The San Francisco call., 1895-12-02
Mclaughlin Of the California Club
Victorious at the
Range.
PRIZES WON AND LOST.
Rifle Matches by the National Guards.
men at the Targets Across
the Bay.

When the last medal shoot of the Cali
fornia Schuetzen Club was finished at
Schuetzen Park yesterday afternoon Nc
Laughlin had another golden badge to put
away. He fired the shot that made him
the winner of the prize annually awarded
to the marksman who scores the greatest
number of best first hits during the prac-
tice season.
AT twelve monthly competitions this
year the men of the club have lined up in
the stalls and had a merry time contesting
for the honor which belongs to the marks
man who fires most accurately in the first
volley. Mclaughlin did this thing twice,
and of the numerous competitors none
was successful on more than one occasion.
John Utschlg won another gold prize for
the same kind of work, but his was for
best last shots in the monthly matches.
Yesterday Mclaughlin made "a hit
when the shooting began. Utschig was
beaten by Bremen, who scored 25 for the
last, but Utschig had few earlier vic
tories to his credit.
In the champion class Mclaughlin
scored AL yesterday. Schuster had 423 In
the first class, and Brunette led the second
with 423. FetZ was a winner among the
third-section men, scoring 404. .Acker won
among the fourth-class men by total OF
367 rings.
The guardsmen of Company B of the
Third Infantry were at the range and
ripped the disks for the ride-practice
medals awarded monthly. In the cham
pion class some very good scores were re-
corded. Captain Kennedy rolled up A IN
the ten firings and Sergeant Robertson,
who came next into the stalls, made the
same kind of a score. Then Corporal
Ehreppfort pulled triggers on nice new
target, and when he finished they had him
down for another A. Next came Muller,
one of the Third s crack shots. He i'm
mediately proceeded to find the center
with interesting frequency and 40 points
were credited on his score-card when he
left the firing station.
were Riehl, who scored 45, and Novak,
whose record was a. out of the possible 90.
Sergeant Davis shot well in the second
class, landing the lead for 43 credits. Ser
geant Shea was next in line with good
40. One of the third-class men shot ex-
cellently. This was Corporal Broderick
and the scorer had him credited with 45
points. Mahoney made 43 and Corporal
O'Connor reached the 35 point mark.
In the shooting done by the men oi
Company D of the Fifth Infantry, sta
toned al San Rafael, the following scores
were on the card:
Moulton AS. Jacobs IA, Dawson 43, Boyen 43
Treanton 43, Robinson AZ, Fallon AZ, A. A.
Smith AZ, Z. w. Smith 40, Jones Al, Eden Al
Mcnamara Al, Vanderbilt 40, Butterworth 40,
Scott 40, Dustin 40.
The Eintracht Schuetzen Verein had a
very interesting afternoon at the targets.
1t was a monthly medal shoot, and large
number of members participated in it. In
the class of champions Kuhls showed him
self the best of them. He won the medal
neatly with score of 4O6 out of possible
of 500 rings. Young was at the top in the
first class with $50, and among the second
class men Gessin was bemedaled for a
score of 328. Schroeder won in the third
class with 2S9. The best first shot was