Word: weaponed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After sweeping the three-weapon crown as well as many individual awards at the Eastern Intercollegiate Fencing Championships at Annapolis a week ago, Navy looms as a top contender. The New York City teams--Columbia, City College and N.Y.U.--are also slated to finish high. Fencing is one of their major sports, and their teams include a number of men with high school experience...
...most intercollegiate play, each college enters three men in each weapon, each of whom fences, against all three opponents in that weapon. The 41 colleges participating in the N.C.A.A. tournament, however, will enter only one man for each weapon, who will fence against all 40 opponents in the same weapon...
Four bouts in each weapon, 12 bouts in all, will take place at the same time...
...fencer in any of the three weapons--epee, foil and sabre--wins his bout by scoring five touches against the opponent. The method of making these touches differs, however, according to the weapon...
...usual dual meet or tournament, each college enters three fencers in each of the three events--foll, sabr, and opee. In the nationals, however, only one entrant from each school fences with each weapon...