Word: foils
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Holding down the foil slots for Harvard will be Ray Frankman, Bill Raney and Stan Sheldon while Halton Arp, Tom Masterson, recently restored to athletic competition by the Dean's office, and John Ager are in the epee. The powerful saber department boasts captain John Gay, Norman Ellis and Neil McNeil...
With seven straight wins behind them, the Yardling fencers probably hold a slight edge over the Blue, but the foil, not the saber, should tell the story. The Freshmen will be hampered, however, in the epee by the possible absence of Joe Overholser, who sliced his hand on a glass this week...
Usually strong in sabers, the team just managed to squeeze by in that department, but scored easy victories with foils and epees. Columbia was one man short, and the fencers took three of the foil bouts by default...
...foil and saber events, the Crimson fighters didn't fare so well. Ray Frankman, Bill Raney, and Stan Sheldon bowed 6 to 3 in the foil, with Frankman taking two of his adversaries only to lose to Cornell's Bill Clarvit, the only undefeated fighter of the match...
...with Sandy Jones out with a fractured arm and Ray Rogers no longer in College, Boston will use Jim Conant, a 1947 substitute, as a foil for the mighty Thevenant. The rest of the team will be the same as that which faced Columbia three weeks ago with captain Pete Fuller at heavy, Dan Ray at 145 and Don Louria at 165 as the most likely winners for the Crimson...