The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-14
CHAMPION OF
RIFLE AND PISTOL
The Final Class Compe-
titions of the Colum.
bia Club.
The Distribution of Prizes to Be
at a Banquet Given at
Siebe's.
Much Interest in the Inter.Republic
Match-German Sharpshoot-
ers' Contest.

dozens who are not IN the front row out
who are nevertheless enthusiasts in this
line OF sport, and the five rife. pistol and
military targets were kept on the move all
day.
The Columb ia Pistol and Rifle Club held
its last contest of the year for the clubs
class medals, but there will be one more
contest en- the 9th inst. for the re-entry
or all-comers' medals. On that date the
seasons sport will conclude. with team
shoot, rife and pistol, in which all mem
bers will participate, to be followed by
banquet at Captain Siebe's. at which all
the prizes will be distributed. As stated,
the winners of the class medals were de-
cided at the contests yesterday. d. w.
Mclaughlin won the champion class rifle
prize, his best four scores for the year be-
ing columbia target: 81, 81, Sc, 56-216.
F. o. Young missed by two ponts. his
total score being 218. In the first class F.
E. Mason captured the medal with IS, IA,
So, S2-30S. He was closely followed by
H. r. Crane with 311 and A. B. Dorrell
with 31S. E. Jacobsen won the second
class medal with 20, 70, rs. 1897. His
closest competitor was J. L. German with
800
Mr.. German, however, consoled himself,
for he won the champion pistol medal,
with 81, 80, A. 46-163 A. H. Pape was
only len points behind, or 173, and f. o.
Young made 1876. To score of 80 in ten
shots made four months ago A. Il. DorrelI
is indie bted for the hrst-class pistol prize.
His best four scores were &c. 49, So, 59-193.
1t was expected that DR.. l.. 0. Rodgers
would secure that prize with As, SO, so, 81
195, but Dorrell's 80 put the latter too far
Inn hn fnrf 80,
winner of the second-class pistol medal,
with IS. SO, Sc, 65-245. G. NJ. Bailey for
time had a chance 20 win on 262.
All day yesterday there was a redhot
fight on for the Unfred diamond medal.
As it stands at present AdoIph Strecker
leads, with 95 points in ten 3-shot scores.
d. w. Mclaughlin stands SO, having re-
duced his total points. +. 0. Young
is SO; he reduced his total points. In
the Glindemann military musket contest
Young leads with Acc points {Creedmore
county in ten scores of ten shots each; he
gained points yesterday. E. Hoyey fol-
lows with 46l, having gained point on a
score of 46.
The race in the 22-caliber rifle five-shot
contest on the 50-yard range lies between
K. Jacobson and Hovey. Jacobson forged
ahead for awhile yesterday on two points.
but Hovey brought the situation back to
two points in his favor on an eight. His
total is 80 and Jacobson's 80. A hard fight
is being made for the all-round medal for
pistol, rifle and musket presented by Cap
tain l.. Siebe. In this Young is in the lead
by several points, but it is pobody's vic
tory yet The scores made yesterday in
all the medal matches were as follows:
Rifle, 200 yards, champion class, 10 shots, CO.
lumba iarget-F. o. Young 81 DR.. L. 0. Rodgers
Ct. First class-H. r. Crane ", o. A. Bremen
70, E. Mason 49, A. B. Dorreli log. Second
~ II P1ch all I
German Ill.
Rifle, re-entry medals, Gindemann musket
medal 10 shots. Creedmore COUNT. Hovey
46. F. o. Young AZ. F. II. Bushnell 46.
Unfred diamond medal, 3 shots, Columbia
target count-A. H. Strecker IL, f. o. Young
and IL, D. W. Mclaughlin 8. A. H. Pape ID
f. H. Bushnell 20.
Pistol, SO ysrds, 10 shots, champion class
]. E. German A. c. NJ. Daiss 50, +. o. Young
81. A. H. pape % lwithdrew.) First class-F
So j E. Klein lei 100 NJ J. White, lie 50. a Gabrss
43 twiihdrawn.) Second class-C. K. Yates IS,
II. R. Crane n. F. H. Bushnell 70, H. j.
Wicker 3d. (. Jacobson "a, o. A. Bremen SO,
G. NJ Barley 80.
Re-entry matches, open to allcomers, Bland
ing medal, shots to score-C NJ. Daiss. g.
10; J. E. German. s-l2 F. .. Young, 11-l6;
Allcomers' 22-caliber rife, medal and ladies
shots, Rogers medal-E. Jacobson. 7-13-13; !
Ed Hovey, s-11.12; Mrs. M. j.. White, 49,
GIindemann's lady's trophy, 10 shots, o.
caliber rife-Mrs. c. F. Wattham 20, Mrs NJ.
j. White "a.
Revolver, shots-Captain ]. Z. Klein Al !
H. j. Wicker SO.
The German Sharpshooters were out in
goodly numbers in attendance upon their
bullseye, medal and turkey shooting col
tests. In the San Francisco Schuetzen
Verien the following were the winners,
scores being twenty shots on the German
ring target:
Champion class. A. Fl. Pape 434 rings; first
second class, not filled; third class, A.. Jung
blut 372: fourth class, J. D. Hese 1855; best
shot, j. Utschig Is; best last shot, J. D. Heise
"a.
Germania schuetzen Club, monthly medal
contest, twenty shots, German target-Cham-
pion class, first prize. Pr. L. o. Rodgers 437
rings; second prize, A. Mocker 432; first and
nell Az; fourth class. H. NJ. Vraden, 432; best
first shot, DR.. L. o. Rodgers "a; best last shot,
d. B. Faktor %.
The Norddeutscher Schuetzen Club held
bullseye snoot for cash prizes and ten
shot contest TOR Christmas turkeys. Fol-
lowing are the winners with their meas
ured points on bullseyes and their rings in
the turkey shooting match:
Bullseyes-1. O. Lemcke, 1876 points: 2, L. R.
Rtzau, 25015; 3, A. Mocker, 1856; 4, H.
vreden, 38S; 5. Jonn de W.T. 492; 6. &. Alper,
62S; z, d. saliield. 697; 9. F. Rust, 720; s, J.
L i L.
Ipsen, $50; IL, N. F. Meyer, S03; j. d. Heise,
S44; +. T. Schuster S73
Contest for turkeys-A. Mocker, 6S H. Bur-
feind, 81; G. Alpers, 66; H. HUBER, So; f. P.
Schuster, 81; H. Sitting, 60; o. Lemcke, SO;
j. Peters, So; +. Rust, 81; L. Bruno, So.
The Ticino Swiss Rife Club held its
regular shoot for monthly medals and
championship prizes. The members use
Winchester magazine hunting rifles.
Their scores of ten shots on the military
target stood:
Monthly medals-ADgeo Moresi 80, G. L.
Cormozzi 49, G. Foyada SO, S. Mores 81 Cham
pionshlp prizes-Angelo Moresi SO. G. L. Cor
mozzi 20, S. Moresi IS, g. Foyada "a.
Companies c and G (Nationals) and the
indie pendent Rifles held their regular
medal shoot. ten shots, military target.
Their scores were as follows:
Nationalist. P. Hirst SO, Busse 80, c. w.
Mueller 33. o c. Nelson 80, ]. B. Switzer IS,
&. j. Petty "a. r. ]. Dowdall SO, w. L. Fem AZ, |
J. F. Norton AZ, J. ellis 81, &. =. Phelps 81. T.
McGilvery 80 A. Z. Anderson 43, Alexander
Martin IS, A. II. Kennedy Al, C. 4. Goodell 49,
p. G. Larsen 81. d. A. Conroy 3S. H. ]. Mus
grave 40. F. +. Carson Al, w. F. Unfred 43, v.
F. Northrop 50. James Ross 81, +. ]. Povey
80. H. T Hicks ~, A. K. Vaughan 40, H. H.
Morris 80. 2. D. Butt Al, T. E. Carson ii. |
r. e. Dunbar SO, z. J. McDonald 30, w. W.