The sun., 1908-04-19
FRENCH FENCERS ENGAGE.
". Meylah an Easy winner Of Flrtt Place
my. N. 4. 4. Bouts,


The French branch. OF the Y. NJ. c. 4, held
a fencing tourney last night In the theatre
Of their building al iCo.West Fifty-iourth
street Six members OF the organization
tried each Others mettle with the foil. The
prizes we're a gold medal to first, silver to
second and bronze 10 third. gifts from J. San
ford Saltles. The cont est took the form Of a
round robin series and first prize v ent 10
w. Meylan, second to p. Ortiz and third 10
T. GrenieT. A. YoReli. who was fourth.
got a pair Of fois, and TO L. Vogeli, hfth, Eas
given a mask,
VoReli n. lRttet. Albert Vogeli, =. ortiz
and n, MeylAn.
The opening bout was between Grenier
and Albert vogeli, and though neither eX-
hibited great amount Of the science that goes
With the proper manipulation Of the foil,
, they were experts as far az the French terms
Of the sport went. Every soul in the audience
understood what was said. At the expira-
tion Of four minutes VoReli was declared
the winner by touches 10 2. The second
bout was between A. Tattet and P. ortiz,
| Tattet waa easily the curiosity Of the assault.
He was left handed and crouohed low as
the umpire called en- garde, and every time
away and several times nearly fell on the
stage. But when Tattst lunRed at his man
there was something doing. for bis prod
was strong enough to go through half inch
steel plate. However, II never seemed to
land on the opponent ortiz easily defeated
Tattet and soon afterwArd Grenier scored
against Tattet.
0rliz and Meylan won two bouts apiece
and there was much interest when they
met, II was perhaps the best and closest
tussle Of the night, for At the end OF four
minutes Affairs stood even, Then an extra
bout OF two minutes was ordered, after which
Meylan got the decision, thus leaving him
with three straight wins. His chances looked
good for the first medal.
Another interesting bout was when the
brothers VOgeli met. 10 was the ninth bout
Of the night and from the moment when
the steels crossed the scoring was sven
Finally the judges picked Albert the winner
Meylan showed the best form Of the lot
and won his hve straight bouts. There was
2 three. cornered tie Tor second, third and
fourth between A.. yogeli, p. Grenier and
p. Ortiz, each with three won and two lost.
T. Vogeli won one bout and lost four, while
Tattet had fye, appropriate Easter goose
eggs Tailed 10 his name, and he was the
fence Oh Grenier. ORTIZ and vogeR each
won a bout and lost \ bout, making another
three cornered tie, and then the bouts, were
limited 10 two mnutes-a minute each way
showed great pluck and won two bouts,
thereby securing second place, Grenier and
NOgeli had a lively setto and the former
won. getting third place, while his opponent
got fourth.
T. P. Grevler defeated II. TAlet, r. Orllz and
Z. Vogrl and lost 10 A. Nogeh and n Meylen.
T. z. VOCel defeated u. Talot and lost to A.
Nogell. r, Ortiz H. Meylen and p, Grever
n. TAllet lost 70 p. Grevter Z, NoGcli, A. Nogen,
p Ortiz and II. Meylen.
A. VoEen defeated p. Grevier. r. voEeu and H.
Tallet and lost TO p ORTIZ and H, heylen.
p. Ortiz defeated p. Vogel II. Tallet and A.
Vogel and lost 10 Aeylen and Grever
n. Meylen defeated P. Grevier, 2. Nogel. A.
Vogeli. p. Ortiz and n Tallet.
First Fence on for Second. Third and Fourth
p GrevieT defeated p. Ortiz and lost to 4. Vogell
p Ortiz defeated A. Nogel and lost 10 p Grevler;
A. Vogel defeated 2. GreyieT and lost 10 ?. ORTIZ
Second Fence OPP. Ortiz defeated P Grevier
and A. NOgeh; p. GTevier defeated 4. NoEell and
lost 70 p. Ortiz; A. Noge lost 10 r. ORTIZ and p.
Grevier.
The oficRls Of the meet we're Charles
Latham and NJ. r. Curran, Fencers Club.