The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-08-31
Second Brigade.

Second Brigade.
The election in Company III, First In
fantry, took place last Monday evening.
The newly elected lieutenants are Mr..
Judge, first, and Mr.. Davis, second lieu
tenant. For time it seemed that the
order from brigade headquarters would
not be carried out for lack of an officer
to preside at the election.
In regimental orders No. IL Colonel Will
liam Macdonald compliments Captain Fill
Company at Los Gatos. The discipline
maintained and the promptness in send
ing reports were especially commended.
Captain Edward Fitzpatrick s company,
E, First Infantry, has gained general COM
mendation for good marching. The men
marched from this City 20 Alviso recently
and then came home by steamer.
Major Boxton' s first battalion, First In
faatrv, was drilled on Van Ness avenue
last Wednesday evening by Captain Mar
shall. Major Shines second battalion will
drill on the avenue next Wednesday even
ing. Major Sine will command.
SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 2S-1nterest in
tarset-shooting in San Jose seems to be
reopening. The following challenge ap-
peared in'the San Jose Mercury Tuesday,
and no doubt the marksmen of San Jose
will be treated to good, spicy match
some time in the near future:
SAN JOSE, CAL, Aug. 20, 1896.
Edward Hubback, marksman OF no small
ability, who is a member of the Schuetzen
Section of the San Jose Turn Verein, is now
wearing the championship medal of the above :
men toned club, an honor which belongs else
where Tor the good and sufficient reason that
another marksman who is in the champion
class made score above the limit to qualify,
which was placed at 400 rings, but who. on &C.
nfh 4S No rir1er a N
at the time of making said score, was disquaii-
fed from being awarded the medal, and ths
same was taken by Mr.. Hubback, whose score
was fer below the 400 rings.
Now, believing that true sportsman would
not and should not wear honors won by COM
rade, / hereby challenge SAID Hubback to sh cot
a match of 100 shots each at the German ring
target for $50 side Tor the championship of
Santa Clara County the winner TO be open to
challenge by any bona fde resident of Santa
Clara County under same conditions.
Accompanying this is a certified check for
above amount, and ii said Hubback does not
accept this challenge accompanied by SINH
lar check or its equivalent within one week,
the public may justly deem him unworthy OF
wearing championship medals. Respectfully
su omitted, A. NJ. BARKER.
Hubback is a sergeant of Company B,
Fifth Infantry, and is the crack shot of
the company, being the only man in the
champion class. He wears many hand
some medals and takes an active part in
all prize shoots and other matches.
Dr. Barker is prominent dentist of San
Jose and has always been an enthusiastic
rifleman. He is known to be one of the
best shotsin Santa Clara County and is al
WAYS reliable in a match. He holds nu-
merous trophies and generally participates
in the shooting festivals against many of
the cracks of San Francisco.
Sergeant Hubback holds the champion
medal of Company B and also the cham
pion medal of the shooting section of the
San Jose Turn Verein. In Company he
shoots the regulate Springfield rifle. the
trigger of which must pull six pounds or
over. In matches with his comrades Of
the Schuetzen Verein Hubback uses
Winchester rifle with hair trigger. Hub
beck friends think that if he confines
him self to either one OF the two rifles and
gets into good shape be can make it hot
for any other rifeman in Santa Clara
County, and they are willing to back him
in match. DR.. Barker shoots a Win
chester with hair trigger.
The marksmen of Santa Clara County
are eager to see match between these two
cracks, and at the shooting festival of the
Sch. etzen Verein it is expected that both
will take part.