The sun., 1919-04-06
BRACKETT SAVES
DAY FOR COLUMBIA
Former Soldiers Victory Over
Smellie Of Navy Decides
Fencing Championship.
ANNAPOLIS TEAM SECOND
Bloomer Of Victorious College
and Gay Of Harvard Tied for
Individual Honors.

Robert Bracket OF Columbia, q SOL
der who came home from France suffer-
ing from she'll shock. last night saved
his team from defeat in the intercol-
legiate fencing championships In the
ballroom Of the Hotel Astor. when he
defeated e. #. Smellie Of the navy In
the final bout Of the night by Is to IL.
Incidentally II also enabled Columbia
to retain the championship.
The victory OF the representative Of
the Blue and White was carried from
the fencing platforms on the shoulders
Of his jubilant teammates, who filled the
ballroom with their cheers. The navy
team needed only one more victory to tie
when Bracket and Smellie faced each
other, Columbia's score being 26 and the
navy's rs. Had Smellie won the bout 1t
would have given the championship to
the navy, as her fencers had defeated
the Columbians by to 4.
But Bracket apparently was deter
mined that tho Navy should not win, and
although the contest was tho closest and
most bitterly fought OF the tourney, tho
boy who had worn khaki never faltered
or lost courage. Fencing with the great
est brilliancy, he kept on even terms
with his formidable opponent. and by
scoring three touches in the final minute
of play changed what appeared to be
certain defeat into q we'll won victory.
The notable assemblage that filled the
ballroom and balconies attested its APP
probation of tho thrilling finish by
hearty applause.
The Anal record Of the teams IN the
tourney Is as follows: Columbia 81.
Navy rs. Harvard 20, Yale Is, Penn
sylvania 10.
Tie for Individual Houors.
NJ. J. Bloomer Of Columbia and E. r
Gay of Harvard were tied for the indi-
vidual prize with eleven victories and
one defeat each. Bloomer had not lost
a bout when he mounted the platform
for his final contest of the tourney. His
opponent was'G.NC. Calnon OF the Navy.
a formidable fencer. but the Columbisns
pinned their faith to Bloomer, and fully
expected him to remove tho possibility
OF tie by the Navy To the consterna-
ton OF the Blue and White supporters
Calnon went to the front at the outset Of
the bout and won very handily by IL
to s.
Then came little Bracket, who was
looked upon as a forlorn hope, but he
justified the hopes OF his admirers and
triumphed in spectacular manner. Cal
non came in for some criticism for
rather rough work. once knocking or
Boomers mask. but no injury was done
to the Columbian.
Results of Final Bouts.
In the final bouts with foils J. F.
Leicester of Yale defeated c. J. Kettera
of Pennsylvania by to s.
f. r. Gay of Harvard defeated
Smellie Of the navy by ~ to 8. J. B.
DonneIly of the navy defeated s. A.
Ordway of Harvard by 6 to o.
Z. v. Miles of Yale defeated r. NJ
Simpson of Pennsylvania by to 1.
Bleomer. Columbia, defeated C. g.
Beardley OF Yale. substitute for p. z.
Miles, by to 0.
r. H. Snow of Harvard defeated
OF Pennsylvania by 9 to 6.
w. p. Charnock. Pennsylvania. de-
feated Orway of Harvard by II to IL.
Calnon. Navy, deated Snow, Harvard,
by Q to Z.
Charnock, Pennsylvania, defeated
Miles, Yale, by s to 8.
Gay. Harvard. defeated Kettera, Penn.
by IL to Z.
II. w Foster, Columbia, defeated Lei
cester, Yale. by . to 6.
Bracket. Columbia, defeated Miles.
Yale. by s to 6.
In the sabre finals Hes defeated Nc
9 to 7.
Webb defeated Hess by TO and
McWhorter by 7 to 3.
Cunningham defeated Hess by to
and McWhortor by to 4.
The Judges were Chauncey Mcpherson.
DR.. G. NJ. Hammond, William II. Russell,
Sherman Hall. Arthur Lyon. F. B. O'Con-
nor and william Bowman. John Allaire
and Charles Tatum were the ofilcial
scorers