New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-05-08
DUELS WITH WAX BULLETS
Dr.. Graeme N. Hamm- md. the
Victor Over Forty Competitors.
HE "KlLLS" DR.. ECHEVERRIA
John Todahl Wins with Foils and
Robert milford with Sword
at Travers Island.

cessories Of pistols. ringing steel blades,
seconds and the proverbal coffee for two.
or something that suited the palate bet
ter, provided an all day spectacle for those
who journeyed 20 the country clubhouse
Of the New York Athletic Club. at Travers
Island. yesterday There the bloodless. not
TO mention harmless, duel. with pistols
two feet long at the barrel. real cartridges
and bullets 81 .45 calibre, was tried out
under the greenwood tree: but the bullets
we're OF way The contestants were armored
and clad in specially designed canvas gar
rnents. so that In a tournament In which
nearly forty competed Dr. Graeme NJ.
Hammond. the alienist, came of victor,
without so much as mark TO show that
he had been the target for numerous
marksmen. In the final of the pistol
duelllng Or. Hammond KILLED" Or. ~. j.
Echeverria- Of the New York Athletic
Club. the bullet striking Or. Echeverria on
The left breast where the hear. IL supposed
70 be
The day Of unusual sport YVES comb'na-
ton Of the swordsmsn and pistol shots OF
the New York Athletic Club. the Fencers'
Club Columbia University, the Art Stu
dents League and the F'akers. Altogether,
for the events which continued throughout
the day there were eighty competitors, In
Guiding Samuel Shaw, the founder OF the
Takers, who In turn was excessively
and successfully killed" with foil, duclling
sword, sabre and pistol
II was to The foils that the group fi!st
turned IT'S attention. and even SO good a
wielder Of steel as George n. Breed who
on Saturday night won the national cham
pionship with foil and sword. found that
using the blade and footing on turf was a
different thing from the smooth strips In
the sale des arnes. At one time nearly
dozen duels were going on on the lawn
Of the club, while guests sat upon the ter
races and watched the fray. John Todah,
of the Takers, carried on the honors in the
foi,s competitions. while Robert Milford.
Of the New York Athletic Club, won with
the duelling sword.
The contests with the ,oils were the
keenest the Takers and the Columbia Uni
versitv fencers each being we'll fortine1
with men Among the former were War
rant Pryor. John Todah. Z. y. Chase, j.
u. Gleason, '. Ii Lynch. Frank chase,
Cecil Chichester. Allan Cochrsne, : b.
Wylie, c. r. Whine. {. J. Mccarthy. a.
MacKinnon. W :. Tavlor, George Woltz
and Neal Truslow Among the Columbia
men were Charles z. DIVER. J. II. North
rop. \. y. CIough sidney Smith, Douglas
Dickie. G g. Miller, T. n. Bauche. @. q. vi.
Marshall. William White. A. l.. j.. Bell end
+ J. Kirkpatrick. The group from tne
Fencers' Club included Arthur j. EooV'
Joseph T. shaw and Arnold de In Poer
among the many who have held fencing
championships.
The pistol duelling which recently has
been the vogue in Parts snd Berlin fouhd
many tinid until after he first few nao
escaped with nothing worse than q nack-
ened mark 70 show whore the bullet had
struck upon the long linen dusteriike gar
nent Il canvas which the competitors
wore. Their heads were incased In armored
masks, especially imported for the purpose.
These masks, somewhat in the form OF a
halme, arc nroyjded with sight aperture
of heavy plate glass.
That such dueling is no childs play was
demonstrated by James Murray. lr. the
fencing instructor, who shot point blank az
y telephone directory ~ distance OF yen
yards, the wax bullet penetrating throueh
100 pages. In the duels yesterday the con-
testants stood fifteen wards apart. Murray
acted a. master Of ceremonies while dtner-
ert second oficiated. Ar the word FIRE.
tho men pulled trigger and In nearly every
instance the impact OF the bullet was
simultaneous with The report OF the weapon.
All of ne wounds" we're upon the nody.
Moro than half were on the right side'
under the arm. Two or three times the
bullets carried sting that caused the
wounded mon 10 lump. Todahl was the
first 40. and he winged H. Druckle.p' OF
tho New York Athletic club. DR.. nam
rnond later on disposed 81 Todahl ana also
Of Joseph r. shaw, both In the SAM
fashion. The bullet struck low on the rlsn'
slide. Br. Hammond remarking that he was
practising an improved method Of remov-
ing the appendix by shooting It out
The entire crew OF duellists Was enter
tanned a. luncheon by Samuel Shaw. sport
ing topics 50 completely filled the CONVEX
sation that between the soup ana me
entree George H. Breed challenged Dr
Hammond 20 running race around inc
ouarter-miIe track The latter. formerly Al
intercollegiate champion, won easily end
ne and his admirers were AZ INC taoleS
again before the walters had served the
next course.
As finale 10 the day ;he Fakirs and me
Art Students League engaged N baseball
match. 4, a late hour each side had used
I'D all OF the players available, and some
Of those who began the game were taking
second turn al H. Anyway, the scorer
lost his pencil. and the result VIII forever
remain in doubt.