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American Fencing AMERICAN FENCING 1949 - 1950 FENCING SEASON VOLUME I 2 AMERICAN FENCING J UNE 1950 FENCERS BUSINESS DIRECTORY The men appearing in this column ore fencers. Their list ing is an asset to American Fendng ond as such merits the good will of all fencers. Our speciol rates o re low. Write ;lIJlfH1C;]Jl FfIltHl!) to us. Offidal Organ of the Amateur Fencers League of Amerka. l ouis H. F. Mouquin, C.L.U. Ed.todal Office Publishing Office Gene ral & life Insurance J. R. de Ca priles, Editor W . L Osborn, Publisher 393 7th Ave., Room 1604 81 Ridgewood Terrat:e 1712 Grand Central Terminal New York City Chickering 4-8200 Chappaqua, N. Y. New York 17, N . Y. also Contributing Ed iton 141 Oakridge Ave., Summit, N. J . M. de Co;>riles A. Hermanson D. Every T. Jaeckel J. Fiems F. Linkmeyer J o hn Howard Hanway, C .L.U. H. Hayden J. Honeycutt life Insurance Speciolist H. Von Buskirk 135 Broadway New York 6, N. Y. Corresponde nts Re ctor 2-8666 F. Bovuso, A. Deladrier, Dr. J . Flynn, D. Friedman, D. Funke, W . Hertz, R. Hyslop, J . Kingsley, A. KwortJer, N. Lubell, P. Paret , A. Rodner, M. Tetaz. H. J. OUTDOOR EPEE Delivered to all members of the A.F.L.A. os port of the ir membership. Published every The Ne...... Jersey Division extends a n 6 weeks. Subscriptions to non-members 53. in U.s.; 4 . Foreign. invitotion to all AHA members to compete wi th the electric epee on The opinions expressed in signed artides reflect the personal views of the writ ers Saturday, June 3rd a t 11 A.M., in and not necessa rily of Amerkan Fencing or t he A.F.L.A . beaut i ful and unusual surroundings. No anonymous artldes at:t:epted. The individual event is to toke place at lambert's Castle, Garret Mt. Park, Pat­ Changes of address should reat:h us prompt IV. Give us both t he new and old address. e rson, N. J" and the winner will re­ ceive The Paterson Morning Call Tro­ phy. The cast le is now a Museum well HISTORICAL DATA worth the trip. Entries should bring By DERNELl EVERY picnic lunches and a good time is guar­ anteed. Previ ous to 189 J fenci ng in this coun­ The League officers a re listed be low try was di rectl y controlled by t he Ama­ by term of office in the fol lowing or­ teur Athlet ic Uni on. Du ring that year a der: Presiden t, Vice- Presiden t, Secretory­ PROFESSIONAL LISTING number of p rominent fencers dec ided to T reasurer (after 1936, Secretary, Treas­ break away from th is cont rol and fo rm urer) . Jo hn C. McKee a notional fencing organizati on, to be 1891- 1894: Dr. G. M. Hammond, Dr. B. F. Salle Cavaliers, Stage, Screen called the Amateur Fencers' League of 1031 Sedor St., Sa nta Monico, Calif. O'Connor, W. Scott O'Connor; AmeriCa . The organization meeting was 1895-1896: Dr. G. M. Hammond, C. C. Nadal, held a t the New York Athletic Club on W. Scott O'Connor; April 22nd, J 891. An executive commit­ 1897-1 91 I : Dr. G. M . Hammond, Charles Ta t­ ham, W. Scott O'Connor; tee, consisting of two members from each dub, was appointed to carry the ' idea 1912- 1925: Dr. G. M. Hammond, John Allaire, W. Scott O'Conn<)(; through, draw up and adopt a constitu­ 1926-1929: Han. Henry Breckenridge, John Al­ VITALE tion and by-lows, etc. Th-z following laire, F. B. O'Connor; • • • • comprised the Committee: 1930-1932: F. Barnard O'Connor, Lt. G. C. • .... Dr. G. M. Ha mmond and G. Lord Day, Calnan, L. M. Schoonmaker; of M.I.T. N.Y.A.e.; J. O. Davidson a nd F. Bla nchy, 1933: F. Barnard O'Connor, Leo Nunes, L. M . • Manhattan Ae.; Dr. B. F. O'Connor and Schoonma ker; 1934- 1935: Lean M. Schoonmaker, Leo Nunes, Sylvia N. Vitale, coach of fencing at G. C. Morgan, Columbia College F.e.; R. O. Haubold and W. T. Heintz, Central J . H . Hanway; M.I.T. where the s port has been 50 • 1936-1937: Horold Von Buskirk, J. Worner Turn Verein; C. Tatha m and W. Scott popular for many, many years, has Bellah, D. Every, J. H. Hanway; • O'Connor, Fencers Club. By acclamation 1938-1939: Ha rold Von Buskirk, J. L Levis, t his to soy about our No. 1 11 Dr. Hammond was chosen the first Presi­ J . R. Huffmon, G. Cochrane; • dent of the League a nd W. Scott O' Con­ 1940: Dr. John R. Huffman, R. F. Warren, Dr. nor, Secretary -Treasurer. E. S. Acel, G. Coch roM; The constitution was adopted on May 1941 : Or. John R. Huffman. F. Leicester, Dr. • E. S. Acey, G. Cochrane; FRENCH 6 th and By- Lows on May 16th, 1891. The original split with the A.AU. was 1942- 1943: Dr. John Huffman, F. Lekester, • W. A . Dow, G. Cochrane; soon healed a nd the new fencing body 1944: Harold Von Buskirk-, F. Leicester, W. A BLADES • become affilia ted with t he A.AU. in Dow, G. Cochrane; January, 1892. The AF.L.A., however, 1945: Oernell Every, R. F. Worren, W. A. Do.... • has a lways reta ined full supervision over G. Cochrone; " The Cost ello No. 111 foil b lade is fenci ng matters in this country. 1946: Dernell Every, Dr. R. A. Snow, W •. A. a beautiful blending of fine steel; At the first Annual Meet ing, held Dow, R. Drisco ll; strong in its porry, straight in its • 1947: Derncll Every, F. Lekester, W. A. Dow April 1892, the League hod 238 20, R. Driscoll; thrust , yet gentle to its touch." members a nd twa active Di visions: New In t esting and in use. professionals • J948: Derncll Every, R. F. Warren, W. A. Do.... Engla nd and Nebraska, bath fo rmed on and amate urs, all over the world, R. Driscoll; March 30, J 892. havo acclaimed our No. III a s the • 1949: Mig ue l A. de Copriles, H. Hoyden, D. fin est blode they have ever used. Every, R. Drist:o ll. • *Or. Huffman, elected, was unable to cccr­ NOTE p lete h is term of off ice ond Mr. Van Buskirk • Tho holde rs of Notionol Champion­ was chosen by the Boord of Governors to s hip t eam or Individual trophies should the vacant:y. return thom to the Fe ncers Club, 320 Eost S3rd Street, Ncw York City, not late r t han Juno 5th so that they may be d eanQd and brought up to dote CHANGE IN AFLA DIRECTORY .. for tho Gala Night. Buffalo V'o ... ~ Sreeo-~ "lAST 1 1,10 Siun. SlY{ fOU: l . N f • GO: ..", ... , 1·)7'0 SecreTcry V -r 56 :::. E_-*":o -o '3 3 T HE SO UTHW EST SECTION have seen the A FLA flourish wi t h renewed The AHA is proud to announce the vigor. In J 949 he stepped down from the crection of the new Southwest Section Presidency a nd with typical devo ti on to embracing the fencing octivities in Ar­ the sport accepted again the arduous d u ­ kansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiano, New ties of the Secreto ry 's o ffice. Mexico, Oklahoma, and T e X DS. The new Dernel1's record a s a co mpet itor would Section will be governed by Mr. Harold ma ke him one of American fencing's im ­ an Buskirk, of Ho uston, former presi­ morta ls even if he had never distinguished dent of the A FLA a nd currently one of its h imse lf as one of its great administra­ vice- presidents . At the present t ime the tors. He learned to fence at Yale under cree includes the Colorado, Gulf Coast Robert "Bobby" Grasson and was Captain (South Texa s ) J and North Texas di vi­ of the Yo le team in 1927 a nd 1928. He sio ns. It is ho ped there will be a marked won t he Intercollegiate Foil Champion­ d evelopment o f fencing throughout the ship in his junior and sen ior yea rs and Section d u ri ng the next few yea rs . led his team to the Foil Team and Th ree­ Weapon Team Championships. While sti ll FOREIGN NEWS in col lege he was chose n fo r the 1928 By John K. Kingsley U. S. Ol ympic Team and despi t e his in ­ The 30t h F. I. E. Congress expe rience perfo rmed wel l at Amsterdam Represe ntatives of 22 nations ottend­ I in his first in terna tional competition. He ed the Congress, held a t Paris on the has been chosen fo r every Olympic Te a m 23rd, 24th and 25th of March. Five new since then, so that his participation in membe rs were accepted : Guatemala, Iran, t he Gomes at London in J 948 reRresents Palestine, South Africa, a nd Venezuela. a span of twenty years of top- n a""tch in­ The U.S. was represen ted by Jack Gorl in. ternat ional a bili ty. He has been National Tracy Jaeckel and M iguel de Capriles Foi l Champion th ree times (1938, 1940, were appoin ted to t he Commission on \ 1945 ) and has been a medo list on fou r Presidents of Juries and the Comm iss ion other occasions ( 1928, 193 1, 1937, on Statutes respect ively.
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