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Harvard's fencers swept to an overwhelming 22.5 rout over Brandeis at the last night. In an almost unprecedented coup, the foilmen clinched their victory early in the match by winning all of the first 14 bouts...
Without Johnson the consistently weak foil team seems destined for another shutout. The foilmen lost every bout to end the Penn disaster Saturday...
Mechanical failure was partially responsible for the devastating foil loss. Wires running up through the foilmen's clothing and passing to the tip of the weapon are kept taut by a spring-loaded reel which broke during the first round. The wires, which connect to flashing lights registering contact between the foil and the target, had to be hand-wound and interfered with the action...
Starting in foil for Harvard will be Peter Boyce, Mike Klapper, and Bill Trebilcock. They will face a serious double threat in John Norton and Peter Pohly of Yale, both left-handers and both excellent foilmen. Norton, ranked fourth in NCAA standings last year, and Pohly is a foilman turned sabreman turned foilman...
Next year Marion expects the squad to be enlarged by five more men in the foll, three more in sabre, and four in epee. The team will also continue to have Dave Kenney, John Livingston, and John Craig in the sabre, as well as foilmen, Paul Forand, Steve Schneider, and Cliff Thompson...