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When, in Paris, where his deluxe fencing school was on the Rue de Crenelle, swordsman Nadi heard about the fencing boom in the U. S., he pricked up his ears. In addition to promising rich dividends for teaching, it would take him closer to Hollywood. Darkly handsome, 6 ft. tall and so slim (135 Ib.) that he offers opponents a discouragingly narrow target, Swordsman Nadi, who once acted in a French film, has always wanted to go there...
Premier Gömbös' position was delicate. He is a graduate of the Military Training School for Gymnastics & Fencing, a member of the Hungarian military elite, a crack swordsman and pistol shot, wounded and decorated in the War and now a Field Marshal. The Hungarian military code of honor demanded that Soldier Gömbös give Civilian Eckhardt satisfaction, as he has already done for many another man. But Politician Gömbös, as realistic as he is vain, might be seriously compromised by a duel. For as Premier it is his uncongenial...
...counted two points to the winning team. Ties in epee counted a point apiece. Team with the highest total in the three weapons won the trophy. Foil. Two of the four U. S. foilsmen are U. S. champions. None of the four Britons is national champion. Nevertheless, outstanding swordsman of the evening was British Major A. Dennis Pearce, 38, a left-handed War aviator, slender, agile and amazingly cool under attack. He won all four of his bouts, personally accounted for half the challengers' victories. He trounced (5-to-4) 26-year-old Hugh Alessandroni, another left-hander...
...best known Mexican matadors in Spain are Fermin Espinosa, "Armillita Chico,'' a precise and elegant swordsman, and the more fiery Jesus Solorzano, famed for his slow and dangerous veronicas...
...Fuentodos. a tumbling village in Aragon. When he showed a facility for drawing, small Francisco was sent to nearby Saragossa, capital of Aragon, to study under one Luzan, a painstaking baroque copyist. There were rival churches and rival gangs and Goya, a husky, loud youth of 20, already a swordsman and perhaps a bullfighter, quickly joined the disputes. When three men were found dead in the streets one grey morning, he thought it advisable to go to Madrid. Here he drank and fought, observed the ritual of singing under windows, gained greater fame for this than for his occasional painting...