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Going into Saturday, the final day of competition at the NCAA national fencing championships in Wisconsin, Harvard captain John Chipman needed to capture at least seven of the final eight bouts to finish sixth and gain all-American status. Unfortunately for the Crimson, after Chipman had mauled five of his first six opponents, 5-1, the fruit for which he fought retreated tantalizingly out of his reach as he lost his last two duels and placed only tenth...
...Chipman's somewhat disappointing 13-10 performance and foilsman Gene Vastola's disastrous one-win last day left the Crimson back in the pack, 17th out of 47 teams, rather than the tenth or better they had hoped...
...Chipman had one long successful streak in the final round during which he took 12 of 15 bouts. However, as he said yesterday, he "blew" his chances at the beginning and the end of the finals as he lost five of his first six as well as his last two duels...
...Chipman admitted that by the end of Saturday the 30 bouts he had fenced in three days had worn him out mentally. However, he still blamed himself for losing bouts when he shouldn't have, particularly at the beginning. "I blew it against idiots. It was stupid of me not to give myself enough time to warm up Saturday." he said yesterday...
...team the Crimson is almost assured of at least a 15th place finish among the 55 teams, and fine performances today from Chipman and Vastola could boost them to tenth or higher...