New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-09-05

TEN OF THE AMERICAN TWELVE NAMED.
TWO PLACES LEFT OPEN BY COLONEL BoDINE-rHE
CONDITIONS FOR PRACTICE UNAVOIDABLE YES
TERDAY.
The disagreeable weather yesterday prevented
the American team from doing either efficient or
credltable work at Creedmoor MIR. Human
had not returned from Boston, and several Of
the men did not reach the range untli
ii a. III. Then a meeting was held, at when
Colonel BOdine announced the names OF ten oil the
shooting twelve of the team, and gave ms men in
structions concerning their work and conduct unti
the time of the match. BY this time rain began 70
fall. and it was nearly o'clock be ore the men got
70 work al the targets. Interruptions by the ram
followed. the wind veered from quarter to quarter
and blew ftfully, and the tights changed from gar-
inc sunlight to deep gray. Nevertheless the long
distances were wholly covered by some ana partly
bv others the latter being hurried away by the de
sire to come the city on the 1:3O trall-a desire
which in the last two weeks mas sp0Ied several
records at Creedmoor. The scores made az 500 aud
600 yards-the only distances shot by al the team
were as follows Dolan. 81. 20; total, G3; Paul.-
ms HS6s g.! 3o 9545s; ' s@t b, IS $50
Howard, 20. 31-56 Shakespeare. -. 21-26;
McNevin, -, 2s-55: Pollard Is, .27--35 Van
Heusen. q, 23-50i Ward % 24-49' ir Ian -.
20-47; Atkinson, -, 2O-45; Alder, % 2O-42;
Ogden 9. 2s-37. There were again some expert
menting with new guns and changes III
Sharp-Borchard rife through the competition and
in practice heretofore shot yesterday with the new
Hepburn gun, and Van Heusen, whose msiortunes
during the two weeks OF competitive practice
carried him from the head 10 the foot OF the llsi St.
cured change OF his hoiehkiss, and began to
mend his score. Captain Griffith, too, upon
whom i'll luck has pressed hard since
he led all the competitors in the
aCgreoate of I ne four DAYS comp ttion showed a
changed style of shooting and managed to get his
name wi hin two Of the top IN the list
AT the team meeting IN the forenoon Colonel
ten Of the shooting members OF the team Frederick
Alder, 7. j. Dolan. NJ. ID. Kinds, {. W. Hlnman,
q. l.. +. Howard, James McAevin, ID. Ii. Ogden, ).
l.. Paulding r. o. Shakespeare and John smith.
The announcement was followed by considerable
gossip on the part of outsiders and the possible
reasons why one or two names, frequently men
list were frequently discussed during the
afternoon. Colonel BOdne, when spoken TO Oh the
general subject OF the selection, said that he had
made II OF his own yOitlOn and ii represented BIS
best Judgment as based on the merits of the work OF
the since the beginning OF the competl-
ton, all Of which had been performed under
ms eye, together with their known qualifications
for Team men. The two places had been left open
10 enable him 10 profit by better knowledge OF the
beers, alter two or three, making II exceeding
difficult 10 decide who would serve
the object OF the ORGANIZATION most
would surely name the last two men before this
week wasover.
Eight OF The ten men selected are among the first
ten IN the orderof merit exhibited by the table of the
four complete scores made by the team since their
practice began, printed IN The Tribune of SUNDAY.
The exceptions are Messrs. Alder and Kinds the
latter of whom stood sixth at the end Of the four
days competition ami made the second highest
average in all the shooting since the beginning
several weeks ago. lhey take The places OF
Mr. Pollard and Captain Atkinson, both
admirable rihcmen, whose scores were
respectively fourth and eighth IN the
Aggregate Of the three complete scores made last
week As Tor the relative standing of the chosen
men. II NAV be seen III the following table, which
l.. hos a. 4 RI ha m
ginning of the competition up 10 yesterday. The
general averages are . approximately correct,
the men being gwen the beneht OF very
small fractions. 20 ia 10 avoid confusion. The
averages from five 70 ten pOInts smaller than the
averages OF last weeks by the same men, and
from three To six points smaller than the averages
based on these scores ADDED to tie aggregates IF
the three with which the men Won places
on the team