New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-23
Wins Intercollegiate HOnOrS by
Wide Margin in Bouts at
Hotel AStor.
MCPHERSON IN RARE FORM
Earns Individual Championship
After & Tie with C'Connor,
o. Cornell, and
Northrop.

n Noarulu and j. ~. Northrop. the clever
,ro from Morn.ngs.dc Heights. covered
.hemsclro, with glory. Cloush and Mou-
.,uiu. hotn left handed wielders Of the
hlsdc. being particularly effective The
aral ScO., Was %, TO Q.
q g. MCPHERSON. OF Pennsylvania won
the individual title He accomplished
this only after tieius with I. b. O'Connor.
tie captain Of the Cornell University
team and j. w. Northrop. Of the co.
lymbia trio. Each finished with ten bouts
won and two lost. Mcpherson. however.
had the better record. as I'm coming
through the regular series his tally stood
At n points scored TO IS lost TO opponents.
Northrop won 81 points and lost IS, while
O-(onnor scored % and lost 60
IN the fence-on which followed the
mai bouts of the championship OConnor
led of by defeating Northrop after tire
mendous battle through four extra
periods Then Mcpherson defeated
oConnor iu tho most dashing bout Of
the series 90 d score of to :.
The Cornell captain made a great show
inc. but failed 10 stop The lunCes Of the
Pennsylvauian Then Mcpherson clinched
the title for Pennsylvania ny defeating
No-throp after two extra periods AT 1l-9.
,ltogethcr the swordsmanshp of Nc
Pherson stood out above all else in the
closing bouts. as Zee won six straight vic
tories and IN addition the two in the ties.
Cornells team came in for the second
honors in the championship with a record
Of 70 bouts won and - lost. This was
INST the change Of one bout over Pennsyl-
vsria which finished third. with 8 vic
tories and tho same number Of defeats.
The team q the Naval Academy was
fourth. with rs victories and 90 defeats,
while Harvard was last with 10 bouts
won and 30 lost.
As the steel blades FLASHED and changed
in the first bouts OF the semi-fnal round
in The afternoon IL was AT once evident
that there had been considerable active
coaching on the part Of the veterans fol
loving the preliminary bouts Of Friday
night T. 3. O'Connor. the captain Of
The Cornell team fairly surpassed himself.
His point flashed true % the mark as he
worked through q straight line Of vic
tories In turn defeating A. y Clough, Of
Columbia : T. Damon, Of Harvard: L.
GRAY. of the Naval Academy. and II.
Casasus OF Pennsylvania. Altogether
VCornor scored a total Of % touches 10
made against him by his adyersaries.
gls workmanship raised high hopes in
the breasts of the Ithaca followers
ID was the excellence of the work Of
0Ccnnor and Mcpherson that dimmed
,he record which the crafty Louis +. II.
Noquin. Of The Columbia team. had made
iu the opening bouts. through which he
passed without meeting defeat. The ex-
lerts had studied so carefully the meth
eds by which Mouquin brought off his
clever coups that he yielded to II. w Sic
bert the veteran OF the Cornell team, and
10 II. Casasus. the new recruit Of Penn
sylvana They were the first defeats for
aim. but ne took them gracefully
The midshipmen of the Naval Academy
stood their ground bravely, but made a
sorry showing compared with the splendid
work OF Lorimer last year, who allowed
the West Point team TO win only by a
single bout. + W Dunn managed 10
score his bout against Wadman. Of Cor
nell Z. r. Gray. the new man. failed,
while T. +. Hans defeated S. F. Damon
and II. Casasus.
The summary of the semi-final bouts
follows:
COLUMBIA
A " Clough defeated r. Van Nordrof'
S.
Louis r H. Mouquin defeated s. F. Damon.
Harvard, e; r. F. Hans. Naval Academy
J. II Northrop defeated II. A wadman.
Cornell. -. J. A. Aylen. Harvard, 30, A.
". Dunn. Naval Academy. s.; II Van Bus
kirk, Pennsylvania. d
CORNELL
n. O'Connor defeated A. y. C1ough. Co
umbia 5-3: s. r. Damon. Harvard, s.;
"a Z. Gray. Naval Academy. 81. III. Casa
sls Pennsylvania, 30
H. w siebert defeated Louis i. II. Mou-
GUN. Columbia, 5-3; r. I. Hans. Naval
Academy. 10; H. Van Buskirk' Pennsylva-
II \. wadman defeated II. Van Nordronf,
Harvard 7-9.
g # Damon lost all bouts.
J. A. Aylen defeated II. W. Siebert, Cornell
~; A. " Dunn Naval Academy 9-5.
r. Van Nordroff defeated l. r. Gray. Naval
uSITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.
A ". Dunn defeated II. A. Wadman' Cor
TELL, liz
L r. GRAY lost all bouts.
n T. Hans defeated s. F Damon. Harvard
PENNSYLVANIA.
g. r. Mcpherson defeated A. y. Clough CO.
llmbia 81. II A. Wadman Cornell, -
p Damon. Harvard IS; Il r. Gray Nava
II. Van Busklrk defeated r Van Nordron
Harvard, IS; A w Dunn, Naval Academy
II. Casasus defeated Louis T. II. Mouqun
Columbia. %: J. A. Aylen Harvard 10.
The summary of the bouts in the final
round, including the ties for the indi-
'ldual championship title, follows
COLUMBIA.
\. Clough defeated II. A. Wadman, Of
torneh. e.. II. Van Buskirk OF Pennsyl-
Fsna. 5-8
Louis F. II Mouquin lost both bouts.
y h. Northr0p defeated II. Casasus. o.
, %.
CORNELL.
4. OCounor defeated Louis T. II. Mou-
4 ss.h OF Columbia, G-J; A. W. Dunn OF Navs
~ " siber, defeated l. r. Gray. OF Nava
l Academy "a
H. A. wadman lost all bouts
PENNSYLVANIA.
r. Mcpherson defeated louis r II. Mou-
ss!h Of Columbia III. j. a. Aylen. Of Har-
~ Van Buskirk lost all bouts.
II ~ Nasasus lost all bouts.
United STATES NAVAL ACADEMY.
B.rW Dunn defeated II. Van Nardron' o
y u. Gray lost all bouts.
ch 7. Hans defeated II. A. Wadman, o.
II N''nen' 81, J. A. Ayien, Of Harvard 81
HARVARD.
II D. n Damon defeated H. Van BUskirk. q
l lcsdss.ssna. CD. l.. r. Gray. OF NaVa
A. Aylen lost all bouts
II a