The San Francisco call., 1897-02-22
MILITARY MARKSMEN.
A Large Gathering OF Riflemen at
the Shell Mound Shooting
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The military shots were out in large
numbers at the Shell Mound rife range
Yesterday and number of good scores
were made. The coming match of 100
men to side between the First and Fifth
regiments is keeping the musket shots
alive 10 their work. Soon after the team
of the First won the victory over the
Hawaiian National Guard the best men
of the Fifth came to the front and chal-
lenged the winners for contest under
similar conditions. The challenge was
taken up upon the condition that the
event should not take place until some
time in the spring. The reason Tor the
delay was that it would be too great tax
TO call upon the men of the First to pre-
pare for u second match so soon after the
first was shot off.
For all the promised delay the men from
both regiments are showing much inter
est in rife practice and under the surface
there is no doubt some quiet preparations
being made to qualify with the chosen
one hundred. While there was but
small representation of Company l. of the
First, still the scores were good. as here
seen:
Captain Eggert 43, Sergeant Goertzhain 43.
Z. J. Leary "a, II. q. Lehman 80, J. Lawler
80, sergeant Grundman 43, j. s. Lehman 80.
Company A of the Fifth of Oakland sent
a good delegation 10 the range. This COM
pany really has two matches on its hands
at the present time, both with Company
q of the Fifth Of Alameda. The condi-
tions are fifteen men to the team, ten shots
to each man. The teams are to shoot for
purse of $50. The first match will take
place on the first Sunday in March at the
Park-street range, Alameda, and the re-
turn match will be shot at Shell Mound
on the third Sunday in March. Company
AS score yesterday stood as follows:
S. Yost %, F. NJ. Magill a. Sergeant McCor-
mick As, +, W. Peterson 80, G. A. Langford 35,
&. w. Brown "a, Corporal Moore %, Corporal
Littlefield 81 King SO, Grismore 81, Smith
81. Ta.l AZ, Lieutenant Z. Hunt 81, J. c. Ellis
81, Z. PuckeIt 43 q. E. POulter So, II. Kohler
50, A. Jahpigan Al, Sergeant w. Downie A,
w Dickers0n IS, ParritL 80, S. A. Puckett Al
Sergeant Strong al, DepOy %, Sergeant BrIer
40, Fellows 80, Captain Poulter Al, Sergeant
c. H. Ellis 81, Lieutenant Vaughn As, Brink
40, RI. Behrend 20 Z. Brown II, J. g. Bergner
81, g. w. Puckett 40.
Company F of the Fifth was also well
repre- sented on the range. Some of their
scores were up to the average, as shown by
the annexed:
F. Schulz 80, L. Moreno SO, Corporal ]. G.
Carney 81, +. Parker So, "A. Harbridge 35, w.
T. Blskeey d 49, W. IobSd scott So R"Tfy SS
40, Captain q. Ii. Wethem SO, Sergeant C. c.
Coyalt AZ, Il. Parson 40, A. J. Hartford 81, W.
Rowe Al, j. NJ, H. morse 81,
| Corporal A. w. Blakeley 81, G. Hanson 80, G.
NickersOn 40, Corporal |: Swanson 33, Ser
geant H. F. Bennett so. w. Sears 81, F. How
land Al, P. Whaite SO, z. Q. Williams 3S, a.
E p Vel s SO, W. p. Griffin 81, Mcmillan 27
II. Gerrish IL, F. Waters 5, Bray %, R. S.
Nudge 81, A. F. Hanson 81, ]. Brewis 33, F. W.
Miller 81, Corporal NJ. D. Bird 80, C. P. Griffin
27, D. c. Preston "a, ]. Gent 80, J. Lutgen 35
Lieutenant W. h. Cobbledick AZ, E. W. DAVIS
%, Heffermann 6. A. n. Brewis A. F. Mitchell
80, Stevenson 81: Wenk 40, W. }. Wilson 33,
Ballister IS, j. Clark 10, G. w. Crew 10, J.
Magennis 43.
The Knights of the Red Branch Rifles
held practice shoot with the following
results:
Sergeant David Russell 40, Corporal j. J.,
Rogerson Al, James Smith AZ, S. NJ. Cox 20,
NJ. Lane 25 z. Donahue "a, J. j. Loughrey 33,
John Green 4o ", ?: Harmon 27. James
Lieutenant Mannix &c. P. j. Marion 10.
Aside from the regular monthly medal
shoot of Company b (City Guard) of the
First Regiment, there was an interesting
private match among six of the best shots
| in the company. The conditions were
fifty shots to each man for purse OF $25
the winner to pay Tor French dinner for
| the crowd. Charles Perry won the match
| were 10 George HERMAN POT, C. Lindecker
19S, Captain Filmer 215, +, Peppin 199
| G. Claussenius 212. The company scores
were as follows:
J.B. Wear 40. G. Heinzman AZ, c. Perry a.,
c. Lindecker 81. F. w. Taylor 40. C. H. Taylor
| %, J. Miller 81, Z: G. Cordell 80, G. Bell IL,
| w. L. Overstreet 81, H. B. Sullivan so, Captain
| George Filmer 49, E L. Filmer 43, A. Z. a p
| thorpe SO, q. Ungerman 80, W. H. King 40, Z.
| B. Peppiu 80, A. McCulloch SO, S. Roberts %,
| F. E. Hawley "a, Woods 81, D. S. Briggs 80. l.,
r. Townse nd 40, George Ciaussenius AZ, w. N.
Kelly 81.