Word: foil
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Captain Warren Stone will lead the undefeated freshmen against a strong Yale team. Stone is unbeaten in the sabre and recently won an unofficial match with varsity fencers. Ivan Chermayeff and Dick Eiwell are the Crimson's top men in the epee and foil...
...foil has the smallest bell (hand shield) of the fencing weapons. The object is to hit the opponent only in the torse and with the point of the foil. Five touches are necessary to win a bout. Foils matches, as well as sabre and epee, are fought in a small rectangle with the participants wearing masks and chest protectors...
...team is weakest on the foil. Junior Eric Sollee is the best foils man Coach Peroy has. He has gained speed and steadiness and has improved his footwork since last year. Neil Jertson, a sophomore, is good, but needs experience and an improved technique. Lefty Chris Martin needs a great deal of practice...
...River Arc in a magic, unsinkable jacket. Satan at last came to collect, of course, suffused with devilish glee. Duvallon slipped his wife's wedding ring on his own finger for protection, jumped on his horse and galloped off to Rome. The Pope prescribed three Masses to foil Duvallon's pursuer-one in St. Peter's, one in Notre Dame, and one in Bessans' village church. With Satan hot on his heels, Duvallon hastened from Rome to Paris and home again, won the race handily and lived happily ever after. A second version goes back only...
...Marsetta, John Martindale, and Warren Stone swept the sabre bouts, while Dick Elwell and Ivan Chermayoff won in the foil and epee respectively...