The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-10

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/ have taken d rash man to back any one
of them as the final winner AT the com
/ pletion of the 500-yard firing Wetheraid
/ had practically no show for the cham
( pionship while the other four men were
4 closely punched. At eco yards Battey and
| Wilson did good work the former putting
/ a 40 on TO the AZ he had made az 800 yards
Young and Scott made very poor scores
at Geo yards and finished lower than Weth-
| erald. whom they had both led several
! points up to &C.,
The final stage resulted as follows
800 yds6CO yds Total
| First F. c. Battey ........47 10 96
! Second. f. c. Wilson AS AZ 95
/ Third, S b. Wetherald ......42 10 81
! Fourth, G. b. Young .......46 80 So
/ Fifth, S. I. Scott ..........47 81 "a
! Private Battey won the military cham
pionship of the United States for one year
and $50 IN cash by his fine shooting in this
match.
The Trenton interstate fair match at
200 and 800 yards, seven shots at each dis
/ lance, has engaged the attention of F. c.
| Wilson every year that he has been at
| Sea Grit This match was first shot in
1894 and was won by Wilson on a score Of
| 81 In 1895 he won it on a score of 81 and
! in 1895 raised that record one point. AS
| Wilson is the only man who had ever won
! this match, he was extremely anxious that
no one should beat him out this year
/ Wilson won first place. emitting him to
medal and Sl5, while W. w Cookson Of
/ Washington was second and G. r. Young
/ also of Washington. third
! As previously reported, the Georgia Hus
sars won the carbine team match carry
| ing with it a prize of $50 There were
/ three troops in this match.
The company match for teams of five
men was won by Company C. of the
| Guards, with the Engineer Corps first team
| second and their second team third. Com
/ pany d, of the Guards, was in fourth
! place, with the Hussars fifth, just two
points lower. There were nine teams in
| this match.
! The championship revolver match was
shot this year for the first time and the
! standard American target at fifty yards
| was used, each contestant TO fire thirty
1 shots and no re-entries allowed Alfred
| Brennan of the Knickerbocker A. c.. was
| the victor and will bear the title of Amer
\ lean champion for one year. He also re-
/ ceives a "A Russian model revolver as tam
! gible evidence of his proWess. Lieut. c.
S. Richmond gets $40 for second place in
! this match.
| The championship military revolver
match is also new feature and is shot
! under the same conditions as the cham
pionship revolver match except that mil
| itary revolvers only are allowed. Lieut.
| Richmond gained first place in this match
and is American champion for one year
| The first prize is a military revolver of
| the model of 1896, presented by Smith &
! Wesson. H. S. Seely won the second prize
| The revolver match at twenty-five yards
| using the standard American target, five
! shots to a string, and the total of three
| strings, TO count for all prizes, was won
| for the fourth consecutive time by Lieut.
Richmond His score was al in posi-
| BILE of $50. In former years the first prize
4 in h tic ANU a-f hnn "a Dc. IT,
model revolver, but for the present meet
a gold medal and SIS have been substi-
| tuted. Sayre, sherwood and Corrie, all
of New York got second, third and fourth
! money, respectively.
Georgia did not receive the prize of s.
offered for the best skirmsh run, but
Richmond, Mercer and Austin i'm the or
der named captured the other three prizes
| for excellence in this branch of rifle prac-
! tice. The Georgia boys feel that they
should have had first, second and third
places in this contest, because il so hap
! pened that the man who won first place
was one of four who skirmished tho
morning after the other contestants had
finished. While this is a big advantage
no notice would have been taken of it
but for the fact that a number of the
competing rifemen were in the pits when
the run was marked and after the scorer
and a range officer had figured out Sergt.
| denly discovered that he had enough hits
| to run his score up to 6S. As IS was the
best run by eight points, Groome of Wash
ington won the first skirmish money.
The diminishing in the regimental
matches was so arranged that high scores
were impossible and the element of luck
played conspicuous part in the record
making on that day Gen. Spencer had the
/ figures put in such position that no one
knew anything about the distances on the
range selected. and he started the men
from about $50 yards. instead OF from the
| 700 yard mark as provided for in the rules
governing the contest.
The Interstate regimental contest was
highly exciting. the Hussars gong to the
skirmish with lead of three points over
the Guards first team, which was two
points better than the Engineers first
| team score The result of the match de-
pended altogether on the skirmish and
the skirmish score of the Guards was sew
enty-four points better than the Engin-
GERS could make, and Savannah won by
| the large margin of rs points. The first
team of the Engineer corps was second,
the Hussars took third place, the Engin-
GERS second team came fourth, followed by
| the Second Regiment of Washington and
the Guards second team. There were thir-
teen entries on this match, and the prize
is a trophy ana 500 cash.
According to the report of the statistical
officer az Sea Grit, Savannah men won all
prizes offered for the highest aggregate
score. The first prize of SIS falls to Pos
ten. Cam gets $40 for second best total
score and Austin comes next and receives
s.. Richmond was fourth best.
The Columbia trophy and New Jersey
National Guard matches are regimental
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