The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-23
THE NEW YORK TARGETS.
The Eastern Achievements of
Local Riflemen Are Being
Reviewed.
SHOTS AND THEN CHAMPAGNE.
The Magnificent Trophies and
Medals VIII Probably Be Ex-
hibited Soon.

1t is proposed to exhibit publicly in some
convenient place all the prizes brought
home by the thirteen expert ritiemen VINO
carried off so many of the honors IN the
great shooting festival in New York Each
prize is to be labeled with the name ana
score of the winner. 1t would make a proud
and dazzling array in gold and silver. VI
course, this would not include the cash
prizes They would have TO be hunted up
in New York.
During the shooting Geographic reports
told of the most notable scores made by the
Californians. but in no one lntellgenI
statement has it been told Just "haV lne
Californians did and achieved.
When the Eastern Schuetzenound' an
ASSOCIATION of Eastern German shooting
societies, planned what turned out 10 De
the biggest shooting festival America mas
seen. the San Francisco Schuetzen Vereln
Joined the bund so that its representatives
might have access to all the targets
team was organized as follows: n. NJ,
Wreden. captain; D. B Faktor, George
Helm, Louis Bendel, A. Jungblut, William
Ehrenpfort, Max Sehwab, George Alpers,
Fred Schuster.
Crack shots in other local societies
wanted to go, and the Columbia Rife Club
was organized. 1t also secured member
ship and sent the following representa-
tives: 4. Strecker and F. 0. Young, who
won here the Examiner prizes of expenses
TO the festival, and A. II. Pape and ii.
Blodau. The two parties travelled sepa--
rately going and coming, but they had
equally royal and successful trips.
Both parties went in time to meet at the
big shoot of the Western Schuetzenbund
at Milwaukee, June 20 to "a. Here the
Californians started right in and swept the
field. Altogether they won the bulk OF the
cash prizes, nearly $500 in amount. Onthe
man target Adolph Strecker won first prize
with Q score of 81 out of possible 100 and
Fred Schuster won second prize. On the
other targets the honors were about even
among the Californians. With two excep-
tons all won gold medals on the point tar
gets by making 800 or better.
But the great time and the great tri-
umph was at New York. The festival ran
for a week at park in Glendale, Long Isl
and, where an immense open pavilion &C
cOmmodated the shooters, and where vast
Midway Plaisance, with every entertain
ment and fake under the sun, and with an
inadequate myriad of beer fountains, &C
commodated the 10000 people that came
daily to revel at the huge picnic.
There were SIX targets to shoot at, or,
rather, six kinds of targets, for the targets
numbered forty-fve, and all were at 200
yards. There were rich prizes for the vic
tors at each style of target. The cash
prizes offered by the Schuetzenbund
amounted to $500, and prizes of greater
value were offered by individuals and
newspapers.
There were thus six first prizes, and the
man who won first prize had to do the
best of all the thousands of expert shoot
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companied by six costly solid-silver laurel
wreaths given by the New York Times to
the victors at the six targets. There was
a host of other prizes.
What the Cafifornians did was to win
three of the six first prizes and three of the
six laurel wreaths, one second prize and
load OF other prizes. That IS glory enough
for a delegation of but thirteen men from
one State. No wonder the Californians
were cheered, lionIZed and feted.
1t ought to be glory enough for one man
to win two of those first prizes and laurel
wreaths, and that is what George Helm
did, besides duplicating his own world s
record and carrying off more money than
any man who fired gun there.
Adolph Strecker got the other first prize
and laurel wreath and Fred Schuster
brings home the second prize.
The greatest feat performed during the
fest was Helm 5 work at the ring target
The highest possible score on this target
is IS and Helm made it here during the
Midwinter Fair. 1t had never been
equaled when Helm went to work on the
ring target. The first day he shot away
six tickets and his highest score was II.
He dropped that target for three days and
then went back. He told Captain Wreden
that he felt that he was going to make
big score that dav. Three shots make the
score On his first ticket he made 90 and
on the next 20. Then he tried again
and sent three bullets in succession
through the little black patch at the
center. He had equaled his own worlds
record and he had no rivals.
Then there was a hubbub. The Cali
fornia and New York shooters around
went wild. Gus Zimmerman and three or
four others hustled about, found pair of
shears and a tin can and hastily imprc-
Vised tin medal six inches in diameter,
which was hung by string to a rough tin
imitation of a bar, and they found some
bronze paint to paint it with. They put a
dab of black paint in the center of the
medal, and then amid the jollifcation
Zimmerman hung the medal to his breast
with a breastpin. Helm proudly treasures
that medal as well as the first prize OF $500
and the silver wreath be won by his score.
OF course, champagne did not flow quick
enough or fast enough after the score was
made, and Helm S nrSt treat cost MIN pa.
There were two ring targets, called the
"Columb ia" and the "Germania." Three
shots and possible 70 made the score, and
a popularity of these targets was that no
man could shoot more than once at them.
Three shots and he was through with
either of them. The prizes for the Colufn-
bia target were many, magnificent and
costly, for wealthy men had contributed
their trophies to it. On the Germania tar
get the prizes were cash.
1t was at the GermanIa target that Helm
won his other first prize and silver wreath.
His best bullet landed nearest the center
of any shot fired. Its distance from the
center, measured by a machine, was five
and one-half thousandths of an inch.
Helm has that perforated bullseye.
1t was at the man target that Adolph
Strecker won first prize by making 81 out
of possible 100. The noted Zimmerman
made SO. This target is the shape and size
of mans bust, and lines run up and
down only. The center line is the win
ming mark, and five shots make up score.
Besides the honor of his victory Strecker
won 500 and the other laurel wreath that
has come to California.
At the Columbia target the first prize
was won by William Vorbach of New
York, with a score of Y. F. P. Schuster of
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