Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Pete Boyce continued his excellent fencing as he took two of three bouts in the foil, but outside of Doug Runnels in the sabre, and Doug Fitchen in the epee, the varsity fencing team showed little in its convincing 18 to 9 loss to Penn yesterday afternoon...
...Quakers are especially weak in epee, traditionally the varsity's question mark. Joe Trimble should offer Peter Boyce his best competition of the year in foil, where Penn is somewhat stronger...
...outcome of the match may have been the anticipation of a long weekend. Nevertheless, both the varsity foil and sabre "A" squads fenced poorly. Salle-Elde, with but one substitution, fenced both teams in foil, winning the first 7 to 2 and dropping the second...
Captain Hubert Hocutt was again unable to win a bout, as he dropped all three. The top varsity foil fencer, Peter Boyce, showed well in winning two of three, while Mike Klapper lost three...
...sleuths from the FBI; a secretary who needs romance; and an asthmatic lump of sex from the botanist's home town. The only mildly refreshing character in the Capital seems to be a likeable old rogue with a supply of bourbon in his hollow leg. He makes a useful foil for the hero, but they are both given a rather shallow stock of funny lines...