The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-14
DAY WITH EXPERT SHOTS
GILBERT, HEIKEs AND OTHER FA-
NOUS SHOOTERS IN THE CITY.
Scores at Limited Gun Club TOurna-
ment MISREPRESENTATION of
the Purses.

The first lve-bird tournament of the Lin
tied Gun Club began at the clubs park, near
the fair grounds. yesterday. and will con-
tinue until Wednesday. 1t is one of the big
events of the year with expert marksmen,
and many crack shooters are here. Among
those in competition are Fred Gilbert, Spirit
Lake, Ia. r. o. Heikes, Dayton, o.; Is. A.
Bartlett, Buffalo, N. Y; c. w. Budd, Des
Moines, Ia; Thomas Marshall, Keithsburg,
H.; II. McMurchy, Dayton, o.; c. b. VIII
lard, Hartford, Conn. G. d. Rutledge, Al
ton, Ill; e. d. Fulford, Utica, n. y; {. n.
Powers Decatur ILL.,; j. S. Tanning, san
Francisco, CAL; Arthur Du Bray, Cincin-
natl o.; E. D. Rike, Dayton, o.; II. Z.
lines, Cincinnati, o.; E. c. Hanford, New
York; Ed Worries. Charlottesville, Ind.
The men named above are the leading
shooters in the United States and have all
the big records Gilbert has won most of the
big events during the last two years and
until last week, held three of the important
trophies. One of them he lost recently to ).
A r. Elliott, of Kansas City He belongs
to the Iowa team, the best in the World
Charles Budd is another member or TINS
famous team and he has won the lPn aPno o.
belonging to it in many hard-tougnt shoot-
ing battle Tom A. Marshall, or keltnsDurg,
Ill., won the grand American handicap iast
year. Rollo o. Heikes holds the Worio 5
championship at clay pigeons.
The opening day of the tournament was
bad one, the weather considered, but MOTH
ing ever interferes with a shooting matcn
and all the events and an extra yer. were snoe
off. Live Sparrows were used and tnere were
four events of twenty birds each, and an
extra miss and out" The entrance fee IN
each Of the first four events was 80. Ten
per cent of the net purse was deducted anC
divided among the five highest suns shoot.
ing the entire programme. The balance or
the purses were divided as follows: First.
So per cent: second, 80 per cent; third, ~
per cent; fourth, 10 per cent. The work or
weather and the fact that sparrows were
the targets Four men made clean scores OF
twenty birds The following were the scores
Event No. /, twenty entries McMurchy,
10; Hekes 10; Gilbert, 10; Fulford. IS; Fan
ming, Is; Du Bray, II; Bartlett. IL Hallo-
Worries, i6 Budd, is: Willard, IT,
Bartlett. is; Powers, 49, Tanning, 49,; Nc
Murchy, 1S; Fulford, IS; Budd, 49, Gilbert,
IS; Rike, Is; Worries, II; Beck. is; Du Bray,
IS: Young, 16; Jones, 16; Clark, 16.
Murchy, 2O Rike, 20; Heikes, 10; Fulford, 10;
Bartlett 10; Gilbert 10; Tanning, IS; Young,
Is: Marshall, II; Powers, IL.
Event No. 4, twenty-four entrles-Bartlett,
20; Jones, 20; Heikes, 10; Du Bray, ~; Gil
bert, 10: Rike, 10; Beck, Is; Worries, Is; Nc
Murchy. 49,; Fulford 49, Tanning, Is; Wood,
II: Powers. II: Young, III Parry, II; Wlllar,
II: Garland, II; Holiday, Il.
Extra, Miss and Out, 81 entrance Zee;
nineteen entries-Powers, Fulford, Jones and
Ross, each .,..,tc -..
The average money. the 10 per cent. of the
four purses was divided as follows: Helkes
C76) 5000: McAIurchy, Gilbert and Bartlett
(75), $3.50 each; Rike GD, $S.4O.
To-day the events will be sweepstakes at
entrance fee for ten birds.