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...every match with one exception being won or lost by a single touch. The victory was finally settled when Captain Boyce lost by one touch to Shears of the Navy team, who won the individual championship. E. L. Lane supplied the most sensational match when he finally defeated Becker, last year's champion captain and supposedly strongest man of the Navy forces, by a game, uphill fight from five touches behind...
Captain Burke Boyce '22 is the only University representative whose record entitles him to consideration for individual honors. Captain Becker of the Annapolis team, winner of last year's intercollegiate meet, is favored to repeat his victory, but Captain Walker of Yale, the national junior champion, and Captain Bencoe of Columbia have proved their worth this season. Bencoe, especially, has stamped himself as the most likely candidate to snatch the crown from last year's champion...
...their credit finished only 6 points behind the Columbia team and 3 behind the Annapolis, and redeemed themselves by defeating Yale 5-4 in their match with the New Haven foilsmen. Other successes registered by the University fencers were Captain S. H. Ordway's '21 individual victories over Becker of the Navy and Bencoe of Columbia; and J. K. Watson's '23 winning of second place in the Clemens Medal Novice Competition...
Captain Ordway, although not winning enough bouts to qualify for the foils championship defeated Becker 10-6, who at the end of the tournament was declared intercollegiate champion; while Bencoe, second only to the latter, also succumbed to the Crimson captain in his individual match with him. Ordway was the only fencer who defeated either of these men. Watson, with a field of twenty-five against him, surprised and defeated with excellent headwork all his opponents except Grandfield of the Navy, who secured first place...
...result of a competition. John Lee Middleton of New York City and John Leonard Becker of Chicago, Ill., were elected manager and assistant manager of the Freshman basketball team respectively. The appointments are subject to the approval of the Athletic Committee and the Student Council...