The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-10
CONTEST FOR THE DIAMOND MED
AL IN THE GUN CLUB TOUR
NEY INTERRUPTED.
CALLED TOO LATE IN THE DAY.
LAST SIX DOUBLES TO BE SHOT TO-
DAY DESPITE SPATLEY'S
PROTEST..
RESULTS OF THE OTHER EVENTS
Morrison Maintains the High Aver
age Lead-Team Shoot Was
Good.

The trap shooting Of the annual
tournament Of the st. Paul Gun club
at the fair grounds yesterday was by
far the most interesting of the three
days given over to the marksmen,
though poor management in putting
off the match for the state champion
ship and diamond medal prevented the
conclusion Of the most important event
Of the shoot and caused considerable
discussion among the competitors re-
garding an equitable settlement Of the
championship. The event was the last
on the programme and only the single
birds had been shot, when dusk de-
soended. The contest continued, how
ever with the double birds scarcely
observable until heavy fall of rain
further delayed matters. After a short
wait the marksmen faced the rain and
the first squad had finished all but the
last three pairs when darkness made
further shooting impossible. When 1t
was decided to postpone the event
until today, most of the competitors
who had not made the best showings
favored new trials at the last six pairs,
but Spatley, who had made an eX-
cellent run of twenty-five out Of TWEEN
ty-six singles and maintained a lead
of two birds in the dim pair shooting,
claimed this course would result in an
injustice to him, and kicked hard
against this proposition. He and his
friends were overruled, however, and
it was decided to shoot the last six
pairs at 8 o'clock this morning. The
result cannot be as satisfactory as it
would have been had the event been
pulled off earlier in the day and no
question raised as some Of those who
shot poorly in the singles now have an
opportunity to overcome the disadvan-
tage. The diamond badge event is for
fifty blue rocks, divided into twenty
six singles and twelve pairs. The re-
suits in the singles were: Taber 10,
Block IL, Shattuck %, Hirschy 20,
Walker 20, Ramaley a. Spatley 25,
Cram II, Trent 10, Mcclure IA, Thomp
son 81 Novotny IS. Madigo 10, Upham
%, Mrs. Johnston IS, Mrs. Shattuck 10,
Mrs. Murray IS, Kennedy %, Peterson
IS, Burkhard Is.
The team shoot was a splendid ex-
hibition, particularly interesting be-
cause of the competition of team of
women composed of Mrs. Murray, Mrs.
Shattuck and Mrs. Johnston. A strong
wind blew across the field, but the
women made an excellent showing
against their rivals of the sterner sex,
averaging: forty out of a. possible sixty
BIRDS The event was twenty blue
rocks, ten singles and five pairs, and
resulted as follows: Catamaran,
Hirsch and Bennett, SO; Morrison,
Robbins and Trent, "a; Pettftt,' Tabo
and Churchill, 30; Mrs. Johnston, Mrs.
Shattuck and Mrs. Murray, 40; Monk,
Wallace and Kennedy, 81; York, Shat
tuck and Derring, So; Spatley, Muir
ray and Taber. 81; Edwards, Ramaley
and Walker, 81; Baldwin, Burk and
Taylor, 81; Pagel, Johnston and Rich
ter, AZ; 6. w. B., Peterson and Troch,
AZ.
In the contest for high averages ex-
tending over the three days of the
tournament Morrison yesterday main
tanned his lead gained the first day and
won the event with GAL points, while
Catamaran was second with 1923 to his
credit The averages were gained by
participation in twenty-five events, but
five of which remained to be concluded
yesterday The result for these is ap
Den0ed: