The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-19
GUARDS WON De RENNE CUP.
THEIR SCORE 95s OUT OF A POSI-
BILE 1000.

The Cavalry Team a Good secon
With a Score of 93S-The First
Regiment Infantry Team Fell
Short With Only 753 Points TO Its
Credit-De Soto Cup Match to BE
Shot by same Teams To-day,
Shooting in Class 4 Begun by
Teams From the Governors Horse
Guards, Waycross Rifles and AL
bany Riaes-Savnnnah Company
Teams to Shoot Tomorrow.
The handsome DeRenne trophy. present.
ed to the Savannah Military Rifle Asso-
citation by Mr.. Wymberly Jones DeRenne.
to be contested for annually, was won
yesterday by the Savannah Volunteer
Guards battalion team on a score Of 95S
points out of possible 1900.
The Guards score was just 200 points
ahead of the team of the First Regiment
of Cavalry, their next highest competitor.
and 2O5 points ahead of the score of the
team Of the First Regiment Infantry. the
third competitor
The Guards are the first winners of the
trophy Although the cup was presented
by Mr.. DeRenne previous to the last in
terstate shoot at Avondale, it was not
awarded on account of the failure of com
peting teams to comply with the rules of
the contest. The cup has since been in
the keeping of the Georgia Hussars. 1t
will now be transferred to the Guards
arsenal.
The trophy, which was fully described
in yesterdays Morning News. is a beauti-
full silver cup, -thirty-three inches high.
standing on an ebony pedestal eight inches
nigh, with engravings portraying the de-
Tense of the Alamo at San Antonio. Tex.
IN 1886. The cup is a work of art and is
valued at over $1,000.
Only three teams were entered in the
shoot the Guards, the First Regiment In
fantry and the First Regiment Cavalry.
The shooting was full of interest, good
scores being frequently made. The day
was fine, though with little more breeze
at times than the marksmen liked. The
uncertain character of the wind interfered
somewhat with the work and affected the
scores. The shooting began at 10 O'clock
in the morning and continued until 2:30 D.
m, at which time the match was finished.
A large crowd of friends of the contest
ants, including a number of ladies' wit
messed the shooting. The presence of the
ladies' was a pleasant feature of the con-
test and the hope was generally expressed
that they will continue their visits to
the range during the continuance of the
shoot
The shooting was at 2O0, 300, 500 and 500
yards, each man having five shots at
each range, making total of 100 possible
points to each man. The best score of
the day was 81 by Private f. c. Battey of
the Guards team, and the next best IS, by
Lieut.. F. c. Wilson of the same team
Capt. George T. Cam and Private w. G.
Austin of the Guards, and Trumpeter L.
Kayton of the cavalry, made 81 each. OF
the Guards team eight of the twelve
members reached so and above, and of the
cavalry team four scored that figure. OF
the First Regiment of Infantry none, sad
to say, reached that hight.
The contest between the Guards and
the cavalry was close all the way through.
At the 20O-yard range the Guards closed
IA points ahead, but the Hussars made
the fine score of 255 a the 800 yard range,
IL points better than the Guards. This
placed the cavalry team two points ahead
at this stage of the game. At the 500 yard
range, however, the battalion team bested
the cavalrymen by six points, the score
being 245 to 239. This placed the Guards
two points ahead. The final round was at
the 600 yard range where the Guards scor-
ed 81 to 2l3 for the cavalry, giving them
the match by % points.
The full scores are as follows;
First Battalion Infantry