The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-29
NATIONAL BIRD
COMES TO GRIEF
At SCHUETzEN
Eagle Shoot of the
Verein Eintracht.
BARBROCK Is CROWNED KING
ONE MORE CONTESTANT FOR
THE DIAMOND MEDAL.
BARBROCK is CROWNED KING
Thirty Second Annual Picnic of the
Association Draws an I'm
meuse Crowd to Marin
Shores.

j. F. Barbrock is a king and the
prOudest member of the Verein Eintracht
Schuetzen section in San Francisco. Aided
first by chance in drawing a lucky num-
Der and then by steady nerve when his
opportunity came, he has succeeded in
knocking the last remnant of a wooden
eagle off the top of a 50-foot pole in the
great annual king" shoot of the Verein
Eintracht held yesterday at Schuetzen
Park. In his ears still echo the musical
strains of applause yelling from the
threats of on-looking thousands, and in
his pockets jingle the material results of
his feat.
But the day was a red-letter occasion
for more than one man-there were just
eleven of them in all What cared R.
Stettin for Barbrock's feat. or Hartmann,
or Chris Schroeder? Didn't each of them
demolish a piece of that American bird s
anatomy? Certainly, and not a lucky
ritleman but did not insist that his was
not the most creditable feat of the day.
There were fully 1000 people at Fred
Schumanns hosiery yesterday before the
noon hour, as two great attractions were
crowded into one of Barnum's "aggrega-
tons the thirty-second annual picnic of
the Verein Eintracht and the annual
king shoot of the Verein Entracht
Schuetzen Section. The latter was the
chief drawing card and little was done in
the way of dancing or playing games I'M
til it was finished.
In its mouth the eagle held a ring, in
one claw scepter and in the other an
apple, while on its head crown Symbol
lized the nature of the event. The skill
of j. Rickert caused the loss of the ring
first of all, but II took from IL a. m. TO
D. m. to pierce the heart of the bird and
end the contest The eagle is alleged to
have died game
The members all drew tickets to deter
mine their positions and then began , to
cheered and the other ten winners were
not sighted. In detail, the winners and
their deeds were as follows:
last piece away; R. Stettin second, shot
the crown off the eagles head; ]. Hart
mann third, knocked the scepter from a
claw; Chris Schroeder fourth, knocked the
apple from the other; J. Rickert fifth,
smashed the ring; c. Suehrstedt sixth, de-
etroyed the head: c. F. Ouer seventh.
Kuhls eighth. broke the left wing; NJ.
Dieckert ninth, broke the right leg; c..
Ellinger tenth, broke left leg: c. Won
Hartwig eleventh, smashed the tail.
After the eagle was defunct the shoot
was continued and the marksmen, all of
whom continued TO class in the king"
shoot acquired position according to the
excellence of their scores, as follows:
r. Spahr, twelfth, %; H. Gumbel thir-
teenth, 40; c. Ouer, fourteenth, As; F.
Binner, fifth, Al j. Zahn, sixteenth, 40;
Charles Gumhel. Seventeenth, 40; C.
Muller, eighteenth. 81; j. Jung, nineteenth,
3; A. Wirtner, twentieth. SO; H. Schweiger,
ond. 81; W, stroh, fwenty-third, q; j
Rohrer, twenty fourth, 10; l.. Scheib,
twenty-fifth, 10; E. lessen, twenty-sixth.
Schroeder, twenty-eighrh. TO-
Charles Ouer made the first best shot
with a score of %, placing himself among
the few who will contest for the $3.50 dia-
mond medal To become the property
of any one man he must win it in five an
nual contests.
The day at the park was enjoyably
spent by the members of the Verein Elm
tracht in dancing, games and wandering
in small parties over the hillSides. 1t was
late in the evening when the last train
load left the park with three rousing
cheers for the day, the organization,
President A. Becker and king Bar
brock.
The committee of arrangements was
composed of President A. Becker Vice
President A. Wirtner Secretary G.. Hof-
fenhoffen, c. Muller and John Peck. Music
was furnished for the occasion by Won
der Maden's brass band