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...Foil fencer Philippe Bennett and sabre man Gordon Rutledge, kingpins on Harvard's Ivy co-champion fencing team this year, saved their finest performances for the final competition of the season, capturing All-America honors last week at the NCAA Championships at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio...
Bennett, who was seeded 11th in foil after the preliminary round of competition, finished fifth overall, and Rutledge, seeded ninth going into the finals, captured sixth. The top six individuals in each weapon qualify for the All-American fencing squad...
...brought Huntley to New York in 1956, ostensibly to compete with CBS'S Edward R. Murrow. But a chance pairing with Washington Correspondent David Brinkley at the 1956 political conventions made television history. Huntley's informed earnestness was the perfect foil for Brinkley's wry wit. Enthusiastic viewer response prompted NBC to reunite the team on the evening news in October. The program's sign-off ("Good night, Chet"-"Good night, David") soon became a slice of Americana. The Huntley-Brinkley Report consistently clobbered the opposition networks in ratings and won every major award available...
Both sabre man Gordon Rutledge and foil fencer Phillipe Bennett ran up 7-3 bouting records in the opening round of competition to move on to the finals, which run today and tomorrow...
Philippe Bennett, Crimson captain Eugene White, and captain-elect Gordon Rutledge will represent Harvard in the nation-wide competition. Bennett will fence in foil, White in epee, and Rutledge in sabre...