Although the varsity fencing team did not finish in the first half of the Eastern Intercollegiate Championships this past weekend, the Crimson did come out of the two-day competition with one second, and two thirds, receiving five medals in the process.

Harvard finished with a total of 50 points, six points behind sixth place Army, and 24 behind N.Y.U. the first place team. After the Crimson, C.C.N.Y. and Penn. State tied for eighth place with 38 points. Schools were given one point for each individual victory.

The Crimson fared better at individual weapons than it did in total team competition with the epee team tying for third, the saber team placing sixth, and the foil team bringing both down with a lowly seventh place.

Harvard was expected to place two men in the finals for individual competition and it did, but one of those men was a surprise.

Larry Cetrulo made it as expected, but Mark Irvings, who had been erratic throughout the season, blasted through nine fencers and made the individuals smiling for five seconds on the victory Saturday afternoon. Tom Keller, who was expected to place, did not.

Angry

In Saturday's individual competition, Cetrulo took a second to Columbia's Bruce Soriano whom he had defeated in team competition earlier in the day. At the award presentations. Cetrulo was angry at himself for having lost to Soriano, but he will get another opportunity to beat the speedy Lion sophomore in the NCAA's this coming weekend.

Irvings walked around during award presentations, happy as punch, looking very much a third place winner. He stood stand... while a photographer struggled with his camera. If he could continue to fence as he did. Friday and Saturday, the Crimson could have an All-American at the epee by the end of this week.

The Intercollegiate Fencing Association did not foresee having a team tie for third place at the epee. Consequently, it had only three medals when it needed six. Paul Vilta, who hadn't been given a chance to help Harvard until the Yale match this year. won the toss and the medals for the Crimson. Along with the toss and the medals, Viita has won eight bouts in the past two weeks.

Yale Protest

Ed Nosal. Keith Colburn, and Skip Hare will not be the only Crimson athletes protesting the NCAA ban on Yale. When Cetrulo. Keller, and Irvings walk on to the strip in the NCAA competition at Notre Dame this weekend, they will be wearing different colored stockings on each leg-one will be Crimson, the other will be blue and white.

Other Ivy League fencing teams, with the exception of perhaps Columbia, will join the Crimson in protest. "Columbia seems to be a little hesitant about wearing the stockings, but I will put some moral pressure on them. I'm planning to bring some extra blue stockings with me," coach Edo Marion said Saturday, holding several stockings in his hand.