The herald., 1897-11-07
First Day of the Gun Club
Tournament
SOME GOOD SCORES MADE
THE WIND INTERFERES WITH
THE SHOOTERS
An Average of 81 Per Cent Made by
Leighton-The Official Score.
Today's Events

day's shooting of the fifth semi-annual
tournament of the Los Angeles Gun club
was not large, the results of the nine
contests which composed the days
events were most satisfactory. The
prediction that some of the best shooting
ever seen in this city would be had was
more than verified All day long the
crack trap shots in this part of the
state endeavored to win the liberal
purses which had been hung out by the
club, and in none of the contests was
there any marked superiority of one
contestant over another. When the
averages for the day were compiled it
was found that there were half score
who were high enough to be considered
factors in the finals, which will decide
The average score to be shot today.
Leighton led in the days shooting, his
average being 81 per cent, which means
that he hit nine out of every ten birds
shot at, and sometimes did even better.
Vaughan was second, with an average
of 80 per cent, and the others were closely
punched between IS per cent and
Vaughan's percentage. There are three
events on today's program which will
count in the determination of the final
averages, and in these close contest is
expected.
The shooting began at o'clock, with
twelve sportsmen lined up at thefraps.
There We're only five traps, and the
matches had to be divided. Six men
lid their shooting at a time, there be-
ing one man at each trap and one extra
man. The contestants fired alternately
at each of the traps, the man at No.
going to No. 2 after his first shot. and the
extra man taking his place. Vaughan
started out like champion. He had
entered all the events of the day, and
during the first two events he made
perfect score. 1t was not until he had
broken thirty-siX buerocks that he
made a miss, his thirty-seventh bird be-
ing a twster thrown low in such man.
ner that it was hardly possible to break
it.
Leighton made almost perfect scores
in four of the events, and Van Nalken-
burg in two. Councilman Blanchard
alone made a perfect score at twenty
birds, scoring that number in the last of
the days events.
The score does not disclose just how
| good the shooting was, for the wind was
| so strong that to make the scores re-
corded required more skill than is needed
| in matches where weather and condi
tions are perfect The wind arose soon
after the shooting began. and had it
been a steady blow the contestants could
have made allowance for it. AS it
was. it came in gusts, and often the
birds We're caught by it and whrled
through the air cork-screw fashion. 1t
was nearly dark before the shooting was
concluded The days score, showing
the disposition made of the money. is as
follows:
THE OFFICIAL SCORE
First event. ten singles-First money
Vaughan, Schank, Leighton. 10 each: sec
ond. Blades. Bruner. Packard. Tufts,
each: third, Van Vakenburg and Menasco
s EACH fourth. Blanchard, :.
Second event fifteen singles-First
Vaughan and Schank, Is EACH second,
Leighton. Packard and Blanchard, IA each
third. Van Vakenburg and Menasco. 13
each; fourth, Blades, Bruner and Tufts,
l2 each.
Third event. fifteen singies-First. Van
Valkenburg, Blades. Vaughan ami Leigh
ton, II each: second. Packard and Menasco,
1S each: third. Bruner, Tufts and Blanch-
ard. IL each: fourth, Schank, ?.
Fourth event. fifteen singles-First,
Ralphs, Il: second. Van Valkenburg.
Blades Bruner. Packard. Blanchard and
Menasco. II each; third. Vaughan and
Leighton. 12 each; fourth Tufts. II.
Fifth event, fifteen singles-First
Vaughan. Is: second. Leighton. Blanchard.
and Menasco. II each: third, Van Valken-
burg. 13; fourth Blades, Ralphs and Pack
ard. Il each.
sixth event, twenty singles-First. Leigh
ton. 70: second, Blades. Blanchard and
Vaughan. Is EACH third. Schank and
Ralphs Il each: fourth, Van Nalkenburg
and Packard. Is each.
Seventh event. twenty singles-First,
Leighton. -: second, Blanchard. IS: third,
Van Valkenburg. Blades. Vaughan. Ralphs
and Bruner Il each: fourth. Schank and
Menasco, 16 each.
Eighth event. twenty singles-First.Nan
Va,kenburg ~: second. Bruner. IS: third.
Blades. Schank. Leighton. Packard and
Menasco. Il each; fourth, Ralphs, IS.
Ninth event. twenty singles-First,
Blanchard 20. second. Vaughan, 10: third.
Leighton. Bruner and Blades. IS each;
fourth. Menasco. Il.
TODAY'S EVENTS
There are six events on the program
for today. three of them being cham
ponstip shoots. The first three events
are two matches each at fifteen singles
and one or twenty DlfuS. L HeH Will LUZ
low the two men team championship
shoot for the $50 cup offered by the 4.
C. Powder company. The entrance fee
has been placed at 81. and the entrance
money. the trophy and s. added money
goes to the team making the highest
score.
The five men team championship shoot
will follow. In it the prize is the Los
Angeles Gun club trophy and the en-
trance fee is $3.50, the money and the
trophy going with the best score.
The most important event of the
tournament comes last on the program
for today. 1t is the contest for the indi
vdual championship of Southern Cali
fornia and the 800 diamond medal Of
fered by the club. The match is at fifty
birds and the medal, money and cham
pionship will go to the maker of the
highest score. AS these events are
open until the shooting begins it can
not be stated just who the contestants
will be. The shooting today begins at
$3.50 o'clock.