The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-25
BUT ONE EXPRESSION
They ALI Say the Tournament Has
Been a Success.
THE TWOHY-FlSK CONTEST
1 sa Pretty Piece of Work and
d the Attention and Admira-
N of the Spectators Those
Who Are Entitled to Credit.

N OF the spectators ''OSS
Who Are Entitled to Credit.
Missoula, May 24-There is but one ex-
preston from all of the men that haNe
attended the tournament OF the State
Sportsmen's association, and that is tnat
the tournament has been a success. Inc
attendance has been larger than at any
previous meeting of the kind in the state
and the shooters have taken more act
IKE part than usual. The result mas peeh
that the events have all been well con-
tested and the interest has been more
general. The trial of the Ross system OF
scoring has caused difference OF opih-
ion among the shooters, but the majority
seem 10 favor the new method. II is not
so good for the crack shots as the OLD
percentage system, but IL gives the aN-
erage shooters better show ana the Dest
endorsement that IL could have is tne lact
that there were but few OF the men VINO
shot at all who did not stay throughout
the whole tournament. The visitors have
EXPRESSED themselves as grained Dy the
treatment that they have received from
the members of the local CLUB anu the
Missoula men deserve credit Tor the man
ner In which they have conducted the al
fair Much of the credit of the success OF
the tournament is due to the secretary.
Will Cave and the field captain, Charles
Searles. They have been unremitung In
their efforts TO provide for the comfort OF
the visitors and for the success OF the
meeting. The result has been that they
have not had much chance to shoot, but
when they have they have made a good
showing. In the team shoot yesterday al
ternoon Captain Searles took time to do
little shooting and his work won the
prize for the Missoula team and won for
himself the individual prize for the best
single score When he had done this he
ri RtaF nj
field and the tournament went on. He
showed the boys what he could do II he
was forced. His management of the Held
has been excellent and he has neglected
his personal interests to help the thing
along.
The contest between Messrs. Fisk and
Twohy for the championship of the state
will live long in the memories of those
who had the good fortune TO see IL and
Will remain as one of the notable features
of the tournament that closed this even
ing. 1t was as good a race as was ever
seen anywhere. Mr.. Fisk has seen many
contests on the ranges and has been a
victor in most of them, but he was never
in one that was a better one than the one
yesterday He is too old a veteran to take
his defeat otherwise than gracefully and
he was among the first to congratulate
Mr.. Twohy. To Standard man last even
Twohy too much credit for the work that
ne did in the shoot to-day. lie deserves
a great deal. His nerve was phenomenal
and | was surprised that he held IL
through the shoot-off. He knew that |
had a good record for shoot-offs. and he
was not at all ratified In all the time that
j have been shooting l have never be-
fore been defeated in a shoot-off but
once. This think makes Mr.. Twohy's
work all the more remarkable and | feel
satisfied that he earned his victory" The
crowd that watched the contest was not
partial in its applause but bestowed 1t
freely upon both of the men when a good
shot was made. There has been a spirit
of good fellowship all through the Sour-
nament, and IL prevailed at this time. The
crowd was made up OF men who are
sportsmen If they are not all shooters.
and they recognize good work when they
see 1t. and they saw IL then.
The general average prizes were some
what of a surprise to all hands. In the
list of those who got away with these
prizes are some names that are new in
the tournament reports and the names of
some of the old favortes are not there
Mr.. Smith, who won the first prize, has
been one of the most constant shooters
in the tournament. and his record of
over 50 per cent. of his bi. DIS killed is
good one. 1t was expected that the name
of A. j. Fisk would be well up in the list
Ii always is. Menard carried away the
honors of the averages for Missoula and
Tom Clark was the man that kept the
Bitter Root colors to the fore. lie and
Williams did well and the reputation of
the Stevensville club did not suffer i'm
their hands. They shot all the time and
they shot well. Anaconda came in for
some of the honor. Twohy. Dennison and
Bartlett being in the list one of the best
IN . lgznl hat hag Falg
tournament is Hoohan of Wallace, and
he deserves the prize that he won for
his average. For some reason Conley did
not do as well as usually in the blue rock
shoots and his name is not as far up In
the list as his friends would wish But
he does not seem TO worry much about II.
He knows that he can shoot II he has
10 and his trophy will be the property OF
member of his club for the next year
Percy Kenneth has had trouble with his
eyes and this accounts in a great meas
ure for his failure 10 do his usual good
work in the blue rocks events this year
There were several of the events when
the light on the birds was bad and il took
man with good eyes 10 see the birds.
The programme yesterday was carried
out with rush and there was no hitch
in the arrangements. The regular event,
for the day were finished. and as no tru,
sportsman would leave the grounds Will,
IL was light enough TO see, specia
event was arranged and shot. IL was al
Is blue rocks. s. to enter. There were L
entries and the score was:
W. Nes, II; Conley. Il; Denison. u: Bar
bour, S: ]. Neu, II. Ware 10: MCGOWAN
y; Brownlee. Z: Menard. 10. Holohan. Il
Williams. IS; Browning. u; Brayton, 6
W. Hills, 10; Lemley. 4; j. Evans. 10
Searles. T.
Williams took 1880 as first money
Holohan. second. $50: Ware, third. s. q
Denison. MCGOWAN. Browning and Searle
fourth, 60 cents each.
The Distributing station.
Missoula, May 2f-The distributing sta
tion Of the electric light works in the oil