The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-17
COLLEGE FENCERs COMPETE.
Columbia and West Point Show well In
championship.

The annual championship OF the Inter
collegiate Fencing Association with folls
began at the New York 4. c. last night, aud
teams from Princeton. Harvard, Columbia.
Pennsylvania. Cornell, Annapolis and West
Point clashed weapons in the opening bouts
II was PrincetOn's initial attempt in the
domain of the rapler. and the Tigers filed the
gap caused by the absence Of Yale. It was
stated that two of the New Haven wieldcrs
OF the steel rod were inca paCitated through
Illness. and on this account the whole team
was withdrawn.
Since the inception of the contest the col
lege fencers have been remarkably dilatory
in getting into harness. but this year all rec
oTds were broken. 1t being an hour after the
advertised time before hostllities opened and
the first pair took the strip. A new feature
this year was the Introduction of a squad OF
graduate judges. who. in order TO make mat
tiers complicated. inaugurated a blind sched
ule. That is, instead of the plain cognomen
which their mothers gave them, the fencers
were known as A. b and G. Thus the AS of
one team fenced the AS OF the other teams,
and so on with the other letters. and finally
between the As. BIS and C's. Nobody, not
even the judges. knew what was going on.
Mr.. Anderson OF the New York A. C., the
official scorer, was az his wits end trying to
unravcl the conundrum. Three strips were
kept going and by the schedule the two worst
teams we're declared out OF the contest.
The teams were as follows:
United States Naval Academy-Dlckman Bur.
United states Military Academy-Dickenson.
Wlllitcrd and Humphreys.
Columbia unlversity-Lage Miller and Kehr.
Cornell Unlversity-Delcasse. Howard and Heck
Gnlyersity OF Pcnnsylvan'a-Betram, Flclscher
Harvard Unlverslty-Bowman Tying and Mo.
Leod.
Princeton univcrsity-Auerbach, McAlpine and
Breckenridge.
year. was on hand this year with a strong
trio. and ,Lage OF Columbia, who won the
iGdiyidual title, shSxsd that be has lost none
Bowman of Harvard. who was a runnerup
last year. met Lase in his first bout, and 4
over the Crimson. Later on Lage met Betram.
and after a slashing bout the Columbia man
was adjudEed the winner by four touches to
third bout, and the Tiger proved an easy prey
Tor the mpi who accounted for the
Columbia and West Point tied for the lead
with eight bouts won and two lost. Annap-
Pennsylvania were neck and neck with ?
won and 7 lost. For a newcomer Princeton
was doing well With 3 won and ! lost, and the
pIckman, defeated Bcrtram. Dlckenson defeated
feated Howard, Tying defeated Miller, WlIl!foId
defeated. Fleischer, Heckheimer defeated .cren.
shaw, Kehnlein defeated MoLeod. Gossell de-
Dickinson defeated Diekmen, LaEe, defeated
Berram. Tying defeated MeAlpine. 'Willlford de-
feated Burdlck, FleiScher defeated Miller. Brecken-
ridge defeated Mcleod. Humphreys defeated
CTenshaw. Kehnlein defeated RoSsett. Lage de
ieated Auerb nch, Dickenson. Miller defeated Nc
Alpine. Dlckman defeated Bowman, wllllford
defeated Howard. Kednlein defeated Brecken-
ridge, Tying defeated Burdick, Heckhelmer de
feated Humphreys, Crcnshaw defeated Mcleod.
IaGe defeated Dele asse. Dickinson defeated Bow
man,