Word: peroy
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With a squad of nine fencers, Coach Rene Peroy set out yesterday for the Intercollegiate Fencing Meet at New York to be held today and tomorrow. Captain and epeeman Edward O. Miller '37, foilman William F. Gerber '37, and sabreman Edward S. Skinner '38 are expected to shine...
...Intercollegiate fencing, the Crimson fencers will take part in a pentagonal meet with Yale, Princeton, Army and Navy tonight. There are 270 matches on the card at New Haven, with nine men representing each college. It will be the first stiff competition of the season for Coach Rene Peroy and his Crimson gladiators, for they have trimmed weak Brown and Springfield teams without much difficulty...
...really can't tell about the prospects for the fencing team," said Rene Peroy, coach. "Of course, we've lost a large number of capable fencers by graduation, and the team has had to work hard, but the prospects are not any worse than they ever were...
Seconded by Captain Edward O. Miller '37, and Joseph Levis, captain of the United States Olympic Team, Mr. Peroy continued, "Our hardest match comes up on March 6 in the Pentagonal Meet with Army, Navy, Yale, and Princeton. Our toughest competition will be with Yale, but we undoubtedly have a chance." The Pentagonal Meet will be a round-robin where every man encounters every other man. Each man is only allowed one weapon. The matches will go on all day, and probably well into the night...
...fencing to women, as several memebrs of the weaker sex were clashing swords in the adjoining room. "At first, we were afraid to have women in the sport, because we thought the public would think that the sport was becoming feminino. But with the advent of men like Coach Peroy, injecting fresh life into the game, fencing definitely changed from a soft sport with little aggressiveness, to one of severe competition, and of great masculinity. I guess that's what attracted the women...