The Portland daily press., 1898-08-31
AUBURN MEN CHAMPIONS.
Shoe City Shooters Carry Off HOnOrs
at WaterYille.

SHOo CltJ nHO0terS carry UIT HOnOrS
at WaterYille.
Annual Tournament of the Maine Trap
Shooters CIubs-watervilIe Team Was
Second and Portland Third.
ESPECIAL TO THE PaEssI
Waterville, August 3o.-The annual
shoot of the Maine Trapshooters' club
opened at Wa5erville yesterday. The day
opened cloudy, but soon cleared and was
hot and bright with considerable breeze,
but not enough to interfere materially
with the scores. There were present forty
nine shooters, who took part besides a
good number of onlookers. Clubs at
Watervills, Auburn, Portland, Bath,
Gardiner and Lewiston were represented,
the new club, at Auburn having the
largest number Of men Of any Of the
visiting clubs.
The CHIEF interest. Of the day centered on
the five man team shoot, event No. .. In
this contest any Maine club could enter
one or mora teams for the state champion
ship. all members Of the, team to be mem
bsrs Of the club they represent. Water
vile had won the championship for two
years and as they were shooting very
strongly, all other clubs knew they would
have to make hard fight to win. Water
vile, Bath, Portland, Gardiner and Au-
burn were repreaenteafby teams, Auburn
having two teams. The oBfftest was very
close and exciting and the winner was
not certain until the last gun was fred.
So close was the contest that Auburn's
representatives won by the breaking of
one bird or a total Of 2l9 to 21s out of a
possible $50, the Wateryi1le team being
second, Portland, Bath and Lewiston in
order Norton, Hunnewelf, Preble, Wy
man, Green have done the best individual
work.
The Auburn club which won the
championship is CLUB that was only
organized last spring, and the showing
they made was on that account all the
more remarkable. Norton, compare
lively new man at tournament shooting
doing especially we'll. The old Danville
club has been absorbed by the new club,
thus materially strengthening them;
Hunnewell Of the old Danvilles, tying
with Norton on 4S the high score for in.
dividuals.
The nknown angles were shot on the
side traps, q magantrap. being used for
this purpose, some of the shooters having
their first experience with this machine.
The scores throughout the cay were as
q general thing wen up and 8 large num-
ber of targets were thrown. The full
programme, was shot and two extra
events. The shooting began at ten and
ended at $50, the last few events having
a smaller number Of contestants than the
early ones as soma of the shooters had to
leave on the afternoon train. Today will
OCCUR the shoot for the individual cham
plonship of the state and no can pick
winner till the score Is ended as there are
six to eight who are putting up very high
scores. besides some possible unexpected
winner. The Portland club was repre-.
sented by % S.. Randall, e. A. Randall,
S. b. Adsms, W. Il. Rich, W. N. Taylor,
W. B. Darton, A. e. Neal and A. Il.
Gray.
A number of the shooters will leave
after the first day as they wish to go in
to the woods the first of September when
the law is off on the game, but there will
be enough remaining.to make the shoot.
ing interesting and there will probably be
a higher average as the men will be more
familiar with the grounds.
The club winning the team champion
ship at the state shoot is entitled to hold
the state shoot on their grounds the next
year SO that the shoot will be held in Au-
burn in 1885, 1t has before been held at
Richmond, Lewiston and Portland.
The summary:
Event No. l, 10 targets reg gular. en-
trance 81 = Rich. d. A. Randall,
Wakefield, Stobie, Green, Berry. Ashley,
}. Libby, Nsw.eld, Moody, 10; Adams,
Dartcn, Taylor, WyMan, Reed, Hume
we'll, Doten, Mason, Ray, Cain, Cush-
man, Whittmore, Files, Harrington, lay
lor, Bates. Dwinnel1, 8.
Eve Mt No. 2, Is targets regular, en-
trance &. 80 with 81. so added to purse
Norton, IS; Q. S. Randall, Green, Ray,
Jones, IA; Stobie, Reid, Hunnewell,
Berry, Cobb, Connor, J, Libby, Doten,
Thompson, w. Getchell, ID.
Event No. 8, so targets state team
match, entrance 81. SO. purse divided $50,
$50 $40, sS-Auburn team Hunnewell,
Norton, IS; Berry, Cobb, SO; Connor, 45.
Watsrville team, Preble, A.; Wyman,
Stobie, As; Green, Al. Portland team, G.
S. Randall, a.; Adams, Neal, Al; Il. A.
Randall, 40; Rich, 81. Bath team, Jones,
Bates. ii; Merrill, 81; f. g. Heed, SO;
Thompson, 81. Gardiner team, Files, a.;
Harrington, AZ; G. D. Libby. 40; Whit
more, IS; J. Libby, 40.
Event No. 4, is targets, s1.50, entrance
IS added to purss-Adams, Norton, IS;
Cobb, Jones, i4; f. A. Randall, Storie,
Reid, Wakefield, g. u. Libby, Harring-
ton, Turkey, Whittemore, Dawson, 1s.
Event No. 5, ten targents, regular en-
trance $I.oo, $s5l added to purse-Wy-
man, Preble. Cobb, HARRINGTON, 10;
Gray, 6. D. Libby, Bates, q. Getchell,
Green, g.; Darton, Whittemore, Merrill,
+. Greed, Dawson, Adams, Rich, Neal,
barton, Hunnewell, s.
Event No. 9, 20 targets regular, en-
trance 50, $3.50 added to purse-Adams,
20; Darton, Preble, 10; Neal, Green, Wy
man, 1s.
Event No. n. Is targets unknown, en-