Word: foiling
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...foil John Major fell behind early in his bout to Dartmouth's Phil Hertz, but then won four straight points to win, 5-3. The bouts in the second round were much closer, many of them went to "la bel"--a 4-4 tie--but the J.V.'s prevailed...
Somehow they couldn't pull it off. Loren Joseph and Rutledge both lost their sabre bouts, 5-4. The Cornell team then swept all three foil bouts. With the match now tied. Sam Anderson dropped his match in epee...
...Valentine started the onslaught with the first foil match in the third round. Fencing against MIT star Johann Akermann, who is nationally ranked in Sweden, Valentine won the bout, which gave him a stunning 3-2 upset...
Howie Weiss and Philippe Bennett joined Valentine at foil with third-round wins that tipped the balance toward them in a 5-4 victory over MIT's foil team...
Crimson coach Edo Marion was not surprised by Harvard's performance against Princeton. "We knew we should be strong in foil, but we are very weak in sabre," Marion said. "The results pretty much bear that...