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Jennette Starks (left) and Anne Marie Williams of Brooklyn Col lege, during a fencing demonstration at the gigantic World Trade Center of the New York Port Authority. The public relations depart ment of the Port Authority invited the AFLA to present a fencing show at their plaza, Also participating in the exhibition were Denise O'Connor, Steve Sobel, Bob Dow and Csaba Elthes, EDITORIAL TIM GLASS TAKES BRONZE MEDAL IN EPEE AT 1975 JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS I1Il]EJ1JCI111 To avoid the recurrence of something that happened at the last Nationa Is, I feel By William Goering The first day of competitive f€ compelled to mention two distasteful inci Tim Glass of Illinois, duplicating Ruth Friday, 28 March. Our foil fen! Volume 26 fEI1CJI1!) dents that occured in sabre. In the first Martino, Mike Marx and Jim H White's 1971 performance at Notre Dame, @1975 Amateur FencerS instance, one fencer attacked and his op survived the first round where Number 5 League of America, Inc. took third place in the World Junior Epee ponent made an attempted parry and rip vanced from pools of four. In tl Official Organ of the Championship held in Mexico City. Amateur Fencers League of America oste. The judge abstained and the director round (6 pools of 6), Martino w Dedicated to the Memory of ruled a hit, saying that the parry was late. The U.S. Under 20 World Championship ated with a 1-4 record and Marx JOSE R. deCAPRILES, 1912-1969 The fencer's coach called out in a loud Team was chosen by points earned in the with a 2-3 record after defeatin§ Second Class Postage voice "The attack was parried". The di 1974 National Under 19 Championships sian Caleev 5-0 in his last bout. Paid at Westfield, NJ. 07090 rector stopped the bout and warned the and the Portland Junior Olympic Champion tory would have eliminated Mike, and at additional mailing offices coach that if he made another remark sh ip. The sixteen fencers who participated ring had a 1-2 record and a 1-2 sc Publisher: W. L. Osborn about the officiating he would be ejected were: the West German Ohnions wher Editor: Ralph M. Goldstein from the premises. The director then stated Foil Epee broke and pierced h is jacket, pal Assoc. Editor: Richard Gradkowski that it was because of such poor sportman P. Martino (N.J.) T. Glass (111.) shirt and him. The FIE doctor Feature Writers: Irwin Bernstein, ship on the part of some coaches that many M. Marx (Oreg.) L. Shelley (N.J.) recommended prompt examinatic puncture, and Jim was withdrawn Dan Lyons, fencers lost confidence in the officials and J. Herring (Wis.) G. Massialas (Mich.) developed bad manners. The fencer who had to the hospital. Fortunately, the'll Historian: Alex Solomon P. Gerard (ill.) J. Neale (N.J.) been hit apologized for his coach. In the not as deep as the doctors feare Editorial Staff: Marilyn Masiero second case, another coach created quite Sabre Women's Foil was eliminated in the quarter-fina Policy Board: Stephen B. Sobel, Chairman, a furor over a call against his fencer. The M. Sullivan (Mass.) V. Hurley (Calif.) of 4) in a repeat of last year's per R. M. Goldstein, I. F. Bernstein, W. L. director warned him. Finally, the director E. Majtenyi (N.J,) A. Crowley (Mass.) The results of the men's foil , Osborn, H. Goodman stated that the bout wou Id not continue C. Brunet (N.Y.) C. Massiala (Mich.) finals are given below. Advertising Correspondence: until the offending coach departed. The K. McAuliffe (N.J.) H. Konecny (Conn.) The Women's Foil event was 33 Leland Ave., Pleasantville, N.Y. 10570 latter left, and the bout continued in peace. The team gathered in Mexico City on appointing for the U.S. Our th Printing and Advertising Plates: These were our National championships. 24 March. For the next three days the team Hurley, Crowley and Massiala, w Linotype Composition Company, Inc. Our very best directors were officiating. practiced at Mexican Olympic Center or at inated in the first round with 208 Piaget Avenue, Clifton, N. J. 07011 If we cannot expect the coaches to be ob the fencing site, which was a bus ride victory in thirteen bouts. They an Published six times a year. Subscriptions for jective, we can, at least, ask them to be non-members of the AFLA is $4.00 in the U.S. and away across town. Practice matches were ter fencers than this indicates, $5.00 elsewhere. Opinions expressed in. signed reasonably quiet. articles do not necessarily reflect the views of arranged between our teams and the Aus whatever reason failed to respon American Fencing or the AFLA. tralians and the Canadians. In addition, challenge that day. Copies of American Fencing in 16 and 35 MM PHOTO CREDIT private practices with Mexicans, Poles, Microfilm are available from University Micro Our best results were obtained films, Inc. 300 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, Michigan Brazilians and Agentines were arranged. American Fencing would like to thank as a II th ree fencers passed to thE 48106. Prices on req uest. Mr. Thomas Chin for the fine photograph CONTRIBUTORS PLEASE NOTE: Articles, results The day before the opening event, the final (6 pools of 4) after two el of competitions, letters to the Editor, photos ~nd of Michel J. Alaux, the late coach of the team took a tour about the city and dis rounds. Greg Massialas was elim cartoons are cordially solicited. All manuscripts must be typewritten, double spaced, on one SIde U.S. Olympic team and Hunter College, embarked at the Church of The Lady of the quarter-finals after a lengthy of the paper only, with wide borders. Photos should be glossy finish and with a completE:. cap~ which we ran on our last issue's cover. Guadalupe and at the pyramids at Teoti Greg's weapon was inoperative tion. Unsolicited manuscripts cannot be returned huacan. The tour was donated by Emily ~ unless sulHllitted with a starnped self addressed ceiving a touch that made the envelope. No anonymous articles accepted. Johnson, whose continued support of Under against him in a critical bout. The I Send all contributions to: CONGRATUALTIONS Ralph M. Goldstein 20 fencers was most appreciated. After (Garcia Diaz) refused to test Greg'! American Fencing extends its congratu 397 Concord Road lunch at La Gruta (a restaurant in a cave), because the clip holding the reel Yonkers, N.Y., 10710 lations to our women's National Champion Pre.iden!: Stephen B. Sobel, 18 Beverly Road we returned to CDOM to prepare for the the jacket had been detached by , Cedar Grove, New Jersey, 07009. Gay Jacobsen and to her coach Mike Das opening ceremony. The opening ceremony strip attendant immediately follO\ Secretary: Irwin F. Bernstein, 249 (ton Place, aro on the occasion of their marriage. Westfield, New Jersey, 07090. consisted of a parade of over 300 athletes final touch. The Directoire Techn and officials, some speeches, and a folk held this ruling on the narrow legal DEADLINE FOR 1974-75 ISSUES dance presentation. Since he had carried that the rules (Article 327b) requi Closing Oate Mailing RULES BOOK the flag at last year's opening ceremony, be made without anyth ing whatso Issue Date for COpy Date Do you know your fencing rules? An order Mike Marx graciously deferred to Mike Sul ing changed in the equipment in I July / August June 10 July 31 form for the new 1974 Rules book will be Sep!.30 livan, the next youngest fencer, who did though neither Greg nor any team SepUOe!. Aug. 10 found on page 31. Nov./Oee. Oct. 10 Nov. 30 the honors. had been responsible for the " AMERICAN FENCING Page Two Moral: Don't let anyone touch your equip The AFLA is indebted to the hard-working 1975 MARTINI-ROSSI WOMEN'S FOIL ment until you are prepared to accept the cadre that accompanied and directed the SEES TOMLINSON TAKE SILVER MEDAL results of any actions. team effort. Deputy chief Ferenc Zold was by Marilyn Masiero, Bout Committee always ready with information ana counsel. Lee Shelley was eliminated in the semi Coaches Michel Sebastiani, Leon Auriol This year's Martini saw thirteen foreign Pool No.7: 1. Tomlinson (4-1); 2. Annavedde final (3 pools of 4) as Bellone (Italy) and (4-1); 3. McLaren, (3-2;; 4. Hennyey, (2-3); ! and Lauren Hein worked with all of the entries in a field of forty seven. Unfortun Bcisse (France) advanced with two vic Marcy, (2-3); 6. Kowalewski, (0-5). fencers, both in warm-ups prior to compe ately, only Christine Muzio of France and tories each. In Tim Glass' semi-final pool, Pool No.8: 1. Carter, (4-1); 2. Krebilz, (3-2 tition and in practice. Armorers David Non Kerstin Palm of Sweden were of top in 3. Aoyama, (3-2); 4. DeBiase, (2-3); 5. Konecn' Pusch (West Germany) advanced with three onura and Eleanor Turne,{ deserve credit ternational caliber and the competition was (2-3); 6. Sobel. (1-4). . victories, leaving Gaille (Switzerland), Perez for the lack of equipment problems and not as strong as last year. Nikki Tomlinson QUARTER FINAL: (Cuba) and Tim tied with one victory each. for solving the new regulations that the FIE turned in the best U.S. performance to take Pool No.1: 1. Palm, (5-0), 2. O'Donnell, (4-1 A barrage resulted in another tie, which 3. Keel, (2-3); 4. Aoyama, (2-3); 5. Smith, (1-4 armorers seem to invent at each champion the silver medal, after losing a barrage to was resolved on indicator putting Tim into 6. Annavedder, (1-4). ship. Manager Bill Kullman established an Muzio of France. Former world junior Pool NO.2: 1. Armstrong, (4-1); 2. Julier, (4-1 the finals. Looking back, I bel ieve Tim's excellent working relationship with the team champion, Kerstin Palm of Sweden took 3. Walbridge, (3-2); 4. Maskal, (2-3); 5. Waple: success can be traced to his 5-0 in the and saw to their needs in an exemplary third, followed by Canadian national champ (1-4); 6. Grompone, (1-4). second elimination round. This gave him Pool No.3: 1. O'Connor, (4-1); 2. Carter, (3-2); : manner. The entire membership owes these ion Susan Stewart. a good seeding for the quarter-final, and Stewart, (3-2); 4. Moriates, (2-3); 5. Svetitsk, volunteers a debt of gratitude for without FIRST ROUND: (2-3); 6. McLaren, (1-4). . his two victories there resulted in a good them there would be no team. Pool No.1: 1. Palm, (4-0); 2. Svetitsky, (3-2): Pool No.4: 1. Muzio, (5-0), 2. Tomlinson, (2-3 seeding for the critical semi-final pool. 3. Walbridge, (2-2); 4. Dingle, (1-3); 5. Cinotti, 3. Krebitz, (2-3); 4. Payer, (2-3); 5. Massiala: However, the best was yet to come. Tim RESULTS (0-4). (2-3); 6. Farkas, (2-3). Pool No.2: 1. Julier, (4-1); 2. Massialas, (3-2); fenced cautiously and lost his first two SEMI-FINAL: 3. Muzio, (3-2); 4. Lynch, (2-3); 5. Littman, Foil: l-Kuki (RUM), 2-Behr (RFA), 3-Kos Pool No.1: 1. Palm, (5-0); 2. Stewart, (4-1); : bouts in the final to Pusch (5-4) and Boisse (2-3); 6. Saurer, (1-4). O'Connor, (2-3); 4. Walbridge, (2-3); 5. Kee (5-2). Then he defeated Bellone 5-3, Fak e'lko (USSR), 4-Fumenko (USSR), 5-Cer Pool NO.3: 1. O'Connor, (5-0); 2. Keel, (3-2); (1-4), 6. Armstrong, (1-4). boni FRA, 6-Schaeffner (RFA). 3. Maskal, (3-2); 4. Latham, (3-2); 5. Cattarra, hroutdinov (USSR) 5-4, and the champion Pool No.2: 1. Tomlinson, (5-0); 2. O'Donnel (1-4); 6. Grether, (0-5). Poffet (Switzerland) 5-3 to tie for second (3-2); 3. Muzio, (3-2); 4. Julier, (2-3); 5. Cartel Women's Foil: 1-Trinquet (FRA), 2-Batazzi Pool No.4: 1. Waples, (5-0): 2. Grompone. (3-2); (1-4), 6. Krebilz, (1-4). and take third on indicator. This was the 3. Farkas, (3-2); 4. Campeau, (2-3); 5. Leigh, (ITA), 3-Losert (AUT), 4-Grisu (RUM), 5- FINAL: 1. Muzio, (4-1); 2. Tomlinson, (4-1); ~ best U.S. performance since Ruth White's (2-3); 6. Bejar, (0-5). Palm, (3-2); 4. Stewart, (2-3); 5. O'ConnO! Astralosch (RFA), 6-Ganser AUT). Pool No.5: 1. Smith, (4-1); 2. O'Donnell, (3-2); third place at Notre Dame in the 1971 (1-4); 5. O'Donnell, (1-4). Epee: I-Poffet (SWI), 2-Boisse (FRA), 3- 3. Stewart, (3-2); 4. Reynolds, (3-2); 5. Starks, Championships. (2-3); 6. Crowley, (0-5). In sabre only three fencers advanced Glass (USA), 4-Pusch (RFA), 5-Bellone Pool No.6: 1. Payer, (4-1); 2. Armstrong, (4-1); (Ed. Note: To date, we have not yet received th· from pools of 5 and 6 in the first round. (ITA), 6-Fakhroutdinov USSR). 3. Moriates, (3-2); 4. Williams, (2-3); 5. Adam results of the men's events from the organizin, ovich, (2-3); 6. Porter, (0-5). committee.) Majtenyi and Brunet were eliminated with Sabre: I-Arcidiacono (ITA), 2-Burtsev 1-4 records. Sullivan reached the second (USSR), 3-Dalla Barba (ITA), 4-Trottein round on indicator with a 2-2 record, but (FRA), 5-Kiknadse (USSR), 6-Pellegrini was eliminated there with a 1-4 record. The current sabre rules, the judgillg factor (ITA). and the lack of familiarity of international presidents with our fencers make a bal NEW SECRETARY anced analysis of our sabre results impos Mrs. Carla Mae Richards has been named sible. Secretary of the AFLA International Com The 1975 Under 20 Championship was mittee, replacing Mrs. Evelyn Terhune Ful well organized and certainly the U.S. team ler, who has resigned from the committee. was more relaxed and fenced better than Her address is: 41 Central Ave., Newton in Istanbul last year. The organizing com ville, Mass. 02160; (617) 244-3571. mittee thoughtfully provided a team repre sentative, John Holland, a former U.S. Pen tathlete now living in Mexico. He quickly METROPOLITAN DIVISION became the 25th team member as he freely gave of his time and effort to insure that The annual meeting of the Metropolitan the team lacked nothing. In addition, the Division will be held on Monday June 16 Photo by Lipton at the McBurney Y.M.C.A. Election of offi transportation, meals, and communications Bruce Lyons attacks Bill Matheson in the final of the Olympic Epee trials held in San Fran~ systems were all available and responsive cers will take place and all division mem cisco. Bruce won the trial, and later this season turned in a sharp performance to win the bers are urged to attend. Martini~Rossi in New York. to our needs. It is truly amazing that a varsity sports AHA RULES ON program can provide all these lessons with TEAM REPRESENTATlO~ out formal classroom lecture or testing. by Irwin Bernstein Just by being a part of the team, the stu The AFLA has established rules c dent ath lete wi II acquire a better education composition in the National Champic than other students who do not have a Since these rules are only importa similar opportunity. It is important to real each season, they may not be fully by Steve Sobel ize that the stUdent athlete is acquiring stood by all competitors. The folio" valuable knowledge without any study and some of the commonly asked questi. often without conscious realization. bers must work together toward a common their answers according to the 197 During a Recession with high unemploy If there is any doubt in anyone's mind goal. The evils of racial and religious Operations Manual. ment and limited budgets, amateur sports concerning the value of a sports program prejudice cannot be taught effectively in 1. If I qualify as an individual f can be mistakenly viewed as a luxury in school, perhaps here is one simple test. any classroom when compared to the ex vision A, can I represent a team f which should be eliminated. When this un Ask any alumnus ten years after graduation perience of being a member of a varsity vision B? Yes. Fencers belong to D fortunate approach is urged at Board of "Who was in your history class" and you according to the location of eithE Education meetings, all amateur sports pro team composed of individuals representing will get a complete blank. Ask the same residence or their club; teams belol grams are in extreme jeopardy. In the last all ethnic groups working together for the person "Who was on your fencing team and Division according to their location. issue of American Fencing I indicated the common goal of a team victory. what was their competitive record?" and reside in Division A and belong to importance of starting more fencing pro Learn to Accept Defeat: Life is com you had better have at least an hour avail in Division B, you may be a men grams in high schools. Now is is crucial to petition with successes and failures, hap able to listen to the reply and the many either Division, but your club must demonstrate why the discontinuance of piness and disappointments. By learning interesting stories which will be recalled. from Division B. existing programs in the interest of econ to accept this, and perform under pres 2. Can fencers who fence "Una!" omy would be penny wise but pound foolish. sure, athletes are constantly trained to meet NYU RECEIVES ANONYMOUS during a season later represent a • In the high school curriculum, a sport is the problems of life. The ability to bounce $200,000 GIFT TO HONOR the Nationa Is? The answer depends not a luxury. It is a vital part of the educa back after a defeat and achieve a victory, MIGUEL A. de CAPRILES more fact. If the fencer was a memt tional process, similar to math, science and rather than quit, is an educational experi New York University has received a major, club at the time he fenced "Unatl other academic subjects. There are many ence which cannot be taught in a lecture. anonymous gift of $200,000 made in honor he may not represent any club that lessons to be learned as a member of a of Miguel de Capriles on the occasion of his If, however, he was not a member of Use of Socially acceptable programs to varsity team which are not duplicated in retirement in 1974 from the University as while fencing "Unattached" but later any classroom. They are simple; but what occupy leisure time: At a time when juve Vice President, General Counsel, and Secre a club, he may represent that clu is simple, may not be obvious. nile delinquency, alcoholism, and narcotics tary. The gift will establish the Miguel de the point in the season when he joi are major problems, there can be no greater Democracy in Action: In all sports, a Capriles Fencing Room at the proposed 3. Can a team use a fencer in t deterrent than the demands of a varsity game must be played by the rules and new University Recreation Center. tiona Is who did not fence in the dil team. An ath lete must be in excellent physi officials must make decisions by tbe same team qualifying event? Yes, so long cal condition and must devote many hours rules. To participate effectively, the athlete PALLAGHY ELECTED fencer was a bona fide member of tr to training. This usually leaves little time must know the rules, his rights under the The Canadian Fencing Association Board and represented the club at least on. or desire to engage in the many unac rules, how to make a protest according to of Directors has elected Chaba M. Pallaghy ing the season in a competition h ceptable forms of behavior. the rules, and how to accept adverse de to trustee of the Dalton Fund.The fund the division in which the club is I< cisions and still succed. There is no "sit-in" Fencing - A Lifetime Sport: After col was establ ished in honor of the late Jack If you have a problem in underst or other demonstration acceptable when a lege, what physical exercise is available Dalton, a past president of the Canadian or applying the ru les on team compc director awards a touch in foil against a for graduates with busy business and fam Fencing Association. please forward it to me before it bE fencer for covering the target, but there is ily schedules? There is only very limited a source of difficulty. an opportunity to reverse the decision by opportunity for the team player in foot TRAVEL RATES a timely appeal to the bout committee if ba II or basketba II who doesn't choose a Because of recent changes in air fare ANNUAL BOARD MEETIN( no prior warning had been given, as re professional career. There is minimum sat rates, the rates quoted in the TRAVEL The annual meeting of the National quired. The fencer Who knows the rules isfaction and motivation to engage in just ADVISORS ad in our last issue (Marchi of Directors wi II be held on Saturda: and understands how to enforce his rights mere exercise a lone such as jogging or April) for their "AFLA National Champion 21, 1975, at the Los Angeles Intern< according to the rules will succeed against calisthenics. However, sports such as fen ships Package" have, in many cases, been Hotel, the site of the National Chal an incorrect official decision. Isn't this the cing offer the same excitement of com reduced. For further information readers ships. This is a change in the schedul same in life? petition with the same demands of physi may call collect (714) 535-2288. If you I ished in the last issue of American Teamwork: There is no teamwork in an ca I fitness for the pleasure fencer in a plan to attend the Nationa Is, these low ing, necessitated by a conflict with a English class that will ever equal varsity small local event, or the Olympic athlete rates can make a big savings. ing of the U.S.O.C. sports. To have a team victory all mem- in international competition. AMERICAN FENCING ",,".-r"Io'''''''''' ,....,...... 1 ...... 1 ...... NICOTINE IS FOUND IN THE NON SMOKER; SMOKERS POLLUTE INDOOR AIR AFLA DIRECTORY CHANGES Southeast Section: Chairman: Rudy Volkmann, 2759 Grove N.E., Atlanta, Ga. 30319 by Lawrence K. Altman Sec. K. Alexander, 1941 N.M. 194 Terrace, Miami, Fl. 33169 (Ed. Note: The following article is reprinted from that had compl icated the development of a Chairmen and Additional Directors: The New York Times of Feb. 2, 1975) reliable method for measuring nicotine in 21 Indiana: Randy Majors, 912 E. 1 St., Bloomington, Ind. 47401 Nicotine gets into your blood and urine blood. Also, the phenomenon has affected 53 No· Carolina: Ron Miller, 504 Hillborough, Carrboro, N.C. 27510: Gary Whaley, even if you never touch a cigarette, ac the results of random spot checks on people 76 Maxwell Rd., Chapel Hill, N.C. 27514 Secretaries: cording to a British study of non smokers being treated at smoking withdrawal clinics. 21 Indiana: Martin Kramer, 625 W. Wellington, Indianapolis, Ind. 46260 that adds further evidence about the risks "Several genuine ex-smokers were falsely of smoking to society. 40 Western Wash.: Rosalie Osborn, 2160024 Ave. S, Des Moines, Wash. 98188 described as smokers after nicotine had 54 Border: Ed Koons, 3508 Olympic, EI Paso, Tex. 79904 "Virtually all urban non smokers have been found in their urine," the doctors said. measurable amounts of nicotine in their To determine how much nicotine non NCAA RULE ACKNOWLEDGING TOUCHES body fluids throughout most of their lives," smokers absorb from smoke pollution, the Rule 647 of the NCAA Fencing rules Every competitor is free to acknowled the authors of the study concluded. They investigators did two series of experiments states: "If a fencer in a dual meet is in a touch received at the moment when added: "It is derived from the indoor air on 39 urban non smokers. receives it. But the jury is not bound they breathe and it requires no more than jured to an extent that it is deemed un this acknowledgment and may still delih one or two smokers to contaminate a vehicle In the first experiment, they tested the wise for him to continue fencing, he may ate on this touch. On the other hand, it or building." blood of 12 non smokers who had spent be replaced in the lineup for that bout, absolutely forbidden for the competitors an average of 78 minutes seated among and the bout begun over again, with the In a report in the Jan. 25 issue of Lan make any gestures or remarks, except I people who had filled the unventilated score of the bout in which the accident cet, a medical journal published in London, the permissible acknowledgment of t room with smoke from 80 cigarettes and occured being completely voided. The op Dr. M.A.H. Russell and Dr. C. Feyerabend two cigars. However, they said that the touch, that could influence the decisio posing team may also replace its fencer in said that the average amount of nicotine circumstances of the experiment were un of the jury, or, after the Director's de the lineup for that bout under the sub in the urine of a non smoker was about one usual. sion, to acknowledge a touch that has r percent of the average in smokers' urine. stitution rules; Cf. 565. been awarded. "The concentration of tobacco smoke in Though the amount was small relative the experimental room was extreme and to that measured in smokers, the doctors would not be tolerated by non smokers, said "the fact that some nicotine is pre or indeed by smokers under normal cir sent in the urine of almost all non smokers cumstances," the doctors said. It's time to work suggests that episodes of passive smoking I n the second experi me nt, the doctors are common in urban life." measured the nicotine levels in the urine Dr. Russell, who works at the addiction of volunteers who had undergone their on your comeback research unit at the Institute of Psychiatry usual exposure to tobacco smoke. at Maudsley Hospital in London, said that The investigators reported that small passive smoking occured mainly in poorly amounts of nicotine had been detected in SPECIAL SALE ventilated confined spaces where people the blood of about ha If of the non smokers Cat. =46A SABRE MASK $12.( had been smoking. after exposure to normal amounts of tobacco Cat. :=:1l4A KNICKERS, deluxe $12.( smoke. They also reported that nicotine Though such pollution is of little con Cat. 7!=138A KNICKERS, Women, deluxe 12.( sequence to smokers, the doctors said, the was almost invariably present in the urine . 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Both second place win IN LIBRARIES TEAM SELECTED ner Kate Alexander (unattached) and third Does your I ibrary carry American The AFLA International Committee has place winner Ellen McFarland, nee Rabe ing magazine? Copies of American Fe selected the following persons to repre (Fla. State) lost to Sophie a single touch. would be very useful to those people sent the U.S.A. at the 1975 World Fencing John McFarland (FSU), 1973 sabre win are researching fencing information, 01 ner, lost his bid for a repeat first as he may be doing studies on sports in gel Championships to be held in Budapest: went la belle with teammate Jan Delaney in If you are a physical education maj Foil: Freeman, Hambarzumian, Cohen, Bal the Tournament's other barrage. Jim Cam a fencer, it would perhaps be usef linger, Lang. poli, late of Battle Creek, Michigan, con have such a file of back copies, as WI tented himself with a bronze medal. the current issue available. Any librar; Epee: Pesthy, Johnson, Lyons, Reith, Makler. Jack Espinosa, last pupil of Maestro Cas obtain a subscription by contactine tello and a close friend of Hugo and James, national secretary, Irwin F. Bernstein, Sabre: Westbrook, Apostol, Orban, Lekach, Women's Foil medalists in the Castello·Gaspar· ilia tournament (from I. to r.) Kate Alexander, presented the prizes to the winners on be Eton Place, Westfield, New Jersey O' Kaplan. second; Sophie Tret!, First; Ellen McFarland, half of the Castello family. A complete microfilm file of back copi third. Women: Armstrong, O'Donnell, Orly, Mc The 1976 Castello-Gasparilla is tenta American Fencing can be obtained Xerox University Microfilms, 300 Cou rt, King. tively set for February 7-8, the weekend be CASTELLO-GASPAR I LLA fore Tampa's famous Pirate Invasion, dur Zeeb Road, An Arbor, Michigan 4810! The Chief of Delegation will be Chaba by Diana Williams ing the Florida State Fair. have printed many interesting artic" Gall and Richard Gradkowski will be Team the past, and new members of the Indicators decided the day when a three might enjoy going over them. Physica Manager. Should any of the above named way barrage failed to produce a winner on SUPPORT OUR ADVERTISERS ucation majors may also be interested i decline to go, vacancies will be filled at victories alone in the epee final of the Fencers are urged to support our ad fact that Xerox films can also supply the conclusion of the 1975 Nationals, Castello-Gasparilla Fencing Tournament at vertisers and to use their products for all with prints of particular articles of s, based upon their point standing. Tampa on February 1 and 2. Mark Forrest their fencing needs. interest. (Eastern Airlines) took the coveted Castello presentation sword home to Miami, while teammates Ron Brown and Jan Delaney (Fla. State U.) won the silver and bronze INTERNATIONAL FENCING CAMP AND CLINICS medals. Summer 1975 The Castello-Gasparilla, a memorial to the late Maestro Julio Martinez-Castello, I. June 18 to Jllne 23: Pre National Training Camp. Open to all who spent the last quarter century of his life in Tampa, is held each year as part of San Diego, Cal. fencers. National Qualifiers will be award the City's Gasparilla Festival, named for ed scholarships. Fee $125.00 Jose Gaspar, a pirate who terrorized the west coast of Florida in the late eighteenth II. June 30 to Jllly 9: Development clinic for fencers of all ages century. As usual, the presentation swords San Diego, Cal. and skills. A coaches' clinic will also be for first place winners in each weapon drew run concurrently. Fee $400.00 most of the rated fencers in the state and Fabulous produced some of the keenest competition III. July 25 to August 6: Development clinic for fencers of all ages Stretch Nylon yet seen in Florida. Cornell University and skills. A coaches' clinic will also be Fencing Uniforms run concurrently. Fee $400.00 Preferred by Olympic Champions Tony Lamorte (Miami-Dade Jr. Coli.), a Director: Raoul Su talented young transplant from Connecticut, Not one of the thin stretch fabrics, but the heavy duty Monsanto Original. took first in foil. Tony later fenced in the (and still the bes!.) epee competition. Fees cover tuition, room and board. Staff will consist of internationally famous fenc You owe it to yourself. Second and third place medals went to masters and top ranked international fencers in a ratio of 8 to 1. For ALLSTAR in California, write to: Darrell Bennett (Florida Fencers), and Bob So. Calif. Fencers Equipment Santillana (unattached). 348 N. Vermont Ave. Applications: A deposit of $50 should be sent to Raoul Sudre, 5 Westwood Knoll, Ithe Los Angeles, CA. 90004 In winning women's foil, Sophie Trett (NASA) became the first person to win first New York 14850. Group rates available. Applications in by May 1 receive a 10% discol Fred & Dan Linkmeyer Dan DeChaine place in two different years. She plans to FRENCH FENCING MASTER SCHOOL diagnose a mechanical problem by its COMPETITIONS SHOULD NOT in the middle of the tournament. But it by Gerard Shaw symptoms. Once a week we meet with a TORTURE FENCERS not really an overwhelming problem b group of primary school children and for by Gregory Belok cause the fencers who come for practil (Ed. Note: Gerard Shaw, who fenced seven years an hour we get experience giving a col will get enough in the first two roune in the United States, graduated from the Ecole I would like to discuss a problem that lective lesson. There is hardly an aspect of After the second round, the better fence d'Escrime of the Institut National des Sports in affects all fencers who participate in compe June 1974. He is the first foreigner to finish first are a majority and are usually interested fencing that isn't studied or at least titions, esecially the long drawn out kinds in his c!ass~) touched on. The atmosphere is relaxed. The "results" first and "practice" second. of competitions. The usual strategy of com day starts at 8:30 and is carefully planned If round-robin pools only are desire A college teammate, Robert Handleman petition managers is to schedule all rounds to include practical as well as theoretical European tournament managers schedu and I started our academic year at INS for the same day. This is done regardless work. It ends at 4:30. Weekends are free, a competition for two consecutive days. TI with two handicaps. We arrived the 3rd of whether there are three rounds or six rounds. when there are usually important inter first two preliminary rounds are fenced November, approximately 6 weeks late, due An example is the Csiszar Invitational Epee national competitions going on in Paris. the afternoon of the first day and the la to a mix-up at the French Embassy in New Tournamert in Philadelphia each January four rounds begin bright and early the ne York. The second was our inability to con which attracts an unusually large number What have we gained? It would be im morning. There is usually no fencing pa verse well in French. We attended a lan of fencers (50 or more). Th is year it was possible to describe here the tangible and 6 o'clock on either afternoon. guage school every evening for 2 months in organized into five rounds, all on the same intangible results of this complete immer A disadvantage of this method is tl order to improve our understanding and day! We started late (9:30 A.M.) and by sion. The cost of the school is roughly necessity to remain in a city for two da expression. Incidentally, the language re 2:30 P.M. had only finished the first round. 3)100 per month which includes room, if one passes the preliminary rounds. But quirement is much stricter, according to The third round, where I got off, ended at board, and tuition. Each year the school larger competitions th is is necessary ar Norman Campbell, who is now enrolled 7 P.M .. In a way I was glad to stop fencing accepts 5 foreigners. The work is hard. way. Besides, after the second round, tl there. at that time because after being in the gym Final exams that last a week are especially fencing gets rough and fencers may pref The Institut National des Sports is lo since 8 A.M., my enjoyment of the game gruelling, covering all topics we've learned to start early in the day after a good nig cated in the Bois de Vincennes on the was beginning to ebb. How many other fenc throughout the two years. I find it neces of rest. The final, too, will be fenced at ; eastern edge of Paris. The address is: 11 ers thought the same way? I do not know, sary to point out that I NS is a school con earlier time. Avenue du Tremblay, Paris France. The but many good ones were eliminated when 12 cerned with training people to become fenc For the managers, directors, and oth Director of the fencing school is Maitre I was. Perhaps they would not have been ing masters. Anyone applying there should technical personnel, both the direct elimi Grisoni, who in 1964 coached the Japanese eliminated, had the third round taken place keep that in mind. ation method and two-day method are pra Olympic team. Resembling a sports-oriented in the middle of the afternoon. Robert Handleman is now working in San tical because one does not have to hal college campus, it houses and feeds Its Is it fair to ask a fencer to be mentally Francisco and I am presently a fencing around the gym for long periods of tim students. The facilities are extensive: indoor and physically alert for 12 to 15 hours at master in New York City. American fencing Perhaps this is incentive for attracting mo and outdoor swimming pools, tracks, soccer one time? Will he produce the same quality desperately needs more well trained young non-fencers to help with running the COl fields, gyms, basketball and tennis courts, fencing of which he is capabie, during the ma itres. Americans are not dumb when it petition. Perhaph the speeding up of COl as well as the fencing salle. We lived in a second 8 hours as he did during the first comes to fencing, They work just about as petitions may even help to make fencil dormitory room and took our meals in a 8 hours? Does the ability to compete 15 hard as Europeans and they are just as more of a spectator sport. dining hall. hours straight prove the quality of a fencer? talented. The past two years in Paris have Our competitions are getting larger ea( I say no. It is a mistake to subject fencers The fencing school is divided into two shown me that it is a question of training. year. This is a good sign for Americ; groups - first year and second year, with to such disregard when there are much bet fencing, but we cannot ignore the addition almost 15 students in each group. Two ter ways of managing tournaments. For burdens that are placed on fencers al ma itres lead each group, The program is example, the direct elimination method is managing personnel. For the organization very detailed. 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Pa2e Twpntv-Fioht BLUE RIDGE FENCING 1975 NATIONALS SCHEDULE by AI Rose 1975 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sat. June 21 - 8:30 AM Foil (to OF) The 1975 Blue Ridge Fencing COl SPECIAL NOTICES 5:00 PM Director's Clinic ence Cham~ionships, hosted by Men burg Academy, were dominated by F L U.S. NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 7:00 PM Board of Directors Meeting burg Fencers in an unprecedented sv 2. UNDER 19 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS Sun. June 22 - 8:30 AM Sabre (to OF) of all team and individual titles. The! 3. SENIOR OLYMPIC FENCING - Mens Foil, Epee & Sabre and Womens Foil 5:00 PM Foil (SF & F) of fencing was high, with seven fencer No qualification necessary. 1st, 2nd and 3rd awards by age groups 35-39, 40-44, Mon. June 23 - 8:30 AM Foil Team the tournament having won a total of 45-49, 50-54, 55-59, 60-64, 65-69, 70 & over. 5:00 PM Sabre (SF & F) national medals (including two chaml For additional information or entry forms, send a stamped, self addressed envelope Tue. June 24 - 8:30 AM Women's Foil to Senior Sports International, 5225 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 302, Los Angeles, CA. ships) over the past three years in (to OF) United States Under-16 Championship 90036. 1:00 PM Sabre Team 4. MASTERS COMPETITION - Foil, Epee and Sabre. (Must be certified Fencing Master 8:30 PM Annual General Meeting RESULTS and member of NFCAA). For further information and entry - Raoul Sudre, 5 West Wed. June 25 - 8:30 AM Epee (to OF) 1. Frostburg Fencers (Md.) 25; wood Knoll, Ithaca, New York 14850. 5:00 PM Women's Foil (SF & F) 2. Murry Woods Musketeers (Pittsburg: 5. FENCING CLINIC - FREE TO ALL 3. Tri-Weapon Club (Baltimore) 19; Thu. June 26 - 8:30 AM Women's Team Foil Technique and Strategy - Raoul Sudre 4. Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) 13; 11:00 AM U-19 Foil New Training Methods - jim White 5. Augusta Military Academy (Va.) 13. 5:00 AM Epee (SF & F) Films of International Competition with comments and critique. Fri. June 27 - 8:30 AM Epee Team INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 11:00 AM U-19 Sabre Sabre: 1. Paul, Cordts, Frostburg; 2. ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACTIVITIES 2:00 PM Masters Competition Olsen, Frostburg; 3. Dan Riley, F 1. THE SITE - New and modern International Hotel, Los Angeles 7:00 PM Fencing Clinic burg. a. Free transportation to and from International Hotel and Los Angeles Airport will Sat. June 28 - 8:30 AM U-19 Women's Foil Epee: 1. Sam Redick, Frostburg; 2. be provided for guests of the hotel. For those hotel guests drivi ng, free parking 10:00 AM U-19 Epee Nizinski, Frostburg; 3. John Snyder, is provided. 10:30 AM Senior Olympics, Foil & Epee cerburg. b. The hotel has many shops, several dining and cocktail facilities within its 8:30 PM Gala Night Foil: 1. Dean Rose, Frostburg; 2. premises. A swimming pool is available within the hotel. Sun. June 29 - 11:00 AM Senior Olympics Wheaden, Tri-Weapon; 3. Matt H c. The use of the Health Spa and Athletic Club within the hotel can be arranged Women's Foil & Sabre (at L.A. Athletic Murry Woods. for hotel guests. Club) d. Sight seeing tours to various points of interest in Southern California originate OFFICIALS PINS at the hotel. Have you ordered your official's pin e. The Southern California Division has negotiated economical room rates for DANGER All rated directors are entitled to th; Cigarette smoking pollutes the air for fencers. tractive emblem. SINGLES $20.00 TWINS &/or DOUBLES - $24.00 everybody. 2. SPECIAL TOURS - Special Rates under direction of Pied Piper Tours - see desk next to Fencers check-in desk on Ball room Floor. Special Tours include Disneyland, Universal Studios, Oueen Mary, Glamour Tours & Farmers Market, Knotts, Berry ORDER FORM FOR 1974 FENCING RULES BOOK Farm and chicken dinner and Western Ghost Town ... etc., etc. 3. SPECIAL TRAVEL RATES AND PACKAGE Enclosed is a check or mony order payable to AFLA, Inc. in the amount of $ ...... Contact TRAVEL ADVISORS 2223 West Ball Rd·, Anaheim, CA 92708. Call collect for ...... copies (at $3.00 each) of the 1974 FENCING RULES BOOK. (714) 535-2288 (See page 27 of American Fencing, Mar/Apr. Vol. 26 NO.4. Please send the book(s) to: PLEASE PRINT ...... CJ)angerousIr Name ...... ," ......
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