New-York tribune., 1908-02-02
ARMY WINS AT FENCING
E4RNS LEG ON TROPHY.
Cornell Beaten FiUe Bouts to Ihree
an Final Round.

| The ARMY fencing team won the junior foiis con-
test and leg on the Manrique Trophy at tne cen
tral Young Mems Christian Assoclation' W. w
| Fulton street. Brooklyn. last night, oy oeleatins
| the Cornell team five bouts TO three Inc ca0e'S
deserve particular credit for their victory
they defeated the same team which won the con-
| test last year for Cornell
Eight teams entered the contest They were the
Army Cornell, Yale. Pennsylvania. the New YORK
Fendhg Club the Foil and Mask Club Of New
YORK New York Turnverein and the Carnegie
| Fencers' Club of New York. Princeton and the
New York Athletic Club entered teams. but they
did not report. Columbia withdrew her team early
in the afternoon because 1t was Impossible for TWO
| OF her to appear
| The preliminary round resulted n the Army de-
| featins the New York Fencing Club by the score
of bouts TO 9 Cornell, the Carnegie Fencers Club
5 bouts TO o; YaleSthe University of Pennsylvania
| 6 bouts to g. and the Foil and Mask Club the New
York Turnverein, bouts to 2.
In the semi-fnaI round Cornell was paired with
Yale, the Army with the Foil and Mask Club
Cornell gave the Ellis big surprise by running
away with five bouts in quick succession. and the
West Pointers did the same trick TO the Foil ard
Mask Club
West Point and Cornell then fought it out The
first bout in the final round was between Dfckin-
son, West Point, the intercollegiate champion
fencer of last year, and Harries, OF Cornell DICK
inson after a beautiful exhibition OF fencing
and then the Army stock scared as Sears quickly
beat Fassett of Cornell. GrebIe then faced How
ard. the third Cornell After the bout the
judges were unable To decide the winner and or
dered the fence one minute on each side
OF the mat Again the judges disagreed, and then
ordered the contestants to fence until touch was
made Three times in succession it looked as II
Greble had touched his man, but the judges SAID
nay. and the gallery Kissed its disapprovaL Then
it looked if Howard scored a touch. but again
the Judges ruled it no toIch-'' Finally Greble
landed an undisputed touch. and was heartily ap-
plauded he took his seat
With the score three bouts 10 nothing IN the
Armys favor it looked like walkover- Right
here however. the Ithacans took brace and Sears
, lost the bout Dickinson beat Fassett easily
and the score stood to l. Greble and Howard
fenced in desperate STYLE and required two extra
periods before Greble defeated Cornell won
the next bout. making the score to l. Dickinson
won the bout and the contest.
Dickinson In splendid form He won every
bout in easy style and apparently had every oppo-
nent outcassed. Greble. OF the Army, made bad
start by losing his first two bouts After that ne
improved. but lost two out of his three bouts
against Cornell On the whole the Army team ap-
peared to be unusually strong one even for the
Army If it has weak point it is G-ebie, although
the latter is fencer of good ability
Pennsylvania and Yale. in comparison with Cor
nell and the Army outclassed- Martin, OF the
Pennsylvania team. did good work. however. and
won two of the three bouts he fenced
A large crowd witnessed the bouts and applauded
the winner vigorously. The Manrique trophy mas
Club.
Preliminary round-Smith. Of Yale beat Martin. OF
Pennsy vsnia A G staiey OF yale oeaa a., iI5,or io
Ys Mart Of PennsTvania beat staiey Of Yale
Haas. of Yale beat Taylor Of pennsylvania smith o.
Treviro. Of Pennsylvania Martin of Pennsy
of pennsylvania staIey of Yale Trevino. Of Penn
sylvanIa: Yale. s: Princeton: g ~
Grossenbough. Foil cnd Mask Club beat Prem New
Grossenbough Foil and Mask CTub Prem. New York
Turn verein beat Conk. Foil and Mask Club: Hall Fol
Foil and Mask Club Rieth New York Turn Fereni
Grossenbough Foil AID Mask Club beat Trost. New
W E Harris Cornell. beat H. Perriue Carnegie: o.
W. Howard, Cornell beat Deapor. Carnegie: Fassett
Cornell, beat Dwyer. Carnegie Howard. Cornell beat
Perrne Carnegie Harris Cornell beat Dvyer. Carnegie;
Fassett Cornell beat Deaport. Carnegie Fassett Cor
nell Perrine Carnesie Harris Cornell beat DeIa-
Carnegie; Howard, Cornell beat D"yer CarneslS
Cornell. 5; Carnegie, o.
Dickinson. Army, beat Kernochan. New York Fencers
Faucon New York Fencers' Club. beat Grehle Army:
Dickinson Army beat Breed, New York Fencers CIuo;
Sears Army. beat Faucon. New York Fencers' CUB;
Kernochan New York Fencers Club beat GreDls Army;
Army. 5: New York Fencers' Club 2
Serni-hna round-Fassett. Cornell beat Haas, Yale:
smith Yale F,assett. Corne beat Staley YALE Howard
Cornell beat Haas. Yale. Cornell, 8; Yale o. ,
Club: Sears. Army. beat Coak. Ioii and Mask Club;
CSrebe Army Hall. Foil and Mask Club: Dickinson
Army beat Conk. Foil and Mask Club sears Army peat
Hall Foil and Mask Club. Army, 3; Foil and Mask
Final round-Dickfnson. Army beat fIarries Cornell;
sears Army beat fassett Cornell; CREOLE Army
Fasseti Cornell beat Grebe Army: Dick1nson Army
beat Howard Cornell: farrlss cornell peat Greot>
Army: Dickinson Army. beat Fasset' Cornell Army o.