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...remark in your article on "First Fencer" that Nadi's use of the "advance thrust" is an offensive few dare attempt. The movement may seem daring to Americans who mainly follow the French School, but it is not unusual...
Italian fencer. In fact, all Italians (and Argentines) prefer the advance thrust to the lunge, thrust of the French (and Americans, English, and Belgians). The advance thrust, also, is a favorite device of short fencers when they compete with fencers of long reach, a fact which may explain the preference of short Italians for the movement...
Anglo-Catholic though Bishop Griswold may be, his High Church proclivities he does not thrust upon his flocks. Low Churchmen were known to have voted for his election. Tall, handsome, he caters to the cope and mitre but not to the rich. If he were a Presbyterian he might be called a fine pastor; as an Episcopalian he is a poor speaker, a hard worker among the needy...
...past: Kirchhoefer, Greco, Pini, Rue. They rate him with the great Marignac, notable for his ferocity. Marignac was bigger than Nadi who, though stocky (approx. 160 Ibs.) is not tall (5 ft. 10½ in.) for a fencer. One of his most famous strokes is the "advance thrust"-a lunge made on the offensive which few fencers dare attempt. He is good with all weapons, but best with the foils. This week he sails, for Bordeaux to fence in France and Italy...
...home. In the matter of passing, the University skaters have been far below par. Snappy accuracy and not weak pushes must feature this department of play. The center's job is to feed his wings, who in turn must be free to take the pass and apply the death thrust. Throughout the nine games played so far, too, the use of the poke check by the forwards has not been as efficient as it might. The first game of the 1929 Yale series, which the Crimson won by a 2 to 1 count, showed the victors employing this check...