Word: foils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...University won its fencing match with Bowdoin Saturday, 9 to 4. when H. B. Wesselman '31 won all of his foil matches. H. C. Cassidy '31, and J. D. Allen '31 each took over two of their three competitions also...
...stiff, his knees usually bent, he gave an exhibition at the New York Athletic Club. His opponents were Clovis Deladrier, onetime military champion of Belgium, now instructor at Annapolis, and George Santelli, onetime amateur champion of Hungary. As Nadi touched Deladrier's breast with the point of his foil or slashed at Santelli with his sabre, his own mastery seemed to excite him. He talked -rapidly in French, Spanish, Italian, punctuating each touch with the words "et la!" Sometimes "et la!" was a celebration of his own passes, sometimes of Deladrier's or Santelli...