The morning call., 1894-05-15

crack shots of the verein. This king affair
Is never thing OF easy attainment. but
yesterday, with wind and weather against
him, Faktor battled against unusual diff
cultles. Fol nearly an hour several scores
OF rifiemen with designs on the kingship
knocked the central portion of the eagle to
pieces, but 1t was reserved for Faktor to
bring the final chunk of wood to the
ground.
Men went wild with enthusiasm, women
cheered and waved handkerchiefs aud the
band blew itself into evidence when FAX
tor loosened the last peg. A throne was
hastily provided Faktor bundled on top
anc everybody marched Oft to the dan icing
hall. There the old and the new king
made speeches, the men went wild again.
the women cheered, the band played some
more and every one dempened up bit on
the king.
The shooting at the wooden eagle began
early In the morning. Nearly whole
round was fired before the bird suffered
any serious damage. but Nick Ahrens
managed to take off the crown of the eagle
just as the first marksman on the list was
about to fire second time. The crown
entitled Ahrens to the first prize on the
festival programme. In the right claw OF
the bird was the scepter, and on this small
sized target ii. Thode scored success.
e. +. Baruth knocked an apple from the
other claw OF the eagle, and ID. Won der
Mehden managed to sever the peg which
held golden ring to the beak. The head
was one OF the priced portions and seveaal
hundred shots riddled this section of the
wooden affair before it gave away. A bull
let from o. Lemke's rife broke the con-
Meeting link and it fell 10 the ground. d.
Is. FaktOr brought the neck OF the eagle
down just before the noon intermlssion.
When the shooting was resumed there
remained only the wings. legs and the
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shot and the right piniOn came t0ppllng
down on the grand-stand stairs. Some
exciting competition followed for nearly
an hour and then A. L. OFT scored for the
right leg prize. BY this time the eagle had
become quite small, with all but wing
and leg on the left side remaining.
Things were getting wearlsome. when
George Kuster sent a ball through the
TIE Der body and both wing and log fell
from the tall staff.
The iron breastplate. which haG up to
tnls time protected the central portion OF
the eagle. was now removed. There was
nothlng but the tail and king prize lett.
and the marksmen, ambitious for the
regal wreath, settled down to their finest
target hitting. In half all hour the tail
dropped from n peg, severed by l.. Rit-
Zau's bullet, ard then the battle began for
the position of 'SchuetZen koenig. The
competition was lively from the beginning.
Many OF The marksmen came dangerously
near the wooden bolt that held the piece Of
eagle to the staff, and in short time bali
OF 1t had been shot away. The wind
swayed 1t from right to left. and it soon
became pretty much of moving target.
Finally Fak,or stepped to the firing sta
tl0n, loaded and aimed and fired and the
eagle dropped
Faktor's triumph entities him to the
highest position In the gift of the San
francisco Schuetzen Vereln. He takes
the place of Fred Shuster as Shooting
King. and will continue TO be such until
the next spring festival.
On The pistol range at Shell Mound
Major A. Huber of the Second Artillery
made these scores in practice:
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