Fencers Place Ninth in Meet

The varsity fencing team grabbed a ninth place in the 12-team Intercollegiate Championships at Pennsylvania this weekend and then watched Ivy League leader Columbia win the triple weapon trophy for epee, sabre, and foil.

The only point-getter for Harvard was senior Steve Khinoy, who placed fourth in the epee contest. Khinoy won an honorable mention as best sportsman of the two-day tourney. Although he enjoys the best record on the Harvard epee team for season play, Khinoy is ineligible for an all-Ivy spot because he fenced foil at the start of the season.

Sabre star Roger Barzun lost his chance to gain the final matches by a mere one touch. In a tie with N.Y.U. and Princeton fencers after the semifinal matches, Barzun had been touched 51 times by opponents. Princeton's John O'Sullivan was touched 50 times, and the lower number gave him the finals.

Spurred by the outstanding fencing of Howard Goodman, N.Y.U. won the sabre crown. Goodman went undefeated in 11 semifinal matches and lost only one bout in the finals. Columbia took the weapon trophy, but the Lions failed to foil championship in addition to the triple keep Navy from winning the epee title.

During the regular season, the fencing team finished next to the cellar in the Ivy League, with its only victory over Yale, by a score of 16-11.