NEW YORK, March 29.--In the preliminary bouts of the intercollegiate fencing meet, held in the gymnasium of the New York Athletic Club this evening, West Point and Annapolis tied for first place with seven bouts each. The other scores were: Columbia, 6; Cornell, 5; Princeton, 4; Yale, 3; Harvard, 2; Pennsylvania, 2.
The various bouts resulted as follows: Harvard 2, Annapolis 7; West Point 7, Pennsylvania 2; West Point 5, Cornell 4; Columbia 6, Yale 3; Cornell 5, Princeton 4; Pennsylvania 6, Princeton 3.
In the bouts between Harvard and Annapolis, Heath (A.) defeated C. A. Bliss '08; W. F. Low '07 defeated H. D. Burdick (A.); G. L. Cutting '09 defeated E. S. R. Grandt (A.); H. D. Burdick (A.) defeated C. A. Bliss '08; W. F. Low '07 defeated E. S. R. Grandt (A.); J. C. Richmond (A.) defeated G. L. Cutting '09; E. S. R. Grandt (A.) defeated C. A. Bliss '08; J. C. Richmond (A.) defeated W. F. Low '07; and H. D. Burdick (A.) defeated G. L. Cutting '09.
In the bouts between West Point and Pennsylvania, G. A. Halibrid (W. P.) defeated L. Fleischer (P.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated H. F. Wendell (P.); R. Sears (W. P.) defeated R. G. Jacobson (P.); H. F. Wendell (P.) defeated J. H. Halibrid (W. P.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated R. G. Jacobson (P.); R. Sears (W. P.) defeated L. Fleischer (P.); J. H. Halibrid (W. P.) defeated R. G. Jacobson (P.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated L. Fleischer (P.); and H. F. Wendell (P.) defeated R. Sears (W. P.)
In the bouts between West Point and Cornell, G. A. Halibrid (W. P.) defeated O. W. Harwood (Cor.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated G. A. Fassett (Cor.); W. E. Harries (Cor.) defeated R. Sears (W. P.); G. A. Fassett (Cor.) defeated G. A. Halibrid (W. P.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated W. E. Harries (Cor.); O. W. Harwood (Cor.) defeated R. Sears (W. P.); O. A. Dickinson (W. P.) defeated O. W. Harwood (Cor.); W. E. Harries (Cor.) defeated G. A. Halibrid (W. P.); and R. Sears (W. P.) defeated G. A. Fassett (Cor.).
In the bouts between Columbia and Yale, S. Lage (C.) defeated A. C. Scalley (Y.); B. H. Smith (Y.) defeated C. E. Dwyer (C.); G. Hass (Y.) defeated C. E. Dwyer (C.); S. Lage (C.) defeated B. H. Smith (Y.); A. C. Scalley (Y.) defeated C. E. Dwyer (C.); S. Lage (C.) defeated G. Hass (Y.); G. C. Amend (C.) defeated A. C. Scalley (Y.); G. C. Amend (C.) defeated B. H. Smith (Y.); and G. C. Amend (C.) defeated G. Hass (Y.).
In the bouts between Cornell and Princeton, H. S. Breckenbridge (P.) defeated O. W. Harwood (Cor.); G. Fassett (Cor.) defeated T. M. Maresi (P.); W. E. Harries (Cor.) defeated A. G. McClintock (P.); O. W. Harwood (Cor.) defeated T. M. Maresi (P.); H. S. Breckenbridge (P.) defeated G. A. Fassett (Cor.); O. W. Harwood (Cor.) defeated A. G. McClintock (P.); A. G. McClintock (P.) defeated G. A. Fassett (Cor.) and H. S. Breckinbridge (P.) defeated W. E. Harries (Cor.).
In the bouts between Princeton and Pennsylvania, H. S. Breckenbridge (Pr.) defeated H. S. Fleischer (P.); T. S. Wendell (Pr.) defeated T. M. Maresi (P.); R. G. Jacobson (P.) defeated A. G. McClintock (Pr.); H. S. Breckenbridge (Pr.) defeated T. S. Wendell (P.); T. S. Wendell (P.) defeated A. G. McClintock (Pr.); H. S. Breckenbridge (Pr.) defeated R. G. Jacobson (P.); H. S. Fleischer (P.) defeated A. G. McClintock (Pr.); R. G. Jacobson (P.) defeated T. M. Maresi (Pr.); and H. S. Fleischer (Pr.) defeated T. M. Maresi (Pr.).
The semi-finals and final bouts will be fought tomorrow afternoon and evening