Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson fencing team will try for its first Ivy League win against three losses when it meets an equally unsuccessful Penn squad today at Philadelphia. The varsity is a slight favorite to defeat the Quakers, but it will need top performances in foil and epee to counterbalance Penn's sabre strength...
Bill Trebilcock, Dave Johnson, and Phil Charat will meet an inexperienced Penn foil team, and a solid Crimson victory here seems probable. In epee, Antony Enders, Bruce Parker, Dave Schwartz, and alternate Jim Roberts should triumph, but not without difficulty. They will have to face David Micahnik, who took two of his three bouts against them last year...
Phil Charat triumped in all three foil matches, while teammates Dave Johnson and Alan Gardner each won two and dropped one. The single loss in sabre came to John Piel, as Bob Whallon and Lajos Heder both won all three matches...
...epee, the varsity's Bill Bennett, Dave MacDougall, and Alan Choate should easily defeat their opponents. Dave Johnson, Phil Charat, and Alan Cardner may meet considerable opposition from the Judges in foil, but a Crimson victory here seems probable...
Captain Bill Trebilcock turned in the best performance for the varsity by winning two of his three foil matches...