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FENCERS LOST MANRIQUE CUP

BEat Penn. In Five Bouts but Lost in Match With N. Y. A. C.

Although defeated by the New York Athletic Club fencers, five bouts to two in the finals for the Manrique Cup Saturday, the University fencing team made a very good showing, easily out-fencing the other two college teams entered in the meet, Columbia and Pennsylvania.

in the first round of the competition the University team, composed of Captain E. r. Gay '19, r. H. Snow '20, and E. Pruyn '18, scored a hollow victory over Pennsylvania, winning five straight bouts, the New York A. C. team meanwhile disposing of Columbia five bouts to one.

In the finals, however, the more experienced fencing of the Athletic Club members told, and the University fencers were defeated, losing five bouts and winning but two.

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