The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-09
GRIFFITH THE STAR.
Bay State Gun Club
Tournament Large
ly Attended,
GOOD SHOOTING IN ALL RACES.
Several Matches We're Ar
ranged and
Shot.
GOOD SHOOTING IN ALL RACES.

Griffith was the star of yesterdays
tournament of the Bay State Gun Club.
He walked away with first money in
the general average race, shooting the
entire program of $50 birds with but
eight lost. Smell was second with 1877,
and Dickey was close third with 1876.
The invincible Dickey was handicapped
by the non arrival of his ammunition,
and throughout the long program he
| shot a strange load that threw him per-
ceptibly off his marvellous habit of hit
ting them where the yellow stripe
circles.
The attendance was excellent, but, on
account of the threatening weather not
up to the anticipation of the manage
ment. However, there was a goodly
crowd, and the targets were kept in a
continuous whirl from 10 o'clock in the
morning until dusk put an end to the
sport. smoky haze which settled into
the valley near the watering trough
put up difficult background, and the
traps were lining them out at a 80 yard
clip, but, in spite of these handicaps
the scores ruled good
1t was a day of matches. All kinds
of novelties were tried and every man
arranged dIIef
the close of the regular program. Crit
fifth and Within shot a match race for
good coin of the realm, sitting. The in
imitable Eager was ready and willing
to meet all corners in any old kind of
proposition and, when Hoyle suggested
five birds from the ground, Eager shot
and won. Within shot a number of
SHORT races against Dickey, Wheeler
and Griffith, and later met Dickey in a
90 bird race, expert rules. Dickey was
winner by a score of "a to 81
The match of the day was one for $40
between Griffith and Wheeler at Is
pairs. The two men are matched to
shoot 100bird race for 500, unknown
angles, at the shoot of the Providence
Gun Club Wednesday, and their per-
Torrance yesterday was watched with
interest. Wheeler, whatever he may
be able to do at unknown angles, proved
his superiority at the STARTERS and won
out by score of "a to 81
The tournament was of the sort cal
culated to make the new club intensely
popular with the shooters, and the fun
came to an end only when there was
not another loaded cartridge on the
grounds. The grounds have been great
ly improved since the last shoot and
are now in shape to rank favorably
with any grounds in New England.
OF thetXperts who shot, the entire pro-
gram for the general average prize of
$40, following are the highest averages:
OF $50 Griffith broke 142, Smell 1877, Die
key 1856, Wheeler 1874, Eager 1873. Within
131, Walls 121, and Hoyle 119.
Following is the summary:
10 unknown Griffith, Hoyle, 10. Walls
Dickey, 81 Eager, Within. Smell, s; viii
riams, Wheeler, Emory. I.
-, Keystone---Eager, Is; Within, Shell
Dfckey, IA; Hoyle. Wheeler, 10; Walls
Grifhth;; Williams, Emory, II; Winchester,
10 unknown Eager, Within, Dickey, 49,
Griffith, Wheeler, 8; Walls. Williams,
Emory, Underwood, 8; Cutler, 7
20 unknown-snell, Griffith, 10; Eager
Hoyle, Wheeler, II; Dickey' Is; Walls,
i Keystone-snen, Wheeler, 10; Eager
N Within Walls IA; Griffith, Hoyle. 10;
20 Keystone-E Griffith Dickey, 49,
Within, Smell, Cutler. Is; Hoyie, Williams,
Wheeler II: Walls, Isham is
Is unknown-Griffith, Smell, Williams IL.
Within, Dickey. IA; Hoyle, Wheeler, In
vJ 70 unkn9T,n,-Whitins Griffith Williams.
ggo9d; s; Walls, Eoyie, Winchester et 6;
Is K Keystone-Grihith. Is; Wheeler HOWE
a; Eager Walls, Dickey, 10; Within
20 keystone-Grifith, 20; Wheeler, 10.
Smell, ,DiekeT IS; Eager, within, Walls
II; Williams, 16,
5 UNKNOWN Williams, 5; Wheeler, Win
chester, 4; Eager, 3; Hoyle, 2.
b unknown-Ea Hoyle, Smell. +.
Wheeler, Winchester g. -
WI ; o eXS IS $; Smell, A. Hoyle,
q Match race, is pairs-wheeler, "a; Grif-
:, Match race, 20 unknown.-whitin IS;
% Match race, 10 pairs-Wheeler, ID; Eager.
MAT Match =, race SO expert-Dickey. 40;
Match race, 25 exper+-w Within, 20;
% Match race 10 pairs-Whitin, IA; Eager,