The times., 1901-06-26
LANZILLI CLAIMS VICTORY
Willing to 60 to Court to Prove
That He Beat Darieulat.
Upheld in His Contention by the
Scoring of Two of the Judges. He
Tells the other Two They Must
Retrnct or Answer ut LAW.

Tells the Other Two Jhe| must
Retruct or Answer ut LAW.
The fencing contests last Saturday
night between Signor Pietro Lanzilr, of
the Italian school. and NJ. Darieulat, of
the French school, in which an announce
ment was made that the latter had won.
has led to an indignant protest from
Sgnor Lanziih The latter AYERS that he
was not beaten, and submits the follow
ing statement in proof of his assertions:
II. Pietro Lanziln. deny that | was
beaten on the evening OF June - in con
test with NJ Darieulat. and sustain my
statement with the following facts;
'On the evening of June y, 1901. at the
Columbia Theatre, there was meeting
for combat with sabre and foil for the
duration of thirty minutes for each as
sault Chcvalier TrentanoVe and DR.. MAJ
Zei were judges for Petro Lanzilli and B.
Norris and DR.. Rufus ChOate, for +. j.
Darieulat, over criticism from n
Darieulat on the Italian school of fencing.
Chevalier TrentanoVe was chosen as Ill
rector of the combat
After the opening formalities, both ad-
Versaries were on guard The combat De
gan with sabres and at the expiration oi
thirty minutes CheValier TTentanove call
cd for a halt. giving the decision To Lam
zilii for touching his adversary with d
strokes against 81, and Dr. r. a: Nj! Ma@%S' ss
marked the victory with 50, against 3Z
This is proved by the two documents
signed by Chevalier TrentanoNe ana l1r-
Mazzei in the possession of MT. Lanzllh'
and ready to be shown to whoever re-
quests But the judges of NJ. Darieulat
decided in favor of Darieulat, and swore
to the public that LanZilli had been
beaten by 116 against III.
Il challenge the fencing world II there
can be vibrated Si7 points in thirty min
utes | believe that the judges have I'M
aginations as vivid as that OF jules
Verne.
knowing of the decision, l complained
to my judges. explaining how incorrect
was the judgment of my adversary
blood was boiling in my veins, so l re-
fused to start the next assault unless
they would announce to the public that
there had been a mistake.
The calling of the public and the re-
quest of Chevalier Trentanove made me
| start the next combat, although with an
incredible amount of nervousness, and,
after five strokes on the breast of my
adversary on the sixth the blade of my
| foil left the handle, leaving in my hand
! the handle and guard. l took another,
which found to be fractured,by whom
/ cannot say. 1t seemed that the fencing
| foilS must have been broken between the
| first and second combats by some one.
Then Chevalier Trentanove offered me
| a French foil so / could continue the com
| bat. | requested that the combat cease,
as | could not handle an arm that l had
not seen before. This was denied to me
| and | was told that the time was fixed
| to thirty minutes. / continued. and the
result as given by DR.. Mazzei was SO
| against - and by Chevalier Trentanove
| 19 against Is.
Now. / ask the public to judge If the
| conduct Of B. Norris and Dr. Rufus
| Choate was that of gentlemen in an
| nouncing to the public that had lost.
Il ask that Mr. Norris and DR.. Choate
| give ne satisfaction within three days.
| If they refuse / will take the matter into
| a court of law, as l am not allowed by the
| laws of the country to take ordinary sat
| isfaction.
| "PIETRO IANZIBLI,
4 Fencing Master,
'-Sl2 Ninth Street northwest.