The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-10-26
TlRE THE CHAMPION
8. Keats Capt. Miner One Bird
for the Pr. Trophy.
W TOURNEY AT TACOMA.
.,a Toe Hardy Make Good Rec
ras-Tbanks TO the f.-i. for the
Trophy New Officers.

pos.-Infefiigencer trophy represent
=. Individual wing shot champion
= = ne state al clay pigeons, was Won
- .na squaTely yesterday afternoon at
- - mark D. Tom Ware, OF Spokane.
p rau.. Z. r. Miner, OF Seattle, 5Ist
= asinr behind nm. Ware made forty
- =. AZ a possible fifty. and Miner mad
~ 49, 10 his credit. ShearG. the Ia
= anhenom." was third with forty
- Considering the dark day. raw
l-'.ssr ana bad background, these scores
- excellent.
-auy respects the race was peculiar,
= = Iii times interesting, and not until
-. Miner lost his sixteenth bird on the
- round 81 twenty-five string was
s.r.lsd that Ware was the champion.
s..sra pressed both the leaders hard, ami.
- lad not been for one OF those seem
- easy straightaway fellows, he would
- been in with Miner tor second place.
: .sss contest Ellis, OF Tacoma. Nc
s-.srn. Of Spokane; Joe Hardy, OF Seattle;
800 OF Whatcom. and Joe Schlumpf,
3 made good scores.
- saoot was called about / o'clock In
:. AFTERNOON. and it was decided TO shoot
s sasaas of six " less, twenty-five birds
s,rtnz. When all the shooters had
s,sh&a the first twenty-five, :he high
= sere as follows: Miner, .; Cooper,
: Toe Hardy, =. McBroom, Il; Ware.
: saeard. q. On the second round Ware
s.sss his little black Cap down little
.,--her. gave MS slightly portly frame
ssase. smiled good-naturedly ard started
: = ace what he could do for Spokane's
ssor and the great prize OF the day. The
s.g-sh bird was an easy one. Ware called
adinky bird" and he let go with all
- assurance possible. Referee Waliing-
- YELLED sslost bird" and Judges Charlie
s.ar and John Considine had no chance
-,eason 10 object. Ware smiled, he was
ssgr known TO be moved from his even
suosr. ana went ahead. Bird after b
- smashed into little bits. and he
sare board showed "a out OF %. the total
4 18th strings being 45. Up came Capt.
gnsr. Joe Hardy and Sheard. together
slh others. and II was soon evident that
s.hsr Ware or Miner was to be the
sAamplon. The fourth bird was missed by
NIaer Just as Ware had missed II. Then
r. traps commenced TO buck" and
Miner had TO walt on several occasions
fsr two or three birds before the traps
iarew right Finally No. Is. a straight
sxay, was missed, then away sailed an
ether straight taller" and the third miss
vas scored The rest OF the score was
'sead' birds. but that A. OF Wares was
one more than a.
More Good Men Come Forth.
Generally speaking. Il seemed as II the
shooting was a trihe below that OF the
Tar previous as 20 quality. but me condi-
tons were more trying. as to weather
saa otherwise. II should be said hat some
who did not come up TO the top notch
Thursday were right in 1t Yesterday.
.fs.txs
shooting In old-tirne form. while Joe Har-
d came out Ike an old ringer and
killed y straight In the fourth event.
thus winning SO 70 DR.. Purdy also shot
IN good form. and John Consldine shot
Ike an old-,imer.
Charlie Minor. Vlctoris's "dead-eye."
vas on the sick list. or he would have
probably come ont ahead on the general
average Tor the two days shoot. Consld-
ering his condition. his performance was
phenomenal Capt. Miner won the best
general average. missing only g In two
fars. while Sheard was a close second
with only g misses. Ware came IN third.
nenham spoiled hts chances by going 70
reees. John. Of Victoria, had his whislSers
trimmed Thursday evening and the way
y knocked clay into dust was caution.
Nature. Of Victoria. suffered from a lame
shniider. which interfered with his work
ie Schlumpf. an unusually good shot. said
Sat the only reason he did not win the
r-I. medal was because he hurt his foot
hs, week. Great Improvement was shown
r the work Of johnson. OF Blaine. and w.
2 Mckee. of Seattle. Young. OF Tacoma.
vas In better form. and Dell Cooper
seemed 20 get all hard angles. but the way
V "snuffed'' the birds showed that he was
returning 10 the old time form. Ellis. or
Tacoma. shot fire average, but "old Re
nahie'' F,herly could not get into form. In
ne middle Of the afternoon "Old Man"
roty. % Whatcorn. pat In his appearance.
Ne was received with cheers. and the way
y shot out his strings proved that he
must not be considered a back number.
New Officers Elected.
The association met in the evening AZ the
fatler hotel and elected the following off,
GERS: President. Josiah Collins: vice preai-
asai. T +. Ellis. OF Tacoma: treasurer,
George Wiley: board OF directors, w.
= sheard. W. A. Hardy. A. =. Johnson.
loe schlumpf. G r. Treat. T. Ware.
nen Coorer. Capt L. r Miner. W. 4. Eh-
'rly. F. n. Mason. r r. tanning and Mr..
no,y.
Resolutions were adopted thanking tho
Seattle Rod and Gun Club for the fine
sesramre. Il being voted one Of tho finest
shoots ever held on tho Pacific coast, \
resolution was adopted thanking the Post
iielligenccr for its generosity In donating
he beautiful state championship medal
sad also for the press reports Porius
Baxter was rendered the special thanks OF
'Ae meeting for his accurate report Or mo
iaurnament After the regular meeting
'he hoard 81 directors met and decided 70
Arlt the next tournament AZ Tacoma. un-
tsr the auspices 81 the Tacoma Rife. Rod
nd Gun club some time next October.
Parsus Baxter was unanimously elected
secre,ary Of the association. The remain
- q the evening was spent az Hardy &
halfs, whore the prizes were distributed
y c. F Treat
Following are the complete scores TO-
esther with prizes and segregated win
ssrs, al events known traps and un-
kaown angles