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Howie Weiss continued to be the most consistent foil fencer for the Crimson, triumphing in two of three bouts. Unfortunately, the rest of the Harvard squad was unable to keep pace, with Phillipe Bennett and Dave Fichter each splitting their two bouts and Tom Sharp losing two straight...
...wants us to look at two people spinning on the charred cinders of this planet who may be saying to themselves: "Look, the abyss over which you lean is yourself. The pain you feel is just as unendurable as you think it is. The jokes you make as a fencer against fate merely underline your epitaph." If so, the playwright may count his luck as equal to his talent, for one can scarcely imagine more gifted and sensitive actors than David Clennon and Bella Jarrett for conveying his purpose and his vision...
...former Harvard fencer's sub-par showing in epee, branded "a major disappointment," by Jennings himself, resulted from a collapse in the last half of the epee finals. Jennings, who had won his first four bouts in the finals, inexplicably lost the last four and dropped to fourth place in the standings...
Sabre man Gordon Rutledge and foil-fencer Howie Weiss, two of the three varsity fencers to make the trip, led the Crimson effort, snatching three wins apiece. The third "starter," freshman Eric Read, was close behind taking two out of three, as did Tom Sharp...
Russ Ellis was one such experiment. Marion put him in sabre competition because the coach, above all, needs to find sabre men for next year. "Ellis has good mobility on the strip," Marion said. "I think he could be a good sabre fencer, and I wanted to see what he could do." Ellis, however, lost three straight in his first sabre action ever...