Word: foilsmen
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...last dual meet of the season, the University fencing team clinched the championship of the northern half of the Intercollegiate Fencing League by defeating the Yale foilsmen 5-4 in Hemenway Gymnasium on Saturday. This victory qualifies the team for the intercollegiate team tournament to begin on April 3, and two of the men for the individual tournament. Captain E. H. Lane '24, with twenty-seven victories, and his brother, E. L. Lane with twenty-five victories and two defeats to his credit, will try to better their, performance last year when Davenport of Yale nosed them...
...only advantage the University team can be said to have, lies in the psychological effect of fighting on its own ground. The Crimson fencers have also had more actual match practice than the Yale foilsmen, having played eight matches to their opponents' three...
...result of the match, the Crimson fencing team has not only obtained eight consecutive victories, but can also boast of a better record than any other team which has represented the University this year. The Crimson foilsmen have thus far beaten Bowdoin, New York University, Columbus, Dartmouth, Norwich, West Point, J. Sanford Saltus Club, and M. I. T. Next Saturday they meet Yale at Hemenway in the last and most important match of the season...
...Room of the Hemenway Gymnasium. Norwich Academy is considered more or less of a "dark horse" in fencing circles, as it has not lately met any teams in the intercollegiate leagues. But as fencing at Norwich is a major sport and is coached by retired army officers, the University foilsmen expect an interesting match...
...University fencers disposed of the New York University foilsmen with little difficulty Saturday by the score...