New-York tribune., 1908-03-28
Yale Forced to Drop Ont for Inter-
collegiate Cham pionship.

The nreln,inarv bouts in the intercollegiate
fencing championship competition were hello as'
night at the New York Athletic Club Ihe Ari'is
fencers showed amazingly good form and at the
end of the evening were we'll in the lead, with IL
bouts won and 4 lost The Navy and Columofa ueo
for second place, each winning 8 and losing oouts
Cornell won and lost Z. Yale and the Massachd-
setts Institute of Technology We're the lowest two
teams. the former winning and losing D. aho 'is
latter winning and losing Il bouts
Under the rules Yale and the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology dropped out, and the Army
Navy Columbia and Cornell teams will fight 1t out
for the championship this afternoon.
The surprise of the evening was the Disappointing
showing of the Navy fencers. They were counted
on as probable winners but from the start it was
evident that the men were not UP to their usuai
form. knauss particularly had a bad case or rat
ties. and only recovered after losing three pouts'
Brandt. usually brilliant fencer, was OFF fofn'
and although he did exceptionally good work toward
the close his work the whole. was below what
he has done and do. Captain Burdick fehceo
in good style, winning four out of his hve bouts
The Army fencers surprised their warnest ad-
herents They took all three OF their bouts with
the NAVY and every OH the team fenced at
top form. Cadet Cocroft was the particular star OF
the evening. winning every bout
Howard Of Cornell tied Cocroft in the number
of bouts won, and had the honor OF defeating
Brandt. Staley did the best work for Yale, win
ming four out of his FIVE bouts. while Loring had
the distinction of winning the only bout for the
Massachusetts, Institute of Technology
The summaries follow:
ON STRIP ONE.
defeated Amend G0lumsa; nas, aTfes Teas
CORNELL Haas Yale defeated Iange. NJ. L T; Howard
Cornell defeated smith, Yale; Amend. Connnia ot
feated Iange. NJ. I. T. Burdick Navy defeated iaaS'
Yale: IIarries Cornell defeated Lange. NJ l. AtLi'
Columbia. Sears. Army; Burdick Nav.
ed Harries Cornell Army. defeated !-anse NJ l.
Navy. defeated Lange NJ ]. t. Amend Colunoa: go us
feated Harries Cornell Haas, Yale, defeated sears
Army!
on STRIP TWO.
Brandt. Navy. Byrne. Columbia; Howard
Cornell. defeated Soh1berg. Army; Smith AaIe oe
feated I.oring NJ. L T: Sohbere, ARMY, de1eated
Rrandt NAVY: Harres. Cornell. defeated Haas Yale:
I.orns NJ. I. T. defeated Byrne, COLUMBIA: trhiu''
Navy defeated Smith. Yale; Howard torneI, ue-
feared Loring. NJ / 7. Sohberg. Army teo byfne
Columbia; Byrne defeated Sohlberg Howard, Cornell;
Ioring NJ. L T; knauss. Navy. defeated Eickers9r.
NJ / T: Brandt. Navy, defeated Lorfns. NJ: l. l.
Howard. Cornell defeated Byrne. Columbia after TWO
ties SohIberg. Army, defeated Smith. Yale
on STRIP THREE.
Miller Columbia defeated knauss. Navy. after tie
Cocroft Army defeated Casey. CorneIl Staley Yale
defeated Nickerson NJ. Z t. Cocroft, Army defeatTo
Knauss Navy Staley. Yale defeated CASEY torheh'
Miller Columbia. defeated Nickerson. NJ / 1: Stae!.
Yale defeated Knauss. Navy; Casey. Cornel! oe,
featcd Nickerson IS. l. T: Cocroft. Army defeated
Miller. Columbia krauss. Navy defeated casey; COT
nell: Cocroft Army. defeated Nickerson. NJ: l. +;
Staley, defeated Miller. Columbia: Miller Co
lu1nba. Casey, Cornell Cocroft Army oe-
Staley Yale.