Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-08
Contests Between Washington and
Maryland Marksmen.
SENATORS LOSE AGAIN At new YORK
Progress of the International Chess
tournament.
MANLY SPORTS IN GENERAL

The third contest Of the District Of Co
lumbia and Maryland Trapshooters' League
was held yesterday on the grounds of the
Standard Gun Club, at Point Breeze, Md.
The day was clear and warm, with slight
breeze blowing across the traps. If it had
not been for the little air stirring the shoot
ers would have suffered, but this tempered
the heat and made batter scores possible.
The team contest was the event in which
the interest was centered and was looked
forward to with eagcrness by the friends
of the competitors. This was the third
contest and as three of the teams were very
close together in the race, much interest
was manifested in the result of yesterdays
shoot
The Capital City Club men were placed
first at the traps, and started the ball
rolling. They did not have their best team
IN the race, but put up credttable score
scoring 1874 out of $50 targets.
The Standard Club Of Baltimore followed
the Washington boys, and scored 1876 out
Of possible $50.
Splendid Score Made.
The Baltimore Shooting Associations
team was next called to the score. They
were in fine fettle. and had not shot many
rounds until the shooters in the other clubs
commenced holding their breath. They put
up score that any team Of target smash
ers in the country might be proud of and
point to with pride. scoring 142 out of
possible $50, four of their men breaking
twenty-four out Of twenty-five, and two
twenty-three out of twenty-five. This is
the highest score ever made at any of the
contests, and on the total number Of targets
broken puts this club one to the good over
their nearest rivals.
Pretty Hard to Pick the Winner.
Each team is to shoot at 600 targets, and
the team scoring the highest number will
be declared the champion of the league.
The record now stands as follows:
Baltimore Shooting Association team, 39J
targets
Capital City Gun Club. aA targets.
Standard Gun Club. 1874 targets.
Green Spring Valley Club, 315 targets.
From the above it will be seen that the
Baltimore Shooting Associations team
leads one bird. while the Capital City and
ditfon of affairs will make the last shoot.
which is to be held on the 2lst instant by
the Green Spring Valley Club. near Balti-
more, very interesting. This will be the
decisive shoot, and as three of the teams
have a chance for landing in first place,
good shooting may be looked for.
The shoot yesterday, as far as arrange
ments We're concerned. was a poorly man.
as ed affair. ALI the work devolved upon
enc man, and his CALLER was not big
enough to act as cashier. squad hustler,
trap regulator and scorer, and as re-
suit, the shooting dragged along.
Wagner Lends ns Usual.
AS usual, Vim. Wagner of the home club
made the best a, erage for the day, scoring
112 out of 115.
The following scores were made: Event
1, fifteen targets-Wagner 10; White and
Buckbee, IA; McKeldon, Brown. Claridge,
Malone and Hawkins, ID; Gulick, Bond
Devall and Pruitt, l.; Osborne and Mcleod
IL; Barker, {.
Event 9, twenty targets-Wagner. Pruitt
Claridge and Malone, 20; Mckeldon, Nc
Leod, Gulick, Bond and Brown, II; White,
Devall and Hawkins, Is; Lupus, u; Hood
Is; Heiskell and Barker II; West, Il.
Event 3, fifteen targetS-LupuS. 10; Pru-
lit, Claridge, Hawkins, Bond, Gent. Brown
and White, a. Wagner, Gulick and Evans
Is; Mckeldon, Barker. Stanley, Hamilton
and Clements. IL; Malone, Devall and Hood
IL; Heiskell ..
ner, Bond and Hawkins, 20: Gnlick and
Evans, 10; Pruitt, Bond. White. Hood, Nc
Keldon Gent and Clements, IS; ClaridSe
Stanley, Thomas and Dixon, II; Lupus
Penrose, Osborne and Storr, 16; Malone
Franklin, Ward and Thomas, 10; Buckbee
and Hamilton. II; Heiskell, ID; Barker, l..
Event 5-Team contest for the league
championship, six men to team, twenty
five targets each:
Capital City Gun Club-Wagner. "a; Os-
borne. 10; Gulick, "a; Mcleod %; Pruitt,
u; McKeldon, 81 Total, 1874.
Standard Gun Club-Bond, 90; Evans, q;
Hawkins %; Dixon, %; Clements, %;
Lupus, %. Total, 1856.
Baltimore Shooting Association Club
Penrose. %; Hartner, II; Claridge. "A: Ma
lone. "A: Ward. %; Brown. "a. Total, 142.
Hamilton, 10; Heiskell, 20; Thomas, %;
Stanley 81 Fields 10 Total, lis.