The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-09-10
BETTER AND BETTER SCORES
Yesterdays GOOD WORK OF THE
BRITISH TEAM At CREEDMOOR
Capt. Mellish's RIne Tempered with-The
Two Teams Accept nm Invitation by Col.
Austen to n Review and N banquet.

Capt. Mellish's RIne Tempered with-The
Two Teams Accept mn Invitation by Col.
Austen to n Review and banquet.
Col. John Bodine, Captain Of the American
Militia Team. announced yesterday the names
Of the twelve men who will compete in the
match with the British Volunteers Team, on
Thursday and Friday next. They are: Capt.
d. II. Atkinson. ]. NJ. Pollard Major L. o.
Shakespeare, F. Alder. se1eant T. J. Dolan. NJ.
d. Kinds. Col. G. Z. P. Howard Sergeant ].
McNevin. D. H. Ogden. G. w. Human. Sergeant
]. J.. Paulding. and John Smith. This an
nouncement was not made until after the COM
pletion OF the shooting for the day.
The weather opened fair, and the two teams
settled down to day Of hard work. and by 10
O'Clock in the morning they were banging
away at the targets. They shot side by side
over five match ranges. and the British. as be-
fore. completely outshot the Americans. both
on the short and long ranges. Tho weather
was cool. and the light good. There was
a troublesome wind in the morning. but this
tions could hardly have been better for long
range shoo 9TH 10th t teams we're T carefully
S. bude god and Mr De for MT
of the British team assisted each other. Cald-
shoot on the short ranges. Shakespeare and
hinman 9f the American team also did not
1T was hoped that the Americans would now
SHOW superiority at the short ranges. put they
the British exceed by q points. At the end
the British team aggregated 1850 points. to
the ,O53 points OF the Twelve highest scores OF
on the sny Mash
ment was expressed. 1t was said that tho only
hope Of victory for the American team lay in
At the close Of the 200 yards range the British
team ns gathered togehsr in excited dseussSn
s hsndy 0 ans cSp msze fs
is ruined" Immediately aiterward he took the
rifle oyer yer to the american team and showed
ONE ONE inch from the p mazze had fp' been IN
ment. Col. Bodine said it seemed as il screw
driver had been rubbed up and down in the
nzzIe 1t vas said that the injury Would not
shorter ranges. but at the longer ranges it
would seriously defect the bullet: Capt Mel
been done. but thought it must, have been
at a!e the Garden City Hotel where he kept his
it was done. but he thought probably that it
was on Thursday last as this would account for
his wild shTS snE at the goo and 1000 Yards
pressed much modification at the unfortunate
a affair." Sir Henry said It was the result
| VI tue puu pldcllct Oh making utaNy
| bets on rifle matches in this country. 1t was
| never done in Great Britain. Capt. Mellish
| shot through the first stage. and then went to
| New York with the gun, in order to have the
| barrel shortened beyond the injured part His
| place on the team was taken by Sergeant Dods,
who completed the ranges. Their united
| scores are taken as the single score. Before
leaving for the city Capt. Mellish said that 500
had been stolen from his room at the hotel on
! Thursday. and that possibly the gun was in
jured mt the same time.
When, the two teams began shooting at the
| sO0-yard range the flags hung limp on their
| poles and mott breath Of air was stirring The
| atmospheric quivering that surrounds them on
hard. but the fine scores of some were injured by
| the poor work of others. Pollard made "a points
and Van Heusen and Griffith 30 points each.
| None OF these three men up to that time had
been selected to shoot in the match and Pol
| lard was the only one of the three selected
| afterward. The British team went on putting
| in series of continuous bulls eyes. and rolled
| up score = points larger than the Americans.
Godsal made clean score. and Pearse. Boul-
| ter. Bates. and Dods made SO each.
| On the 9OO-yar range the British made %
| points more than the Americans. Only five OF
the Americans fired over the 1.OO0-yard range
Pollard made 30 points: McNevin "a (: Ogden
| %: Irlam. "a. and Kinds. 81. The British team
scored as follows: Mcyittie 80: Godsal 20
Goodear. 80; Pearse %: Dods % Bates "a
Parry, 90: Humphrey, 81; Boulter, Is; Oliver
%: Heap. %. aud Warond %. The scores OF
| the men OF each team over the five ranges on
| which they cOmpetpd tOpather was as followa