New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-04-02
WEST POINT NOW LEADS.
Intercollegiate Fencing Tournament
an Progress.

West Point. Harvard and Columbia fought .
brave battle with the foIls last night at the New
York Athletic Club. No blood shed. but the
fencing Of the most exciting kind. with the
odds in favor of the West Point cadets az the snd
Of the fftieth bout.
It the eleventh annual intercollegiate com
petition for the championship trophy. presented By
the Racquet and Tennis Club and there was
large attendance DR.. Graeme VI. Hammond was
the master Of ceremonies Civil Engineer Cunning
ham. Of the United States Navy. looked after tne
interests of the from Annapolis. and the army
was represented by Lieutenant II T. Koehler. VINO
Is the instructor of fencing West Point
There were three men from each Of the seven
bodies represented
From the first the West Point cadets and the
Harvard nip and tuck" and these two
were closely pressed after few bouts by the
Columbia men. Nelson. Knox and Dckman made
a plucky fight for the navy. but they seemed out
classed by the others. who had evidently had more
practice at the game. stin they set hot pace FOR
the men from Cornell. and for those from Yale
Pennsylvania made the porest showing OF all her
only having won three bouts at the END OF tne
seventy-sixth bout. Three pairs of fencers COM
peted at once. and the bouts were run OF at the
rate of thirty hour. ninety-nine being con-
tested in all
At 10 O'Clock fifty bouts had been contested. and
the West Point in the lead. with eleven
wins their credit. HOneycutt had won nve
bouts Barber four and Scott two. Harvard and
ward having won five Macleod four and Tying
one. Pitou of Columbia, had won four. Witherow
three and Mahan three
Rowland OF Yale had defeated Scott Brand.
Mahan, Witherow and P1tou- Lawrence had beaten
Brand and Mendoza had beaten Prick and Tyns.
Cornell had only six wins TO her credlt az tnls
time. The Annapols men had defeated nVe men,
and Pennsylvania had only one bout
IT was midnight before the last bout was COM
rsd with tn, the Harvard men good seconds West
Point had Is and lost g. Harvard won 70; los. =,
neil 3. lost 10; annapolis won 3 lost IL Penn-
The fencing viii be continued tc-nishts
THE SUMMARIES
Pine Cornell. beat Knox Navy.
5-Roneyeatt' West Point BEAT Mendoza. Yale.
sIsaSae fa Se' 6sat Brand s sH
So Pitou. n. Columbia beat scott, West POINT
EIeishsr Pennsyivanis. !sq, AawIand s,, x,l.
1o-MacIeod. Harvard beat knox Nay;
4 49seRan cola a beat Tyng HarvsEd
3I[oRsysutt West Point BEAT PIPE S0fRsn
i5-scott, IVES, Point. beat lawrence Yas
S Yae beat 1s7 wiisrson cobi.
Pit9g Go9 Y Peat Hscks co1sl
2o-MacLeod. HARVARD. beat EIsishsr PsnnsyivanA-
Sansa smDa beat SSs' 2 Ms9a07 Yale Yale
24Hoasyo Ha5'7 Wss, 0f Foin sI best f~1sns
25-P1tou Columbia. beat Brand, Pennsylvania
29-Wit6ro1 coiu1ssia beat Flsshsr p.na-yv.aia
2a-NarIe0d Harvard. beat Heckheims-, Corn<ii
sO-Holmes Harvard. beat DickTuan. Navy
81-Nfahan Columbia. beat Lawrence, Yale
32-MendOza, Yale. beat Tyng. Harvard
g3-Barber West Point. beat Bowman. CorreiL
34-TIowIand Yale Brand Pennsylvania
35-Honeycutt. West Point. beat Pitou. Columbia
36-kn0x. Nay. beat Frck. Pennsylvania
fG d4a9 5 Sss' Ss2is Wa NsT Tone
3Q-HOu1es Harvard beat Mendoza. Tale.
4O-Barber West Point. beat Pho. Cornell
41-Dickman. Navy. beat Tying. Harvard
42-HOwIand. Yale beat Mahan. Columbia
43-Pftou. Columbia. beat Lawrence. Tale.
4--Honsycutt. West Point, beat Bowman Ccrrtfl
4S-Vithrow. Columbia beat Macleod. Harvard
4S-Knox 1savy. Brand. Pennsylvania
4T-ScOtt. West Point. beat Heckhsner, Cornell
4S-Barber West Point. beat Mendoza. Yale
49-Pfno. Cornell beat Tying. H5rv ard.
5O-Nelson Navy. beat Frick. Pennsylvania
51-Howland. Yale. beat PitOu. Columbia
52-FIOneycutt. West Point. beat Marian. Columbia
53-Wtthrow. Columbia. beat Lawrence. Yale
5f-TyrE Harvard beat Brand PsnnSyIvants
55-Dlcknan Navy. beat Fleisher. Pennsylvania
5S-MacLeod Harvard. beat Scott. West Point
51-Holrnes. Harvard. beat Bowman. Cornell
5e-Harber West Point. beat HeCkhen7er, Cornell
59--Pitou. Columbia Feisher. Pennsylvania
6G-MendoZa. Yale. beat Knox. Navy
6l-Frick. Pennsylvania- beat Pho. Cornell
62-Ifolmss Harvard. beat Lawrence Yale.
63-%eils0u New. beat Rowland Yale
64-Nithr0w Columbia beat Brand. Pennsylvania
6j-Scott. West Point beat Mahan. Columbia
66-Dickrnan. Navy beat Macleod. Harvard
6T-Heckheiuer. Cornell beat Frick Pennsylvania
6S-F0v Cornell beat Tying. Harvard
6+-Ftt1u Columbia. beat FrtCk. Pennsylvania
71-Lawrercs. Yale beat Mcleod. Harvard.
72-NeiisOn. Navy beat Fleisher. Pennsylvania
T3-Brand Pennsylvania. beat Mshar. Columbia
74-Hovlant. Yale. beat Barber West Point.
IJ-P1nO Cornell. seat pfcSTnan Navy.
56-MacLeOi. Harvard. beat Pitou. Columbia
At the end Of the seventy-sixth bout West Poin.
had won Is and lost bouts Harvard Is: lost 8: