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...foil Harvard held a 5-4 advantage over Rutgers, due mainly to the resurgence of Dave Fichter and the continued steady performance of Howie Weiss. Fichter, whose job was on the line after six straight losses against Cornell and Columbia, bounced back to win two out of three, with a display of what Marion called "really elegant fencing." Weiss also...
Jennings's bouting record of 17 wins in 22 foil contests included seven of eight in the important final round action, despite an injury to his knee in the tournament's sabre competition. Jennings fenced in the sabre competition which ran simultaneously with foil, and after the injury was unable to lunge in the last foil round...
Also in Los Angeles for the foil competition was number one Harvard foil man Phillipe Bennett. Bennett came within an eyelash of making it into the finals, after sweeping through the preliminary rounds with a perfect 8-0 bouting record. In the semi-finals, Bennett ended up in a four-way tie for first (three go up to the finals) and was eliminated because more touches were scored against him than against the other three competitors. However, Bennett had already defeated Jennings twice, and had beaten all of the other people who made the finals at some time...
Marion will probably go with his regular line-up, with the possible exception coming at number three foil. There, Dave Fichter, who has had his troubles of late, losing three straight 5-4 bouts to Cornell and three more to Columbia, may be replaced by freshman John Wilinsky who has been impressive in J.V. competition. If Fichter experiences the same problems that he has in the recent past, Marion will not hesitate to use Wilinsky...
Well, Fernandez is back, as is Brooke Makler, who has apparently made the transition from epee to foil with little difficulty. Against this one-two punch Harvard would seem to be in for a long Saturday afternoon...