The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-26
THE GUN CLUB CONTESTS.
The Forest Citys and Chathams Carry
Off Most OF the Prizes


The shotgun tournament which begun Fri
day ended yesterday ana was success The
Jasper Festival added $25 TO each of the six
purses, and each match was well contest d,
the Forest Citys, the Chathams and the
Suburban Clubs Of this city, and the Milen
Club being active participants.
A summing up shows that the Forest
Citys carried OIL the lions share of the
money, 1928 ~ while the ChathamS come
second W tn 800 70. Mr. Z. j. KiefYer. Presi-
dent of the Forest City Gun Club, was
chairman Of the committee having the
tournament management, aud with his
colleagues on the committee Messrs VIII
lam @. Cooper, Henry Kolshorn and W.
G. Pritchard deserve praise for the admir-
able manner III which they brought II to
successful conclusion. The following were
the winners: First match-Individua
sweepstakes: ) single clay pigeons; Is wards
rise; entrance 81, $2j added by Jasper
Festival Is entries, George Deter and w.
Allen. of the Suburban, divided first money,
$2l 80, killing ) birds; George McAlpin, OF
the Galatians, second money Sl2 90 killing
birds; Dr. Roach and Hirochbacn, of the
Chathams killed 3 birds each; dividing
third money, SO 80.
Second matca-Individual sweepstakes:
single clay pigeons; Is yards rise entrance
80; S25 added by Jasper Festival; % entries.
William Reideman, Of the Forest Citys;
Brinson, OF Mlllen, aud hTscbach, of the
Chathams, killed seven birds each, dividing
first money, $50 80. Bed and Lunpkin, of
Millen, tied on six birds and divided second
money, S2l 80. George ). McAlpin, of the
Chathams killed five birds and got third
money, Sl4 20.
Third Match-Team sweepstakes; teams
of two: 10 single and double clay pigeons:
singles Is yards rise; doubles 10 yards rise !;
entrance So per team; SO added by Jasper
Festival. Ten team entries. First money,
$50 so, taken by Bell and Brinson, of Mil
len, killing 81 out Of possible 40; $29 50
to j. Riedeman and Martin, of the Forest
Citys, killing 81 birds. Third money, SIS, TO
John Rocker and j. Ulner, of the Forest
Citys, who killed 30 birds.
Fourth Match--lndividual sweepstakes:
5 single ana double clay pigeons: singles
Is yards rise; doubles Is yards rise; en-
trance 81 SO added by Jasper Festival; q
entries. Martin and Rocker, Forest Citys,
divided first money, SO, killing 10 out of
IL birds. Second money, SIS 90, to f. j.
Kieffor, of the Forest Cltys, killed birds.
Third money to George Dieter Suburban,
5 birds.
Fifth Match-Team sweepstakes; teams
of three; single and double clay pigeons;
singles Is yards rise; doubles IL yards rise:
entrance 81 per team SIS added by Jasper
Festival Eight team entries. Cope, Mays
and Hirschbach, Of the Galatians, took first
money, $50 50, killing 80 BIRDS Martin,
Rocker and Riedeman, of the Forest Citvs,
took second money, S2l 80 with 35 birds.
third money, Sl4 go, to Timer and West
colt, of the Forest Citys, and McAlpin, of
the Chathams, this team killing "a birds
Sixth Match--Consolation sweep; Earring
all winners Of first and second money in
previous match; Z clay pigeons; entrance
81; SO added by Jasper Festival. Eight
entries DR.. Holland, a visitor from abroad,
took first money, $40 50, killing birds;
Charles Manning of the Chathams took
second money, 50 30, killing birds; Roach,
Of the Galatians, and Furber, Of the Forest
Citys, took third money, So 60. They tied
on 4 birds, and in the shoot off tied on
birds and divided the purse.
The best shot of the tournament was
made by Thomas Martin, of thu Forest
Citys, who killed 10 out Of a possible 90
Several individual matches We're shot yes.
terday after the close of the tournament.
the sport being kept up from 10 o'clock in
the forenoon until it became too dark 20
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