The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-27
SCHUETZEN KING.
The Honor Was Conferred
Upon Schmidt at the
Schuetzen Fest Yes
terday.
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BUSY SEASON FOR RIFLEMEN
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Bicycle Entries for New Jersey
Games-Arboret Council Has
a Wheel Club-Pavonias'
Regatta.

Tomorrow the New York Central Corps
and the Hoboken Independent Corps will
occupy the ranges at Union Hill, Schuet-
zen Park for the regular monthly inter
club competition. There are a number of
clever marksmen and they experience
considerable rivalry in trying to beat the
members of the sister society.
The Hoboken City Schuetzen Corps, Cap
tain Henry Erxmeyer, has issued a pro-
gramme announcing ITS annual shooting
festival. The prize list should draw well
as the organization is very liberal with
Its prizes, The tournament will be held
at the Union Hill Schuetzen Park, June
Is and 16. The shooting will be open to
all corners, and will begin at one O'Clock
and close at six on the first day and from
ten A. M. to six p. M. on the second day.
The tickets will be unlimited. The first
ticket will be 81 and following ones 81.
The first prize will he $40, second SIS,
third so and nine others. Two best tick
cts will count for the first three prizes.
The shooting masters will be John B.
Holstein and Cornelius Burger.
The meeting of the George Schlicht
Rife Club was held last night at the club
range in West New York, and the North
Hudson rifemen displayed considerable
cleverness in handling the gun. Many
creditable records were made at rs feet.
The champions medal was won by the
standard bearer, with a record of 241. The
scores were:-George Schlicht, PAL; w.
Prosser, 236; Louis Dorr, 224; A. Ahles,
229; W. Last, POI; George Sheath, 23S; H.
Aufderhefde. 239; w. Vanderbech, 2N;
George Mausman, 1893; George Dorr, 237;
August Trabout, 30; William Ahles, 22O;
c. Schlicht, 220; A.. Alderman, 232; C.
Meyer, 236.
At the last regular medal shoot of the
Herman Rifle Club the target pluggers
made these scores:-G. w. Graf, 237; E.
Handke, 236; A. StolI, 235; N. Dohmer 234;
N. Newman, 234; T. Schmidt, 232; A. Kon-
Ter, 225: J. Kehrwald, 222; G. Reich, 216.
The members are getting in trim for the
two days tournament which begins Fri
day night and expect to give the visiting
marksmen a hard fight for the prizes.
The Cottage Rifle Club member spend
a great deal of time in practice on the
range at Westside avenue and expect to
participate in some OF the leading tourna-
nrents during the summer. on the long
range. At the last meeting the monthly
medal shoot was held, and the trophy was
80. The contest was close and s. j. Rus
sell, 234; G. L.. Pinney, 234, and j. Miller.
"a. gave him a close race for the prize.
~ y, Chamberlain made 2s3; James Hughes,
Cover, 221. and E.. Benson. POI.
Oscar Boyce, of the Excelsior Rufe
Club won honors on the range Monday
in the tournament of the Helvetian So
ciety a. South River. n. ], where the
local shooter captured the first prize, a
ten-dollar gold piece in a plush case on
the German ring target and third money
on the champions target.
The Hoboken Independent Schuetzen
Corps participated in its eleventh annual
shooting festival at he Union Hill Schuef-
zen Park yesterday, which attracted over
4,0o0 people during the day and evening.
The contests with the rifle were most in
terestlng,. and the event was never more
successful. William Forkel made the
hignest score on the honor target. but as
prevented his being crowned king of the
Iest, and the honor was conferred BY
MISS Lille Basse upon Henry w. Schmidt
who was second high, with So. lit was a
lively day fer the ~Schuetzens. The bowl
Cordts won the first prize, John Schu-
mann, second; Gustav Dobleri, third and
Bernard Buck, fourth. In the ladies' con-
Iest, MRS; Bodenstein captured first prize;
Mrs Stellman, second; Mrs. H. Cordts'
thlrd. and Mrs. E. Renm, fourth.
The prize winners at the butts were-
.Medal target-Captain Bergman, 10; A..
a 81; Lambert Schmidt, SO; A.. Pet
Prize target-Michael Dohler, II; P. Col
81; George Plasted, 81.
All-Comers' Medal Target-T,ambert
Schmidt So; Captain Berckman, 66.
Honor target-William Forkel, 60: II.
w Schmidt, So; A.. Peters, 81.
George Schlirhf 81 ~