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Show FENCING GROWS IN POPULARITY Amateur League to Send Representative Rep-resentative to International Convention in Paris. Fencing as a sport i3 increasing in popularity in this country and the Amateur Fencing League has decided to send an American representative to tne International Fencins Federation's convention to be held In Paris in June. Dr. Graeme M. Hammond, president of the league will probably he selected to represent the interest of American fencers. At a recent meeting or the Board o! Governors of the League, rules enlarging enlarg-ing the powers of judges of fencing and sabre bouts were enacted. In an effort to curb the tendencv 0l some contestants to dispute every decision de-cision or to fence with undue roughness, rough-ness, officials have been vested with the power not only to forfeit a bout after a warning but to disqualify a contestant from further competition in a tournament if the offense 'is con' sidered worthy of such penalty. In sabres and foils a contestant who wilfully rorces a corps to avoid being touched shall 'be penalized one point, which shall be added to the score of touches against him. These rules, It ls expected will h.ve the effect of hastening the action at fencing tournaments, some of which recently have dragged well into the early hours of the morning. |