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Show J i BRITISH FENCERS TO l! VISIT HIED STATES : Trophy Will Be Offered for i Championship Competi-iji Competi-iji tion in February. nl I At m England Is likely to send' a team of j ft fencers to this country this season to toJwKjpcompeto r nn International trophy. The 3J-$7f'officIals of the Amateur Fencors' Leaguo of America ontered Into the negotiations icty a month ago, and George H. Breed, a member of the board of governors and of -wri the Fencora' club, has been in corre-:H corre-:H j. spondonco with the British governing J body ir Breed was a member of the American A Olympic team that went to Sweden, and aJ'j : It was following tho Olympic competl-SS competl-SS $ tlons that the Idea of launching an Intcr-rabS Intcr-rabS h national series of fencing bouts found pani rendv advocates among the leading Mia J(- Americans. The English swordsmen, most of whom are army officers, could not come last year, but said at that time that the arrangements could probably bo made for tho present season. Tho plans have been carefully worked out and the arrangements made so that the International bouts with foil and duolllng sword ar6 likely to be held In New York during tho latter part of February. Feb-ruary. It Is planned to havo a team of at least four Englishmen compcto against four Americans. It Is also possible that at least one of the foremost women fencers will come over, as the Baroness de Meyer did two seasons ago. In Test Bouts. As soon ag the arrangements aro completed, com-pleted, such Americans as Paul J. Mcy-lan, Mcy-lan, national champion with the foils: Sherman Hall, former champion: Dr. J. Ernest Glgnoux, George H. Breed, J. A. MacLaughlln. P. W. Allison and others will begin a series of test bouts for places on tho team, while wltn duelling swords A. E. Sauer, holder of tho national na-tional title; O. D. MacLaughlln, George Relmherr. Jr., Dr. P. W. Allen and others oth-ers would compete for places. Another Important matter which the fencers of New York hnve taken up Is the establishment of a national salle des armos. Tho details and financing of this Important undertaking have advanced so far that more than half of the necessary funds for tho erection of a special club building have been subscribed. An option has also been secured on property adja-cont adja-cont to Fifth avenue, between Thirty-fourth Thirty-fourth and Forty-second street, and tho plan has mot with such spontaneous encouragement en-couragement that II Is hoped that tho building may be ready for occupancy at the beginning of another fencing season. W. Scott O'Connor, tho secretary-treasurer secretary-treasurer of the Fencers league, has Issued Is-sued the list of tho national competitions. competi-tions. The schedule la materially lengthened, length-ened, and Indicates tho growth of the ancient an-cient sport in tills country. Tho season will begin Saturday, December G, at the New York Turn Vereln. to bo followed tho next week by a newly Instituted senior sen-ior foil competition at the New York Athletic- club. Heretofore the fr-nclng season sea-son has nevor begun until January. Tho national championships will again be held In the grand bullroom of the Hotel As tor tho latter part of April, and this will al30 include the women's championships, which were won last year by Mrs. William Wil-liam H. Dewar of Philadelphia, and which proved so popular. The board of governors of the leaguo have clearly defined the classification of tho fencer, beginning with tho "prep" class, which Includes those who have not fenced In any competition whatsoever, followed by the novice class, Inclusive of those who have not won an Individual prize In open competition. The next step s the Junior class, to which are eligible those who have not won the gold medal In the national Junior championship or a place In the national championship. Tho senior class Includes medalists of tho junior championship. The most Important changca in tho rulos require competitors to continue their bouc until stopped by tho Judges either for a foul or a fair touch. Tho object of this is to do away with competitors com-petitors passing any Judgment whatsoever whatso-ever on the sword's play. In duelling sword competitions there Is a return to the chalked button at tho point of tho sword Instead of the naked steel as heretofore. "Whllo no accidents happen with the naked point, which Is used abroad, many physicians and surgeons sur-geons are of the opinion that scratches make possible serious or fatal results duo to blood poisoning. WircB arc heavily laden with wot snow, and n freeze, according to telegraph tele-graph companies, would cause many of them to oreak under rhe heavy burden. bur-den. Tho total amount of snowfall during the storm was given ofllcially at 4o.o inches, or 2.52 inches precipitation. Tho snow has begun to pack, and tonight tho government bureau estimated 32.6 inchos waa the depth of tho snow which actually covered tho outlre city of Denver. Tho fall of snow within tho last twenty-four hours waa 16.5 inches, 1.0S inches precipitation. Rains to the East. Reports to tho government bureau show that it still is snowing in south-eaqtorn south-eaqtorn Colorado, raining in oastern Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, and that with tho exception of flight falls in Wyoming the storm practically was confined to Colorado ana northern New Mexico. One of the gravest hardships accompanying accom-panying tho storm was tho extreme shortage of coal which became evident today. One of the largest hostolries in Denver was forced to closo today. Office buildings havo exhausted their supply of fuel and were forced to closo. Otnor hotels in the city, in which are housed hundreds of marooned tradespeople, trades-people, fear they will be unable to secure coal tomorrow, and this would mean that with one or two exceptions all hotels in the city would be without with-out heat in the face of tho approaching cold weather. Martial Law. Denver tomorrow will be placed under un-der virtual martial law, with tho police po-lice of tho city directing all movo-1 incuts of traffic and pedestrians. Tho city and tho Denver City Tramway company today Kiicceoded in clearing the snow from one track of its double track line on Fifteenth street, tho "trunk lino" street of tho system, and by tomorrow it is expocted that a few cars can be run a short distance from the heart of tho city on that and on Sixteenth street, with tho possible addition of limited, car service on ono or two crossliues. On either side of tho car tracks is shoveled snow in piles four or fivo feet deep, effective' blocking all traffic traf-fic and' leaving only tho car lino as a pathway. Tho police, with its necessary neces-sary forco of special officers, will conduct con-duct tho traffic along that pathwaj-, permitting no vehicle to pass save tho street cars, coal wagons, milk wagons and trucks of provisions. Menace to Pedestrians, So heavy has the snow become on roofs of buildings, tall and small, that men wcro put to work shoveling it to tho ground bolow, and this has bo-come bo-come a momentary monaco to pedestrians, pedes-trians, who have been cautioned to koep away from buildings. Polico wero using utmost vigilanco to prevent accidents ac-cidents from the neccssarj' clearance of the roofs. Railroad traffic to and from Denver remained at a standstill tonight. The blockades on tracks are at points within with-in a radius of 100 miles of Denver, but so great was tho fall of snow, and It was of such a heavy nature, that the powerful power-ful rotary plows sent to. remove the drifts und slides have been able to make llttlo progress. It Is believed that a few trains may be moved on most of tho lines tomorrow. to-morrow. Outside Reports. Boulder, Colo., reports a total fall of forty Inches of snow throughout Boulder county. Tonight It was reported that the JImtown stage driver, with one passenger passen-ger In his coach, had boon lost in the mountains. At Cripple Creek all business was suspended, sus-pended, including work In the gold mines. Not u train has moved at Crip- pie ureeic wumn iweniy-iour nours. xne passenger train which loft thoro over the Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek "abort line" was snowbound at &ummlt, ono of tho highest mountain points In the state. Five rotary plow engines laden with shovclers have tried vainly since morning to reach tho snowbound passengers. The train la well provisioned. |