Word: grasson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...afternoon began with Coach Grasson's Yale Freshmen taking the lead in foils immediately, 5 to 4, and going on to take the epee, 6 to 3. The Yardlings recovered in the last event to win the saber, 5 to 4, but the score was already too far weighted against them. Notable performances for the afternoon went to Barricelli of the Varsity foils team and Constable of the Freshman epee team, both of whom came out with unbeaten performances...
...Poppa Grasson's Bulldogs will be particularly strong in sabre, and are likely to get a 5 to 4 win there. The Crimson's Tom Wright recently won the New England Open sabre title, while follman Ben Johnson captured the novice crown in the same weapon, but since Wright is still ineligible and Johnson will be used only in fell, that won't help much...
Navy is the big menace in the Pentagonals and Intercollegiates this year, while Yale will be the most serious obstacle to success in the dual meets. If Eli Coach Grasson teaches his swordsmen the usual lunging, slashing, pellmell tactics, it is doubtful if they will be a match for the calculated, better-timed motions of the Peroymen. In the meantime coaching will be all-important, and Rene is the man to see to that. Schooled in Olympic competition, and three times a member of the U. S. national foil team, he not only tells his fencers...