The sun., 1901-04-07
FIVE FENCING ny CADETS.
U. =. Naval Academy Team wins tho Intercoi-
Icgiate Championship.

The cadets from the Naval Academy at
Annapolis scored great victory with the
fol-, over the representatives of the Eastern
colleges last night in the intercollegiate fcnc-
ing championship, winning with Is points.
one more than the Cornell men II was the
eighth annual competition and the interest
in the contests was 80 great that the gym
nasum Of the New York Athletic club was
crowded 10 the doors Among those who
Witnessed the bouts were many fashlonahly
Httirvd women. who received their first op-
portuuty to visit the clubhouse at night.
Rear Admiral Erhcn, Col Mills Of Wet Point,
Rear Admiral Taylor and Col Robert VI.
Thompson also were present. The follow
ing were the teams
L. 5 Naval AcHq,my-- cadet J.. Is. McBrde,
cadet n ltcrfy and e. dd't y Andrews.
Harvard lnll.rsly Howard tmpr 7, Hitch
lngs ana G y Wgrch,unl
Comcil niyrr'y Join Ernest Girnou,. Chester
WNmlu Dn,iS and 'lafy Fitch tluunt
Co""lhIa uiNrtNltr 4, y Hewitt. \. !. Queneau
and ! I} ClHrk.
Yale had entered a team, bat only two m-n
appeared and thov had 10 withdraw The
fCnCius began IN the afternoon. Is nitv-fuur
bouts wrr" required 10 carry out tho con-
diton- each man having - meet "v"rr man
on lhc other team. Cornell, although beaten,
had remark ably well balanced 'llp. but
the individual merits of henry and Mcbride
for the Cadets earned them he victory The
surprise WAS he disastrous defeat Of Harvard
| I
the challruEo trophy presented by the Rae
quc' and Tennis club, uut instead Of i"uCln {
In winning form a. they did last year they
finished last I B Clark wa the mtin-tay
Of IA" Columbia team and his good work
aided the Blue and " hit" boys 10 obtain third
place with T. points live less than Cornell
and five more chan Harvard.
The interest grew to lev cr heat when the
struggle between Cornell and the Naval
Academy icralyr So close toward the end
that Zip mp hy either Of the leaders might
turn ylturv into defeat Ih" sympathy
of thc crowd Wa WITH -. 'Nd0I"-
Cadet Henry was singled out early o. his
clover work and ~ he defeated man after
man II WIS thought ho would 20 uloGrn the
contest without being beaten 7 u Clark
- columbia Wa almost u- big t ftyprl'",
but hr had been defeated 'Wiu" when he
faced Henry for q" !!a-' bout which th", cadet
than Henry, held his own for M" four min
utr~
The mdrc4 could not give a decision and
lcrod another bout " two minutes. lInury's
wrist was weak and another bout wa. put on
wh.l" u va, rubbed Both men w"r" alert
and clever for tho extra two minutes and
nglin N" iUdco- could not decide
They went DV for a thIId tIIiQ, and touches
were about even, when tlalk, by beautiful
Hour Inv. won the individual prize with
eight wins out of min" bouts. Nuli" Clark
va, tied with Mcbride OF tN" Nlyl, ADad-
"mv Tor second, wltl seven won by "ncu.
Summaries follow
McHrdc Naval academy, won T. lost 90 De
l,,trd rlapp. lltrh.nGs and lucncnal, Harvard
Dlgnpn and tl"0ui cornell O1sneau and Hewitt,
iI,n,y Naval Academy, won F, Jos, T. Defeated.
t.ur IufrhIugs and i'l'rh,uu'. Harvard GlgIlr.
mu.n' ana Davis, cornell Quer"ag and Hewitt
ind,ca,, N.yal Acrdrm,. won 3. lo,tc Defeated.
burru'nli Harvard. aud QucrrIu ana IevIi.
C.appo' Harvard Won lost 2. defeated Andrews
Naval Academy, and 'llth lo Imhh