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...Marion is devoted to retaining their interest. In overtones of Yugoslav he encourage the fumbling novice, "Ya, good! Good!", then pause and adds in a confidential voice, "but next time you must ..." To the clumsy he urges, "be smooth like the violinist--zipp, zipp, zipp!," and compares the unrelaxed fencer to a "medieval knight." His sterner nature emerges with the repeated mistakes of more experienced pupils. Those who become careless may get a sharp rap from his blade...
Foilsman Van Chandler was the Crimson's most effective fencer in Saturday's event. Competing in pool three, he scored seven victories against five defeats, including a five to four decision over Columbia's Pat DiMartini which spoiled the Lions' title bid. Saberman Harry Zeil also posted an important victory over Navy at a time when the third place Middles were in contention for title honors...
...your article on Rene Peroy, Harvard's fencing coach, the statement appears, "Peroy in action is proof that a fencer, like a good bottle of Moselle, can improve with age." This careless simile should not go uncorrected. Any member of the Tastevin can tell you that a good bottle of Moselle will only improve with a little age, say up to five or six years at most. There may be rare exceptions, when a Moselle has been found to improve in bottle for as many as 15 or 20 years, but this is strictly the limit, and cannot be compared...
Peroy in action is proof that a fencer, like a good bottle of Moselle, can improve with age. Fencing with his pupils, he shows the ease and grace of an expert. Keeping up a running patter of French-accented instructions, he catches their every mistake and makes his scores with a minimum of effort. His patience with novices--he will repeat a single fundamental movement ten times if necessary--comes from remembering his own initial awkwardness. "It took me two years before I even knew what I was doing," he remembers...
Peroy delights in making good fencers out of people who didn't know a sabre from an epee when they came to College. One freshman novice turned into an Olympic fencer. But good as they become, they rarely get a point off Peroy. "I always have a few tricks up my sleeve," he chuckles...