The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-19
TOURNAMENT OF CRACK SHOTS
THE INTERSTATE GUN CLUB
MATCHES HERE IN MAY.

VIII he Given Under the Manage
ment of the Forest City Gum Club.
The Tournament TO Continue Two
Days and Twenty Matches to BE
ShOt-The Prizes to BE Awarded.
The Forest City Gun Club will have the
interstate match shoot here this year, IN
der the management of the interstate as
ISOLATION. Mr.. Charles A. Lamotte has
received a letter from Mr.. Elmer +.
Shaner, manager of the Interstate Asso-
citation, asking If the Forest City club
would give a tournament. He suggested
May 10 and 20 as the dates best suited for
the association to take hold of the matter.
Mr.. Lamotte, in pursuance with his re-
quest, wired Mr.. Shaner that the club
would accept the terms he had stipulated
for the tournament, and that the dates
named would be satisfactory.
This will be the first time
that Savannah has had a contest
of such magnitude as the coming match
will be. 1t will draw crack shots from sew
eral Of the surrounding cities. Charleston
will probably send the largest delegation.
Besides Charleston, brunswick, Macon,
Atlanta and Darien are expected to send
teams
Last years interstate contest was held
at Charleston and that of the year before
a Macon. The interstate association en-
deavors as far as possible TO have those
cities which will arouse the greatest in
terest among sportsmen to take up the
contests. Here in Savannah with such
large and popular club as the Forest City,
1t is very likely that a very successful
tournament will be shot
The club has decided upon ten matches
supplemented by 500 each day by the club.
In this way handsome string of purses
will be hung up to be shot down.
1t is probable that the Rose" system
Will be used in dividing the purses. This
system is now being used generally, and
possesses some fine points of advantage
over the old per cent. style of division. 1t
satisfies the contestants much better than
the old method. It's effectual stopping of
what IS known i'm shooting parlance as
dropping for place. is one thing that
commends the Rose" system strongly,
and insures better records Irrespective
Of the standing of the other contestants,
shoots the more he gets.
The club has been accustomed to begin
its seasCn about April 10, but this year,
in view of the interstate match, it will
start earlier probably about March /. 1t
is the desire of the clubs crack shots to
get in a plenty of practice before the
meet.
Besides the interstate match there will
be several others which the club will go
IN Tor tbs season. The Palmetto Club
of Charleston will be anxious to get back
a the + crest Citys on account of the de-
feat administered by the latter last year.
Tie opportunity will be afforded and the
contest will probably be arranged to so
on on alternate weeks.
The E. c. Powder Company has offered
a silver cup to be shot for by the Palmetto
and Forest City clubs. Mr.. N, E. Money
the company's representative, offered the
cup to the Palmetto Club. whose secretary
wrote Mr.. Lamotte about the matter The
cup vii be accepted by the two clubs, and
by the end of the season il will grace the
quarters of one or the other.