The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-28
ANNUAL GUN tournament.
CRACK SHOTS LEAVE THIS MORN.
ING FOR VANCOUVER, n c.
Seattle VIII He Well Representea-
Hood. stevens, Ellis. Churchill.
Considine. Chellis, Hall and Nor-

The crack wing shots OF Washington.
Idaho and Montana VIII leave Seattle this
morning for Vancouver. B. c. TO take part
in the annual tournament o. the sports
meas Association Of the Northwest The
number IS 50 unusually large that there
was talk last evening Of having private
car.
The shooting commences Wednesday
morning and continues for four days, the
total amount Of prizes and trophies being
S,oa. The programme Is AT excellent che.
ana as the grounds are said 10 oe the finest
north OF San Francisco. the tournament
ought 10 he productive OF some new rec
oras and royal good tire. The British
Columbia spo-,smsn are sportsmen in the
true sense OF The word and when tourna-
men,s are held in Washington, the old
timers always ask FOR Miner. Maclure and
Johns as SION as they get OF the train.
Seattle viii re represented ~ Hood,
Dick Stevens. E. Z. Exl!s, \. X Churchill.
John Corsdine, W. l. Chelhs. 4. l.. Hal
and II. +. Norton. Neither Joe nor ". 4.
Hardy could take the trip. owing 10 bust
Ness affairs. Tie most notable omission
from the list IS Capt. E. p. Miner who.
under ordinary circumstances. is one OF the
greatest clay pigeon shots Oh the Coast.
Al present he is In Alaska. Col ". T.. Nc
kee, president OF the Seattle Rod and Gun
Club. VIII probably not ind tine 10 see The
sport. The colonel's hong suit - ike birds
History shows that he ana penaagn. a. Ia
coma. shot as hot race for a diamond
meial ~ ever took place in me Northwest.
There has been some talk about barring
Hood from the tournament bat when the
matter ~ looked a; IN a coid-5iooded Ugh,
one cannot find any reasonable excuse Tor
soch an action. Hood is q tirst-class shot.
his average usually being well UP toward
70 per cent. SCIns, iu}es he falls down to NJ
per cent, as illustrated by his recent rip
East, II he ~ barred out il will be because
others think him better man. lie is not
a ringer" in any sense OF the word. Ills
record is above board.
Tom Ware Fred McBroom. Wh!tlock,
Marion and Williamson will represent Spo-
kane. Ware is the mos popular man az
The traps in this part Of the country. No
matter II he wins or loses he is just the
same TO all other sporisrlen and the 9TH
ers ara never nettled when he beats n Ia
coma or Seattle enan. This was eSpe-
cially noticeable when Ware won the Post
Inielligencer cup representing the state
championship. 81 targets. He beat Seat
tie man. but every Seattleite congratulated
him on his hard-earned victory.
Wallace. Idaho, Will send Pete HalIhan,
while Aisssoula. Mont. will have Neiis in
the race for championship honors. Smith
and Christensen VIII represent Butte.
Mont. Smith Will do what he can for the
glory OF Anaconda. Il is probable that
Del Cooper and Doty. OF Whajconl. will be
present. although no report has been re-
Ceivcd from thsrn.
II ia Impossible 20 give an accurate list
Of those who VIII 20 from Tacoma. but K
something - not ar1i,ss Kimbau Deuham.
Pierce. Young. Eberly. DIT. Smith and
Sheard VIII be there.
Following are the scores Of the shoot Al
West Seattle Sunday afternoon:
Fifteen singles Hood IL. Norton. II:
Spokane, II; ". \. Hardy. -: Black II:
Ellis 10; Treat. :; Mckee 10. ChurchEI
y: Hall. o; Morton. 9, Cheiiis 70.
Handicap medal shoot. - sinsles-Hood
n Black. -, Ellis % Treat. 10. Mckee
y: Churchill, -; Hail. - Norton, l.. Chel-
lis. 2G: Wiegel ~
Those that made the possible ~ including
handicap. We're W. a Hardy Chellis spo-
kane and Black On rhe shoot-ofr Black
and Eh".}is tied again. 2 out Of 49, on sec
ond $500! CT. a. - birds Chefs won osIt
witt. Il against 70
Norton medal shoot sClleslfx. charengerl
, singles -chell5s -, Norion - Allowing
Chf-ls; ana 'Norto1 6. 10 shoct n. Ehe3Es
Killed 3ia ,, making a total OF - Norton
missed one. making his score Il.