HERTZBERG '23 WINNER OF HONORS IN FENCING

Fencing 31 bouts in the course of two days, and winning his way to the finals in the competition for both the foils and sabre championships, R.F. Hertzberg '23, captain of the Dartmouth fencing team, won second place in the sabre play of the intercollegiate fencing tournament, held in the Grand Ball Room of the Hotel Astor, New York city, Thursday and Friday, April 12 and 13.

Hertzberg was the only competitor entered for the competition in more than one weapon and he missed the individual sabre championship by only one point, being defeated by Castner, of the Army team, 7-6. Hertzberg was the only Dartmouth entry who succeeded in qualifying for the finals of any weapon.

The Dartmouth foils team, consisting of Hertzberg, H.F. Liao '22 and E. G. Hawley '24, in the preliminary round of the competition for the foils championship defeated Harvard, 5-4, and M.I.T., 5-4, but failed to qualify for the final round because of the 9 — 0 victory of Harvard over M.I.T. In this victory the Harvard team won the Colonel Thompson "Iron Man" trophy, offered annually to the team winning the championship in this weapon.

The Dartmouth sabre team, consisting of Hertzberg and Hawley, competing in the preliminary round with teams from Yale, Hamilton and the University of Pennsylvania, failed to qualify for the finals, though Hertzberg won his way to the finals of the competition for the individual sabre championship. The Dartmouth epee team, consisting of Liao and F. B. Laidlaw '24, also failed to qualify for the final round. The sabre and epee teams representing the Army won the championships in their respective events, and were awarded the new "Three-Weapon Cup" offered by the Intercollegiate Fencing Association.

The individual foils championship was won by Davenport of Yale, who was followed by Lane of Harvard. The sabre championship went to Castner of the Army, followed by Hertzberg, while Pesek of the Army won the epee championship, with Calloway of the Navy, second.