The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-18
SOLDIERS Win With Polls.
CAPTURE THE INTERCOLLEGIATE
FENCING HONORS EASILY.

Two West Pointers Tied for the individual
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Makes . GOOt
Brace and Takes second Place I'm TIT
Team Competition--Rosults Of Bouts
The thirteenth annual competition for thu
Intercollegiate fencing championship, begur
on Friday night. was continued at the New
York Athletic Club yesterday afternoon anc
evening. When the last bout had been fought
last night IL was found that the fencers Of
the United States Military Academy trio
were this years winners OF the champion
ship. 1t was q f~oregone conclusion that
they would be when the afternoon results
were q known. They won 81 bouts and
lostii. Harvard was second. with IS victories
and 10 defeats: Annapolis third. with %
Victories and 20 defeats; Columbia fourth,
with 10 Victories and % defeats: Cornell
nth. with 10 victories and 20 defeats. Penn
sylvanla was sixth and Princeton seventh.
Yale did not send O team.
Princeton having been disposed OF on
Friday night, the Harvard and Pennsyl-
vania teams scraped folls to see which should
Join Princeton as an eliminated factor. The
Quakers fell and dropped out. As the after
noon bouts proceeded the West Pointers
gained more and more Of q lead. Their
NsA~S ANOh "VAV q olN OAOSA
Their instructor this season was Vautier.
formerly Of the Benoers' Club,
WiDiford, the left handed army fenoer, In
the afternoon outpointed everybody he met
except Bowman Of Harvard, who took his
measure only after an extra minute Of thrust
Ing and parrying. Lage. the Columbia
crack, and Burdick Of Annapolis had o
spirited. close bout. which the midshipman
won by a scant margin. The afternoon
round. which brought the two branches Of
the service together-West Point vs. An
napolls-was a clean sweep for the soldier
boys. At the end of the afternoons fencing
the SCORE was: West Point. won 2s. lost 9:
Annapolis. won 10. lost IA; Columbia. won
IL. lost is; Cornell, won IL, lost 30; Harvard,
won Is. lost 10; Pennsylvania, won 7. lost II;
Princeton. won 8, lost IS.
The attendance for tho wind up In the even
Ing was large. The gallery and main floor
OF the gymnasium we're filled with spectators.
at least half OF the number being women.
DR.. O.. NJ. Hammond was master Of oere-
monies In the evening, when only one bout
at a time was the rule and the collegians
and cadets had the stimuli Of a big and
sppreclative house"
The fencing In the evening was fast, sharp
and skilful from the outset. Rival foils
whipped the air. and the boards Of the plat
form danced under the pounding Of dancing
feet, The navy fencers were conspicuous
because Of sleeveless Jackets. In the second
bout the exchange was so vigorous that the
hand guard on Brandt's foil flew of into q
girls lap. Brandt substituted for Diokmans
one Of the navy's best ~fenoers, who was una
The double. c%rossi' exclaimed a spectator.
as Williford OF the army and Brandt Of the
navy landed q touch on oaoh other stimuli
absence Ii, the afternoon. had eight bouts to
sppisu iR t aSeH svSS e q assfe sHd there he CRACK Sss E NFIfiihis
ford. Brandt was a busy youth and won his
third bout In succession BY dlsposine Of HECK
s ssi@si like SeV guard on his foii.' WHO 'pO'''
The Harvard team made a ane brace In the
evening and passed Coluinbla and Annapolis;
was note worthy, Bowman won ten bouts
OF .Williford and Dickinson. both OF West
lost. The two West Pointers will fence off In
private for, the individual championship.
They would have done this last night, but for
clothing eknhdts g. 9 be 9secs sh hey knew that they were
The afternoon bouts were as follows:
HARVARD vs.. PENNSYLVANIA.
Scott. Pennsylvania, defeated Bowman, Harvard;
Bowman. Harvard, defeated Fleischer. Pennsyl.
yaIHis; BoT yE,Ina Hazard dsfsatsa Roqssss Penn:
and Hoyssest, All Of pcnnsyivanla; Mcleod, Har.
yard, defeated Scott, Pennsylyania; Fleischer,
Pennsylvania. defeated Mcleod, Harvard.
WEST POINT Va, CORNELL.
WIIiiord Yves, Point; defeated Delcssse. Cornell:
Point; Heckhelmer, Cornell. defeated Dickinson,
West Point; Humphreys, West Point. defeated
Howard, Cornell.
oLUMB1A va. ANNAPOLIS.
'Lage. Columbia, defeated Crenshsw. Annapolis:
Crenshsw. Annapolis, defeated Miller Columbia;
Burdick. Annapolis, defeated Lage, Columbia.
WEST POINT VI. ANNAPOLIS,
WIliford, West Point. defeated CrenshAw, An
nspoils; Humphreys. West Point, defeated Burdick,
Annapolis: Dickinson. West Point, defeated Cren-
shaw, Annapolis.
WEST POINT VS.. COLUMBIA.
Willlford. West Point. defeated Kehrlein, Colum.
bia; Humphreys, West Point, defeated Lage, Column
S Sis: P %lii I T West rG poInt fet deteS,e 1l'l f,V eoiT Go.
lumbia; Humphreys, West Posat, defeated Miller,
HARVARD VS.. COLUMBIA
Bowman. Harvard, defeated Kehrleln. Columbia;
Lage, Columbia, defeated ne y Me 6 HsryaTd; KshI-
Harvard, defeated Miller, Columbia.
ANNAPOLIS vs.. CORNELL,
Crenshaw, Annapolis; defeated Howard, Cornell;
Burdick, Annapolis, defeated Heckheimer, Cornell.
CORNELL vs.. HARVARD.
Heckhclmer. Cornell. defeated Tying. Harvard;
T1yns' HaTysFd' S ssTss isS B BeiIca ssc S S0rnsIIII' Mac:
man, Harvard, defeated Howard. Cornell.
oLUMBIA vs.. CORNELL.
Lage. Columbia. defeated Howard. Cornell:
Delcassc. Cornell, defeated Kehrleln, Columbia;
Heckheimer, Cornell. defeated Miller, Columbia;
Kehrlcin. Columbia, defeated. Howard, Cornell;
Kehrlein. Columbia, defeated Heokheimer, Cornell
WEST POINT va. HARVARD.
Bowman, Harvard. defeated Wiltford, West
Point: Dickinson, West Point. defeated Tying,
Harvard: Bowman. Harvard, defeated Humph.
Tying. Harvard; Winiford, West Point. defeated
Macleod, Harvard.
ASYoPoLIs Va. LANYARD.
Burdlck, Annapolis. defeated Macleod, Harvard:
Bowman. Harvard, defeated Crenshaw. Annapolis,
Following are the results of the evening
bouts:
Heckheimer. Cornell, defeated Lage. Columbia:
Miller. Columbia, defeated Brandt. Annapolis;
Dickinson, West Point, defeated Burdick, AnnApo-
lis: Brandt, Annapolis, defeated Williford, West
Brandt, Annapolis, defeated Howard, Cornell:
Tying. Harvard, defeated Humphreys, West Point:
Bowman. Harvard, defeated Burdick. Annapolis;
Brandt. Annapolis, defeated Heckheimer, Cornell;
Dickinson, West Point, defeated Kehrlein. Co.
Mcleod, Harvard. defeated Howard. Cornell:
Brandt. Annapolis. defeated Humphreys, West
Point: Willitord. West Point. defeated Heckheimer,
Cornell: LaEe, Columbia, defeated Tying. Harvard;
Bowman, Harvard. defeated Heckheimer, Cornell;
Tying, Harvard. defeated Crcnshaw. Annapolis;
Brandt, Annapolis, defeated Kehrlein, Columbia;
Macleod, Harvard, defeated Miller. Cloumbia,
Crenshaw, Annapolis. defeated DelcAsse, Cornell;
Tying. Harvard. defeated Brandt. Annapolis.
VESPERS MUST SHOW CAUSE.
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