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N.Y.U. had both the best individual fencers in each category and tremendous depth at each weapon. "Their saber team was not that impressive but their foil and epee teams were very poised and were certainly the best I've seen," Valenzuela said...
...other two weapons, the Violets are considerably stronger. Their foil team is composed of three Olympic possibilities who last year won the NCAA's and came in second at the Sr. National Championships...
...Nora's husband, Torvald Helmer, Donald Madden is an excellent foil. His blond Scandinavian looks, his slightly mannered stuffiness, arrogance and condescension all contribute to a solid and coherent character. He conveys just the inflexible sense of property and propriety that is so necessary to the role. There is no falling off in the rest of the cast-in Nora's worldly wise friend (Patricia Elliott) or in the doctor (Roy Shuman), who is paying mortally for the sins of his father, or in the unscrupulous moneylender (Robert Gerringer), who is trying to keep a slippery foot...
Both Ken Hetzler and Rick Tolbert, the other Harvard Sabermen, lost their bouts in the first round, never regained their confidence, and failed to win a bout between them for the rest of the afternoon. Columbia led 2-1, as the epee and the foil teams began their competition, using both strips. Co-captain Mickey Irvings, after a brilliant performance against CCNY, lost his first of two epee bouts, and Columbia...
After this loss, the Crimson could have tied the match if two of its NCAA finalists could have won their first round bouts. Fencing simultaneously on the two separate strip?. Geza Tatrallay at epee, and Tom Keller, at the foil, needed to keep their cool to win. Tatrallay was ahead 3-1 against his opponent, let up, and lost, 5-3. Keller needed a touch to win, failed to make it, and lost...