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Burke Boyce '22, captain of this year's successful fencing team, won the University folls championship at the Hemenway Gymnasium Saturday afternoon, while S. H. Ordway Jr. 1L., last year's fencing captain captured the first sabre' championship contest ever held here...
...necessary to divide the entries into two groups. As a result of round-robins in each group four men, Boyce, E. H. Lane '24, captain elect of next year's fencing team, E. L. Lane '24, and W. R. Brewster '22 qualified for the finals, while S. H. Ordway 1L., last year's champion, failed to place. Brewster, still suffering from his collapse in the Intercollegiate meet at New York last week, was unable to display his best form in the final matches, but the other three finalists ended in a triple tie for the championship as Boyce lost...
...While Ordway lost the foils championship, he proved to be the best of the sabre entries, with a record of seven victories and no defeats. Roland Fleer '25 who has had some experience at the University of Pennsylvania, gained second honors with only two losses in his eight matches while Boyce was third. Both Boyce and J. K. Watson '23 won five and lost three bouts, but Boyce had a small margin in the number of touches scored...
...immediately afterwards. The interest will center especially around five men, Burke Boyce '22, captain of this year's team. W. R. Brewster '22, a veteran of three years experience on the University team, E. H. Lane '24, captain-elect for next year, E. L. Lane '24, and S. H. Ordway 1L., last year's captain and University champion, whose work has stamped them as close competitors for premier honors. Boyce should be the favorite, but any one of the five is apt to snatch the championship away. The foils tournament is open to all members of the University...
...England fencing championships will be held at the Boston Athletic Association next week. The first competition will be with duelling-swords on Wednesday evening with the sabres and foils coming on Friday afternoon and evening respectively. Ordway who secured third place in the sabre tournament last year, was the only University entry to place, but the chances are considerably brighter this season with a stronger and better-balanced team entered in each event. Here, too, competition promises to be strong with the best amateur fencers in New England entered, including representatives from the Dartmouth and Yale teams...