The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-04-03
THREE ITEM EARLY
ROUNDS WITH FOILS
Yale. Harvard and Navy Each
Have Seven Wins Against
Five Lost Bouts.
COLUMBIA COMES NEXT

Yale. Harvard and the United a.a..
Naval Academy fencing teams were r.a
at n late hour last night for n. lead q,
the annual intercollegiate fencing cham.
pionship tournament At the Hotel As.o,
beivcdere. with tho mon eager IN "a.
rs many bouts out OF the way a. noss,.
BILE on the first evening of the meet, m
time limit was set. and so IL va. r.,.
ting into the wee Sina' hours whom Is ii.
the 1875 bouts were concluded, and IN.
three above named teams were in ,-o,.
each OF them having won bouts AL
lost s.
Columbia's team. winner ~ tn. M.
last yer. was in fourth place. with
Victories and s defeats. Cornell "a,
NTH having won and lost :. Will,
Pennsylvania took up the rear, rlth
wins against S losses In tho lndiyidus
series nvc mon were tied for tho a-.,
honors, Louis Mouquin OF Columbia T.
phiGer Of Yale. r. Putnam OF Harvard
y. Particle OF the Naval Academy and
II. Van Buskirk Of the University o,
Pennsylvania each had won four bouts
and los, none. Cornell was tho onv
team that did not have a man up with
the leaders. V. White. the mainsiay ~
the Ithaca team. had dropped ono bou,
early In the evening to u. Nichols %
Harvard by a score OF 1O--s, but had
been successful In his other three bout,
TIL, four bouts taken by Van BuskirA
of fennsy lvania we're the only victories
earned by the Red and Blue team duri1s
the series M to the time the thrty-slXtn
bout was concluded.
Although Harvard Yale and the
Naval Academy have a slight edge or
the tournament up to dats. their ad.
vantage really means nothing at al
whom II is taken into consideration that
each team must figure In forty-iiye bouts
before the winner Is decided. Il will
be seen that each team has figured IN
little moro than quarter OF its bouts
and Judging by the individual scores the
will not be decided until close
to the finish. The same thing Is true
OF the Individual honnrs, for each mar
must contest In fifteen bouts, 80 ma,
tho leaders have stu long way to e..
The sabres championship was stArteo
last night too, but comparativey few
bouts were concluded. a. W. ,ihso'
OF Columbia and g. de V. Headlee -
the Naval Academy had the lead with
the heavier weapon, each having Won
two bouts and lost none. Each OF there
men has four more bouts TO fight. To
tournament will be resumed this after
noon at O'clock In the Hotel Asto-
belvedere. while the night bouts ~
he contested IN tn" grand ballrrp'r.
Tn" summaries:
INTERCOLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Fpii.S.
Columbia team. composed of II. Hotc-
from Cornell. = from Harvard. . tro.
Pennsy lv.nis and from Yale. lost /. 90.
to Yale. Total. won =. lost =.
'3rneil team composet OF e. chapms.
columbia none from Hsrvsrd ID" / ,ro,
Annapolis. from Pennsylvania, los: ,,
Columbia, to Harvard. to AunApo..
and to Pennsylvania. Total, won
Harvard team. composed Of 7 Putnam
Nichols and \ short, Won from %
and from Yale. lost TO Columbia. no..
10 cornell, to Annapolis ana 1 to ~,
Total won :; lost ;.
non. II J. white and \. Par'elio. por .
ION ION Horns,i' from Harvard, 9 '-.1
coTneei, to Harvard, Ito renn.y',,r
Peunsylvania team, composed ~ II g..
Bu-kirk, Il Fpicy ami r. Suil,.. o..
from IoiHmnia. from Cornell '--
Annapolis and ] from Vale. lost o. '5 ..
lumhld, 10 Cornell. to Auusp.'. .r.
30 Vale. Total, won I: lost e,
ale team, composed OF h. Lite
tfircr ami Il. NlrkerSou. pou .-,.. -
lnmhia, J from Harvard, . from ,r,.r.,,
and from Pennsylvania. lost o.. 40
lumhls, 20 Harvard. ] 20 Nnuapo. .'.
! TO Pennsylvania. Tntd', won : ....
SABRES.
W, Gibson. columbia. defeat. n o.
Columbia So.
c. de '. Hesdiee Navy. ier-a 81 OBJ
de Costa, Cornell - and r. T. Hta,.
Penn "a
II. u, :. Horn. Navy defeat .
Harto'; Penn II. and lost - G.N.'-
u. Bsrtol, Penn. defeated % " ~.
Costa Cornell ID and lost % H-rr
:. .. NJ. de Costa. Cornell. los, ~ pa,
Navy, and Headlee. Navy
g. : turrier. Columbia Jos. 20 p.a.
son. columbia, and Il, + Hau,r, r. s o'
TO Headlee, Navy.