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Although the Philadelphia combination was recently defeated 7-2 by Yale, and the University team has had no difficulty in remaining undefeated, the former is expected to offer stiff resistance. An interesting feature of the meet is that the University of Pennsylvania foilsmen have been trained in the Italian fashion, whereas the University men have been coached in the French manner. The home team has the unusual distinction of including two left-handed fencers...
...previous contests this term, but the Philadelphia combination, although lately defeated 7-2 by Yale, is expected to give the University men some stiff opposition. The meet will be particularly interesting because the University of Pennsylvania team has been coached in the Italian manner, whereas the Crimson foilsmen have always practised the French method of fencing. The home team has also the unusual distinction of including two left-handed fencers...
...regular foilsmen, Captain Burke Boyce '22, E. H. Lane '24, will be accompanied by J. S. Barss '22 and J. K. Watson '23, who have been chosen to handle the duelling swords as a result of a recent tournament...
...informal pre-season meet Saturday afternoon in the Hemenway Gymnasium, the University fencing team defeated a team of former Annapolis foilsmen, winning the foils by a score of 6 to 3 and the duelling swords 3 to 1. At no time during the meet was the outcome certain until the next to the last match, in which W. R. Brewster '22 defeated Van Cleve of the Navy team. In all its matches the team displayed unusually excellent form for an early season meet, showing clearly the results of Coach Danguy's system of training...
...Tournament Burke Boyce '22, of New York City, was elected captain of the fencing team for next year. Boyce has had less experience than most of the other University foilsmen, having joined the squad for the first time last fall, but since that time has proved himself to be a steady performer in the foil and epee events. John Sedgwick Barss '22, of Windsor, Conn., was reelected manager, and John King Watson '23, of Rockaway, N. J., was chosen assistant manager