The evening times., 1895-10-01
CRACK SHOTS TO CONTEST
Great Tournament to Be Held at
Baltimore This Month.
Events 10 BE Open to the World and
Experts From Every Country
Are Expected TO Take Part.
(Spccialto The Times.) }

Baltimore. Oct. Ia championship han
dicap live-bird tournament will be held
on the grounds OF the Baltimore Shooting
Association for five days. beginning Octo-
ber % 1t will he one of the largest tourna-
mcnts ever held i'm this country. and is at
racting great attention among marksmen
everywhere. The official programme is
now in the hands of the printer, and when
completed will be one of the handsomest
ever issued.
The tournament is for the purpose of
establishing the champion wingshot of
America, and the man who succeeds in
gaining this title will he presented with a
trophy in the shape of a cup, which he can
hold for one year, unless challenged and
defeated.
The holder will be subject to challenge
from any shooter, the latter to deposit S25
as forfeit, the match to be for the trophy
and championship and a side bet of $50,
and the holder will surrender both trophy
and championship if he fail TO accept any
challenge.
At the second annual tournament the
holder of the trophy viii surrender it to
the tournament committee to be shot Tor
again, and ill receive 500 in cash. The
cup is one of the prettiest ever seen in
baltimore. 1t is of solid silver, weighs
with base and pedestal, is fifty-fiye inches
high.
The pedestal forms a gun rack, holding
four guns and the base is of onyx. The cup
and supports are artistically carved. The
trophy is valued at $3.50. Three sets OF I'M
proved live bird traps viii be erected at the
Baltimore Shooting Associations grounds
for the tournament, and accommodations
will be made for more than 250 shooters,
and from the inquiries already received,
every one of the noted cracks will be
present. The entrance fee is S25, SO of
which must accompany the entry.
Wefers' run of 900 yards in 80 IA sec
Dnds at Traverse Island on Saturday sets
new mark for that distance.
V. c. Shabb left Chicago at 8 O'Clock this
morning for an attempt to lower the Chicago
New York record of five days, twenty-three
hours and five minutes, recently made by
&. Z. Searle.
tits said that the showing now being made
by the Princeton football team is discour-
lging. The play is the weakest of any
sleven the Tigers have had in years.
An effort is being made to bring Jake
Gaudaur, Ed Hanlon, Tom Sullivan, and
''wag" Harding together at Austin, Tex,
pionshp. A purse of So, 800 will probably
be hung up.
The football players seem to be a disap-
pointnent all around this year. A dispatch
from New Haven says that Capt. Thorn
tears that there is trouble ahead for the
Yale eleven. He sent for Laurie Bliss
and ex-Capt. Hinkley, who helped him coach
the team, and the two veterans were thor
oughly disguised with the exhibition the
Yale men made. In spite of their coaching
the first eleven were not able to score on
the subs. This is the first time in years that
the varsity team has been unable TO score
In an afternoons play. Thorne is greatly
discouraged.
Harry Tyler has retired from the track
tor the season, having had considerable
trouble with his heart recently, caused by
overwork
George F. Smith, the crack pool player,
of Hartford, Conn., has been matched to
play Fred A. Stewart series of games at
Baltimore.
Charles Otis Gill, the famous football
tackle and captain of the. Yale eleven, is
going TO Pekin. China, as missionary tax
ing his wife with him.