New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-09-30
FIRST REGIMENT TEAM.

Capt sh''d'sw. '...... 10 81 70 ~ ls 50
At the close of the shoot Gov. Hub
bard in few well-chosen words, COM
plimented the victorious team and
transferred the State trophy "a massive
silver goblet valued at $25O) to the
keeping of the Second regiment. The
trophy becomes the property of the
regiment first winning it three times.
In the Pillsbury match, open to COM
pany teams of six men each, Co. D of
the Second regiment came out victors.
In fact the d company boys went in to
win all..the best prizes. Out of sixty
six prizes they captured twenty-seven
(not including the State PRICE, and in
Guiding ali the medals but one. They
are rustlers with the rifle and the Min
neapolis Tribune says their good
craftsmanship IS due to their long
range practice on gophers.
At the close of the tournament an or
ganizalion was formed, known as the
Minnesota National Guard Rifle Asso-
citation, with Lieut.. Bird of Fairmont
as its president.
The First regiment does not take de-.
feat very gracefully, as may be seen
from the following copied from the ST.
Paul Disprtch:
There is woe in the First regiment.
1t stalketh abroad from the classic
shores of the St. Croix to the falls of
the Red, and taketh in the dual cities,
while even the country lads of Red
Wing and Litchtield have fallen its vic
TINS and doned sack-cloth and ashes,
so to speak. The cause of it all is that
the Second regiment '.walloped" the
First in the shoot for the State champi-
onship, defeating it by - points. The
defeat is the more sorely felt because it
might have been avoided. Lieut.. Skin
ner, who appointed himself rs a men,
Der of the First regiment team, "fell
down. at the 500 yard range. making
only q score of z. Had he made de-
cent score of 20 the First would have
won the match. Then Pete Howe of
Minneapolis also fell down." making
only 8 at 200 yards. A decent score
by him would also have changed the
result. Then Shandrew Of St. Paul,
who was added to the team to fill the
vacancy occasloned by the death of
Private Ford, missed the target twice.
Lieut.. SINNERS appointment of him.
self came with bad grace, and the re-
suit shows that it was ill-advised, be-
cause there were plenty of more reliable
marksmen. He was also warned
against appointing Howe, and advised
to select McMullen, who would doubt.
less have saved the day, and who shot
around Howe at the practice on the
Minneapolis range.
Another cause for the defeat is said
to have been the change in cartridges,
sprung at the last minute by Adit.
Gen. MacCarthy, who substituted IS
grain cartridges for the 20 grain ones
which the boys previously used. The
difference in ammunition required a
600 yard sight for 500 yard range, a
fact which the boys didn't tumble to
until too late. The intimation has
been made that the Second regiment.
which is said to be favored by some Of
ficials, had been previously posted as
to the coming change, but this is not
believed to be the case. At all events
the boys refuse to be comforted. saving
that with decent forethought they
might as we'll have been winners as
losers"
Some of the First regiment members
are also. inclined to squeel because the
Second regiment team came
mostly from one company. Now
the simple facts are, each regiment Sc.
lected its ten best and most reliable
shots regardless of rank or location,
and the team Of the Second outshot the
team of the First. That's all there is
tn IT.