Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-22
LOCALSWERE SECOND
Final Shoot Of the Trapshooters'
League.
GOOD SCORE BY MR.. WAGNER
He Made the Best Average of the
Day.
Def Ais OF THE EVENTS

The final shoot of the District of Colum.
bia and Maryland Trapshooters' League
was held yesterday the grounds of tho
Baltimore Shooting Association, at Balti-
mere, Nd. The shoot was held under the
auspices of the Green Spring Valley Club.
The attendance was large, the day a per-
feet one for shooting, and nothing had been
overlooked that would add to the comfort
of the participants.
AS in all the other meetings of the league,
the interest was conferred in the team
shoot. The teams were punched, and it
was anybody's race until the last round
was fired. Tho team of the Baltimore
Shooting Association led with 395 targets
to their credit; the Standards were second
with 1893: Capital Citys of Washington,
392, and the Green Spring Valley 314.
The Standard team was called to the
score first, and, after a few rounds had
been nred, 1T was evident that they would
land very near first place if they did not
go to pieces. They shot very evenly, and
In good ume and wound up with the fine
score of 140 out of $50. Bond of the Stand
ards made clean score, and in the four
matches he made three straight scores Of
% each.
The Baltimore Shooting Associations
team next faced the traps, and scored 100
out of $50. Two of their best men were
OFF, and, do their best, they could not strike
their gait.
The Green Spring Valley team was next
called, and scored 12S out of $50. Stan
ley in their team was high man, with "a
out OF %. The Capital Citys We're last and
while they hardly expected to land in first
place, they determined to make a game
fight, and this they did scoring l37 out of
80. This gave the Standards first place
and the Capital Citys second. Wagner of
the home team made a straight score of
% in the team contest, and the best aver
age during the day, breaking 100 targets
out of 10, or little over "a per cent
The last match was at 30 targets per
man, and three prizes were offered-a BIZ
cycle, case of whisky or $1S and hand
some gun case Wagner of the Capital
Citys tied Hood of Baltimore for the bike,
on Al out of 80, bought him out and
brought the wheel home to his girls. Mat
ttngly. after shooting an uphill race in the
last %, breaking "a Of them, scoring IS out
of 80, won the second prize, and promptly
accepted the SIS.
Scores of the Day.
Following are the scores:
First event, 10 targets-Wagner, Is:
White, Gulick and Claridge, IA; Pruitt,
Mattingly and Heiskell. IS; Malone, Cockey
and Brown, u; A. Hood and Rothwell, IL;
Barker and Dixon, 70; Hamilton and
Frank, 0.
Second event. 20 targets-Gulick and Clar-
idge, 20; Brown and Hood Is; Hawkins,
Mattingly and Wagner: II; Hamilton and
Rothwell, 10; Heiskell, Pruitt, Malone,
/ Cockey and White, 10; Frank, IA; Dixon,
13, Barker, 10.
Third event. Il targets-wagner, Brown
and Dixon, II; Hood. Claridge and White.
-; Mattingly. Hawkins and cockey, 12i
Frank. 10: Malone o.
Fourth event, II targets-Ward and
tingly. Claridge, Wagner, White and
Brown, ID: Gulick, Pruitt, Dixon, Lupus
and Rothweil, y; Malone, IL; Frank and
Coskey 10; Barker, Z.
Hood, 20: White and Hawkins, 10; Mat
tingly, Evans and Stanley, IS; Storr
Thomas, Lupus. Gulick. Gent, Todd and
Bond, II; Heisken. Claridge, Pruitt and
ton II; Rothwell, Penrose and Cockey, ID;
Frank, u; Barker. IL; Franklin, 10.
Sixth event. 10 targets-Hawkins and
Stanley, 10; Franklin, Antique, Mattingly,
Evans. Claridge. Brown and White, IA;
Storr, Hamilton, Penrose, Hood Pruitt,
Thomas and Wagner, IS; Cockey, Hartner.
Todd Bond and Guiick. II; HeiskeIl. Ma
lone and Lupus, IL; Barker and Gent 10;
Bird and Dixon, 9; Frank, S; Brown, Z.
Seventh event, team shoot, % targets
Standard team, Bond %; Lupus, %; Storr,
Total, 40.
Baltimore Shooting Association team
Pearose, 20; HartEer, 10; CIaridge %: Ma
lone, "a; Ward, %: Brown. %. Total. 100.
Green Spring Valley team-Cockey, -;
Thomas, %; White, 10; Hamilton, 10; STAN
ley. "a; HeslSen, D. Total FPS
Capital City team-Wa gner, p; RothweH
%; Gulick, %; Barker, ri; Mattingly, Is;
Pruitt %. Total, 1877.
Eighth event. 30 targets-Wagner and
Hood, Al; Mattingly, sc; Claridge, Haw-
kins. Nerd ana Evans, 40; Heiskell and
Pruitt -; Cookey and Hartner, 10; White
and Bond, ~; Gent, Al; Gulick, 40; HamiI-
ton, Thomas and Stanley. SO.
The Coming baltimore Meet,
The next shooting event that the trap
shooters in this city, and, in fact, all over
the country, are looking forward to- is the
big live-bird shoot, which will be held in
baltimore. on the grounds of the Baltimore
Shooting Association, during the week of
October %, and which will be known as the
Dupont smokeless handicap shoot and will
be the largest tournament ever held in
America.
In one event $1,000 added money will be
given. This will be at twenty-five live birds
and will be shot under Nottingham rules
SO entrance. There will also be hand.
some trophy to be shot for. which will be
known the championship trophy. The
winner of this shall be subject to challenge
year, and Dupont will name the referee
The shooter will have the privilege of nam
ing the grounds, the number of birds, etc
Any one challenging the winner of this
tophy must post the forfeit with Shooting
and Fishing" the American Field or
Forest and Stream"
Jas. Malone has taken the contract for
cured 1900, and before October l expects
to have 10000 on hand. This shoot will
bring the cracks from all over the United
States together, and will be the event of
the year in shooting circles.