Word: foilsman
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...Lane '24, the University captain, showed the best form of the afternoon, allowing his three opponents to touch him only four times. Captain Quinby of Bowdoin was the outstanding foilsman for the visitors...
...part in the Penn and Navy meets last year, but fell ill while returning from Annapolis and was unable to fence during the rest of the season. This is the first year that Boyce has been on the University team but he has developed rapidly and is a reliable foilsman...
Mental control, the ability to keep cool and remember the essential fundamentals of execution in the excitement of the duel, is an asset learned in fencing, an asset that inevitably must be mastered by the foilsman and one that proves invaluable in life, whatever career a man pray choose. The struggle for nerve-control, self-restraint on the mat, is as vital in winning matches as is the actual handling of the steel in combat...
...upper hand. Add to these qualities, speed at the proper instant, alert facility to take advantage of the opponents' weak spots, an intuitive sense, which comes with practice, of the time and manner of attack best suited to the individual--and you have the attributes of the accomplished foilsman...