New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
FIVE FENCERS QUALIFY.
Liuely Bouts Marx the National
Championship Try-outs.

Five fencers qualified last night at the Fenoers'
Club. in the Windsor Arcade. Fifth avenue and
9Th St. in the preliminary bouts. which entitle
them to enter the national championship tourna-
ment at the New York Athletic Club April %
and Is, Fos. duelling swords and sabres were
used.
In the foils each man fenced six bouts The win
ner was V p Curti, of the New York Turn Verein.
who recently won the junior championship There
twenty bouts. and he six of them H.
st. Gaudens won four and DR.. S. McculIogh three
bouts.
The winner OF the dueling sword contest was
DR.. S. McCuogh, who the only man to qualify
J. c. Stella and A. Strauss won two bouts each and
DR.. Lawrence and Z. n Watson one bout each.
The contestants and the clubs they represent
follow:
Foisv & GqTt NsE York . Turn a1.ga ysreq 4.ns!q Emil
Club; f. Z. Watson. Columbia University; Or. s Nc
Cuogh. New York Athletic Club; Or. J. r. Woodward
New York Fencers' Club G. T Cont, Italian Fencing
s'' Uav Ss ff5 turn Mocaas Ss5H@
Or: 5. 4 Lawrence New York Fsncers, club.
sahres-J c stella. New York Turn verein F. GlaeS
Club: A. Reitb r New York x Turn VeTein Dr. s A
Lawrence. New York Fencers' club.
The judges Of foils were W. Scott O'Connor. DR..
NJ J. H. Echeverria, A. Reith. jr, and NJ. Barbera :
Of dueling swords. X. B. Johnson. A G. Anderson
and Il. st. Gaudens; of sabres. W Scott O'Connor.
Dr. S A Woodward. a. Strauss and a. Benzen-
berg.
G. Bothner, with the duelling swords W. Scott
O'Connor. and with the sabre K. B. Johnson.
The sabre contests the most exciting Of the
evening and the difficult to Judge. There were
ten bouts, and of these r !. Byrne of the New
York Athletic Club. won four and DR. s. A. Law
renee three.
The summaries Of the bouts follow:
Fols-Firs bout H ST. sandens beat DR. s Mocn
ogh; Y. P. CfIrt beat 6. T. Cont; third
bout F Y Watson heat Emil Glaesser. fourht bout.
5. McCUogh beat DR. ! Fl Woodward fifth bout, Y. p
II. Gaudens sixth bout G. T Cont beat
E Y Wafson: seventh bout DR. J. H. Woodward beat
Emil Glaesser: eighth bout V. p Crti beat DR. s. Me
Cullogh: ninth bout, G. T. Cont beat H Gaudens;
Eleventh R'u bout, Dr. s McCaiogh beat Emil Giaesser
twelfth bout. V Curt Y. Watson thirteenth
bout, H. Gaudens beat Dr. J. H. Woodward four
teenth bout DR. s. McCulogh beat V p Curti fifteenth
Caudens z Y Watson; seventeenth bout DR.. j.
Woodward beat G. 7. Cont; eighteenth bout, Fl. st.
Gaudens beat Emil Glaesser; nineteenth bout F. v Wat
beat Dr.. s McCullogh twentieth bout. V. F Curti
beat DR. J. Il. Woodward.
Duelling swords-First bout, s a Lawrence and
Dr. S McCullogh double touch; second bout. J. s.
beat A. Strauss; fourth bout, DR. s A Lawrence beat
J. c. Stella: fifth bout a. Strauss beat z. Y Watson;
sixth bout DR. McCullogh beat J. G Stella; seventh
bout. =. y. Watson beat Dr.. s A. Lawrence; eighth
s. McCuogh z. Watson tenth bout A.
Strauss beat DR.. s. A. Lawrence.
renee, 4 3; second bout. J. c. Stella beat Emil
Glaesser. o; third bout F. !. Byrne beat A
Reth jr.. "a to Z fourth bout. DR.. s A Lawrence
beat J: G Stella. "a to 3; fifth bout, A. Reith. jr.
beat F. Glaesser. 1; sixth bout. F. J. Byrne beat
J. c Stella. 2: seventh bout. DR., 5. a Lawrence
beat Emil Glaesser. to /: eighth bout, j G Stella
F. Glaesser. to 0; tenth bout. DR.. s A. Lawrence
beat A Reith, jr.. 4 to .