Word: sabers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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With a 9 to 0 shutout in the saber event, Rene Peroy's varsity fencers slashed their way to a decisive 18 1/2 to 8 1/2 victory over the Princeton swordsmen Saturday afternoon in the Block-house...
...Freshmen found it easy going against the prep school squad, topping the visitors in all three events. The saber went to the Crimson, 5 to 4, the epee, 8 to 1, and the foils...
...Varsity found the saber competition its forte and scored a 7 to 2 triumph, while taking the epee event 6 to 3. Army out-foiled the Crimson, 5 to 4. It was the Varsity's second win of the season, as against one defeat...
Among the scorched was Sergei Prokofiev, whom many regard as the world's greatest living composer, much of whose music, including his Fifth Symphony, has been heard in the U.S. Two more of world renown were Dmitri Shostakovich (Seventh Symphony), and Aram Khachaturian (whose Saber Dance is a current U.S. jukebox sensation...
Norm Ellis, the saber expert, Captain John Gay, Tom Master son and Bill Raney will lead the Varsity attack...