The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-05-04
The MILITARY CONTESTS.
ShaTpShOOteTS to Contest for HOlOTS
Of the TARGET.


Of the Target.
The Contest to Begin at 1 O'Clock.
: The Military Teams Selected to
Enter To-day's Contest-The Prizes
offered to the Successful Shooters.
The Programme for To-day and To-
morrow.
The interstate military contest will be-
/ gin at Wheelmen's Park at l O'Clock to-
/ day instead of 10 o'clock, as announced
/ on the programme.
! The shoot is to be under the auspices of
/ the Wheelmen's Track Association. DR..
j. d. Martin will be shooting master and
Capt. j. p. White range officer. The
/ scorers will be Messrs. Lewis Mercer,
Charles w. Saussy, Hugo Wenzel, r. H
Polk, w. Quinan and w. T. Dixon.
The first days shooting is for teams
| from volunteer military companies from
any state. The teams are to consist Of five
men from each company entering. Two
/ hundred, three hundred and six hundred
/ yard targets are to be shotat. Each man
| is allowed ten shots at each
| target and the score made
on the first two targets is to
! be added to that made on the 600-yard
| target. To the team making the highest
! record IS per cent. of the gate receipts is
to be awarded, and to the team making
| the next best score 10 per cent. of the
! gate receipts. Companies have the priv
ilege of entering one or more teams, the
entrance fee for each team being SO.
NO WORD FROM SOUTH CAROLINA.
So far the committee has received no
word from the South Carolina companies
which were especially invited to partici-
| pate in the shoot though it is confidently
asserted that one of the Columbia com
panies will send down team. Their APP
pearance would give an added interest to
! the contest.
The shooting committee, composed of
! Messrs. Q. S. Richmond George T. Cam,
J. M. Bryan, J. G. Postell, A. S. Eich-
berg, A. Nice. Duncan, William N. Mich
OILS, J. F. Brooks, DR.. Martin S. Z. Theus,
| r.. A. Cults, W. w. Williamson and DR.
F. c. Wilson, has formulated several
special rules governing the contests
which are published with the regular
programme.
Three beautiful gold medals are to be
presented to the prize-winners after the
contests. One of them is for the regular
military contest, another for the all
! Corners match, and the third for the
pistol contest The latter was presented
to the Ride Association by Mr.. B. II.
Levy.
THE CONTRASTING TEAMS.
In drawing for places the second team
| of the Georgia Hussars won first place
and the first team second place, and they
will shoot in that order The first team
of the HussarS is as follows: Sergt. j.
G. Postell captain Privates f. c. Will
son, h. L. Gilbert, c. S. Richmond and h.
Il. Dancy. Sergt. Postell is captain of
both teams The second team of the
Hussars is to be composed of Sergt.
Thomas Hunter, Sergt A. $. Eich berg,
Corp. II. p. Constantine and Privates w
G. Hull and j. T. Shuptrine. Lieut.. Gil
lard is the only alternate that has been
chosen
1t is stated that the two teams from
the Rifle Association will be- first Mr. j.
p. White, captain; Messrs. r. @. Wilson,
J. T. Shuptrine, E. A. Cults and r. r.
Dancy, and the second team MIR. w n.
Nichols, captain, and Messrs. @. S. Rich
mond, }. G. Postell A. S. Eichberg and
II. e Wilson. These teams will partici-
pate in the allcomers' match tomorrow
afternoon.
Company A, of the Guards battalion,
has selected the following team: Lieut..
Davis Freeman, captain; Lieut.. j. S.
Schley Lieut. T. p. Huger, Sergt II. M.
Screven and Private George A. Mercer,
Jr., with Mr.. F.. c. Mercer, as alternate
Company BIS team viii consist of Lieut..
Hal Bacon, Corpl. H. e. Wilson and Pri-
Yates George L. Appleton, Fred Myers
and l.. E. WEIGH, with Private Albert
Thomas as alternate.
Company D will also enter a team.
All the companies have selected strong
teams, and the result will probably be
some of the best shooting that has been
seen in Savannah in some time.
TO-MORROw's PROGRAMME.
The programme for tomorrow includes
the ailcomers' match and the pistol
shooting.
The allcomers' match is for teams of
five men, and they are allowed to use any
rifle. The 200 yard target viii be used
The committee has had the matter under
consideration, and has decided 10 allow a
handicap OF four points in five shots in
favor of the military rifle over the sport
ing rifles, which have much finer and more
accurate sights.
Additional targets are to be set apart
during to-morrow's shooting for individ-
ual contests, for which the entrance fee
is TO be 81 and the target shot at 200
yards. In the team shooting % and Is
per cent. of the entrance fees constitute
the prizes, while the prize for individual
shooting is a handsome gold medal.
, The pistol contest will take place at 3
o'clock tomorrow afternoon, after the
; rifle shoot, which begins at l O'Clock.
This match is open to teams of five from
: any companies, civic or otherwise. The
, entrance fee is 50. and the prize for the
highest individual score will be 10 per
cent. OF the entrance fees al this range.
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