Post by schlager7 on Jun 27, 2005 12:24:33 GMT -6
The following comes from the 1894 chapter of my project, Campeche Steel. It is included for those who feel there has been too little progress made in the scoring and refereeing of tournaments:
Organized fencing as a sport was coming to grips with its nature. Sports have rules and rules must not only be codified and followed, from time to time, they are changed. At a general meeting on October 29, 1894 new rules were passed bearing on touches and the counting of points. For the 1894-1895 season, four judges would conduct all foil competitions. Each competitor would fence a bout with every other fencer to an aggregate of five touches per bout. No touch would be awarded unless agreed upon by at least three of the four judges. Additionally, no discussion concerning touches claimed or made was to be held between the contestant and any judges or amongst the judges.
Each judge would, without discussion with his peers, award from one to three points for each touch made, according to the following values: fair touch was one point; a good touch was two; and excellent touch was three points. Each judge would record the points he gave to each touch as it was made during the bout and at the close of the bout award any contestant one point (or some fraction thereof) for good form. The judge would then sign his form and hand it over to the scorekeeper. No judge would disclose to another judge their awards. The final score would be the average of those awarded.
In foil, the rules now further defined the valid target area. The boundaries of the target now being from the collar of the fencing jacket, down the median line to the hips, then along a line drawn from the hip to the posterior limit of the armpit, curving around the front of the arm and along the crest of the shoulder to the collar.
Organized fencing as a sport was coming to grips with its nature. Sports have rules and rules must not only be codified and followed, from time to time, they are changed. At a general meeting on October 29, 1894 new rules were passed bearing on touches and the counting of points. For the 1894-1895 season, four judges would conduct all foil competitions. Each competitor would fence a bout with every other fencer to an aggregate of five touches per bout. No touch would be awarded unless agreed upon by at least three of the four judges. Additionally, no discussion concerning touches claimed or made was to be held between the contestant and any judges or amongst the judges.
Each judge would, without discussion with his peers, award from one to three points for each touch made, according to the following values: fair touch was one point; a good touch was two; and excellent touch was three points. Each judge would record the points he gave to each touch as it was made during the bout and at the close of the bout award any contestant one point (or some fraction thereof) for good form. The judge would then sign his form and hand it over to the scorekeeper. No judge would disclose to another judge their awards. The final score would be the average of those awarded.
In foil, the rules now further defined the valid target area. The boundaries of the target now being from the collar of the fencing jacket, down the median line to the hips, then along a line drawn from the hip to the posterior limit of the armpit, curving around the front of the arm and along the crest of the shoulder to the collar.