Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-08-30
TRAP AND TRIGGER.
RURIL ROOSTER SHOOT THECY-
CLONE vFLLA9E or JIMTOWN,

The Ooe Hondrcd-B bird Champion Rae.
Won by Aston" scores of the Pa,
Wesk-rhc Events In shooting Circle.
for the Coming Week.
The past week has been one OF pleasure to
the lovers OF trap shooting, and interest is
growing each day in the popular sport.
There is no reason why our city should not
have three times the number of trap shots she
now possesses, tor no better exercise, gentle
manly and digu,fed out-of-door sport exists
than clay bird shooting.
Professional and business men use this
recreation in the eastern cities, and there is a
certain amount of fascination when the art is
once learned, that makes the uncertainty of
breaking the swift flying little pieces of clay
never-ending sourcs OF enjoyment.
One afternoon in each week is not much to
devote to the health, and there may be time
when the sallow face can never regain the
old rosy hue, and friends will say: "Yes, yes,
poor old Jones, he's kept his nose to the
grnds'one and made his pile. but what good
does 1t do him. And the copyrighted news
paper obituary OF half a column: ave re-
gret to hear OF the death of our esteemed tel
low-ci,iz"n Jones, cut of ia his prime too
closely confl ned to his business" &c.
Competition has brought the price of flying
targets within the reach OF every shooter,
and the practice matches held each FRIDAY
afternoon upon the club grounds are patron
lied by gentlemen who shoot merely for
amusement and recreation. Come out next
week. II YOU do not own a gun, borrow
One. Who knows but that you may be sec
oud B)garius and only need little bringing
out
l. ,st Monday some ten of the local shots
hired a large covered wagon and started for
jamestown to attend the team shoot held
there for the gold badge Bat two of the
Springfield men were allowed to compete
with the 5 lon team, "Aston" and Wilson,
aud although their shoulders are broad and |
they made the highest scores of the team, |
they could not carry the other six to victory,
being beaten three birds by the winning |
teams
The match was at twenty Ligowsky clay
birds to each man, from five traps, eighteen
yards rise, eight men in each team.
Out of n possible lGO the following scores
wers m tde: J,mest)wn, %; y snia, 90;
south Solon, 90; Washington G. H., 81.
The next contest will be held at Washing
ton, Monday, 3lst inst, at which we predict
victory Tor the South Solon team if they have
their way in the matter. Quite a number of
local shots will take the early morning train
TO take part in the sweepstake shoots that will
be held over an extra sci Of traps.
The Xenia shooters, we sadly fear, have the
"big head though what over we cannot
possibly conceive. 1t surely is not true that
they are "stuck on their shooting powers"
fer by an examination of the scores published
each week we do not fpd any hing phenom-
'nal. Clubs do get this way every now and
then, and it needs a good trouncing by some
neighboring team to take Il little concet from
them. No team or set of shooters have the
"bg head to a greater extent or do more
blowing through the papers than the Ciucin-
natl men, yet they dare not meet the SPRING
field team, who have never in any way bio
waited to the shooting fraternity.
II Aenia think they can shoot "just lit
tie" let them challenge the Champion City TO
team shoot of two, four, FIVE, eight or ten
men, and the home team will give them long
odds in each and every instance.
On Wednesday last the great champion
ship one hundred bird race was shot between
Wilson and aston" at the club grounds Quite
large number of local shots were present
and the interest was kept up during the entire
shoot. The fifty doubles were shot first and
the entire match was pushed through without
allowing the guns to cool, consequently when
the shooters reached the single birds the
strain began to show ITSELF and both men fell
below their average.
The match was over the new regulation
Ligowsky traps, set low, aad the scores are
very creditable, especially "Aston's" double
rises, which we do not think can be beaten by
many amateurs.
THE SCORE.