The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-27
TITLE TO MAL,LET| |
st. Paul Man Wins Fencing Cham
pionship Of Northwest by De-
feating Le Roux.
Final Score Is 80 to % st. Paul
Man Wins by His Cool
ness.

"A. Is. Mallett is undisputed fencing cham
pion Of the northwest. At the conclusion
of this city last night in Century hail., the
st. Paul man led by a score Of 80 to %.
and it was admitted by practically all the
spectators that the victory. was fairly
earned. The bout was more exciting than
scientific, but the work Of the contestants,
whRe not finished, was very fast atAtimes.
A crowded house witnessed the contest,
and fully half the audience wa>; composed
Of st. Paul men who had come to cheer
for their favorite. LeRoux also had
plenty of partizans in the crowd, and
every point scored was greeted by a yell
from the friends of the lucky sWordsInan.
On the whole Mallett's attacks were
cleaner and straighter than LIE Roux' $.
The local man reached his opponent a
his thrusts resulted in slaps,s scratches or
fouls, while Mallett's lunges were directed
with precision, and resulted : in }sInore
points. Mallett also showed greater COOL
ness, and this fact, more than anything
else. won him the victory. LIE Roux was
inclined to be nervous, especially in the
first and third rounds. - = 4 ~
LIE Roux undoubtedly suffered from the
failure of his seconds to claim touches.
They lost half a dozen or more points in
this manner, but Mallett also failed to re-
ce1ve credit for two or three touches, and
in no case could ,LeRoux have won.
George Heintz Of Chicago, who acted as
referee, gave perfect satisfaction. His
decisions were rendered quickly, and
rarely left ground for argument. Mr..
Heintz received many compliments for his
impartial work.
Detail Of tho Match.
,Mallet got the first point in the open
ing, but LeRoux evened matters by touch
ing his opponent fairly. Then ~Mallett at
tackled with a speed which seemed to daz-
zle LeRoux. He scored point after point
with attacks as simple as they were fast,
while LeRoux was clearly ratified. To-
ward the end Of the bout LeRoux rallied
and scored two points, but the round
ended with the score standing, Mallett II,
LeRoux 8.
In the second round LeRoux assn med
the aggressive, parrying Mallett's attacks
with more success ,and scoring repeatedly
himself The Minneapolis man showed
good judgment in this round, and the
score was LeRoux 7, Mallet 6. In the
third bout, however, Mallet attacked again
with the same tactics he had used in the
opening bout. LeRoux again seemed
nervous. and was equally unable to parry
Mallett's thrusts, or to score himself. The
score for the round was Mallett 10, Lee
Roux 3.
It was now evident that nothing but
complete reversal of form could save
LeRoux from defeat. He kept his head
we'll in the fourth round, turning NAL
lett's tactics against him, and scored
Z points to his opponents s. This made
the total score 80 to 20 in favor of Mallett,
and the bout was practically finished. In
the last round both men were excited, but
put up most even fight LeRoux scored
s in this bout to for Mallett, making the
total score 80 to %, and Mallett was de-
clared victor. The score by bouts fol-
lows:
nsEsst :::::: - e ss Is Is
csH@.. Last Meeting for the Title. $
AS it was specified in the articles OF
agreement that this should be the last
meeting between the men for the title
and as Mr.. Mallett told his friends be:
fore the contest that this would bel his
last bout with the foils for the champion.
ship, the northwest may not witness an:
other contest of this kind for many years
| to come. The foils used were the reg ula.
| tion light fencing steels with blunt tips
Preliminary to the main bout, Miss Mar.
garet Wesley and w. J. Douglas prese ntec
the original grand salute of the French
school. Master Lyle La Pine, possessing
| q: rich voice, rendered two songs; w; H
Newton and H. S. Corson gave an exhi.
bition with the foils, and AL G. Flournoy
favored the audience with some clever sto
.ries and a song. MISS EIulda Sweet iant
Mr.. Mallett gave fencing exhibition, |an6
A N. Wolff amused the crowd with catchy
| stunts on the violin. The Wolff janC
Barrett orchestra furnished music during
| the evening.
| w. Ehmann and Herman Hirschy actet
as seconds for Mr.. Mallett and WI J.
Douglas and w. H. Newton acted I'M tn,
same capacity for Professor LeRoux. rs