Fencing Championships of the German Gymnastics Association 1931

The fencing championships of the German Gymnastics Federation in 1931 were held in Kassel on August 1st and 2nd . There were only team competitions in saber fencing. The tournament was the fourth edition of a team championship organized by the German Gymnastics Federation . In parallel to the German gymnastics association, the German Fencing Association held its own individual and team championships . The winner was the Middle Rhine district with fencers Wilhelm Schöndube , August Heim , Kurt Wahl , A. Bauer and Julius Thomson .

Mode and organization

In regional preliminary rounds, five district teams qualified for the final in Kassel. However, the district of Bavaria did not appear in the final, although it had qualified. Each team fought against each other. The individual teams consisted of four fencers and one substitute fencer.

In a team fight, each fencer fought against all fencers of the opposing team for five hits. Each individual battle was led by a referee consisting of a referee, a chairman and four referees and lasted a maximum of eight minutes. After the time had elapsed, the difference between five and the number of hits from the fencer hit most often was added to the hits received by both fencers. The team with the higher number of wins won the fight. With the same number of wins, the team with fewer hits won. If these were also the same, the team fight ended in a draw. A win was rated with two points, a tie with one point.

Each district provided a referee, two further referees came from the host city of Kassel. The highest court of arbitration was formed by the fencing warden of the German Gymnastics Association, Ludwig Staffen, and the district fencing warden Schubert and Sevin. Team battles began on Saturday August 1st and continued on August 2nd. The venue was the gymnasium of Realgymnasium 2 near the main train station. The award ceremony was held on Sunday evening, and on Monday, August 3, a tour of the sights of Kassel and Wilhelmshöhe was on the program.

Results

course

The team of the Mittelrhein district won all of their team fights and the tournament with six points and 34 individual battles won. Saxony took second place with only one defeat against Middle Rhine. Brandenburg could not win a team fight and took the last place among the teams. The best individual fencers were Schöndube and Heim from the Middle Rhine district and Postel and Berthold from the Saxony district.

No.	circle	Brandenburg	Saxony	Bavaria	Middle Rhine	Hanover	Points	Victories	obtained hit	space
1.	District IIIb Brandenburg		0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {3} {74}}}$	n / A	0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {4} {72}}}$	0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {5} {73}}}$	0	12	219	4th
2.	District IV Saxony	2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {13} {45}}}$		n / A	0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {6} {63}}}$	2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {12} {42}}}$	4th	31	150	2.
3.	District XII Bavaria	n / A	n / A		n / A	n / A	0	0	0	5.
4th	District IX Middle Rhine	2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {12} {40}}}$	2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {10} {50}}}$	n / A		2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {12} {53}}}$	6th	34	143	1.
5.	District VI Hanover	2 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {11} {50}}}$	0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {4} {74}}}$	n / A	0 ${\ displaystyle {\ tfrac {4} {70}}}$		2	19th	194	3.

The first number in the table indicates the number of points, the numerator of the second number indicates the individual battles won and the denominator indicates the hits received.

Final results

space	circle	athlete
1	District IX Middle Rhine	Wilhelm Schöndube August Heim Kurt Wahl A. Bauer Julius Thomson
2	District XIV Saxony	Paul Postel Siegfried Berthold Riedel Schubert Kirsten
3	District VI Hanover	Berger Hoffmeister Raupach Starck Dehnhardt

Further placements: 4th District IIIb Brandenburg 0 victories. 5. District XII Bavaria, not run

Best individual fencer

space	athlete	society
1	Wilhelm Schöndube 12 wins 26 hits	District IX Middle Rhine Eintracht Frankfurt
2	August Heim 11 wins 21 hits	District IX Mittelrhein TV Offenbach
3	Paul Postel 9 wins 31 hits	District XIV Saxony TV Chemnitz
4th	Siegfried Berthold 9 wins 43 hits	District XIV Saxony TV Chemnitz

Remarks

↑ Ludwig Staffen: The elimination fights of the five district groups for the saber team fights DT. in Kassel August 1 and 2, 1931. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 13, July 1931, pp. 162ff.

↑ For example, a match in which one fencer receives two hits and the other one hit is rated 5 to 4.

↑ ^a ^b Ludwig Staffen: Saber team fights of the German Turnerschaft in Kassel August 1 and 2, 1931. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 14, July 1931, p. 173ff.

↑ Ludwig Staffen: Saber Team Championships of the DT in Kassel. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 15, August 1931, pp. 189ff.

[1] Ludwig Staffen: The elimination fights of the five district groups for the saber team fights DT. in Kassel August 1 and 2, 1931. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 13, July 1931, pp. 162ff.

[2] For example, a match in which one fencer receives two hits and the other one hit is rated 5 to 4.

[organisation-3] Ludwig Staffen: Saber team fights of the German Turnerschaft in Kassel August 1 and 2, 1931. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 14, July 1931, p. 173ff.

[ergebnisse-4] Ludwig Staffen: Saber Team Championships of the DT in Kassel. In: Fechter-Zeitung Volume 31 No. 15, August 1931, pp. 189ff.