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This set the stage for Howie Weiss. Weiss had already won both his bouts in the first two rounds. In his first-round triumph he came back from a 4-1 deficit with less than a minute to play to triumph...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Scare Lions, But Lose, 14-13 | 2/21/1973 | See Source »

...this time the stars were not in Harvard's favor and Weiss, falling quickly behind 3-0, was not able to repeat his first-round comeback performance. Weiss lost the bout, 5-1, and Harvard once again was frustrated in its bid to upend the Ivy champs...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Scare Lions, But Lose, 14-13 | 2/21/1973 | See Source »

...consistency of Crimson inconsistency reared its head once again against Cornell. The foil team, which on paper should have crushed the Big Red, completely folded, losing all but two of nine bouts. Howie Weiss gave the Crimson its only foil victories taking his first-round bout, 5-4, and his third-round contest...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Cornell Dumps Crimson Fencers, 15-12 | 2/20/1973 | See Source »

...contest, if one could call it that, was never particularly close, as the Crimson jumped out to lead early in first-round action, and was never challenged the rest...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: J.V. Fencers Overwhelm MIT, 19-8; Crimson Runs Season Record to 4-1 | 2/15/1973 | See Source »

Undoubtedly the high point of excitement of a dull match came in first-round epee action. Chris Jennings, Marion's premier epee fencer, got caught up in an act worthy of an Academy Award nomination as he feigned injury after two collisions with MIT's Bill Eckal, who displayed as much agility as Bubba Smith on roller skates. But in dramatic activity that Jennings manufactured he left out the winning climax, falling behind 3-2, 4-3 before bowing...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Fencers Survive MIT Scare To Capture Sixth Win, 18-9 | 2/14/1973 | See Source »

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