The morning call., 1893-04-10
RIFLES CRACKED.
Carroll's Remarkable Score
Yesterday.
BEAT THE WORLDS RECORD.
The Spring Festival of the California
SchuetZen Club Shooting at
Shell Mound.

The California SehuetZen Club bombarded
the target at Schuetzen Park continuously
from $3.50 o'clock yesterday morning until
o'clock in the evening.
The club is composed of the best rifle
shots in the State, and as yesterday was
their spring festival about $1,000 worth of
prizes were offered to those making the
highest scores at the public ring targets and
the honorary targets.
Few of its members neglected to bring
their rifles over to the park. Not only were
the club members on hand, but many en-
thusiastic riflemen from other clubs, all
anxious to win prizes and glory by display
ing their skill at the butts.
All of the glory of the days shoot belongs
TO T. J. Carroll, jolly little composItor
who works on the Bulletin. Mr.. CAROLS
nerves were very steady yesterday and his
eyesight alarmingly accurate. The first
thing this Mr.. Carroll did when the shoot
ing began was to punk bullet into a
builseye the size of a dollar piece, over a
200-yard range.
BY so doing the gentleman won prize,
but little one of So did not satisfy him.
lie not only wanted larger prize, but the
the championship, he started in 10 shoot at
the rublic targets. Now each man who
purchased a ticket emitting him TO contest
for the prizes was allow ed four shots at the
target.
As twenty-five points are allowed for
each buliseye the highest possible would
be 100
When Mr.. Carroll stepped up to the
butts no one thought that he would do any
thing remarkable. He fooled them for
bang! went his rife, and moment later
the marker signaled that he had hit the
bullseye and scored %. Carroll showed
another cartridge into his rife, fired again
ana scored another bulls-eye. A minute
later he scored another one.
At this stage of the proceedings dozens of
ri1iemen gathered about him and debated
his chances of accomplishing the great fe al
OF scoring four in succession. Naturally
all were OF the opinion that Carroll would
miss the next bulseye. Mr.. Carroll WAS
of the same opinion himself, and expressed
himself to the effect that it would not be his
luck.
Any how the gentlemen did exceedingly
well. The ball struck just wee bit out
side the bullseye, and Mr. Carroll was al
lowed TO score "a. His score read %, %, %,
q, making 90 out of possible hundred.
His club friends were so much pleased
with his score, which they pronounced to
be The highest ever made in the world, that
they lifted him upon their shoulders, car
RED him through the pavilion aud cheeied
him 10 the echo The best previous score
! made on the coast was 81; John Utschig
accomplishing the feat a few weeks ago.
Carroll is now the first shOOting-maste of
tie SehuetZen Club. being the frs! American
ever to hold the position.
The shooting progressed for n while with
| out any one making a remarkable showing
Then A. Streeker came upon the scene, and
for moment 1t looked as If he was going
to wrest the prize from Carroll. He made
a p, 2i and then %. The interest in
his last shut was intense, for if he scored
another % he would have creedmOored Car
roll. He became nervous though and the
shot Melted him but Is.
Genrge Helm, probably the best shot in
the State. won the champion cup and few
other prizes by securing the best ten tickets
At the public targets he scored 49, 81, 81, 80
and SO, and at the honorary targets, where
the shots make up ticket, he scored 60, g.
67, 6S and II. Helm intends to go to Chi
cago during the fair and represent Califor-
MA In the International shoot.
A. OFT won the first prize at the honorary
| targets, Tor alter Helm and he tied with II
they fired one shot TO determine the winner,
and OFT won.
Following are the names and scores Of
those who scored over 90 aud won good
sized money prizes at the public target: T.
| j. Carroll won the first with &c. the others
| being won by F. huhine with %. Christie
! pher Meyer 81, George Helm SO, ID. Me-
Laughlln 81. Ii. r. Brown 81, J. Utschig .Ir
| 81, A. Stecker 81. w. Glinderman 81, Otto
| Burmeister 80 and j. Utschig 80.
AT the honorary targets useful household
| articles were won by the following: The
! first prize was won by j. l.. OFT with a score
| OF II out OF possible 10. The others were
wen by George Helm with Il, Dr. Rogers
| ~, d. A. Mclaughlin TO- f. A. Kuhls 70,
| H. Stett0n 40, a. Streeker TO- F. Kuhnls
| 90. .. Schwartz 60. A. Riehl GO. F. Fay So
| II. X. Brown 60, J. Ulsehig 60 j. R. Bro wn-
| ing 68. 4. Gehret 6S and G. Schultz 6S.
L. Kuhnle won prize for making the
| first %, and b. r. Brown one for the last
! i. j. Carroll won a prize for making the
first buliseye in the morning and William
| GIenderman for making the last. d. NJ.
| Mclaughlin won one for making the first
| bullseye in the afternoon ana Richard Fink
| ing one for making the last