The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-02-02
: SUNDAY PASTIMES.
A Good Attendance at the Rife
Ranges Yesterday.
Some Excellent Scores at Harbor View.
Guardsmen Compete for Medals ct Shell
Mound-Hand-Ban.

The rife range at HarbOr View pre-
sented scene of great activity yesterday.
More than two hundred devotees of the
spiral groove had assembled to endeavor to
win the trophies offered by the different
. clubs OF this city for good rifle-shOoting.
The California Club kept five targets in
busy operation, and all day long string oil
anxious marksmen were patiently awaiting
their turn to place q shot in the much
coveted center.
The Germania Club placed a large number
of men before the butts, and the members
did their best t. win the handsome medals
which this society places at the disposal OF
good markSmen.
The Eintracht Shooting Section assembled
with its usual number of good markSmeu
and made some good scores.
The Gruetl Club was also present, and
showed by Its enthusiasm that good work
was being done at the targets.
The weather was excellent for target
practice The light proved steady and
showed that the rain of the day before had
been advantageous TO rihemen. The glare
p. and glimmer so often noticed alter pro-
fracted dry spell had passed away, and the
heated waves of air which are so disastrous
to good craftsmanship were no longer no.
ticeable. As consequence the marksmen
of the different clubs did good shooting and
left the range we'll pleased withstheir days
work.
THE CALIFORNIA CLUB.
The members of the California Club did
some very good shooting, Twelve members
scored more than 400 rings each. In their
strings of FIVE some good work was done
and the following members made the num-
Der of rings opposite their names:
A johnson 10s f. o. Young Ill E. Hovey
104, +. Enge log. H. Gumbei io6. 7. j. Carroll
III, a. Beda 100, Il. Il. Brown III, j. Stanton
los j. E. Klein los, II. Finking Ill, William
Ctschig l -, f. Kuhnle ll2, d. W. Mclaughlin
lT3, Dr.. Rodgers 10Y, f. ROepke 112.
The contests for the medals of the club
was entered into with much spirit, and
those competing did their best to make q
high score. The names OF the medal winners
and their scores are as follows:
Champion medal. F. Kuhne. 44O rings; first
class William Giindemann. 4o4; second class,
T. j. Carroll, 375; third class. A. Roepke, 401
fourth class, +. SchumanD, 81.
The medal for the last best shot was won
by j. Won der Heide with 20 rings.
THE GRUETLI CLUB.
The members of the Gruetli Club were
successful in their endeay0rs to obtain
medals as follows:
First class, j. DOrnbierer All rings; secont
class, j. Seheibh, 367; third class, }. Bruegger
3l4i fourth class, A. Hiuterman, 800.
THE GERMANIA CLUB.
j. DoTnbierer OF the Germana Club made
one OF the best records yesterday in shoot
ing his medal string that has ever been made
in five shots. He made in his first five shots
the following remarkable score: p, "a %
D. p. Total, 123, out of possible 125. This
score stands among the first in rifle shoot
ing, and is certainly a very good one.
The members of the club also did some
good individual shooting. The following is
given as made in some of the strings oil
fFes F. AttInger ia, G. Schilz 101, DR.
Relht los, J. Utschig 100, F. Kuhnle 113
+. c. Muller 100, j. Donbierer 123.
The winners Of the medals with their
scores are as follows:
Champion Glass;. Dornbierer, 433 rings
first class-William Glindeman, 437; second
b. eass-F. Attineer, 4lOi third elass-F. c. Null
Ter SSS; fourth class-A. Mocker, 362.
The medal for the first best shot was won
by j. Dornbierer with "a rings, and the
medalfor the last best shot was won by F.
Schuman with % rings.
EINTEACHr CLUB.
The winners of the medals in the Elm
JT9cht Club are as follows:
Champion class-L. H. Kaufung, 3S7 rings
first class.B. 0yermoe, BAL; second cass-Th
medal Tor the first best shot was won by II
tiumbel with % rings, and the medal for the las
best shot by L. H. hauffung with "a rings.
MATCHES.
DR.. Rodgers and J. Utscbig had a mattel
shoot of fifty shots in which the latter wa
the victor, making the good score of 1O6!
rings.
F. 0. Young did some good shooting dur
ing the day and in a string of fifty shots
made score Of 1859 rings, an average Of
'2lA.
AT SHELL MOUND.
The range at Shell Mound was we'll filed
with representatives or the different compa-
MES Of the, National Guard. Company OF
the First Regiment were present to contest
Tor medals, and Company of the Third
stationed in Oakland, shot for the medal of
ftred by that company. The Independent
- Rifles held their preliminary medal shoot
and Company H Of the First Infantry also
contested for medals.
CITY GUARD.
The score for the medals in Company l
Getty Guard is as follows:
Record sboot-Charles Bone "a, Ray Sullivan
"a, George Knox "a. j. n. Wilson 80, W. Whit
SO. A. ID. Mclean "a.
The City Guard also had practice shoe
in which some better scores we're made as
follows:
sam Wise %. Ben Burdck Al, A. d. Mclean
81 J. \; Wilson 40, J. BlnXome 80, A. Klein
claus 81, w. White 80, hay Sullivan SO. A
Rountlee a, George hnox &c, Ben Sturdivani
81 W. OMalley AZ Fl. Laylor &c, al Raymol
42sE. Luudquist Al A. Kleinclaus 80, l. Bluxome
SO, b. Sturdivant Al.
THE INDEPENDENT RIFLES.
The scores made by the members of thi
organization at their medal competition arr
as follows:
J. Failing %. H. Korts SO. H. sehlIcntman 81
W. GIeeson 50. L. Helmke 81, II. Meyer 81, L
ScheDer %, II. Staude 81, T. -. Zeising So,
Launemacher 80, f. Staude 80, j. Wurthma
80, NJ. Hunken 80.
COMPANY C, THIRD REGIMENT.
This company assemblies monthly at tn
range and shows much enthusiasm in rife
shooting. Tho scores made by the competi
tors are:
Lieutenant Ryan 35, Sergeant Ysger So. Ser
geant Magennis 43, Sergeant Steuart 81, Ser
geant SamEeis 80, Corporal Orlup "a, Privat
POriiey 40, Private Halnan 49, Sergeant Nc
Brlen 81 Private Moon II, Private Kite 30.
COMPANY II, FIRST REGIMENT.
All the marksmen present were glad t
see Company Ii show up at the range. The
company possesses many good shots among
It's members and only needs little practice
TO be counted among the shooting companies
OF the good regiment to which it is attached
Following are some of the scores:
l. Musser. 5 4 A 5 81
l. G ae5sSg S;;ii:''..,.....'..z "a
T.rSeh ppeh''''''....''''.''..S 3 90
PRIVATE MATCHES.
a. E. Dohrman and Corporal L. Town
send shot ifty-shot match. Mr.. DohrnIal
was the winner with the following score
the result of each ten shots: 43, Al, AZ, AZ
Al. Total, 209
Colonel Kellogg and Captain Cook trIet
issues before the butts. The Colonel showed
that, although he has not practiced much 0
late, he can still hold his own with thu
boys The score for each ten shots is:
EolVhel heliogg .'-................43 Al Al 46-l7
NAptAih OooA .-........-.......-.-3 80 43 AZ 39-l6
Sergeant Pendleton and Corporal Speech
shot thirty-shOt match, in which the Ser
geant came out ahead. Following is tn
score:
ii. L. Pendieton. ....................43 46 Aha
Corporal speeht. .....................4o 40 s9-l2