2.
Tracy Jaeckel (Fencers Club) defeated Lewis 3-1.
Fencers Club defeated the Illinois Division — 5-0
Norman Armitage (Fencers Club) defeated Tingley 3-1 and Horrigan 3-2.
Gus Heiss (Fencers Club) defeated Horrigan 3-2 and Corbett 3-0.
Tracy Jaeckel (Fencers Club) defeated Corbett 3-1.
FINAL STANDING
1st — Fencers Club (3 won, 0 lost)
2nd — Illinois Division (2 won, 1 lost)
3rd — Salle Santelli (1 won, 2 lost)
3rd — LAAC #1 (0 won, 2 lost)
