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United States Fer President: Miche Executive Vice-P Vice President: C Vice President: J: Secretary: Paul S Treasurer: Elvira Couusel: Frank N Official Publicatic United States Fen< Dedicat Jose R. 1: Miguel A. Editor: B.C. Mill Assistant Editor: Production Editc Editors Emeritw Mary T. Huddles( Albert Axelrod. AMERICAN FEl 8436) is published Fencing Associa Street, Colorado tion for non-melT in the U.S. and $1 $3.00. Memben through their duc concerning mem in Colorado Spril paid at Coloradc mailing offices. ©1991 United Sta Editorial Offices Baltimore, MD 2 Contributors pie competitions, ph, solicited. Manus double spaced, c Photos should pn with a complete c. cannot be retun stamped, self-add articles accepted. Opinions expres necessarily reflec! or the U.S.F.A. DEADLINES: ( Icing Association, 1988·90 I Mamlouk resident: George G. Masin Jerrie Baumgart ack Tichacek oter lOrly agorney m of the ~ing Association, Inc. ed to the memory of CONTENTS Volume 42, Number 3 leCapriles, 1912·1969 DeCapriles, 1906·1981 Guest Editorial 4 By Ralph Goldstein igan To The Editor 5 Leith Askins Remembering The Great Maxine Mitchell 6 II': Jim Ackert By Werner R. Kirchner ;: Ralph M. Goldstein, The Day Of The Director 7 m, Emily Johnson, By John McKee Thinking And Fencing 8 By Charles Yerkow \ICING magazine (ISSN 0002- President's Corner 9 I quarterly by the United States By Michel A. Mamlouk tion, Inc. 1750 East Boulder The Duel 10 Springs, CO 80909. Subscrip By Bob Tischenkel lbers of the U.S.F.A. is $12.00 Lithuanian Olympic Games 12 18.00 elsewhere. Single copies By Kaz Campe ; of the U.S.F.A. subscribe Safer Fencing For Everyone 13 :s. Address all correspondence By Cynthia Carter and John Heil bership to the U.S.F.A. office Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 15 rlgs, CO. Second class postage Interview By Thomas H. Cragg ) Springs, CO and additional Electrical Sabre: Back To The Future 16 By William M. Gaugler tes Fencing Association In The Final Analysis 18 By Charles A. Selberg : 4 Upland Road #24, The History Of Nebraska Fencing 19 1210. By Albert W. A Schmid ase note: Articles, results of On The Qui Vive 20 ot05 and cartoons are cordially By Nick Jamilla .cripts should be typewritten, Strategic Balance In Chess And Fencing 21 m one side of the paper only. By Harold C. Hayes ;ferably be black and white and Epee Tactics, 300 Years Ago 23 aption. Unsolicited manuscripts American FENCING And The USFA 26 ned unless submitted with a By the Editor ressed envelope. No anonymous Fencing Bulletin Board 27 Coaches College 28 By Leith Askins sed in signed articles do not Escrime 28 t the views of American Fencing By K. Maria Duthie Results 29 ::opy and advertising material The Pepsi Games Of Texas 31 By Ralph Goldstein Disillusionel 1rase describes the Now, as soon as the names of the new nominees are made I teach an intrc jncoln, "A house public, imagine what a wonderful gesture it would be if the entire community colle. administration were to resign, en masse. provides insuranc additional equipn nating Committee According to our bylaws, the Board of Directors would be Last year, at 0 ;late of his own to required to replace all of them promptly. In such circumstances, senior coaches IT If his opponent. whom better to select than the new nominees. They would remain age our rccreatio opposed as it was in office until the end of our USFA year, when they could be in the USFA ani uation where very renominated for a full telID. We could save almost a full year! USFA because il shed. It seems that Yes, I know it's a great cleal to expect. I know it's never been in. If a person is I condition. clone before, but this is the time for innovative, imaginative thinking except a magazi: Ire of the hopeless and constructive action. In my 15 year made up of many number of article romantic/recreati, lose to 9,000 indi Ralph Goldstein, a memher ofthe USF A and ils predecessor I he widely read artie lating Committee AFLA since the 1930s, has officiated andfenced competitively in all "Patton and his S~ lumber, a nominee three weapons for over 30 years, at the highest levels ()/ competi the USFA, donal( ss from which we tion. Among his many other honors, he was a member ()/ three me it seems that ti f accomplishment Olympicfencing teams. Mr. Goldstein served as editor ofAmerican fencer. I hope SOl !ligent, honest and Fencingfrom 1969 to 1977. ;uch a candidate, a 1er and for the best J don' tlhink J ( r e are at a critical . "house" without speaking slriclly seems Ii Ice a cont respond to the I y member of this organization's 9, 'lith one another, membership. JUSI SFA in mind and "A Long Ranf /iam Goering as ( it needs your inpi "What do you "Where does, "How should "What can tf, dream?" Here is your ( how the organizQ write to the conm I would like to Association (USl ner, Vol. 42, No. As a member, that my place in tl who enjoys the sf me with exercise in my daily life. strive to improv( d in Alleso )(luction to fencing class and run a small club at a local consistently have a substantial number of entries. In the U.S., Circuit ge, and have been doing so for ten years. The school events are the only tournaments that attract enough entries to provide ;e and some equipment, and club fund raisers provide extensive and varied competition. lent. Recreational fencers are the backbone of American fencing. As the ur division's annual meeting and elections, one of the majority of the 9,802 members of the USFA, we pay the bulk of the lade this impassioned plea that we should all encour dues that keep the organization running. We also providc the labor at nal fencers to join the USFA. I thought about why I'm circuit events, nationals, and other tournaments. In addition, recre j why a recreational fencer should join. I'm in the ational fencers often surprise thcmselves and their coaches by rising t gives me a place to compete and a structure to do it to elite circles after gaining experience at Circuit events. To limit the lOt into electric competition the USFA offers nothing pool of starting fencers in order to become more competitive interna ne on competition. tionally seems absurdly self-defeating - where are these future Olym s of fencing and membership in thc AFLA/USFA the pic medalists supposed to come from? :s worth saving number less than a dozen, and for the I also take offense at Mr. Mamlouk's denigration of the bronze medal onal fencer they can be counted on one hand. The most won by Peter Westbrook at the 1984 Olympics and the eighth place won le in my classes and club in the last 5 years has been by Westbrook and the fifth place (not 14th as reported by Mr. Mamlouk) lbre." My advice to my recreational fencers is don't join won by Donna Stone in the 1989 World Championships. Insinuating that 0$10 to the club, and I'll buy you a pitcher of beer. To their achievements were made easier by a "homc (court) advantage," is he USFA doesn't offer anything to the non-competitive an insult to these athletes who have devoted their lives to the sport. neone will take the time to show me I'm wrong. Recreational and international fencing can coexist in the same Jack C. Gillespie organization. If other sports ~ such as gymnastics and swimming Alleso, CA where the U.S. has made international inroads, can manage, why can't fencing? It's time to stop the rhetoric and develop a program that fits :an prove to you thai you are wrong, especially hecause, the needs of all fencers. for myse/j~ fencing without competition of some sort Karen J. Migdail radielion in terms. J might suggest, however, that you D.C. Fencers Club 'equest made in the letter sellt to everyone oj our Washingt.on, D.C. 700 memhers this past August when they renewed their 'in case you do not have a copy available, 1 shall quote: ie Planning Committee has heen established with Wil Guilty... with an Explanation ~hair ... Since such a Committee cannot work in a "void" I believe I have one of the very few complete sets ofAmerican Fencing, 'It. dating back to Vol. I, No. I, November 1949. This gives me ample helieve the USFA should .lei as its priorities? opportunity to compare not only past editors but the quality of the the future oj'American Fencing lie? magazine. it he spending its money and why? I would like to point out that: Ie USFA hope to accomplish realistically or as a 1. The last two issues were both marked Volume 42, Number 2. 2. In the past they printed on the magazine what months itcovered. Jp!)(Jrtunity. People are asking for your opinion ahout The last issue so doing was Volume 41, Number 2. December, !tion can be made to mean more to )IQH. J hope you will January, February 1990, incidentally the last issue edited by rzittee, in care oj the USFA's national ofJice ~Ed. Mr. Axelrod. Maybe it is possible to correct the above in the future and also get the magazine out on time. respond to comments made by the United States Fencing George Wort.h ~A) President Michel Mamlouk in the President's Cor- Orangeburg, N.Y.

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