FENCING

Harvard 6—Dartmouth 3

Harvard's swordsmen entered the Dartmouth meet with a record of 27 duels won without a defeat and in the engagement of Feb. 22, defeated the Dartmouth fencers 6 to 3, though having the record of straight victories marred by Captain Hertzberg of Dartmouth, who vanquished in turn, Captain Burke, Royce, Everett and Edward. All of the duels were hard fought, the Green fencers furnishing as substantial opposition as any encountered by the Cambridge team this season. Summary:

Hertzberg (D) defeated E. H. Lane (H) 7-4; Boyce (H) defeated Liao (D) 7-5; E. L. Lane (H) defeated Cooke (D) 7-3; Hertzberg (D) defeated Boyce (H) 7-5; E. L. Lane (H) defeated Liao (D) 7-5; E. H. Lane (H) defeated Cooke (D) 7-1; Hertzberg (D) defeated E. L. Lane (H) 7-6; Boyce (H) defeated Cooke (D) 7-2; E. H. Lane (H) defeated Liao (D) 7-1.

Duelling Swords—Barss . (H) defeated Cooke (D) 3-2.

Dartmouth 7—Norwich 4

Dartmouth fencers won seven of the nine bouts in the meet with Norwich, March 4. Chapman of Dartmouth was the individual star of the meet, taking three of the Green's seven victories. Bradley and Wilson won the duels credited to the Norwich team. After the meet an exhibition sabre bout was engaged in by Hertzberg and Cooke of Dartmouth. Summary:

Foils—Hertzberg (D) defeated Wilson (N) 7-0; Chapman (D) defeated Leet (N) 7-5; Wilson (N), 7-4; Leet (N), 7-1. Hawley (D) defeated Bradley (N) 7-5, Leet (N), 7-3. Laio (D) defeated Bradley (N) 7-1; Bradley (N) defeated Laidlaw (D) 7-5; Wilson (N) defeated Hawley (D) 7-4. Referee-Prof. G. F. Hull.

Dartmouth 10—Pennsylvania 4

Dartmouth won 10 to 4 in the fencing meet with the University of Pennsylvania duellists, March 9, at Philadelphia. In the matches with the foils each Dartmouth man lost one bout. But the Green team won all of the sabre matches. Pennsylvania won the epee match. Heminger of Pennsylvania was the only swordsman to win all of his matches, Summary:

Foils—Chapman (D) defeated Carver (P) 7-4, Thompson (P) 7-6; Liao (D) defeated Thompson (P) 7-4; Hertzberg (D) defeated Thompson (P) 7-1; Carver (P) defeated Liao (D) 7-4; Heminger (P) defeated Chapman (D) 7-5, Hertzberg (D) 7-4.

Sabres—Cooke (D) defeated Brown (P) 7-4, Seabright (P) 7-6; Hertzberg (D) defeated Brown (P) 7-5, Seabright (P) 7-4. Epee—Carver (P) defeated Cooke (D) 3-2.

Dartmouth 9—Columbia 5

After trailing Columbia by a score of 5 to 4 the Dartmouth fencing team won all of the sabre and epee duels for a final score of 9 to 5 in the meet at New York, March 10. For Dartmouth Cooke and Hertzberg excelled in sword play, vanquishing their opponents easily.

Yale 8—Dartmouth 6

Captain Walker of the Yale fencing team, led his swordsmen to a victory over the Dartmouth fencers, March 11, at New Haven. Walker won all three of his duels, defeating Captain Hertzberg of Dartmouth, who was the only Hanover fencer to receive more than one decision. The sabre matches were closely contested and evenly divided. Liao lost the epee duel to Mackenzie of Yale. Summary:

Foils—Walker (Y) defeated Hertzberg .(D) 7-4, Chapman (D) 7-5, Liao (D) 7-3; Hertzberg (D) defeated Davenport (Y) 7-3, Huntington (Y) 7-5; Huntington (Y) defeated Liao (D) 7-6; Liao (D) defeated Davenport (Y) 7-6; Davenport (Y) defeated Chapman (D) 7-4; Chapman (D) defeated Huntington (Y) 7-4.

Sabres—Hanway (Y) defeated Cooke (D) 7-5; Davenport (Y) defeated Hertzberg (D) 7-5; Hertzberg (D) defeated Hanway (Y) 7-6; Cooke (D) defeated Davenport (Y) 7-3.

Epee—Mackenzie (Y) defeated Liao (D) 2-1.