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rnerlcan•• enclng• George Wortlrto Receive Friel,dship TropliY George V. Worth has been chosen the several medals in these unimportant his fifth place marks the highest Ameri outstanding competitor on the 1952 pastimes. At the comparatively old age can ranking in that weapon to date. He, Olympic Fencing Team and will be pre of 14, however, he decided to take up of course, was a member of the sabre sented with the "Friendship Trophy" on fencing so as not to be outdone by his team which took thi rd place in London. Gala Night. This trophy was given to older brother who had won the inter In 195 I he was an our Pan American the AFLA in 1948 in memory of Francois scholastic championship in that sport. team which won the sabre team title Darrieulat and is to be awarded every He had the goad fortune to begin his and he then tied for the Individual crown four years. Norman Armitage was the swordplay under the great Italo Santelli and placed second after a three-way first recipient by choice of the donors and later also took lessons from Laios fence-off. He has on several occasions and now George has been voted the Csiszar who now coaches at the Univers been a medalist in our own National honor by his fellow teammates under a ity of Pennsylvania. In 1933 while cap Championships. plan recently devised by the Board of tain of his school team he duplicated Governors. The selection was made in his brother's success by winning the His fencing activities have not been twa steps; the first ballot, limited to the H.mgarie:; Interscholastic Sebre title, limited to the quest for personal honors; six men in each weapon, chose the out and twa years later he was on the Hun he has served the AFLA as a member standing competitor in that weapon; the garian Sentelli Cup Team against Italy. of the Board of Governors for four years, second ballot, sent to the entire team, He then came to this country in 1937 has been Chairman of the Metropolitan chose between the three nominees. and has since been a pupil of our own Committee, and has for many years great George Santelli. given freely of his time to judge and George was not only high scorer in di rect compel'; tions. sabre but his tremendous effort in the In addition to Winning numerous Met Polish match was largely responsible for ropolitan and National Team Champion During the war he served with an our entry into the final round. He has ships he has been Metropolitan Champion intelligence unit of the 35th Infantry rightfully taken a place among our fenc (1946), Outdoor Champion (1944, and earned the Bronze Star, the French ing greats, and we are pleased to ac 1947, 1950) and All Eastern Champion Croix de Guerre and battle stars for five quaint aur readers more intimately with ( I 951 ). During a brief stay in Cuba major campaigns. He served with the him. (1938) he wan the Cuban National Allied Military Government in Germany Championship. In his early youth in Hungary George after the war, and hes been awarded the devoted his time to such sports as tennis, George was a finalist in the 1948 New York Conspicuous Service Cross. shooting, rowing and ping-pong and won Olympic Individual Championship, and -J.R.deC. Vol. 4 February, 1953 No. 3 2 AMERICAN FENCING FEBRUARY 1953 J1IJ1£HJDJll1 FEnDJnJJ Official Organ of the Amateur Fencers League of America. Editorial Office Publishing Office PLEASE NOTE this issue of J. R, de Copriles, Editor W. l. Osbborn, Publisher American Fenc'mg has been sent 81 Ridgewood Terrace 1712 Grand Central Terminal Chappaqua, N. y, to you by first class mail in on New York 17, N. Y. effort to check the addresses cur Contributing Editors rently on the League's roster. Un E. Carfagno R. Goldstein P. Makler D. S. Thompson fortunately the A.F .L.A. cannot M. de Copriles T. Jaeckel C. Schmitter H, Van Buskirk offord to send future issues by first class but your co-operation at this Correspondents time can insure receipt of future D. Every, j, Flynn, D, Friedman, H. Hayden, R. Kaplan, F. Linkmcycr, M. Mitchell, issues through our customary third L Olvin, M. Rothman, S. Schwartz, D. G. Thompson, and all Division Secretaries. closs mailing (which is nat for warded). It is urgently requested Membership in the A.F.L.A, includes a year's SUbscription. Subscription to non-mem that you noti fy the Recording Sec bers is $3, in U, S,; $4. Foreign. Published October, December, February, April, June retary if the address on your en and August. velope is incorrect and the maga zine has been forwarded to you by The opinions expressed in signed articles reflect the personal views of the writers and the Post Office pursuant to its not necessarily of American Fencing or the A.F .L.A. regulations governing first class No anonymous orticles accepted. mail. DON'T PUT TH IS OFF-DO IT NOWI Changes of address should reach us promptly. Give us both the new and old address, DEAD-LINE FOR NEXT ISSUE IS APRIL 15, 1953 IT'S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY 25 women and 15 men are meeting WORLD UNIVERSITY During the recent Metropolitan jun'lor regularly at the Port Authority Building CHAMPIONSHIPS events there was occasion to disqualify at 1 I 1 Eighth Avenue. The group is coached by Lansing who hopes to be A World University Championship has a winning team and one indiv'ldual med been scheduled for August 9th to 16th alist because a senior fencer competed able to field a number of effective teams in Germany. Limited information now on the team and then fenced in the by the beginning of the '53-'54 season. available indicates that entries are ac individual competition. Undoubtedly both * ceptable from students under 27 years the individual and the club acted in Our men in the service are also spread- of age and includes those who have been nocently, but it must be emphasized that ing the Gospel. Bill Latzko has started a engaged in graduate or professional every entry is expected to read the rules. fenCing group in Karea, and Bob Derder studies' up to two years prior to the dote Rule 9 of the Fencing Rules defines the ian has a good team functioning at of competition. Our Notional Collegiate various classifications clearly and each Sampson Air Base. Athletic Association has been advised of fencer can determine his own classifca -J.R.deC. this event, but has indicated it does not tion by checking the scheduled title of undertake to select teams for interna the events in which he has been a medal tional competition and has suggested ist or winner. A fencer certifies his eligi Women's Intercollegiate that the AFLA assume full responsibility bility for the contest entered, and the in this matter. Further inquiries should club team captain is responsible to the Invitation be directed to the secretary of the AFLA. Bout Commi ttee for the composi tion of by Herta Friedrich his team. Permanent Secretary, IWFA The Christmas Invitation Meet of the GEORGE SANTELLI I.W.F.A., held at Farleigh Dickinson Col The New Yorker magazine in its issues lege, Rutherford, N. J., drew thirty-five of January 10th and 17th carried a contestants from eight schools. Medals THE lengthy and very interesting Profile on for this event were donated by the George Santelli. The writer managed to A.F.L.A. catch the true flavor of Giorgia's flam BERKELEY Miss Anne Drungis of Hunter defeated buoyant personal i ty, and the result was her teammate Lo;"ise Knob 4-1 in a some wonderful publicity for the sport. FENCERS fence-off for first place. Beverly Freigel If you missed the articles we suggest you man, also of Hunter, defeated Inez try to get copies of those two issues. 1740 UNIVERSITY AVE. Kirsimagi of Farleigh Dickinson 4-1 to BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA * * >!' take the third medal. NEW ACTIVITY Final Round Scores • Oscar Price sends us the good news Anne Drungis, Hunter, 7 Ii *; Louise Knob, Hunter, 7/1 *; Beverly Feigelman, Hunter, 5/3*; Wed. evenings - Sat. afternoons that the Fencers Club of the Port of New York Authority was organized in De Inez Kirsimogi, Forleigh Dickinson, 5/3*; Es ther Lelah, Brooklyn, 4/4; Marilyn Rich, Brook cember. The new club numbers among • lyn, 3/5; Sid Herman, N.Y.U., 2/6 (29 vs.); its members Jim Schlobin, formerly of Rita DiLello, Hunter, 2/6 (30 ys.); Kathy Kopp, ARTHUR W. LANE, Instructor Hofstra College, Edgar Lansing of the Montclair Teachers, 1/7. pre-war Seton Hall team and Robert * Fence-off: Drungis d, Knob 4-1 for first; Frey, who fenced at Lehigh. More than Feigelman d. Kirsimagi 4-1 for third. FEBRUARY 1953 AMERICAN FENCING 3 by Ralph Goldstein, Secretory Russia Follows Through At the last Olympiad the Russian fenc ers impressed everyone with the degree Notice of Annual Meetings of skill they had developed in a com AFLA paratively short time. The athletes were The Annual Meeting of the League very determined and their performance wi II be held at the Fencers Club, 320 gave notice that they would soon bid East 53rd Street, New York City, on seriously for a place near the top. Monday, June 15th at 8 P.M. Now we learn through the United The agenda includes reports from the Press that the "proletariat efficiency" is present National Officers and from the to be applied to sports and the newspaper member Divisions; voting On the pro Soviet Sport recently devoted its entire posed revision of the Constitution and issue to the "new fighting program" of By-Laws which is enclosed herewith in the All-Union Sports Commission.