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Navy completely outshone her 11 rivals in the recent fencing intercollegiate at New York City, taking five of the seven crowns. The Crimson swordsmen could do no better than sixth place in the final three-weapon standing...
...York University swordsmen: the Intercollegiate Fencing Association three-weapon team trophy. No. 1 collegiate fencing honor; for the fourth successive year; placing first in the sabre event, second in foils and second in epée; winning 73½ bouts out of 99 in the two-day, twelve-college round robin; in the Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Astor, New York City. Runner-up was Yale, with 69½ victories. Navy finished third with 66, Army fourth with...
...John R. Huffman, researcher in Chemistry at Columbia University; for the third successive year the national three-weapon (foil, épée, sabre) fencing championship of the U. S. from a field of 29; at the Fencers Club, New York. ¶West Point's polo team: its 27th consecutive victory, beating Yale, 12-to-9: at West Point...
...University's 1928 team, have since pushed steadily to the top. A stocky left-hander who moves surprisingly fast for his build, Alessandroni won the foils title in 1934, was runner-up last year. Tied for first place with the defending champion, Joseph L. Levis, and the national three-weapon champion, John R. Huffman, he made spectacular use of the parry-riposte, beat them both in a triple fence-off last week. Tall, willowy Norman Armitage, who sports a little waxed mustache, had little difficulty in taking his third straight sabre title...
Rene Peroy came in 1929 to take over the coaching job with a brilliant record behind him. After winning a national championship in 1926, he fenced on the Olympic team two years later, winning the individual three-weapon title. Since the age of seven, he has fenced at least one hour every day, and while at Harvard has usually spent five or six. Equally proficient in the foils, epee, and sabre, he has expressed a slight preference for the sabre...