The San Francisco call., 1896-02-24

the usual Sunday attractions that rival
rife and pistol shooting, and none were
sorry that they attended. The new Co.
lumbia target, with Old Glory the flag that
indicates q center snot, is increasing in
favor and more flags being shown over the
bulkheads indicate an increase in prof
CT ency in craftsmanship. The secretary
Of the club, F. o. Young, who originated
the new target, Is constantly receiving let
tiers from those who have tried and are
satisfied with the principles involved.
Yesterday the cash priZe-winners for the
month were announced by the president,
DR.. L. o. Rodgers. Formerly the
highest scores for the month won the
prizes but now ii is the most flags that
count each flag indicating that the inch
circle, or one, in the center of the bulls
eye has been pierced.
On the rife range the winners were: Dr.
Rodgers with two flags; William Climber
mann, three flags; D. W. Mclaughlin,
two flags; F. 0. Young, one flag, and A.
Gefkin. one-fag.
a. Strecker, one of the champion Cali
fornia rifle shots, who won honors and
prizes in the East last year, IS making a
royal struggle for the beautiful and valua-
bic Upfred diamond medal, the winner OF
which must have the ten highest three
shot scores of the season. Strecker is in
the LEAD so far with scores OF 9, 9, 10, u, y,
,13, 49, IL, IA, IA.
The rife scores made yesterday were as
follows:
Unfred diamond medal-A. strecker 8, D. W
Mclaughlin 9 and 8, DR.. Rodgers II, F. o.
Young IL. w. Glindermann u.
All-comers' l0-shot rife record medal-Dr.
Rodgers 67.
On the pistol range-ffty yards-the
markers were kept very busy. The beau
tifuI medal recently presented to the clubs
by Gordon Blandng excited the adm ira
aN<NNo 4, Il
there was considerable lively shootin for
high scores, which viii count before the
next year Charles NJ. Daiss went to the
head of the list with score OF 3 points,
closely followed by J. E. German with g..
Within the past three years Daiss, whose
picture appears IN this issue, showing him
in his characteristic shooting position, has
won much honor as a pistol shot. Twice
he has won medals presented by Mr.. Bland
ing and he has determined to win the
third before quitting. His favorite fire.
arm is lO-inch 22-caliber Stevens, using
the long rnn fire rife cartridge.
The following are the winners OF cash
prizes on flags for the past monIn on the
50-yard range.
Pistol-C. NJ. Daiss, 5 flags; f. o. Young, 2;
RiAe> 22-csiiber-E Hovey, = nags; Mrs.
Crane, /; P. Bohr, /; F. o. Young, 1.
The following scores were made in the
50-yard range:
Pistol. Blanding medal open TO all comers-
G NJ Daiss 8, J. E. German 8, +. o. Young IL,
DIR. I. o. Rodgers II, NJ. J. White 70. Z. Trudo
Diamond pistol medal, ten shots-Dr. L. o.
Rodgers 49,
Rfae, 22-caliber all corners, so yards-A. B.
Darrell IS, NJ. J. White 10, F. o. Young IL.
The German sharpshooters were out In
fulI force and many excellent scores were
made. The San Francisco Schuetzen
Verein's monthly bullseye shoot was for
twenty cash prizes. The winners ana their
records on the black disk are as follows:
First prize-H Huber, 2o9; second-F. Atze-
roth. 227: thfrd-H Stilling, 276; fourth
George III. Bahrs, 436; ffth-H- Prien, 49o ;
sixth-H Hellberg, 469; SEVENTH; oe VIII,
505; eighth-Otto Lemcke. SOC; ninth-Chef5les re
Thierbach, $50; tenth-A. Braunlng, 3oo )
eleventh-H. Wicker. $50; twelfth. Z. Rust,
577; thirteenth-F. p. Schuster, 63Z TOUR
teenth-A. II. Pape, 65S; ffteenth-H d. bur
fiend. 677; Sixteenth. G. Waller, I3o, seH-
enteenth-D. b. Faktor, 822; eighteentnLh.
Finking, S34; nineteenth-Wllliam Glindel-
mann, 576 twentietn-George Helm, $40.
The Germans Schuetzen CLUBS monthly
bullseye shoot for ten cash prizes resulted
as follows:
First-Dr L. o. Rodgers, q o second-R. Fink
ing, 1856; thIrd-H. J. Wicker, 3S4; fourth-W.
Calves, 4S0; fiftk-A. Browning. 525; sixth
c. Thierbach, 6S1; seventh-M. Ahrens, 6oI;
eIghth-F p. Schuster 760; ninth-J..de Witt,
76o; tenth-D. B. Faktor, 800.
The Norddeutscher Schuetzen Verein's