Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...higher can "guarantee" what his bombs did. But the British Admiralty was quick to admit: 1) that the Fleet was back at Scapa (each ship girt with a "hula skirt" of cables to foil magnetic mines, à la Queen Elizabeth); 2) that at least one ship was seriously hit; 3) that while some of the raiders targeted the fleet, others attacked Orkney airfields where Britain's pursuit ships sat, scoring hits on hangars, planes, civilians (one killed, seven wounded, in addition to seven Jack-tars admitted dead). The Germans said they bombed the airfields because they would not make...
...three-day University fencing tournament was concluded yesterday when Captain Al Labastie of the Varsity team won the sabre competition to add to his victory on Wednesday in the foil division. Tom Wright, who had already excelled in the tournament by winning the epee Thursday and coming in third in the foil on Wednesday, took second place in the contest...
...Peroymen gave the stellar Cadet sabre team an unexpected battle, losing 5 to 4. Wynne Alberts, in the most thrilling bout of the afternoon, gained a decisive win over Army's brilliant Captain Rorick, while Ben Johnson, switched from foil to sabre, also did a superior...
Like Yale, Army will have a fast and dangerous sabre team, led by Captain Torick, individual winner in the Pentagonals in 1939 and runner-up this year. Rene has shifted Ben Johnson from foil to sabre for today, in an effort to avoid another 7 to 2 drubbing such as was suffered against the West Pointers themselves in the Pentagonals...
Sophomore Joe Koch will take Johnson's place on the strong foil team which overcame Army in the Pentagonals, 5 to 4. Bill Croach, Lynn Brua, and Paul Littlefield will compose the epee team, and their swordplay may well mean the difference between defeat and victory for the Crimson today...