The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-22
SEA CRITTERS OFF TOMORROW.
Team VIII Sail on the birmingham
i'm the EARLY Morning.


Tho Sea Glrt team. under the command
of vice captain. Col. }. f. Brooks, win
leave on the City Of Birmingham for New
York tomorrow morning att O'Clock. In
Guiding Col Brooks there will be eighteen
members Of the team in the party Capt.
Williamson and capt. Posten viii join II In
! New York.
The team leaves Savannah with high
| hopes of success and with records in the
practices that warrant them. There is no
one in Savannah. who has watched the re-
| suit of the work at the butts but would
| be willing TO bank his pile on measure o.
success for the team equal TO that IL has
| attained In previous years. This despite
the realization Of the fact that in the teams
| from New YORK, Massachusetts and the
| District of Columbia it VIII have worthy
and formidable competitors.
The team viii be prepared to enter the
state, regimental, company and individual
matches and expects to gather in the
honors in them all. 4 number of the
prizes that are offered at Sea GiTt have
! had their habitat in Savannah for severai
years, and IT would be worse than UNI
lucky 10 have these go to some other
state team. BY all means, the members
OF the team say, these should be retained
ana a sturdy effort win be made 20 add
TO their number Failure is not TO be
thought of for a moment.
The party to New York will be a pleas
ant one as the families OF several of the
members of the team win be included
therein. The presence OF these ladies VIII
add the last requisite to success, the in
spiration of dancing eyes.
Savannah may boast of the finest req
mental team in the world. Al least, such
was the case up TO this year. and it re-
mains 10 be shown that the loss Of one
member is to reduce il to a lower class.
Col. George Y. Cam inspector general Of
rife practice, wiz not be able 10 appear
with the team. but il Is lei eyed it Will
be able to carry off the honors despite the
handicap. In the loss of Col. Cam. one
Of the very best of the team goes. but the
rules prescrite that those who make il up
must belong or be attached 10 some indie
pendent regiment or battalion. When Col
Cam belonged 20 ne Guards he was quail
flied 10 shoot on their team. but since his
promotion there is an objection that can
not be overcome.
The other members of the team have
been Capt. w 6. Austin, Lieut.. f. c.
Wilson, Mr.. II. r. wilson Mr.. e. c. Mer-
Ger ana Mr.. T. C.. Battey. Mr.. G. $.
Richmond VIII probably be on it this year.
That is an aegl esation ihat probably can
not be beaten by any regmental team in
the wosld
1t was demonstrated at the rifle range
last Saturday afternoon that there is ma
ter.al on the team that cannot possibly be
excei}ed. Capt. Austin made the worlls
record at the skirmish according to the
Sea Girt rules. lie fred twenty shots max
ing a total of % out OF possible 100. That
beats anything ever cone in Savannah,
and, in fact, in the world
Capt. Austin made every shot tell. 1t
is possible that, shooting as ne was that
afternoon, he could have made a clean
score of 100, but that he did not care to
attempt. as the long distance, some thing
like 500 yards or more, is too much TO
attempt the prone figure with anything
like a chance OF making the shots tell.
Capt. Austin, therefore, fired five shots
from the long distance at the knee.ing ie-
ure, giving his attention to the man lying
prone after he had approached a little
closer.
Every one of the five shots told in the
knee.ing figure and the same, remarkable
as it may seem, was true OF the fifteen
tired at the figure prone The count at
the targets disclosed that the twenty bull
let's had taken effect. Had all entered
the prone figure the score would have
been 100.
Up to the time of his making this Won
derful record, the best shooting ON the
team al the slSirmish had been done ny
Lieut.. Wilson. His score was rs, and as
there We're but two more practices TO ba
had, ii was thought pretty certain that
would be the record for the season Capt
Austin, however demonstrated his ability
TO beat it,
Throughout the practices Capt Austin
has kept well up to his reputation max
ing remarkable scores on several occa-
sions. II is probable there are no two
Shots on the team that have the lovers of
the sport so equally divided as to which
is the best in the aggregation as Lieut.
Wilson and Capt. Austin 1t has been so
TOT several years, and the adherents of
each always watch their records with the
greatest interest. Cot, Cam aE several
others rank away up at the top but the
sentiment most generally expressed is thai
honors of first place are divided between
the two first named. There are, however
some four or five on the team who have
followings that are always ready TO stand
up for their claims for first place Upon
the individual records made this time at
Sea Girt will rest the regulations of these
favorites.