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...Valentine provided the other win for the Crimson in the first round. He displayed unusual poise, and was one of only three Crimson fencers to win more than one bout in the match...
Larry Cetrulo, the Harvard co-captain, won the first bout of the match by defeating the NCAA saber champion, Bruce Soriano. Cetrulo, anxious to regain his lost title, out-psyched the startled Soriano and won, 5-3. The fans cheered wildly, and Cetrulo was mobbed by his team-mates. After that, the Crimson never regained the lead...
Both Ken Hetzler and Rick Tolbert, the other Harvard Sabermen, lost their bouts in the first round, never regained their confidence, and failed to win a bout between them for the rest of the afternoon. Columbia led 2-1, as the epee and the foil teams began their competition, using both strips. Co-captain Mickey Irvings, after a brilliant performance against CCNY, lost his first of two epee bouts, and Columbia...
...didn't come. Tolbert lost his bout, and Columbia led 13-6, needing only one more bout for a victory. And they got it against the Crimson fencer they love the least-Larry Cetrulo. Cetrulo lost only two bouts all last year, and-against his last Columbia opponent-got careless again. To the Lions, it was the sweetest victory of the afternoon as they carried off Cetrulo's slayer on their shoulders...
...like a champion, he's flatfooted, he's got no rhythm and he ain't even pretty." Retorted Frazier: "Shut up, will you. Somebody call a doctor. I don't want him to have a heart attack." Frazier had reason to be concerned. If the bout is held as scheduled, each fighter will receive a fee of $2.5 million...