The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-12
RIFLENEN SHOOT IN THE SUN.
GOOD SCORES MADE IN THE INDI-
VIDUAL MATCHES.


Excellent Score on the Pistol Tar
get-The Washington and New
Jersey Men VIII Contest with the
Georgia Team To-day for the
Handsome DeRenne Trophy.
Teams Picked for the RegimentaI
Match.
The rifle matches under the auspices CT
the Savannah Military Rife Range AssoS
citation began at AvOndale range yester-
day morning. No team matches were shot
and the day was devoted entirely to indi-
vidual matches, which win continue dur
ing the week. and to practice shooting.
II the weather was hot in the city IL
was scorching out at the range. With no
shelter for the shooters, standing, sitting
and lying with the baking sun shining
down upon them, as they took aim and
fired, it was indeed a terrible strain, and
when the day was ended there was not
man who was not thoroughly tagged out.
The northern men. especially, felt the
heat, as they have just come from a eli
mate where the weather was cold enough
for Overcoats.
OF course, the heat had a great deal TO
do with the shooting and the scores, as the
resultant fatigue and nervousness makes
good shooting very difficult. There was
little or no wind, and the rifemen were
not troubled on that score.
The shooting began about 1890. The
District OF Columbia team, numbering
fourteen men, and the New Jersey team
of ten men were all out but they did no
shooting in the matches. Most of the day
was spent in practicing and getting used
to the ranges.
The matches in which the shooting be-
gan were all individual. which will run
during the week. Entry tickets are sold
for these matches, the holders of which
can shoot as many times as they have
uckels. Inc best scores made by any indi-
Vidual during the week will be selected
and the prizes awarded accordingly. The
matches begun We're the AVOndale, the
Au-Comers, the Theus medal the Barlow
memorial and the Gordon.
IN the Avondale match, seven shots at
JW yards; position prone, head towards
target, the following scores were made:
W. q. Austin, Savannah. 80, Is, 49, 81, 49,
81, 81 30; Capt. J. +. Cline, New Jersey,
In the Barlow Memorial match F. C.
wilson made score which. If beaten
VIII be won by an exceedingly high score.
Ihls match was at 200 and 800 yards, seven
shots at each distance. Mr.. Wilson's
score was at 200 yards, "a; at 300 yards, 80:
total 81. This score is a big one, and the
i
of match.
In the Gordon match ]. G. Nelson made
phenomal score. At 200 yards he made
30, this being ten consecutive bulls-eyes.
This score is the best that has been made
on the range a 200 yards with the military
rifle. Mr.. Nelson made II and A. out of
possible So In this match w. G. Harrison
scored AZ and 40; Henry HcAlDin scored ~
", A; and 4Oi j. 7. Shuptrine made AZ. The
conditions of this match are the three best
scores of ten shots 2O0 va
In the all-comers match c. s. Richmond
had the only score turned in, though there
were other trials. Mr.. Richmond made Sc
out OF possible 20. At 200 yards 81 at 800
yards, %, total. 66.
In the bulls-eye matches there were 81
bulls eyes made, as follows: At 200 wards
yards, 7. The bulls eyes are open during
the week. Tickets emitting the holder to
one shot at any bulls-eye target are sold
at 10 cents each. Each competitor making
a Dull s-eye VIII receive a bull s-eye ticket
and at the close of firing each evening, a
part of the pool receipts will be divided
pro rata among those making bull s-eyes.
In those matches where more than one
distance Is shot from the scores from all
alStance must be made the same day.
{. 5: Richmond made phenomenal
score in the revolver match at thirty
yards. He made As, At, AZ, 46, 49, As This
IS the same score as that on which Mr.
Rlchmond won the revolver match at
seagirt last year. against sixty odd COM
petitors, when he defeated the famous
Paine brothers, the champion pistol shots
or the world, who recently won the re-
YoIver match at the Olympian games in
Greece. Mr.. Richmond made the scores
Wltnn an hour after he began to shoot
Inc visiting riflemen are one and ALI
dehghted with the range, and they ex-
pressed themselves as well pleased win
everything. Gen. Spencer SAYS he has
seen all OF the fine ranges, and that Avon
dale can compare with any of them. He
said 1t is way ahead of anything in the
SOUTH ana II grass can be grown on the
range IT will be as fine as could be de-
sired. Gen. Spencer regretted that his
team was not complete, but Just at this
time, he said, 1t was hard for business
men to get away from their business. ana
all. my OaH'e at
They appreciated so much howave,
the efforts of the Savannah military ana
their enterprise in sending A team 70 60 gu
grit that they made extra efforts To come
down. " " COlHe
d The DeRenne trophy match and the
d d.es Ism eaT Team match will be shot to-
Gay. Inc DeRenne match will be shot et
zUO, SO and 800 yards, seven shots a. 80 a.
oIa e' f me contesting teams will be
one oil IRON from georgia and one made up of
SIX from the District of Columbia taoU,
and six from the New Jersey riaar oSri
me Following will compose the Georeia,
y 5eaI MI, capt IT,, George T. Cam, Lieut. II
g. wilson, Thomas Hunter. ]. G. NeIsop
Lieut.. A. Minis, II. E. Wilson. W q H.
NJ y. +. w Rltea "; G. Austin. Cant.
4 g ? P R5sh5erg nc C. s. Richmond and CAPT.
q I
Shuptrine, ]. D. Miller, Lieut. Henri M, L.
Alpin and r. c. Fetzer, Jr. NJ
Inc other team VIII be, from, tho nj.
trict OF Columbia: Lieut. A. o. Huf+arIS,
Lieut.; e. L. Graham, Sergt. J. M SLY
art, Corpl NJ. Appleby, Corpi. +. p S S1rm-
ton ton, Private e. Cook, and from 1dI tbe
New Jersey team: Gen Bird w Snano me
Maj. d. A. Currie, Capt. w " pSIori[r'
capt, J. +. Cline, Lieut. A. s Jopes "a a X;
Sergt. Charles Chinn. . 'oHes and
Inc following teams will comna+o t.,
the Regimental match: The Georgie = Ir,, ~
sars; c s.. Richmond, Thomas ~ I4,, nus
tel and A. Minis; the Savannah T-o5, os-
Seer GUARDS: Messrs. H. E. Wilson y Giu n
mercer, ". Il. Austin, R. M Sc,e -, -
George L. Cam and F. c. Wilsao E 1,
New Jersey team viii most TkeIV he ne ne
same as that Which shoots in tb oe me me
E Eenne trophy match. The Disfr'ct De
G toina team in this match viii ~ ~ Il
Appleby, w. w. Cookson, @ '" ~ ~ pe ~
y; 2, Young, A. o. Hutterly and TITooK'
OF the, work of the Wasbingtor p,e.
Star says: mo " dshlngtOn
Leut. A. o. Hutterly, probably &c CO.,
an al-round shot as there is in fbe Il 1900 5000
states his feat last year in rnaItin.CC .iled
zen pull s-eyes out of twenty She's i IN
sklrmish run being as fine a ra 60 On a
can De found. Cartafnlvr -SSoAu as