The San Francisco call., 1896-10-06
Los Angeles Marksmen Beaten
in the Contest Because
of a Balk.
GoLcHER CUP GOES TO NORTON
Haas Of Stockton First in the In.
dividual tch-Close of the
Tournament.

meet OF the California lnan1mate Target
Association closed this afternoon after
two days of exciting Individual and team
contests. The crowd of spectators upon
the shooting grounds was not as large as
that of Sunday, but the interest in the
contests was much greater.
The team shoot for the Association
championship medal was the principal
event of the day, and the result of this
contest aroused much feeling among the
marksmen. In the regular team shoot
the Olympic Gun Club of San Francisco
scored SO birds out of possible ITO. This
score was not eQualed until the Los
Angeles Gun CLUB came before the traps.
This club from the start did some fine
steady shooting, and 1T was predicted be-
fore more than one-half OF the 120 birds
had been fired at that it would equal the
Olympic score.
When Leighton leveled his gun at his
thirteenth bird, another bird from an adj
joining trap crossed his target. This
happened as he was about to pull his trig-
ger, and owing to momentary CONFUSION
he shot wild. He claimed balk and the
judges allowed it and gave him another
bird, which he broke.
No protest was entered against this
until after all the shots had been fired,
when it was found that the Los Angeles
team had broken 100 bluerocks and Sc
cured the highest score. The members of
the Olympic team then entered protest
and asked an opinion from the tourna-
ment committee.
This committee decided that the balk
should not have been allowed and de-
clared the Los Angeles team score to be
80, or a tie with the Olympic Club.
Against this decision the Los Angeles
men rebelled, claiming that the decision
of the judges was final unless the
Olympic team had protested against
allowing the balk at the time it
was claimed to have been made and then
taken an appeal to the committee If the
decision was objected to. The Los An
geles team positively refused to accept the
score as a tie and to accede to the order
to shoot again for the association cham
pionship trophy, which was accordingly
awarded to the Olympic team.
The latter team went before the traps
and shot at twenty birds each, registering
a score of LOG, or the highest of the day.
The Los Angeles team was awarded the
second money prize.
The contest for the Golcher cup mar
rowed down to eight men, who tied each
other with score of 19 each in the Sec
ond event Those contesting in the shoot
Nauman, F. Vernon, Balkwill, Ditz,
Chappell and Pedler. Norton made 20
straight breaks and won the trophy.
The contest for the association indi-
vidual championship medal in the third
event resulted in tie between G. w.
Hinkle of Visalia and G. ]. Haas of the
Stockton Athletic Association, who made
clean scores of 20 each. In the shoot-of
Haas broke 10 birds and Hinkle IL. Haas
was awarded the medal.
The following made clean scores in the
20-blrd events: c. Merrill, c. ]. Haas (2),
Andrus, q. w. Hinkle g. Ditz, r. Coy
kendall, f. B. Norton.
In the 15-bird contests clean scores were
made by G.. Hinkle, G. G. Nauman. G. a.
Haight, DR.. w. S. George, w. H. Varien,
C. Carr, ]. Ross G. Leighton, ]. Jeffrey
and 81. Justines.
The scores of the members of the teams
in the club contests for the championship
trophy follow:
Lincoln of Oakland-Burns IL, McDuff IL,
E. Forster u, Robertson 16, Murdock 16,
Garden City-R. Coykendall 20, G. H. Ander-
son 27, f. Holmes Is, J. Delmas Jr. IA, J. Car
roll 15, A. III. Barker 16. Total, 95.
Reliance, Oakland-Tubbs Is, Norton IL,
e. SsaTsI Baker IHGGoas f5 tots 81 TO- olsen
San joaquin valley-o. N. Judy 16, Wood 13,
IA; total SO.
Monterey-varien IA, Carr IL. Gunzendorfer
16, Few IL, Works II, NOVEL; IL; total 80.
STOCKTON AIuleLlC INSTRUMENTATION o., r.
Merrill 16, Winders 13, Mccoy II, C. Merrill
Is, Haas 10: total 90.
Antioch-Durham1 10, Altzer 10, Proctor 1s,
Taylor 10, Remfree IL, Ross 10; total 80.
Empire-Allison 15, Judd IL. Mendenhau
II, Hauxhurst IL, Reker 10, Ellington l6;
total 81.
stockton Gun Club-Balkwin 10, Ralph II,
Ditz IL, Payne IL, Ellis IL, Loujers IL. Total,
95
Olympic San Francisco-A. Feudner IS, Fan
ming 10, Webb 10; Nauman IL, Haight 10, F.
Feudner Ia. Total, 90.
The Los Angeles team Individual score
was lost uDon the grounds during the ex-
citement incident to the decision of the
protest against their score.
The scores in the fist, second, third,
fourth, sixth and seventh events were as
follows: