The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-04
At THE BUTTS AT SEA eIRT.
GREAT SHOOTING CONTESTS WILL
BEGIN TODAY.

BEGIN TO-DAG.
Georgia Team Reduced to TWEEN
~, From Which Men for
Places VIII BE Chosen-The
The Twenty-Third Man shows
In With the High Score of
80 Per Ccnt.-Men Now Separated
Into Two DivisiOns-Practice
scores.
Sea Grit. ". J., Sept. 9.-The shooting
in the National Rifle Tournament begins
tomorrow The teams ceased practice
yesterday afternoon.
The shoot was skipped last year owing
TO the participants being absent in the
volunteer or regular service.
The entries this year are considerably
greater than usual. The District of Co
lumbia district and regimental teams, the
Georgia state and regimental teams, the
New Jersey state and First Regiment
teams, and some of the Third Regiment
team are here. There are also members
of other teams on the ground, and the
remainder of these teams are expected
later in the week.
Gen. Bird w. Spencer, who is in charge
of the arrangements, says they were new
er in better condition, and the shooting
should be excellent
The shooting begins in the morning. The
carbine matches are expected to bring 70
gether teams from squadron A, of New
York troops A and B of New Jersey; the
Georgia Hussars and the Governors Horse
Guards from Atlanta.
The Georgia team, which usually carries
off the bulk of the honors every year. is
here in practically its old shape, and has
several substitutes along who promise TO
be as good as the old hands.
The District of Columbia Guardsmen are
also in fine shape and promise TO get away
with some Of the best prizes.
Hard to Make Selections.
On account of the great amount
of work for the team coaches.
the number of men that will be
considered for places on the state teams
was on Friday reduced to twenty. This
change will enable'the team men to shoot
for record with less expenditure of time
and energy than il has cost during the
past four days.
Never in the history of the Georgia team
has it been so difficult to forecast the big
teams to represent the Empire State of the
south as IL IS tIlS year. / he shooting OF
the entire Georgia contingent has been
phenomenal, and this statement will be
apparent to all riflemen when il is report
ed that the twenty-third man has averaged
50 per cent on the shooting for the week.
For Hilton Trophy Match.
lie teams for the Hilton Trophy and.
Interstate matches will not be selected
until Tuesday or Wednesday. after all the
men have stood the final test in the reg-
mental and company matches. The teams
will be picked by the team captain, who
will be aided in this work by the advisory
committee. Twenty-one shots per man
were fired on Friday for record seven
shots at 200, 500 and 600 yards respectively.
At 200 yards the wind was light and from
the southeast, blowing almost directly
across the range from the right, but the
light was rather trying and few high
scores were made at this range. Cam led
with 80 and was followed by Richmond
and Foote with 81 each
At 800 yards, Wilson and Garden Eed
with "a each, and Mercer secured the next
place on a score of 80.
On the 600-yard range Capt. Austin
made the highest record in the shooting
for the entire day. He fired seven shots
into the bulls eye, thus making So points,
the highest score possible. Konemaun
scored %.
The highest aggregate score was made
by Austin with 50 at all ranges, in posi-
BILE l05. F. C. Wilson was in second place
with SO, and Philpot and Blum followed
with 80 each.
The records of Battey, Quantock, Dan
lei and Richmond are four or five points
less than these men actually made. Each
one fired one shot into a target other than
the one on which they were scoring, and
under the regulations this shot was re-
corded as a miss.
All scores are given below.
First DiVisiOn.