The herald., 1896-10-12
THE GUN CLUB TOURNAMENT
Three Day Event Brought to a
Close
SCORES THAT WERE MADE
Tanning and Chick Capture flonors for
General Average
Leighton Wins the Individual Cham
pionship, Matfield Second-Good
Shooting All Around

Yesterday saw the completion of the
three-days' semi-annual tournament of
the Los Angeles City Gun club, which
took place Friday. Saturday and Sun
day at their grounds back of Westlake
park. The first days events were shot
off at live birds, those of Saturday and
yesterday at blue rocks. A gratifying
attendance rewarded the clubs efforts
and good scores were the rule. AS re-
suit of the entire tournament, ]. S.
Tanning of San Francisco carried off
the honors for best general average with
Martin Chick of San Diego second.
On Friday six events were programmed
One at six live birds, $3.50 entrance; two
at ten birds, IS entrance; one at fifteen
birds, $3.50 entrance, handicap, and the
last event miss and out. Good shooting
was done all around.
For Saturday nine matches were
scheduled. Blue rocks We're the tar
gets. There were four matches of fif-
teen targets each, two of ten targets
and one of twenty; also two team con-
tests The first of these was two-man
team-race for the "E. c. Smokeless
Powder company's cup, valued at $50
with combined score of As breaks out
of 50 targets. Three teams tied for sec
ond money-Van VallSenburg and Alex
ander, Tanning and Breer and Mason
and Vaughn.
The other team match was the Los
Angeles City Gun club trophy shoot
live men i'll team at 25 blue rocks. A tie
also developed in this match, two teams
making SO each. Following are the
scores made:
Event No. 1, ten targets, so cents en-
trance, high guns; first, second and
third moneys.Mason 7, Tabor Z,
Vaughan 10 White 5, Raymond 8, Me-
nasco 6, Ecker Z, Alexander Z. Chick 8,
Fishback 7, Van VaIKenburg 7, Ralphs
Z, Leighton 8, Ellis 4. Packard s. Grubb
4, Vodra s, Bradley 3, Hallowell 6, Fam
ming 7, Breer 6, Katz T, Schanck 8, Tufts
s, Haight g.
Event No. 2, fifteen targets, 81 en-
trance-Chick Is, Leighton 10, Fish
back 13, Vaughan IA, Mason IA, Ecker
II, Packard IL, Raymond II. Taylor 10,
Alexander IL, Ellis 49, Katz ~, Breer II,
Banning Is, Hallowell 10, Haight II,
Tufts Y, Ralphs II, Van Valkenburg
IA. White 8, Menasco 12 Vodra Ia
Der -, Matfield II.
Event No 3, fifteen targets, 81 en-
trance, $40 added-Chick 10, Mason 12,
Fishback 13, Ecker IL, Leighton 9,
Vaughn 12 Raymond IL, Taylor 10, Katz
9, Fields 8, Packard IL, Breer 12, Hallo-
we'll Ia, Haight s. Tufts 10, Ralphs 13,
Faber IA, Menasco 8, Van Valkenberg
10. Matfield 10, Variel, Jr. II, Bradley I,
Event No. 4, two man team shoot, for
ID. c. cup, twenty-five targets per man.
$3.50 per team entrance-Hallowel and
Ecker 24-21, total As; Faber and Pack
ard 21-21, total AZ; Mason and Vaughn
20-23, total 43; Alexander and Van VAL
kenberg 22-21, total 43; Menasco and
Fishback 1916, total 81 Raymond and
Matfleld Ellis, total 39; Chick and
Leighton 22-22 total A; Breer and Fan
ming, 21-22, total 43; Bradley and Variel,
Jr. 8-15, total 23.
trance-Chick IA, Leightor 13, Fishback
IL, Vaughn u, Mason 10, Ecker 49, Pack
ard II, Raymond IL, Faber g. Alexander
10, Ellis II, Katz II, Breer 10. Tanning 13,
Hallowell IA, Haight s, Tufts 8, Ralphs
5, Menasco II, Van Valkenberg IL, Vor-
Jr 10.
Event No. g. twenty targets, $1.5O en-
trance, $40 added.
Chick 10, Leighton II, Fishback II, Ma
son IS, Vaughan 10, Ecker Is, Hallowell
16, Haight II, flaming II, Breer 16, Tufts
II, Ralphs II, Packard IS, Raymond II,
Taber 16, Alexander IA, Ellis IS, Taylor
16, Vodra IA, Menasco ~, Van Valken-
burg Is, Shanck II, Matfield IA, Bradley
-.
Event No. Z, fifteen targets, 81 en-
trance:
Chick IA. Leighton Is, Fishback II, Ma
son ID, Vaughan 13, Ecker 12, Hallowell
Is, Tanning 10, Haight II, Breer II, Tufts
IL, Ralphs II, Packard II, Raymond 10,
Taber IA, White H. Ellis IL, Van Valken-
burg Is, Matfield 13, Schanck IL, Brad
ley 9, Vodra II, Menasco IL
Event No. 8. five-man team, shoot for
trophy, twenty-five targets per man, $5
per team-Katz is, Vodra IS, Alexander
10, Block "a, Fishback 20, Menasco Is,
total SO. Hallowell %, Haight 49, Ralphs
Is, Breer 10, Chick 49, Leighton "a, total
80. Mason 23, Vaughan II, Van Valken-
burg 19, Tanning %, Raymond II, Ecker
Is, total SO. Taber is, Packard II, Tufts
II, Blanchard II, Savage 21, Hauerwass
10, Singer II, total S4.
Event No. ten targets, rs cents en-
trance, four moneys-Chick 8, Leighton
8, Fishback 5, Mason Q, Vaughan 8, Eek
er 8. Hallowell s, Tanning Z, Haight 5,
Breer 10, Tufts Z, Ralphs 5, Packard 10,
Raymond TO- Taber 10, Alexander s, Ellis
8, VanValkenburg T. Menasco 6, Schanck
I, Vodra 10, Bradley 3, White g.
YESTERDAYS EVENTS
There We're six matches scheduled for
Sunday, all at blue rocks. All We're shot
off, as per program, also the two ties
from the day previous. The tie for sec
ond and third moneys in the two-man
team race was shot off, Van Valken-
burg and Alexander winning with
straight breaks of five targets each.
Tanning and Breer and Mason and
Vaughan were placed respectively.
The five-man team tie was decided at
twenty-five targets per man. The Los
Angeles club, composed of Chick, Van
Valkenburg, Leighton, Vaughan and
Mason, took first money with score of
112 out of possible 125. The Turf club,
composed of Black, Fishback, Vodra,
Katz and Alexander, got second, with
9S to their credit. Ir the individual
championship shoot at fifty targetss
Leighton and Matfield tied with AZ each,
and shot the tie off. Leighton won and
took the diamond medal, Matfield TAX
ing first money Fishback and Packard
divided second money, with 46 each. The
summary of events follows:
Event No. l, ten targets, entrance so
cents. high guns, three moneys-Chick
8, Fishback 8, Leighton 8, Mason 8, White
g. Ecker 8, Ellis s, Packard 6, Raymond
Z, Taber g. Rex s, Menasco 8, Van Val
kenburg 8, Nichols 4, Breer 10, Alexan-
der 9, Black 10, Katz 8, Hallowell 6,
Tanning ., Haight 7, Tufts s. Brain S,
Vodra s, Hauerwass 8, Singer 9, Watson
Event No. q fifteen targets, entrance
$1-Chick 13. Fishback 49, Leighton II,
Mason 13, White 13, Ecker IL, Ellis 8,
Packard IA, Raymond 12. Taber 10, Rex