The New York herald., 1922-02-21
YALE FENCER WINS
JUNIOR FOILS TITLE
A. P. Walker, Eli Captain,
Makes Clean Sweep in Final
Round of National Contest.

A p. Walker, lone representative of
Yale University, captured the national
junior foils championship OF the ANA
teur Fencers League of America and
the A. +. L. A. gold medal on the strips
OF the New York Athletic Club last
night. He made a clean sweep in the
final round. defeating Philip T. Farley,
Columbia fencing captain, five touches
to one; Frank Men. Ransom of the
Fencers Club, 8 to 8, and Louis Bresson
Of the French Y. M. G. A., to 8. In
the preliminaries and semi-finals the
Blue captain lost but two of his eight
bouts.
Ransom and Farley took the silver
and bronze medals respectively, Ran
som conquering Farley and Bresson, and
Farley winning from Bresson.
The Harvard team was entered in full.
and put three men in the semi-finals.
Everett Hale Lane and Edward l..
Lane. twins. showed impresslvely in
their first national competition. and S.
II. Ordway made a clean sweep on
strip /, but failed to qualify for the
finals by single touch on a techni-
cality.
Ray butcher. national epee cham
pon in 1920. and Harry Wendell, inter-
collegiate titlehoder in 1910, were elm
A. T. L. A. were necessary to settle the
qualification.
The competitors were Herbert Hirsh,
Frank Men. Ransom and Harold Van
Boskirk. Fencers Club Everett II. Lane,
Edward l.. Lane, S. III. Ordway, J.
Barss 3. Boyce and J. X. Watson, Har-
ward University; Louis T. Bishop, Jr..
Ray butcher, II. 3. Guillan, Lincoln ii.
Weld and Grier Bartol, New York A G.. /;
/ ~ n n No.. d.
coe, Philip +. Farley and Harold
Bloomer. Columbia University: Nikolas
Murray and Pieter Mijer, Washington
Square Fencers Club; Herbert Twyef-
fort and Louis Bresson. French y. NJ.
c. A.; A. P. Walker. Yale University; ;
Harry Wendell, Philadelphia Fencers
Club.
The summaries:
Strip No. 1--IIirsh defeated Nahon. 5-3. and
Murray: 6-4. Il. II. Lane defeated hirsh'
way defeated Hirsh. 81: T.. II. Lane, 81:
Bishop, 5-4; Nahon. So. and Murray. 5-3.
Bishop defeated Hrsh, il; Nahon de-
defeated f. II. Lane. ID. and Bishop.
81. ordway and e. Fl. Lane qualified
with and bouts won respectively.
Strip No. 2-Ransom defeated j.. L. Lane
80; Barss. "a, and Mjer, 5-2, ". l..
Lane defeated Barss, 81: butcher, 81;
Barrett. 5-3 and LIijer. 5-3; Barss de-
feated Barrett, 81. and Mijor. "a. butcher
defeated Ransom, 5--3: Barss. 5-3, and
Nfijer. 5-2 Barrett defeated Ransom, 5-3,
and butcher, 5-3. Miier defeated Barrett.
3D.. L. l.. Lane and Ransom qualified
with and bouts respectively.
butcher equaled Ransom in bouts won, but
failed TO qualify on percentage OF touches.
Strip No. 3-Boyce defeated Watson, 30,
and Bencoe. 5--3. Guillan defeated Boyce.
5-3; Watson, 81. and Twyeffort, 5--f.
Bencoe defeated Watson, 5-l; Guillan.
5-3; Twyeffort. 5-3, and Walker, 5--i.
Twyeffort defeated Boyce. 81. and Wat
son, 5-2. Walker defeated Boyce, 5-2:
Watson, SO; Guillan. 5-3, and Twyeffof,
5-3. Bencoe and Walker qualified. with
Strip No. 4--van Boskirk defeated Bloomer.
3D.. and Wendell, "a. Weld defeated
Farley, 5-1, and Bloomer. 5-4. Farley de-
feated Van Boskirk. 5-3; Boomer, 81;
Wendell. 5-4. and Bartol 5-3. Bloomer
Wendell defeated Weld, 81; Bresson. %.
and Bartol, "a. Bresson defeated Van
Boskirk. 5-2: Weld. 81; Farley. ST. and
Bloomer. o.. Bartol defeated Van Boa
kirk, J-3; Weld. 5-3. and Bresson. 81.
Bresson and Farley qualified. with bouts
Semi finals. Strip No. 1-ordway defeated
i. l.. Lane. 60, and Walker, 81. Walker
defeated r.. l.. Lane. So, and Farley,
5-f. Farley defeated r.. l.. Lane. 5-3.
and Ordway. 5-3. Walker and Farley
qualified. with bouts won. Ordway had
same number of bouts won. but failed to
qualify percentage OF touches.
Strip No 2-Ransom defeated Il. II. Lane.
5-3. and Bencoe. 81. Bresson defeated
i. II. Lane, 5-3. and Bencoe. 5--3. Bresson
Final Round-Waller defeated Farley. 81.
Ransom, 5-3. and Bresson. 5-S. Ransom
defeated Farley. 5-2, and Bresson, 5-3.
Farley defeated Bresson, %.