The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-13
U.S.FENCIlVC TEAM
FACES BRIIEHERS
AT RACQUET CLUB
Will Stage Foils and Epee
Matches Next Friday
And Saturday.
By GORDON sHAND.

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matches selected twelve Of the great
est fencers available for the team
which Is to test the skill OF the Britons
with foils. sabers and epe. the num-
Der conforms with the numerical
strength Of the British team.
The matches to be staged at the
Racquet Club comprise two OF the
three weapons which will be contested
in the first competition for the Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson trophy. the
foil match will be held here Friday
night and the epee match Saturday.
The two teams will then go to New
York for the saber competition In
the ballroom of the Hotel Astor a
week from tomorrow night.
Whether both countries will send q
dozen men into actual competition IL
predetermined. The original challenge
stipulated teams of ten members each,
but two additional selections were al
lowed the british fencers by request
The American officials. in order to pro
vide against emergency. selected an
equal number.
Lyon Best Of Americans.
Arthur 8. Lyon. the Fencing Club
of New York veteran. stands at tine
ton OF the American selections. Re-
garded as the foremost three-weapon
fencer In this country, Lyon has been
to contest for America In
all three divisions.
His speciality 10. the saber, but ne
is nearly as adept with. the cther
two weapons. de held the saper
championship from 1917 to 1913. IN
clusi se. but IL vas as a member OF
the American olympic team last
year that he furnished his greatest
exhibition of skill. Competing with
all three weapons. he was the great
est single factor In the greatest
American fencing success in Il
history of loympic competiti' ?
For the first time In history, a
United States team placed In the
finals, and finally captured thiro
place IN competition with the best
of Europe.
The team includes three members
of the Washington Fencers' Club,
Maj. Francis Honeycutt, who is tea
Maj. Harold Rayner and
Maj. Robert Sears.
Honeycutt cut a wide swath In
fencing circles be-
fore his grad uation from West
Point, and was runner-up for the
national individual foils champion
ship in 1906. He then retired from
until last year. when he
won a berth on the Olympic team
This year he has won the national
foils championship. and was runner
up in the national epee competition.
Rayner. who Is one of President
aids. was runner-up for
the national foils title this year.
He finished sixth in the olympic
pentathlon last year Sears,
former amateur middleweight box
ing champion of the Pacific Coast,
took seventh position in the olym-
pic modern pentathlon last year.
Records Of American Team.
Following are the members of the
team and their records:
Henry C. Breckenridge, Fencer
Club of New York; Capt. Princet.
fencing team, 1905, 1906. 1907; mem
Der of foils championship team, 10
1915. 1921; member of epee cham.
pionship team. 1921: runner-up for
individual epee title. 1921; member
Of olympic team. 1920.
Sherman Hall, New York A. G
Individual foils champion. 1912. 1917
1918. 1919, 1920; individual sabe,
champion, 1915. 1916. 1920; runner
up for epee championship in 1871
Maj. Francis Honeycutt, wash
ington Fencers' Club-Captain West
Point fencing team. 1905: intercoI-
legiate foils champion. 1905: run
ner-up for national Individual tolls
1906; national foiIs
champion, 1921; runner-up for ma
tional epee championship. 1921.
member of foils and epee CHAMPION
ship teams, 1921.
Ensign e. @. Fullenweider, u. 8.
intercollegiate saber
champion. 1920; member navy fenc-
ing team, 1920; member Olympic
team, 1920.
arthur s. Lyon. Fencers' Club Of
New fork-Saber champion. 1917
1918. 1919; member Olympic team
1920. p'e 'e@i"'
Chauncey Mcpherson, New york
A. C.-National saber champion
]. b. b. Parker, Philadelpbia-
Captain University of Pennsyivania
fencing team, 1911; runner-up for
three-weapon cup, 1921: runner-un
Tor saber title, 1920: member oIyn,
pic team. 1920.
Maj Harold Rayner, washinp,on
Fencers' Club-Member Oivn,n,n
leans. 1912, 1920; runner-up for
.olis titIe' 1921: member foils and
pee cnampionship teams. 1921; An
albion. 1920. pen
William H. Russell. Boston A. A:
captain Harvard fencing team.
lslo' 1911; New England foiis cham
'ioh' 1916, 1917. 1919: runner-up for
pee title. 1915, 1919; member epee
team. 1890.
MAJ. Robert Sears. Washington
rehcers Club-Member Olympic
cam 1920; finished seventh in
olympic modern pentahlon, 1890.
SersI John Dimond, Leayen-
worth kans.-Member Olympic
cam. 1920.
ray w. butcher. New York A. C.
winner junior cup, 1916: third IN
,auonal individual epee chamnion-
NIP 1913; national Individual enee
cam, 1890. p'o
IN the selection of the competi-
ors with the three weapons the
'inciais have named tentatively six
or Tolls six regulars and two re-
er'es Tor epee, and five regulars
no one reserve for sabers.
roi;owing are the nominations:
Foils-Breckenridge, Hall, Hon. |
yeu.t, Lyon. Rayner and Sears.
Epee-Brenckenridge, Honeycutt.
.yon' hayner, Sears, Russell. Re-
erves-Dimond and butcher.
Sapers-Hall. Lyon, McPherson.
'arker, Fullenweider. Reaerxe-