The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-10

Members of the Norddeut-
scher Verein Make a Gala
Day of 1t.
GAMES AND PRIZE SHOOTING.
Monthly Contests of the German
Schuetzen Clubs at the Rifle
Ranges.

The pleasure grounds at Shell Mound
rang with the strains of music and shouts
or merrymakers yesterday. Throngs of
people In holiday attire; maidens in spick
and span summer gowns, and gentlemen
IN light suits and new straw hats strolled
along the graveled walks, frolicked on the
green grass plats or tripped measure in
the dancing pavilion.
The occasion was the twentv-frst animal
picnic of the Norddeutscher Verein. and
fully 1900 persons participated in the fes-
tival. Every one had attended to
have royal good time and they had it. A
programme of games for young and old
had been prepared, in addition to a shoot
ing contest for the members OF the
Schuetzen division of the society The
games were an interesting feature to many
and the races and other events had large
numbers of entries. Altogether the appre-
cation OF the games was as keen as If valu-
able prizes were being competed for.
The shooting contest took place in the
section of the park where the rife ranges
are located. Participation in the events
before the targets was not confined to the
members of the Schuetzen Club, but the
privilege was given for any one to compete
for the twenty cash prizes which were of
fered for superior skill at the ring target
range, 200 yards.
There were over one hundred particle
pants in this contest, and some remark
ably good scoring was done. The firing
was kept up until after o'clock, when the
committee on prizes took charge of the
scores and announced that the results
would be made known on Tuesday night
at Washington Hall on Eddy street, at
which time also the various prizes will be
distributed to the successful ones.
The merrymaking of the picnic culmi-
mated last night in midsummer nights
festival and it was late before the last
trainload of picnickers left for this side.
There was a continual popping at the
rife range yesterday from other rifles than
those of the Noddeutscher Schuetzen
Verein. The marksmen of the San Fran
cisco ScheutZen Verein, the Germania
Verein and the Independent Rifles, besides
Companies and G of the First Regiment,
n. G.. G.
While the weather was very pleasant and
the sun shed genial rays over marksmen
and picnic jewellers alike, the former had
some cause of complaint on account of the
high wind which set in during the after
noon. 1t interfered considerably with the
accuracy of the shooting.
The match between the members of the
Independent Rifles, with a 200-yard range,
resulted as follows: E. Helmke 80, II.
Staude "a, Lieutenant 81. Beverson %,
Corporal ]. Minderman 50, Corporal G.
Lindecker 30, ID. White 81, Sergeant ]. H.
Schneider %, ID. Eegge %, E. FIathman %.
The monthly medal shoot of the San
Francisco SchuetZen Club resulted in some
good scores being made on the ring target
Following are the winners: Champion
class, ]. Utschig, 433 rings; first class, F.
7. Schuster, Al rlnds; second class, not
won; third class, n. Ahrens, 406; fourth
class, George Alpers.
: The scores made in the joint shoot of the
Nationals" were as follows:
G. Meyer a., ]. w. DumbrelI 45, W. L. Fem
As, c. H. Gielow 45: F. L. McNally A, A. H.
son 43, E. C. Sutliffe 43, A. r. Vaughn 43, C. f.
Goodell 43, J; G: Medal AZ, o. Nolte AZ, A. J.
Hicks Al, j. f. Barricklo Al, P. Bohr Al, G. E.
Thompson Al, P. J. Neumann Al, j. D. Mans
field Al, J: Ritter 40, F. J. Payey 40, T. E. Car
son 40, w. N Swasey 40. D. E. Lawton 40, F.
A. Taggard 40, V. J. Anderson SO, o. P. Hirst
80, J. Ross 80, A. F. Buzard 80, w. L. Umfred
80, T. w. Sparrowe SO, A. E. Anderson SO, II.
]. Schneider 81, r. J. Dowda1l 81, Alex Martin
&c, a. Z. Young %, c. F. Greenlaw %, P. D.
Butt 20.
There was private team match between
six members of Company B, First Regi-
ment n. G. G. The prize, which was to
be paid for by the losing team, consisted of
a dinner, which it was stipulated should
be of a kind of which the most fastidious
epicure might be made to feel envious. The
teams and the scores made were as follows:
First team-A. Gehret, 224; ]. Fetz, 212;
total, 436.
Second team-G. Clausennius, 214; A. Fetz,
217; total, All.
Third team-F Gehret, 215; F. Baumgartner.
I'll total, 426.
Following is the result of the monthly
medal shoot OF the German Schuetzen
Club:
Champion class-George Helm, 423 ringsI
first class, R. Thinking, 407; second class NOT
won; third class, Il: Hellburg, 404; fourth
class, Fred Wagner, 384.
First best shot medal. Wicker, IS rings,
last best shot medal, r. Thinking, "a rings
At the pistol range there were several
contests between members of the Columbia
Pistol and Rife Club, with the following
result:
Rife, open for all, 200 yards-F. o. Young,
Military rife, Glinderman medal-F Poulter,
As; J. Fetz 49,
Champion class, for members only-Dr. L. o,
Rodgers, 80; F. o. Young, 70; first class, Phil
Bohr 81. Charles Perry 90; second class, A. B.
Dowel 90, ]. E. German 50, Frank Dennis OF,
A. Kennedy GA, II. r. Crane So, JE. Jacobson 60,
George Schultz "a, w. F. Umfred so.