Evening star., 1921-11-14

Eight Of the leading athletic clubs
in the country sent competitors to
the recent tryouts where ten men and
two alternates were selected for the
American team. OF these, four, in
cluding the team captain, are MEM
bers of the Racquet Club.
All four of the Racquet Club MEM
bers were on tho 1920 Olympic team
and there crossed swords with most
of the fencers who will represent
Great Britain nextweek. Experience
is one of the greatest assets OF these
Washington swordsmen.
Records of Local Clubmen.
Maj. Francis W. Honeycutt, team
captain. began his fencing career in
West Point. in 1906, winning the in
sercollegiate foils championship that
year. The following year he was
Tunner-up for the national open fotls
championship. He Is the presen title
holder in the foils. and was runner
mp for the national Epee champion
ship this year. He was captain OF
the 1920 American Olympic fencing
team. which was the first American
fencing team ever to place in an
Olympiad. Maj. Hoaeycutt is one OF
the real comebacks of sport. After
winning his laurels in 1907 he retired
completely from the game and did
not return to it until 1890. when he
Immediately won his way to the
captaincy of the Olympic team and
this year placed first in the foils
championships.
Lieut.. Col Henry Breckenridge cap
tained the Princeton team in 19O5-O6-
07. He was member of the foils
championship team In 1914-15-21. He
also is member of the present Epee
championship team. When assistant
secretary of war. 1914-15, he was one
OF the principal sponsors of the sport
IN Washington. AS member of the
olympic team he won the deciding
from the British representatives.
which gave America place over the
Engltshmen in these two weapons.
MAJ: Harold Rayner. one Of Presi-
dent Harding's military aides. is one
OF the best all-round athletes in this
modern pentathlon. He was one of
the american fencers at the Olympic
games in Stockholm in 1919, and
again at Antwerp last year. He is a
member of both the foils and Epee
Championship teams and silver med
alist in the foils this year.
Maj. Robert Sears is another ALL
round athlete, having taken seventh
IN the Olympic modern pentathlon
last year. He was also amateur
m1ddleweisht boxing champion of the
Pacific coast few years ago and a
member Of the Olympic fencing team
of 1921.
Other L. s. Team Members.
In addition to these members of
the Racquet Club the American team
will contain the names of Sherman
Hall. individual foil champion, 1912
1917-1e1s-1920;i individual saber cham
pion, 191S-1916-1920; runner-up for
Epee title in 1919 Hall was elected
to the Olympic fencing team last
year, but business prevented his
going abroad. After a retirement of
several years he has come back to
LEND his sword and arm to keeping
the Robert NJ. Thompson trophy In
the United States, which will be his
swa nsong as a competitor in this
sport.
Arthur S. Lyon. saber champion
1911-191S-1919. member OF the .Olym-
pic team OF 1920, Is regarded as the
leading three-weapon, fencer OF the
The other members of the Ameri.
can team are:
Chauncey Mcpherson, national saber
champion 1921. ~. q"
. Sergt John W. Dimond, member OF
the 1920 Olympic team, who has com.
peted several times under the colors
of the Washington Fencers' Club.
Ray W. butcher. winner Of junior
cup, 1915; third in national individual
Epee championship. 1919; national in.
dividual Epee champion, 1920: men,
Der of Olympic team. 1920.
William II. Russeli-Captsin Har.
England foils champion. 1916, 1911
and 1913: runner.un for rnoa till