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...Crimson's poor performance had few redeeming features, as even captain John Chipman, a Canadian junior Olympic sabreman, had a losing record, winning only five of 12 bouts. No Harvard fencer made the nine-man individual finals in his weapon and only one Crimson swordsman, sabreman Richard Gillette, escaped with an even 6-6 record...
Kaplan's respectable showing in the best pool of epee fencers qualified him for the national championships at Wisconsin next weekend. Two other Crimson fencers, Chipman and number-one foil fencer Gene Vastola, who finished 4-8, also qualified for the nations. Vastola squeaked his way into the nationals as the 12th and final foil qualifier...
...other Crimson fencers won all three of their bouts, but two victories each from sabremen John Chipman and Robert Homer, foilsman Dave McClees and eneeman Bob Tillman gave the Crimson an early 12-6 lead that Columbia, try as it might, could only close...
...Chipman himself fenced superbly. The Canadian junior Olympian avoided over-confidence, mixing up his attacks rather than aiming repeatedly for the mask as he has in earlier meets...
...Marwell, 5-3, taking two of the last three touches by ducking under Marwell's high threatening blade, and the third by feinting a backhand slash into the Penn sabreman's side, then withdrawing the blade and quickly thrusting his point into the opposite side of Marwell's body. Chipman crushed his last foe, Young Sohn, with one high, two side and two low touches...