U.F.C. Retains Epee Cup
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U.F.C. Retains Epee Cup
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UFC RETAINS EPEE CUP
The Washington Square Cup, for epee teams, was won for the second successive year by the University Fencers Club. This tournament, conducted on the pool system which has been adopted for the Intercollegiate Championships, attracted a record field of 15 teams, but the quality of the competition was below standard as half a dozen leading specialists failed to appear.
The U.F.C. team accumulated 34 points out of 42 bouts, Miguel and Jose de Capriles each winning 13 and Lewis Kapner 8. The young Salta Club trio of Wilson, Gordon, and von Munchhausen performed brilliantly to win second place from another young team, the Fencers Club, of Driscoll, Skrobisch, and Williams. The New York Athletic Club team of Grombach, Netter, and Thompson, favored as the leading challengers, managed to tie with U.F.C. midway through the 8-hour session, but after that only Thompson was able to keep up with the blistering pace of the winners.
Among the high spots of the meet were the performances of the de Capriles brothers; the early record of von Munchhausen; the close fight between Gold and Randall, intercollegiate epee rivals in the first pool; the well-balanced teams from Salta and Fencers Club; and the remarkable showing of the only member of the “50-plus” club, Ed Boruman, in the second pool.
The records of all the teams scoring better than half of the possible points follows:
(1) | (2) | (3) | Total
1. U.F.C. 13 | 8 | 13 | 34
2. Salts Club 10 | 10 | 9 1/2 | 29/2
3. Fencers Club 10 | 10 | 8 1/2 | 28 1/2
4. New York A.C. 8 | 8 | 11 1/2 | 27 1/2
5. N.Y.U. "A" 9 | 6 1/2 | 11 | 26 1/2
6. Salle Santelli 8 1/2 | 7 | 8 | 24
7. Columbia 8 | 7 | 7 1/2 | 22 1/2
8. New Haven "A" 7 | 9 1/2 | 6 | 22 1/2
9. Yale "A" 9 | 8 | 4 1/2 | | 21 1/2
Columbia received 47 hits as against 54 for New Haven. Other team records were CCNY “A”, 19 1/2; Yale “B”, 18 1/2; N.Y.U. “B”, 15 1/2; Composite 10; New Haven “B” 8; Greco Fencing Academy 7.
