The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-21
LOOK OUT, GLASS BALLs'
The New Orleans Gun Clnb Praeticing for the
Match In hatcher.

| Some thirteen members Of the New Orleans
Gun Club were out al Frogmoor yesterday
| evening to practice glass ball shooting In
anticipation of the match to take place al
Natchez Oh Saturday next between eight
members of the club and like number d
crack shots belonging to the r. l.. Lees Of
Matches number Of persons witnessed
The practice. and from their close watching
| Of the scores and the criticisms INDUCED In
by them, 1t is evident that our people expect
the New Orleans men TO do their duty The
shooting was for the purpose Of selecting
THE TEAM or EIGHT
that IL to participate In the contest with the
| Lee Club About thirteen members will ~,
but only eight are to compete The selection
could not be made yesterday on account OF
the absence Of one Of the best marksmen Of
tho club, and the shoe ing Will be resumed ~
day. However, no definite choice will be
made until Thursday.
Among the thirteen who participated In the
shooting are seven vt those whose names were
published In yesterdays DEMOCRAT. The
seven averaged 10 out Of Il. This score may
be looked upon rs below
THE USUAL AVERAGE
Of the crack shots Of the club, but word or
two of explanation will dispel any uneaslness
as to the apparent falling off In the score.
The terms Of the challenge specify that the
shooting shall be under Bogardus rules, the
balls to be sprung from one of three boxes
placed ten feet apart: the pnller stands be-
hind the shooter, who has to watch al three
of the boxes, as he knows not from which trap
the ball Is to spring.
This mode oil shooting is q novelty to the
members IF the New Orleans Gun Club, and
they practiccd at 1t yesterday for the first
time, Another Disadvantages under which
they labored was that the boxes, especially the
middle one, were somewhat out Of order and
shot the balls very near the ground.
THE CENTRE TRAP
was the terror of the shooter. who watched
1t continuously, for the glass ball II sprung
rose very little above ground. The shooting
was done in rotation; that Is, each one when
his name was called would step forward,
shoot and make way for the next, until each
man had shot twenty-one times. AS W. have
already said, the prhctice will be resumed this
evening and on Thursday, the team being
chosen, the contestants will leave on tho y
M. White Arriving at Natchez on Friday
evening. they will be escorted to the hotel by
the Il. j.. Lee Club.
ON SATURDAY MORNING
tho match will come off at the Adams County
Fair Grounds. and In the evening the mem
bers of the New Orleans Gun Club return to
this city on the Robert T.. Lee.
1--WE do not bet on winning we heard o
member remark, "but we shall try our best
eight, they couldn't be beat by any select
number Of the Natchez club, but then, two or
three Of our best marksmen cannot leave
their business to go to Natehez. and eonse-
quently we will not be us strong rs we would
wish Anyhow. there arc some In our team
who can safely be counted upon to average
twenty out Of twenty-one."
1t Is said that the Lee Club sent the ehal-
lenga about three weeks ago to the New Or
leans Gun Clup. Tho hef was Immediately
accented and the answer Al atpI that the New
Orleans team would be In Natehez
IN FOUR DAYS.
Tho club Or the latter city. however. tcle-
graphed back to postpone the match until
the twenty-iourth Of May, and this was &C
coded to by the New Orleans Club. The Lees
have formed Il combination with another
shooting club, and out Of the two organiza-
tions picked team OF eight was chosen to
compete with sthe New Orleans maIksmen.
The result Of Saturdays match IL looked
forward to withmuch interest by the sporting
men of this city.