The varsity fencing squad finished ninth out of 11 teams in the Intercollegiate Fencing Association matches in New York this week-end, but placed a student in finals competition for the first time since 1958.

NYU dominated the tournament, scoring 71 out of a possible 90 points to take the overall team trophy. Columbia finished second with 58 points. The Crimson scored 39.

Harvard's Lajos Heder, who landed a berth on the All-Ivy first team, finished in the sabre competition and added eight points to the Harvard score. John , a member of the All-Ivy second team, scored four points, as did Paul Winig.

During Friday's matches, the foil squad scored nine points and the spee squad Heder's eight points were the highest individual score for the team. His total s followed by Bill Bennett's six points and the two five-point contributions of Yuh and Allan Gardner. Gardner also received a position on the All-Ivy first team.

This, the 64th annual tournament, took place in the Concourse Plaza Hotel in the . Pennsylvania finished third followed by Cornell, Navy, Princeton, Yale, and , in that order. Finishing behind Harvard were Rutgers and Brooklyn. , the only Ivy League team to be beaten by Harvard during dual meet , scored 46 points, seven more than Harvard.

This was the last appearance as Crimson fencers for four seniors, including team Larry Johnson, Gardner, Piel, and Heder. The team's overall record for meets was seven wins and six losses, although it lost four out of five Ivy games to share the last-place position with Princeton.