BOYCE CAPTURES TITLE IN FENCING CONTEST

Burke Boyce '22, captain of this year's successful fencing team, won the University folls championship at the Hemenway Gymnasium Saturday afternoon, while S. H. Ordway Jr. 1L., last year's fencing captain captured the first sabre' championship contest ever held here.

Boyce's victory though expected by many, came only after a series of hard-fought matches. Thirteen men competed in the tournament so that it was necessary to divide the entries into two groups. As a result of round-robins in each group four men, Boyce, E. H. Lane '24, captain elect of next year's fencing team, E. L. Lane '24, and W. R. Brewster '22 qualified for the finals, while S. H. Ordway 1L., last year's champion, failed to place. Brewster, still suffering from his collapse in the Intercollegiate meet at New York last week, was unable to display his best form in the final matches, but the other three finalists ended in a triple tie for the championship as Boyce lost to E. L. Lane though defeating E. H. Lane, while E. H. Lane, the captain elect defeated his brother.

In the fence off it was decided to fence only three touches instead of the customary seven and here Boyce was at his best, defeating both Lanes 3-1, while E. H. Lane again defeated his brother 3-2.

While Ordway lost the foils championship, he proved to be the best of the sabre entries, with a record of seven victories and no defeats. Roland Fleer '25 who has had some experience at the University of Pennsylvania, gained second honors with only two losses in his eight matches while Boyce was third. Both Boyce and J. K. Watson '23 won five and lost three bouts, but Boyce had a small margin in the number of touches scored.