Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-10
GAME OF FOILS
Gets BIG BOOST.
ATHLETIC CLUB ENGAGES AN
ABLE MASTER OF FENCE
Professor Victor de Lambertiny VIII
Take Up Work Of Forming
Glasses - HandbalI
Progress

FIOb'SSS
The directors Of the Los Angeles
| Athletic club made another raid on
the poor defunct San Francisco Olym-
pic club last week and added to their
staff of expert instructors the cele-
brated French master of arms, Prof.
Victor de Lambertny, who will begin
tomorrow the formation of fencing
classes in the gymnasium at hours cor
responding to those of Dewitt van
Court, the boxing teacher.
DE Lambertiny comes splendidly
| recommended and some of his exhibit
tion passes at arms with local fencers
in the club gym do not belle the tales
told of his ability. OF remarkable
speed, the light glints upon his foil In
action like the forked darts of light
ming, and his local opponents thus far
have with few exceptions proved them
selves "foemen unworthy his steel"
| The amount of interest prevailing In
| fencing was a closed book until the
club issued a series of cards to its mein-
! bers asking their opinion and whether
they would take lessons if an instructor
was engaged. Many replies were re-
ceived, and De Lambertiny's applica-
tion for the position of Instructor was
considered favoraby.
Prof. de Lambertiny's son is also an
accomplished fencer The pair make
pretty showing when they come to-
gether. De Lambertny the elder is
small man, but very active and his
muscles seem to he in the best of con-
dition. Naturally very quick. he is
splendidly adapted for his chosen voca-
| ton. There are so many rules Of
courtesy extant in fencing and so many
foul passes that it is impossible for
| any one to acquire even a slight
knowledge of it without personal in
struCtion from some one like De Lam
| bertiny. Many athletic clubmen have
already asked for the work, so its popu
larity seems reasonably sure in ad-
vance
| Coach Franklin, who is in charge of
the rowing, has put in considerable ef-
fort looking over the various courses
offered the club on the salt water
ways at Del Rey and Alamitos bay,
and the former has been determined
upon. The club expects to have a crew
rowing by the first of July if not
earlier. An unexpected showing of
oarsmen has developed, many of them
very competent There will be no diff
flculty about securing a fast crew. Ar
rangements are being made to row a
match with the St. Vincent's barge
crew on July and hot race is looked
for.
HandbaIl Hard Luck
Fate got busy with the handball
championship last week and handed
Joe Amestoy glass cut on his dexter
mitt, placing him hors du combat
according to the Doctors orders. This
and recent matches have narrowed the
championship outlook to that lusty
young trio. Hail. Loomis and Whelan.
To pick a winner is to waste paper and
time for no man at this state can more
than guess Whelan beat Loomis Fri
day only after the hardest of games
and at the end there was little choice
between them. Whelan was at his best
while Loomis was just a shade off
watch-enough probably to have made
it a dead even break between them.
Whelan killed the ball in the right hand
corner regularly and hardly missed his
point once. Loomis was good enough
to make it the fastest game of the
tournament thus far.
AS for Hall, he is getting better all
the time. Making n specially of a
hard hitting game, he has learned to
smash nearly every kind of a service
or return that can be handed to him
and this dashing style of play prevents
many of his opponents from showing
their favorite shots at all, being kept
too busy getting the ball back as best
they can. Halls chances are as good
as anybody's now
The veterans have taken to the rear
seats early in the present tourney.
Youth will be served" Dick Well
come is still hanging on by the eyelids
and may yet break into the finals. If
headwork were all there is to the game
this worthy and Frank Garbutt would
be fighting it out at the finish, but sus-
tanned speed and endurance count as
well. these being things in which lad
of the early twenties must perforce
have the call over more adult manhood.
OF promising young players quite a
few have come forward thus far in the
tournament, not counting the leather
medal contingent who are playing with
such consistent rottenness that first,
second and third trophy of the cow
hide persuasion is in contemplation.
The leather medal was a happy thought,
for it has produced all manner of in
nocent fun at the expense of the fell
lows who entered for tournament prac-
tice only. They have been getting
rather more-education in taking the
verbal gaff-which may or may not be
worth what it costs
The stubborn fights which young
Dunnigan put up against Frankel.
Welcome and some of the other hard
players promise good things for him
when he gets more practice.
Many New Members
The tourney has created lively inter-
est in club doings, and directors are be-
ginning to think of that 500 limit al
ready. The admission record was tied
one day last week when eleven signed
application blanks At this rate the
waiting list will operate before the first
of next month, the club officers having
refused to continue 1t beyond the 500
mark as they consider the present
quarters inadequate. Stockholders have
promised to start the work of provid-
ing the club with a home of-its own
as soon as the rolls are closed and
avow intention to make it second to
none in general comfort and conven-
ience of every appointment.
De Witt Van Court has made a good
rtart i'm boxing, and has his time well
taken up with teaching the left lead
to beginners who are taking their first
steps in the art of "hit and get away"
AS soon as he shows a pair of lads
something he puts them to practicing