The morning call., 1890-08-04
SPORTS OF THE DAY.
The Rifle Ranges at HarbOr View
Well PatrOnized.
Canoe Races on Alameda Creek-Jinks at the
South Ends Boat Hcuse-A Game
Of Cricket.

Yesterday being the first Sunday of the
month the rife range at Harbor view was
crowded all day by the devotees of the hair
trigger. The California, Germania, Cru
etli and Eintracht clubs were well repre-
scented, and the members entered into the
contests with great enthusiasm.
After the members had finished their
medal scores they turned their attention to
pool shooting. and many close and exciting
matches were the result. Strecker, Stanton
and Helm kept the markers busy until
darkness set in and they were compelled to
f0rego their favorite pastime. Some good
scores We're made. and herewith is given a
summary of five shots by some of the marks
men:
P. Faer, ia; A. johnson. III on two occa-
sions; g. Orsi, 109; +. kuhnle, ia; D. L. Klein,
Ill; L. j. Carroll. 105; L. kehrein, LOG; L.
Attinger, 104; II. Heeth. 1o3; f. o. Young. 115;
ID. ". Mclaughlin. 10S; D. Guembel, 10; Ban-
G. Helm, 113; w. GIihdermann, 10Y; A. VI
schIg, ITO; j. DOrnbleTer, 10Y.
GERMANIA CLUB.
The members of the Germania Club raj
lied in force and many close contests were
the result. The winners of the medals of
the several classes was as follows;
Champion class, G. Helm, Ala rings; first
class, G. Thierback, 400; second class, f. At
finger 40S; third class, l.. Bendel. 376; fourth
class, A. Enge, 359.
This club also offers medals for the first
and last best shot on the target For the
first best shot Messrs. Utschig, Rapp and
Kelber tied, having made % rings each out
of possible 25. On shooting off for first
honors, A. Utschig showed his steady nerve
by scoring a center and won first h0n0rs
with his % rings.
For the last best shot Herman Heeth
scored % rings and took the medal. MIR.
Heeth is now the permanent p0ssessor of
this trophy, having been the successful COM
petitor on five occasions.
EINTRACHT CLUB.
Captain F. A. Kuhls, the well-known
marksman, led the members of the Eiutracht
Club to the butts yesterday and some good
scores were made as follows:
Champion class, f. A. kuhls, All rings; first
class, A. Wtrtner, $50; second class, .. Thiele,
355; third class, I. Bnner, 347.
This club also gives a medal for the first
and last best shot. The medal for the first
best shot was won by f. A. Kuhls, who
maue % out of possible %. and the medal
for the last was carried off by L. RitZau,
who scored a rings
CALIFORNIA CLUB.
The shoot of the California Club resulted
as follows:
class, F. o. Young, 427; second class, &. Orsi.
Az; third class, Emil kehrlein, 1872; fourth
class, 4. Ense, 36l
The third-claSs medal was closely con-
tested, Otto BurmeiSter following up bis
opponent very closely all the time and clos
ing his score with 392 rings, the same score
as the winning man. He was Creedmored,
however, on the last shot.
LADIES ON THE RANGE.
The members of the clubs were surprised
by the appearance of two ladies on the
range, the daughters of a weA-known men,
Der of one of the principal clubs. They as
tOnished all by their good shooting, and in
competition with some of the sterner sex
they came off victorious. The score tor five
shots of one of the young ladies was: IA, IS,
49, 30, IS: total, SO. This is good shooting
for a beginner and made some enyious.
GRUETLI CLUB.
The winners of medals in the Gruetli
Club are as follows:
Flrst-class, q. Orsi, 1856 rings; see0nd.class,
Z. Luenberger, 33S; third class, A. GehreI, 33S /;
fourth-class, Fl. Deity, 27s.
This club, although lately organized,
numbers some active members and very
good shots, and before long will be heard
from in the shooting world.
PROMISED MATCH.
A coming military match that Is exciting
some attention has been settled between
four well-known marksmen. A. johnson
and c. F. Waltham are pitted against L. D.
Young and Z. Meyer. This will be a close
ami interesting match, and very few are
willing to predict who VIII come out win
nerS.