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1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

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FENCING.ORGANIZATION.fter the Swedish <strong>Olympic</strong> Committee for the <strong>Olympic</strong><strong>Games</strong> of Stockholm, <strong>1912</strong>, had commenced its laboursduring the course of 1910, it applied to the FencingSection of the National Association of the SwedishGymnastic and Athletic Clubs, requesting it to draw upa plan for the fencing competitions that were to formpart of the <strong>Games</strong>, to make rules and regulations for the competitionsin question, and also to take all other measures necessaryfor the proper representation of this branch of athletics.The Section undertook this task with the greatest pleasure, as it wasquite in agreement with its mission, i. e., the promotion of SwedishFencing.The Fencing Committee of the <strong>Olympic</strong> <strong>Games</strong> thus first consistedof the above-mentioned section as a whole, but its final compositionwas as follows :President: Captain E. FICK.Secretary: Lieutenant B. CNATTINGIUS.Other Members: Captain, Baron H. VON ESSEN.Lieutenant C. HJORTH.I. TÄGTSTRÖM, Esq.Lieutenant N. BRAMBACK.Rules for the Fencing Competitions.The spirit in which the rules and regulations for any branchof athletics are drawn up is, probably, in a very great measure deter-455

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