Sabermen Slash Crusaders, 16-11, in Push-Over Tilt

Harvard fencers, with a juggled lineup, slashed to an easy 16-11 win over Holy Cross Wednesday.

Before the match sabermen Bob Barnard and Son Winfield flipped a coin to decide who would get a shot at fencing epee for the first time. Winfield won the toss and won the single epee match he fenced as well.

In fact, the epee team carried the match for Harvard, winning eight bouts to Holy Cross's one despite the absence of Captain Harry Jurgensen. Bill Theodore won all three of his bouts. Andy Weiss won both of his, and Cliff Ruderman added two more victories.

Another of Coach Edo Marion's lineup switches shifted sophomore epee man Paul Viita to foil. Viita responded sensationally with the new weapon, taking all three of his matches.

Despite Viita's performance the foil team dropped their section of the match 4-5 and the saber team had the same losing record. Barnard was 2-1 and John Gersh and Tony Abbott managed a victory each.

After exams the fencers face M.I.T. and then turn to an Ivy schedule that includes no team as tough as the Columbia squad that thrashed the Crimson 20-6 but no pushovers like Holy Cross either.