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...trophy which becomes each year the temporary property of the College winning the tournament, is a bronze statue of a swordsman, three and one-half feet high. Of nine tournaments which have been held, Harvard has won seven...
...Club. Five colleges will be represented--Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Cornell and Annapolis. There will be three men on each team and each man will fence with every other man, except those from his own college. Each contestant will thus have twelve bouts. The trophy, a bronze statue of a swordsman, three and one-half feet high, becomes the temporary property of the college winning the tournament each year. Harvard has won seven of the eight tournaments which have been held. H. Clapp 1Dn., and F. W. Hitchings 1M., of this year's team took part in the tournament last year...
...Holmes '02, as "Antonio," the hero and lover of the play, takes the principal part with great success. As an enterprising lower and brave swordsman his earnestness of manner is very natural and pleasing. The part of "Bustopha," one of the funniest of Fletcher's creations, is taken by J. G. Brackett '01 in an exceptionally entertaining manner. In the female roles, W. C. Arensberg '00 makes a serious and charming "Ismenia." Femininity--a somewhat impossible trait perhaps--is slightly lacking in the other female characters...
...Intercollegiate Fencing Tournament will be held this evening at the Raquet and Tennis Club in New York. This will be the seventh tournament since the club offered the intercollegiate trophy--a bronze swordsman--in 1893. Of the six tournaments already held Harvard has won all but the fifth, and the trophy is now in the Gymnasium. This year four teams will compete,--the U. S. Naval Academy, Cornell, Columbia and Harvard...
...members of the Harvard team, M. D. de Diaz '99 is the most experienced swordsman. This is his third year on the team, and last year he won the duelling-sword championship of the United States. H. Clapp, Dn., has had some experience on the Junior Harvard team and on the Junior B. A. A. team. This year the Junior B. A. A. team won the Junior championship of the United States, and Clapp's was the best individual score. This is his first year on the University team. F. W. Hitchings '01, who was chosen as the third member...