Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...first event, the foil, the swordsmen took the first-place cup for the second time, having won it two years when the members of this team were Sophomores. To do this, the team took 26 out of a possible 36 bouts. Ben Johnson starred for the Crimson, by winning 11 of his 12 bouts, thereby taking the individual foil title. The event was marked by a totally unexpected upset when the foilers won 6 to 3 from the same Army team that had beaten them two weeks before...
Captain Amos Murphy, Lynn Brua, and Paul Littlefield are entered in the epee; Tom Wright, Win Alberts, and Bob Blatt in the saber; and Joe Koch, Art Jaros, and Ben Johnson in the foil...
Army jumped to an overpowering lead at the start by winning eight of the nine foil contests, with Art Jaros gaining the only Harvard victory in that event. 6-8 triumphs for the Peroymen in both sabre and epee were not enough to give them the meet...
...will also be one of the major links in the Crimson offense if he is able to compete this year. Last year he starred in the University fencing tournament, and performed the unusual feat of placing in all three divisions-first in epee, second in sabre, and third in foil...
...foil department this year will be handled by Joe Koch, Art Jaros, Ben Johnson, and Johnny Vaughan, who are rated in that order by Coach Peroy. Koch is only a Junior, despite the fact that he rates the top in his division, with the result that Peroy hopes to get two years of good services from him. Jaros and Johnson are closely pressing him for the top bracket, and Vaughan, last year's Yardling captain, is improving steadily...