New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-09-17
NITTONJL GI.IRD JFF1IHS.


>YLvANI, BEATS NFwYOEK AT
RIFLE SHOOTING.
II Their. is any truth in the Old pfoVeiO 'na'
"hou- deferred makrth the heart sich the mr"-
L.rs o, the 9th Regiment ought To be dlS'o"'-
ugrd lot Of men 10y this time. IN" delays VINO"
they have experienced in getting ne" "'"lo'F
hav. been v-xatious enough to di-hrarten amy one
m. worst Of II * TINT there appears to be- no
certainty whatever as to the time when the or
sanlzaion Will ct ont OF an old. tpi"'r-'O"h
building whore the fumes Of 4 stable undrtled'"
make life almost nbcarable AFTER many long
DELAYS the ground WAS at last secured but 'he'e
nppears 10 be- no more promptness In selecting the
plans Tor III" new armoiS IMAM A"ei' wan J." ~
curing the site
A. usual lust before rlrCt ton time easy promises
are made 10 remain unfulillrl after the votes are
cast in November. That the regiment has beru
held together az all reflects credit upon colonel
S-wsrd and the officers under him. II Is great
wonder that II did not sink low that II was
necessary to disband ii. Military organizations IN
m. city must be clubs for the members 10 n con-
siderable extent. The social life Is what ATTRACTS
u ma jorly Of the best men. But the oid rai-hoir III
Twenty-sxth-st. could not have induced many
men 10 Join the 9Th Regiment According 10 the
present rate Of progress. the site 81 the ora --u
REGIMENT Armory In Fourternih-st Will not be
beautined los the new home Of th- 9Th for many
months After 50 good showing. with such I'M
desirable surroundings the friends Of the regiment
had hoped that 1t would be- given chance to SHOW
what 10 could do under circumstances which would
induce good men To come INTO the organization.
The brilliant matches at Crr,dmoor last week be-
tween teams from the 18Th Regiment. Of P"nnsyi-
vAniA. the 7th of New-York city and the 2il OF
Biooklyn have caused good deal Of comment
\rw-York National Guar,smen have been ac-
,ustomed To critlcse the troops from the keystone
state sometimes. especially their method or DONG
things AT their State camp Whatever their alleged
shortcomings may be-. they evidently know no" TO
handle = rife The Sew Workers learned that fact
In a way not entirely complimentary 10 them last
Saturday Two matches were arranged AMI the
PENNSYLVANIA men carried on the honors In both OF
them In TIE first. twtly~ men had each ten shots
a, go and ~ yards The total scores stood:
18th Regiment. Lon
ed Regiment. ,Nv
The scores we're close enough to make the match
exciting But in the second one the visitors went
far ahead OF the home teams. This tim" twelve
men had seven shots at 2O1 800 and 10 yards. The
iinal scores stood as follows.
18th Regiment. W.
IN Regiment. Iva
I'd Regiment
After giving the PENNSYLVANIA men fun credit for
their superior craftsmanship. the NewN oriers be-
lieve honestly that some of the difference was due
10 the arms used. The Pennsykanians used the
forty-lvr callbre Springfield rifles. while the home
team used the fifty calibre "gas-pipes." In view
OF the fact that the tendency of late Is decidedly
in favor Of small calibre rifles tn" New ork men
feel that they are Justified I'm thinking that they
were somewhat Handicapped in this respect
Between the teams %. the I'D and the 9TH the
last named had slightly tn" better of II ON the
general average: In tne first match the brookyn
men beat the New Workers. by two points, and in
the second the 9TH men carried OF the honors. with
ten points in the lead Of their rivals II = littr
10 brag Of however. The strength which both
teams wed will only make the State matches
which are to be shot on the creedmOor range next
week uncertain and exciting than they would
have been II these matches had not been held