The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-12
COLUMBIA FENCERS
MAKE CLEAN SWEEP
Team, Individual and Sabres
Titles in intercollegiate
League Captured.
STED PITT Is BIG STAR
Wins Thirteen Of Fifteen Bouts
-Shumway Takes New Event
Judge Cut in Eye.

Columbia made a clean sweep Of the
fencing honors last night In the Inter-
collegiate fencing championship in the
grand bail room, at the Hotel Aston.
The team prize went to the Mornngside
Heights trio. who had a total % 80
victories and 10 losses. Steddford
Pitt. Jr., Of Columbia took the individual
prize with 10 wins out of Is bouts
and Waldo $. ShuInway, another Blue
and White swordsman, went through
the sabres tournament without defeat.
The sabres championship, by the way,
was the first that has been held BY the
intercollegiate Fencing Association.
The team representing the United states
Naval Academy was a close second with
! 20 victories and i6 losses, but II had
some degree OF consolation in .he fact
l that II defeated every other team
In the field. taken team against team.
The cadets were the only swordsInen 10
win over the Columbia squad, which also
won the intercollegiate title last year.
Rudolph r. Hans, Navy y. &. Miller,
Yale, and II. Van Busklrk. University OF
| Pennsylvania, were tied FOR second pace
! in the individual scores with II victories
| and losses each.
In the sabres competition r.. Ia toch-
losing only to Shumway. and q. g. Bartoi
OF Pennsylvania was third During the
Z .abres bout between Co"htanc and A. NJ.
DE Costa OF Cornell philip w. Allison OF
I the New York Athletic club. while judS-
ing the bout. was the recipient OF a pam
fuI injury. De COSTA parted ana FORCED
I Cochrane's sabre out just as Allison was
coming in to look for a touch Tine sabr.
struck him across the face breaking MS
eyeglasses.
A piece OF the glass cut the cornea OF
his eye and scratched the Iris DR..
Graeme NJ. Hammond took Allison down
/ to the hospital room OF the hotel ana re-
moved three small pieces of glass from
the eye The physician said that although
the wound would be troublesome II would
not prove serious nor would 1t impair
Allison's sight.
That Columbia would win the champion
ship was expected by followers OF the
game, but II was conceded generally that
although the Mornlnpside Heights boys hud
defeated the niddles In a dual meet earlier
in the season the service team would give
. them hard hsht FOR the laurels. Co
!umbia led on Friday nights bouts and
! maintained "A slight advantage when the
tourney was continued yesterday after
noon. The tars. however. We're always
/ within striking distance OF the Blue ana
White and II was not until late In the
series that Columbia cllnched the place
Harvard and Cornell contributed most
toward Columblas victory. FOR the O. m
son failed to win n bout from the local
team. while Cornell won only one from
the Blue and White, victory OF 4.
savage over Norman Clough.
Right W to the hnt' bout between PIT
and Hans, there was doubt as to which Of
these two would get the individual prize.
When these two came on the strip for
their fray, the Columbia man had "A slight
advantase. having won twelve and lost
TWO, while the Navy fencer had won eleven
and lost three. \ victory for Hans would
have tied him with Pitt and the two prob
ably would have had 10 fence it of, Tor
even using the Olympic method OF scor-
ing the number OF touches made by and
against each, they would have been toe
close for n decision.
PITT started Off with a rush and, fencing
In great form. scored three touches IN
rapid succession on the MILDLY. The An
napols cohorts urged their man alona
and he replied by getting past PITS
guard for two touches. Thereafter tn,
Columbia man became more careful and
, left no openings As result of this Tn,
Navy man was unable 10 score agaln
while In his anxiety to touch. he dropped
his defence and Pitt plnked him th,e,
times more before the finish OF the tussle
+. Il. Glennon. who substituted on thu
Navy team for De witt Peck. made 4
very good showing. After the first strnl
man had dropped two bouts in row
Glennon came along and won nine out al
thirteen. The summaries
MAKEUP OF TEAMS.
, Columbia - Norman Clough, Steddlfor,
Pitt Jr, and Louis Mouuuiu,
. Navy-k + Hans Il, EIsberg De wit
Peck and l.. Y. Dlenuun.
pennsylvania-B Gerhard. II. Cnsslssu
and H. Van Bus kirk
, Cornell-H. sibert. A. Savage and G. 7
e Yalc-F. d, Downey, Il, s, Nckcrson am
{ u. G. Miller.
' Columbia won from harvard, from
e Yale. from cornell, from Pennsylvania
Q and from Navy
Y Navy won 6 from Harvard, from Yale
/, from cornell. from Columbia and iron
:, ] Iennsy lvAnla,
I Cornell Won 4 from Harvard ; from Val,
J. from Columbia, from Pennsylvania an
q Pennsylvania won from Harvard. 8 fror
Yale from Cornell, from navy and
o from Columbia,
i Harvard won from yalo , from Cornel
Fom Columbia from Pcnnsylvaniu an
Yale Won from Harvard. I fro'n Cornell
from Columbia, from ponnsylraniu an
20 from Navy
p. Total Individual vine ana iosses: > rit
~ H. Van puskifh, rennsyl, lu!H, ll..ii T..
10 Miller Yale = I" >Mognn,n uo,gmhil
's To ni iaryS ri"I", 'EE e.esis Nst'
III 80. y Clough, columbia, 90. snNag
cornell 81, II sihert cornell s.. !
T. derharl. rrnns'iyyania' 49, g. Chol
10; !, 4 Aylen, Iaryarh -
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