Fencers Are At Easterns

Harvard's varsity fencing team will try to salvage a disappointing season this weekend at the Eastern Intercollegiates at West Point.

Competition in the Intercollegiates includes all nine members of the varsity. Harvard should receive strong efforts from its top fencers, Larry Cetrulo at sabre, Tom Keller at foil, and Geza Tetrallay at epee. But the Crimson may not be able to match the depth of several Ivy and New York City squads.

"I hope for a finish in fourth or fifth place," fencing coach Edo Marion said. In order to finish that high, the Crimson must outscore Penn and Princeton, two teams to whom the Crimson dropped close matches during the season. Squads such as N.Y.U. and Columbia are beyond the Crimson's reach.

Marion felt that Harvard fencers were at a disadvantage because they do not regularly compete in the New York City tournament circuit. "Fencers in New York have a great advantage in that they have put themselves on the line and tested their skill individually many times before," Marion said.