The Saint Paul globe., 1899-07-16
End OF GUN TOURNEY
PROMOTERS SAY 1T WAS THE
MOST SUCCESSFUL ONE
THEY'VE GIVEN
MORRISON DID FINE WORK

Made the Highest Total of the Score
of the Two Days, Besides Win
ming the Cup offered by the Min
nesota Game COmmissiOn-NovOt-
NY Was One of His Closest Op-
pOnents-ScOres in the Events.
The second and last day Of the fourth
annual amateur tournament Of the st.
Paul Rod and Gun club closed yesterday
with number of remarkable scores. 1t
was the most successful tournament ac-
cording to the promoters ever held in the
Northwest The crack shot of the oc-
casion was J. D. L. Morrison, who shot
under the name of Donaldson, and scored
3SS out of a possible 375 for both days, be-
sides winning the state championship con-
test for the solid silver cup, presented to
the club by the Minnesota Game and Fish
Protective association.
Evelen events in all, besides the cup
shoot, We're shot yesterday, one of ten
targets, seven at fifteen targets. and three
at twenty targets. Blue Rocks and White
Flyers fell by the wayside in apparently
unending succession. The high guns for
the tournament were: Donaldson, 33S;
Trent, 33l; Dayton and Paterson, SS:
Steege and DR.. Glazier 317; Bert. S16;
kabo, S15; Robbins, S14; Marshall, 312;
Mckay, 311; Richie. 3O9; Parker, DR.. Kib-
bey and Fulton, SG7.
In the cup shoot, the special event
twenty-five birds at unknown angles the
scores were: Parker, rs; French. %: Wo-
JACK, 70; Ramaley, 1; Brown, 10; Hart,
Y; Day, N; Nelson, %; Jones, q; Hauser.
~; Miller, q; Emil Novotny, 25: KELSEY
10 ~llKlnson, 20; Ed Novotny, "a; Got
az Ian, ~ Chlef, II; Emerson, II; Fonda.
Y; DWyer, 18; Shattuck, "a; Lawrence. 10:
+. Novotny %; Carl, IA; Hayes. 81: Her
shey' z; Johnston, 21; Mrs. Johnston. %:
OlXey, Il; Mrs. Shattuck, "a; Mrs. Muir
ray, 70; julie, %; Thompson, Il: Pfster %.
trent, "A; Mckay, 21; Morrison. %: Rob-
blns' 2l; J. c., "a; Jassoy, 2S; Murray. "a.
Silver Is; Danz, 20.
IN the shoot-off Morrison won against
Emil NoYotny, who missed his third bird
ana Parker, who missed his ninth It
made the second consecutive time that
Morrison, who is a st. Paul man. has won
the trophy. Novotny, one of his most
dangerous opponents, is also a st. Paul
man, and only nineteen years old.
fresldent Egan, of the ST. Paul Athletic
club, acted as scorer for the DAYS events
IN most satisfactory manner, and the
other ofhcials of the tournament showed
themselves courteous and obligtng. Tom
marshall, twice winner of the Grand
American Handicap, was feature of the
occasion, but scored 10 misses In the two
days shooting. He is the mayor of
Kefthsburg, ILL.,, and personal acuuaint
ance OF every man on the grounds. He
paid high tribute to the shooting done
by Mrs. Shattuck, of Minneapolis, whom
ne declared to be undoubtedly the cham
pion lady trap shooter of the country.
Chief Cook, of the fire department. shot
in several events, and Chief Goss, of the
police department. was inveigled into one
In which he killed one out of twenty
birds. Another special event was arrang-
ed for the press representatives, in which
Williams and Washburne each scored one
out of possible twenty. Chief Goss act
ed as scorer, with Emerson, Wilkinson.
Hart and Dr.. Cochrane, as referees. Fol
lowing are the scores by events for the
two days, the numbers 1, 2, 8, f. ETC.. be-
ing the events, and the second row of
figures being the number of birds shot
at:
FIRST DAY.