New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-01-28
Army Trio Captures Honors
and Then Rides Home
on Milk Train.
ARGUMENTS WAX HOT
AS CONTESTANTS WAIT
Three Sets Of Judges Try Their
Hands in Junior National
Championships.


through seven hours because ~ intyr-
mInable wranglng on the part n the
Judges. trio Of United States Army o..
ncers won the junior team national cham
pionship with ssbrcs at an carly hour
yesterday morning in tbe rooms Of IN.
Tencers Club, No. West 18Th stree.
Lieutenant oliver a. Dickinson. OF The
infantry. and Captain George Wilmer 5nd
Captain J. H. Lindsey, Of me cavalry,
ali on. detached duty and stationed AZ
West Point, captured the h)nors and
prizes.
II was o'clock YESTERDAY morning
when j. A. mclaughlin. Of the New
YORK Athletic club. and A. s Lyon, q
the Fencers' Club. engaged IN the final
bout. At its conclusion. Lyon being tho
winner, It was found that the army ct-
fce-s and the New York Atnlede Club
were tied, each with ten victories and
eight defeats.
This state Of affairs Immediately opened
further argument as 10 tho application
of the rules. Some contended that the
whole series had been Improperly fought
as It had not been conducted rs round
robin. the remaining competitors berg
the Crescent Athletic Club. the New YORK.
Turn Verein and Columbia University.
Oth.rs declared that the championship
must he awarded according 70 the Olym-
pic system, which provides that when 9
tie occurs the winning team Il that whica
has had the least number OF points scored
against It. Such an Interpretation AZ.
parently would have given the prizes 10
the New York Athletic Club. stiil othsn
ccntended that all OF the bou,s IN he
prel,minaries and finals must be cons!l-
cred and even this seemingly would
have resulted in the New York Athletic
club being the winners, for the amy
officers I'm the preliminaries had Lost che
bout 10 the Crescent Athletic Cllo, Whils
the New York Athletic Club had scored
a clean line of victories against Colum-
bia University.
In the midst OF the argument John Al
Ia;re. the vice-president OF the Amateur
Fencers' League OF America ruled TIA;
the army officers had won and presented
the trophies after which they hJrriely
left so as 70 catch an early morning
milk train and arrive al West Fo.ni IN
season for reveille
Rarely have all OF the idiosyncrases
under which fencing is conducted heen
so displayed as at this sabre champion
shin. Three sets OF judges were worn
out. r. 3. II. Meyers acting as the d.
rector Of the first squad. Or. Graene NJ
Hammond as director OF the second lot
while George II. Breed finally finished %
the affair.
At one stage in the preliminaries the
Judges decided 10 disqualify George
Reimherr. ir., Of the Turn Verein te-
cause of his fiery attack against Dr.
Eugene Marcovici. of the Fencers CLUB
Young Reimherr had started out TO swing
his blade ruthlessy, partially due TO the
criticism which was general among the
competitors that the Judges would not
allow a fair cut unless II was accom-
named by considerable noise. As Reim-
herr's sabre beat upon the Austrian ANA
teur. who is visiting this country
sounded a good deal like negro cnoFe
man out in a lot vigorously oeauug
Garnet One stroke crashed against d.
Marcovici's collar bone, and he feared
that it had been broken and retired 70
the dressing room, where he nad III
Hammond examine IT, After disaualifylns
Reimherr the judges discovered that tnsY
were not upheld by the rules ana 80
finally the two came back and fougnt T"
out TO a finish, Or. Marcovici winning.
In the preliminary bouts the United
States army officers defeated the Creseehs
Athletic Club by bouts TO 1. the Ne"
York Athletic Club defeated Columbia oN
bouts to 0 and the Fencers' Guo 90
feated the Turn Verein by bouts 10
The personnel Of the teams follow
United states Army-LAeutensnt O. 4
Dickinson, Captain George Nidmer anu
Captain J. r. Lindsey.
Crescent Athletic Club-Dr. De wiz u
Smith, Prosper Cholet and j. A. Cnaru'
Columbia Uniyersity-W. Shumway y
f. Nighman and A. \. Clough.
New York Athletic Club, A Mac,
Laughlin. J. P. r. Parker and Lieutenah'
n. Van Bligenberg.
New York Turn Verein-George Kein-
herr. ST.; George Reimherr, jr., ana Al
bert Strauss.
Fencers Club-L. Micheloni. A. ;. Lyon
and DR. Eugene Marcovici.