The New York herald., 1922-01-24
Twyeffort Loses Only One
Bout in Fencing Tourney
Skill Earns Him DR.. Graeme
M. Hammond Prize.

Herbert Twyeffort of the French Y.
N. c. A. gained the prize offered by DIR.
Graeme NJ. Hammond In the individual
foils competition for juniors held under
the auspices of the Amateur Fencers
League of America in the New York
Athletic Clubs gymnasium last night.
After scoring a clean sweep on his strip,
Twyeffort won four of his FIVE matches
ir. the final round. He lost to Louis
Bresson. clubmate, in the closest duel
In the finals by 5 touches to 4.
Ray w. butcher Of the New York A.
c.. national epee champion in 1920. was
runner-up to Twyeffort. taking three of
his bouts with seven touches registered
against him while +. Men. Ransom of
the New York Fencers Club. with an
equal number of matches won, was
touched nine times. Twyeffort was not
extended In his bouts with butcher and
Ransom, gaining the verdict in the for
mer by to 3 and in the latter to ..
A. +. Walker. Jr., of Yale University,
gave him the hardest tussle. when he
brought the count TO all before losing.
Bresson proved the easiest victim. reach
ing butcher only once in their bout.
II. L. Wendell, alumnus of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, intercollegiate
fencing king in 1910, tried a comeback.
competing In an open match for the first
time since 1912. His clever defensive
work made him a hard man to master
on the second strip, and it was after
carrying the score to all in the three
bouts that he lost and acknowledged de-
feat. In his bouts with Bresson and
Eric Sjoquist, New York A. c., he trailed
by 4 TO l before he flashed some of his
old skill and scored three times in rapid
succession.
The summaries:
The competitors were: IT. s. Hettinger.
Fencers Club OF Philadelphia; H. T. Wendell.
Foncers Club of Philadelphia; n. NJ simp.
son. Fencere Club of Philadelphia; Nikolas
Murray, Washington Square Fencers Club
York. Pieter Myer, Washington Square
Fencers Club: Herbert Hirsh, Fencers club
of New York; Louis +. Bishop, Jr.. New York
A. c.; II. u. Guillan. New York A. C.; II. n
Farley, Columbia; u. r. Cavers. Fencers
Club of philadelphia: Harold Bloomer, Co
lumbia Eric Sjoauist. New York A. O.; John
Marcel Gaquerel, AicI3urney school Franl,
Sgueglin. McBurney School; A. T. Walker
Jr.. Yale: W. g.. Brfggs, Yale; Ray w.
French v. N. 6. A.; Herbert T'S Twyefsort sns1q
French Y. NJ. G. A.
strip No i--fIettlnger defeated Farley,
defeated Hettnsor. 5--3; bishop. " 5"s; ~
Gaquerei. b.; Briggs, 5-4 Fuertes. o..
Ransom defeated IIettlnger c.; Murray,
5-4. Bishop. 5-2; Gaguere. so: Briggs
g-2; Gaquerel. 5-i; Fuertes. J-3. Farley
querel. 5-0 Briggs. 81; Fuertes, I-2
Fuertes defeated HettnFer. 5-5 Briggs
ID. Briggs defeated Bishop, 5-i
Strip No. 2--Wendeil defeated Hirsh. -;
ploomer, 5--2. lirEh defeated Cavers, 5--4
Ploomer defeated Ifirsh. 5--3; Sjoauist de.
feated Wendell. "a: Cavcrs, E-f: Hirsh
h-3 Bloomer. -: Walker defeated Wen.
del, 81; Cavers, 30. Hirsh, 81; Boomer
ID stoquist. b-3 Bresson. 5--S Bresson
defeated wcndel. 5-t Csvcrs, g--2; IIirsh
%; Bloorn.r. 5-3; sjoauist.- 5-3.
strip 3-Mycr defeated syuorlla, 5-f
tiullan defeated simpson. IL: Myer, 80,
Bencoo. 81 Sgroglla. b--f; Benooa defeated
Simpson, 81; Myer. 5-I. Sgiiegila. So
foated simpson. 5--7; Aiyer 5-2; Guiilan
l3; Bcncpa. ia; Egueglia. 3d. Twyeffort
defeated simpson. 5--2: Nger. ID; Guillan
5-2: SguoRlia, 80. Dutchcr, "a.
Final Round--rwyoffor defeated butcher
nr--3: Ransom. "a; Farley. s-2 Walker
5-4. Duicher defeated Foriey. J-3 Walker
N-c: Bresson, E-i. Hansorn defeated
Farley defeated Ransom, Ga. Walker de-
featcd Farley. 5-3. Bresson defeated Twyef-
fort, 81.