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...sabre bouts also will feature only one swordsman outside of the University team, J. F. Varian 3L. J. G. Hurd '34, R. B. Lawson '32, and H. P. Walker '33 are the other sabre artists in this class, and it seems that it will be a case of a close fight between Lawson and Walker, although Steele, who is an unknown quantity, may show his mettle when placed against worthy opposition. Lawson placed second in the sabre in the Intercollegiate Individual Fencing Championships in New York on Monday...
Showing considerably less skill than they have exhibited with their weapons during the past season, the Harvard fencers, with one exception, were forced out in the second round of the individual championships of the Intercollegiate Fencing Association Saturday and yesterday. R. B. Lawson '32, the only man to remain in the running, was defeated by Kaiser of California in the finals of the sabre bouts...
...Lawson '32, displaying some of his best work of the year, won four of his bouts in the sabre preliminaries, putting the men he vanquished out of the running with decisive scores, but H. P. Walker '33 had such stiff competition against Ullman of Yale and Payne of Dartmouth that he was unable to win a single bout...
Supplying a needed polishing to the 'scutcheon' of the University team fencers, R. B. Lawson '32 and H. P. Walker '33 came in first in the sabre matches yesterday, with six and five points respectively. J. F. Varian 3L, a newcomer, captured four bouts to qualify for the final bracket. Hurd displayed his versatility by qualifying in the sabre with three points; this puts him in the final frame of all three divisions...
...University tournament finals on April 1 the competitors will be as follows: Foil: Copland, Gilbert Kerlin '33, H. B. Wesselman 1L, Yatsevitch, Hurd, and Williams, Epee: Hurd, Yatsevitch, T. I. Moran '32, and F. L. Steele '33. Sabre: R. B. Lawson '32, H. P. Walker '33, J. F. Varian 3L, and Hurd...