Word: saberman
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Koff also points out, was ever half so athletic. Crouched like a coiled spring, continually alert to lunge or parry, the fencer can feel tension spreading from his toes to his fingertips. And in the heat of combat, the new gentility sometimes wears thin. Given half a chance, a saberman (who can score points with a thrust or slice anywhere above his opponent's waist) may cut loose and whip his man across the back with a bruising blade. Even a city-bred college boy is seldom happier than on that rare occasion when his button-pointed foil (which...
Foilsman Van Chandler was the Crimson's most effective fencer in Saturday's event. Competing in pool three, he scored seven victories against five defeats, including a five to four decision over Columbia's Pat DiMartini which spoiled the Lions' title bid. Saberman Harry Zeil also posted an important victory over Navy at a time when the third place Middles were in contention for title honors...