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Continuing its winning ways the fencing team decisively defeated the St. John's swordsmen Saturday, the score being 17-10. After losing the foils 5-4 with Cranston Jones taking two of his three matches to lead the Harvard foil-men, decisive victories were scored in both epee and saber...
While all three divisions are considered strong, it was in the opee class that the largest advantage, 7 to 2, was obtained over Hartford. The foil and sabre divisions each won by 5 to 4 margins...
...other members of last year's famed Freshman squad are very proficient in handling the foil, a weapon formerly used only in practice. Small southpaw, Art Jarros is a wiry, energetic fencer. The other, boasting a high AFLA ranking, is Ben Johnson...
Cranston Jones and Al Labastie, seasoned fencers, defeated two foes each last Saturday. Jones had experience at Andover before entering Harvard, while Labastie won the Novice AFLA Foil crown this fall. Both men are Juniors. The foil squad will be strengthened shortly with the return of Scott Long Manager of the team, who has been unable to appear in the early meets...
Coach Rene Peroy's Fencing team will have its first real test of the year today when it meets the Hartford Fencing Club. The team will be: Foil--Cranston E. Jones '40, Ben B. Johnson '41, and Albert H. Labastie '40: Epee--Lyn A. Brun '41, J. William Croach '40, Amos B. Murphy '41, and Halford W. Park '40: Sabre--Captain N. Horton Batchelder '39, Robert R. Batt '41, Joseph T. Doyle '39 and Thomas W. Wright...