Fencers Destroy Brandeis; Face Indian Squad Today

In the murky light of Brandeis's closet fencing room. Harvard, with a minimum of emotion or effort, destroyed the Judges last night, 21-6.

The detached, methodical demolition by the Crimson was a fitting expression of the ho-hum atmosphere that permeated the entire evening. After returning late Monday night from Cornell, the squad was non-plussed by the "road trip" to Waltham.

The match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip because of the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after 10.

The match dragged on interminably. The Crimson, late in starting and fencing single strip due to the inadequate size of the room, did not defrock the last Judge until after 10. The match was unquestionably Harvard's longest and most uninteresting of the year.

From the opening moments of the first round, when the strong Crimson sabre squad swept the first three bouts to give Harvard a quick 3-0 lead, the outcome of the match was never in doubt. The foil and epee teams followed by winning four of the next six contests to give Harvard a commanding 7-2 lead at the end of the first round.

Round two was only slightly less impressive. Harvard continued the trend, picking up six more wins. Captain Geza Tatrallyay, Ken Hetzler and Dave Fichter led the Crimson effort, winning two bouts each in the first two rounds. Harvard's performance ran the score to 13-5 going into the third round.

It did not take the Crimson long to pick the 14th individual victory to clinch the team win. Gordon Ruttledge opened the final round with a 5-3 triumph to confirm the outcome.

There were many heroes for the Crimson. Each Harvard performer won at least two bouts and Tatrallyay swept three. Freshman "Sudden Sam" Anderson, fencing in foil--where the team is weakest--impressed the veteran squad members with two victories.

Today, the team reaches the midway point of this week's gruelling five-match schedule. Harvard, seeking its seventh victory in a row, meets Dartmouth at the IAB. The match will not count in the Ivy League standings because fencing at Dartmouth has only club status.

The Indians, who do not officially have a coach, should provide little opposition for the Crimson. Harvard mentor Edo Marion plans to rest his match-weary starters and to go with his younger performers.

"I plan to use our JV players against Dartmouth to give them some bouting action." Marion said yesterday. "It wouldn't be fair for us to use our first string." The rejuvenation that today's rest will give the front-liners will bring a second-place Ivy finish that much closer.