New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-13
MISS BRADLEY WINS
JUNIOR FO|LS TITLE
Finds Herself Without a Rival
|. When Two Women Leave
as Hour Grows Late.
ACCIDENT BARELY AVERTED
Button Comes Off One Blade,
but Miss Cheeseman Parties
Fierce Lunge and
Avoids Injury.

I
! Few competitions for national cham
| pionship titles have hickered out so sud
/ denly as that which left Miss Marie \.
Bradley the holder Of the women's junior
| honors with foils last night AT the erd
/ Of the tournament held at the Fencers'
! club No. 6 West 45th street
/ Miss Bradley. an able and skilful WELD
/ or Of the weapon. from the Ladies' Phila-
dephia Fencing club. after a lengthy
series of bouts. found herself abruptly
/ bereft Of competitors She had been one
/ Of four who had qualified out Of the field
! Of eleven contestants. but Miss Clara
! Cheeseman. of GarrisOns, y. y, found
! the hour growing late. and. not knowing
/ that fencing is one of the all-night sports
! as conducted under the direction Of the
Amateuv Fencers League of America,
She and her sister. Miss Sarah Cheese
man. who had been competitor. quietly
stole away while the Judges were busily
engaged in discussing the why's and
whcrefores OF touches.
Then il was discovered that Mrs. Max
( Benbaum. also OF Philadelphia. had be-
come hors de combat due 10 the strain
of the preliminary bouts and the late
ress Of the hour. And so only Miss
Bradley and Miss Jessie Pyle, also Of
Philadelphia. were loft II SO happened
that Miss Bradley had previously de-
fcated, Miss Pyle. and so with only three
I actual engagements i'm the finals Miss
Bradley captured the honors.
f. The little woman. who was all fire and
dash with the thin steel blade, was some
what dazed at the sudden and amazing
termination. Miss Pyle received the sec
ond prize. and the third prize was put
away for safe keeping until next year.
Miss Bradley displayed remarkable
agility. She sent her point home with
prettily timed thrusts. and in the entire
series met defeat in only one Of the pre-
| iiminaries and that at the hands of Mrs
Biernbaum by touches to 3.
Displaying a punctuality which is not
often a feature Of fencing tournaments
! i'm this city. the fair wielders Of the FOIL
( appeared at the Fencers club long before
the spectators They were closely fol-
lowed by a brigade of Photographic art
lists who bombarded them individually
and collectively and filled the room with
clouds of smoke that choked the fash
ionable late arriving spectators.
As the dminutive Miss Marie \. Brad
lev. of the Ladies' Philadelphia Fencers
Club. remarked as she wigwagGed d DIE
blue bow of her headdress, II seemed
moro like a Photographic contest than the
! initial holding Of the women's junior
foils championship under the direction
of fine Amateur FenCers League Of Amer
lea
Finally. after all of the women mad
| Dosed and huttercd around the photoS'
| Taphers. Charles Latham. the former he-
tonal champion. announced tlle CT," pe,,.
| tors and the fact that they would coil-
| pefe upOu :WO parallel STRIPS. ne coH-
tcstanfs on No ] strip were Miss Saran
| Cheeseman. of Garrison, N III, Mis'
LANES orc. Duffy. of Ladies Phil idelphias
| Fencers' cab Mrs. Max Biernpaun,, Vi
! I adios' Philadelphia FeEcers' club; MISS
| Marie 4. Bradley. % Ladies Philadeiphia
| Tencers' Club: Miss Edith Evans, 9t la Ia
dies Philadelphia feiicers CIuo, anu LIS; %',,
! Lucy SchulZe, Of Turn Nerein ol Ne"
The women who competed upon the
No. strip were Miss Gertrude -. Et AZ
! ineston. OF the Long Island Fencing o.
! vision: Miss Clara Cheeseman, OF cd
rison \ Y: Miss Jessie Pyle. or the
ladies' Philadelphia Fencers' Ciup,
| Miss Dorothea Samuels, or the Ld1,eS
4
| PaXOn DcetaS, Of the bdplcS "'i"
pha Fencers' CLUB. -, aiash;rr
and changing against steer tnets ~
! vigorous and flashing acuNlty' HiiH
! Bradley led off with pretty c p,t "
! eoordnlav against Miss Sarah Cheese
| man ON the No I strip. Both fouEht
! well and cleverly, nut Inc poiut VI VIZ
doughty Philadelphia found me pas.
| tron of her adversary ottenest. onCe
! she 1unCed so desperately that the Wiap
! ming came from the point OF her place
and an accident was Narrowly dVoiu,u.
! Rut NJ the end Miss Bradley won pS
! : touches to { Then Mrs. Dufy scorer
a sulendid victory. the second FOR me
! Phiiadelphians. by defeating MISS Edith
Evans by touches TO 8. -. on,oarca
Miss DorOthea Samuels, VINO appes eI
a slim of a girl, with braid or mar
caught up with ribbons waving Deh, ~
her like the tail OF comet won won sns
hrst bout on the no. S,rlp her ne onpo-
nent's guard and defeated Miss Gertrude
c. Livingston by touches to :.
STRIP NO. 1.
| u-s My Riernbaum OF Ladies Phlladel-
| mia Fencers club. defeated Miss Lucy sohulas
| 80 1iernbalm OF Ladies' Philadelphia
| rencors club. : to /. Miss Marie a. Bradiel,
OF Ladies Philadelphia FenSeIs O phti,,5elDbis
| Fencers club. 10 I. and Miss cara cheese-
man. OF Garrison y. y, to ,... phua
! Miss Marie \. Bradley OF i'di.'S '
| donhta Fencers Club. defeated MISS Ss.ah
| ,'heeseuan OF Garrison. y Y. TO =; Mrs.
| LANES O'G Duffy. of Ladies PhiladeIphS
| Fcncers club . TO 2. Miss Edith Evans OF
! aides Philadelphia Fencers Club: > TO .. ann
Miss Lucy schuze Of New York Turn Nere'"'
| 3 10 o. -, ,.o-.sso, - v
Miss sarah Cheeseman, OF Garrison. y; !"
! defeated Miss Edith Evans. OF Ladies Phla-
| dcinbia Fencers club. TO 4. Mrs James - -
| nnffv of Ladies' Philadelphia Fencers 1lup,
/ : 70 3. Miss Lucy Schulzc, OF New iofN luih
! Verein, ) TO O. ,,.-, r,.,,.a,,oNia
! Mrs James O'G Duffy. Ladies Phuanelphla
| Fencers' club. defeated Miss Edith Evans -
| dies' Philadelphia Fencers' club, . 10 8; Mss
| Tucv Schulze New York Turn Nerein' 10
| Miss Lucy Schulze, New York Turn Nerein'
| lost all bouts 80. r,,u,.,.At,
| Fencers' club. lost all bouts.
STRIP NO.
| Miss Jessie Pyle Ladies' Phisdephia
| reucers club. defeated Miss Gertrude {. iLN-
| ingston Long Island Division, 10 - MISS
| cara Cheeseman. Garrisons. y. y. . 20 -
| Misc Dorothea Samuels. Ladies' Philadelphia
| Fencers Club. : to T. and Mrs PaNon Deetar'
| Ladies' Philadelphia Fencers' Club . 10 '
| Misc clara Cheeseman. OF Garrisons, y. y
| defeated Miss Gertrude &. Livingston of Long
| island division ! to .. and Miss Dorothea
| Samues OF Ladies Philadelphia Fencers
| Club. , 10 :. 49,,
Miss Doroihea Samues. OF Ladies Phila-
delphia Fencers Club defeated Miss Gertrude
G. Livingston. OF Long Island division 10 =