New-York tribune., 1912-04-07
ARMY WINS WITH FO|LS'
Captures Team Championship in
Fencing Tournament.
BROKEN BLADES PLENTIFUL
Clough Has Narrow Escape When
Van Buskirk Drives Home a
Vicious Thrust.

West Point put on the finishing touches
In winning the team championship al the
intercollegiate fencing tournament in the
afternoon session Al tho Hotel Astor yes
terday In the semi-hral round Of dfty-
four bouts. which provided tho liveliest
sort Of fencing. the cadets Of the United
States Military Academy ran their total
tally up TO Sc bouts won and only lost
In tho evening West Point lost only ore
bout. so that the Gnal tally was 81 won and
lost. Annapolis was second. with % VIC
tories and rs defeats. while Cornell. tho
champions Of last year. were third. with
total Of 2S bouts won and II lost. The teams
Of Yale and Princeton met defeat in the
qualifying series Of bouts at West Point
and ANNAPOLIS two weeks ago
Altogether It was a clean sweep for West
Point, for not only did tho cadets carry off
the team title with a score that was un-
prccedentcd, but Harold A. Raynor won the
individual championship with an unbro&en
line Of fifteen Victories Raynor thus du-
plicatod the performance Of Lieutenant T.
w. Honoycutt in winning the title in 1919
and Of Lieutenant Dickinson in 1897
Raynor. whose home is IN Montcair y.
j.. and who will he graduated from the
Military Academy in June. made a wonder
ful showing. Il was his confidence which
carried tho team through When he met
NJ. w. Larimcr. OF Annapolis to whom
the Navy looked TO balance matters by at
least snatchng the Individual crown from
the Army. tho two fought two ties before
Raynor scored the Winning touch Ray
nors defence was his chief asset Every
time Lar'mer lunged with powerful thrust
the West Point man turned the blade
aside. Altogether West Point lost only
four bouts. as W. II. Wilbur and J. II.
Hinemon each met with two defeats
II Is the opinion Of the followers Of the
sport that the West Point team led by
cadet Raynor will be selected to go to
Stockholm 20 represent this nation I'm the
Olympic games Colonel Robert VI. Thomp-
son, the president Of the New York Ath-
letic club, has had several conferences with
Secretary Of War Stlmson. and Or Graome
". Hammond. vino WAS the chief director
Of the final bouts, has also been working
10 have a team from West Point or Annap-
oils visit the Olympics to take part I'm the
fencing competitions. Dr. Hammond made
an address last night in which he praised
the work ~ the West Point team and es-
pecialiy Of cadet Raynor without stint.
Harvard displayed strength and was an
easy fourth with L. bouts won and = lost.
while columbia. came into hfth place with
u victories and 3 defeats. and PENNSYLVANIA
'r'ilDd Witr bouts won ard % lost.
The race was so close that excitement ran
high throughout the afternoon. especially as
the leading men had all they could do to
hold of several Of the weaker foncers who
with much 10 win and nothing 10 lose. took
desperate chances
The powerful onslaughts and tho crash
and clash of the fous again came rear
bringing about the almost fatal accident of
a year ago. when Cadet Anderson. of West
Point was pierced through the body by
broken blade Broken blades were plenti-
ful enough. but It was in the bout between
y \ Cloueh. Of Columbia, and II. \. Van
Buskirk. Of PENNSYLVANIA. that the latter's
point cut cleanly through Clough's padded
blouse under his LEFT arm and ran out be-
hind his back For moment It looked as
n the Columbia fencer had literally been
spit upon the foil. for as Van Buskirk
wrenched his blade It broke. But Clough
had only been grazcd by the steel and he
won without difficulty.
The summaries follow:
The officials for the somi-nnal bouts ~
the series were practically the same az
ofiiciatcd in the opening rounds. Charles
latham, Of the Fenccrs club. oficiated
both as master of cercmonics-in place OF
Or. Graeme VI Hammond. of the New
York Athletic club. who was absent-and
also as director on the No. strip. The
other directors We're: william l.. Bow
man. OF the New York Athletic Club. and
Anton Rieth. Of the Turn Verein. The
judges were: Harry Wendel. Of Pennsyl-
vana; J. b. y. Parker of Pennsylvania.
John Allairo. Of the Turn Verein; u. c.
Roos. Of Cornell. the individual champion
OF last year Paul J. Meylan. OF Columbia
Sherman Hall. Of Yale; J. a Mclaughlin
of Harvard; II. O. Knox. OF Annapolis
Lieutenant O. A. Dickinson. OF the United
States Army; Lieutenant Forrest Will
ford. OF the United States Army. and )
Pitt, of Columbia
The summary follows: