The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-08-27
BIG TOURNAMENT.
Another Shoot at
Sportsman's Park,
Sept. II.
lao TARGETS IN THE EVENTS.
--
Charles E. Forehand, the
Famous Marksman,
Is Ill.
lao TARGETS IN THE EVENTS.

Worcester Sportsman's Club will hold
another open tournament at Sports
mans Ciup park Tuesday, Sept. H.
when the unfinished program of Tues
days big tournament will be pulled Off.
Rain interfered last Tuesday with
carrying out the card and the compe-
tition for 500, offered for the highest
general average on 100 birds in events
to 10 inclusive, was hung up and left
in the air.
In the average race for the big
purse, o. r. Dickey of Wellington led
with SO to his credit; Wheeler had bro
ken SO; Griffith 81 and Smell, Woodward,
Eager and Federen were tied with rs
birds. One squad had shot on the last
event which was at Is unknown angles,
when darkness, coupled with drizzl-
| ing rain, put an end to the fun.
| An effort was made to induce the eX-
| perts who were in attendance to re-
main over and shoot out the program
| Wednesday morning, but lack of am
| munition of the proper sort and other
! engagements prevented. 1t was then de-
/ termned to shot off the competition at
]
Secretary Arthur w Walls.
The date, Sept. -. has been selected
y so as to cause no interference with the
/ coming tournament of the Bay State
| Gun Club at the Shrewsbury traps, Fri
| day. Sept. 9, and conflicts with no shoot
1 of any prominence in New England
AS an added inducement it has been
decided TO add another purse of 500 and
perhaps more, to be shot for on gen
finished event of the last shoot, will
give the top-notchers $45 in added mo
ney and this should prove enough of
an inducement to bring all the cracks
of New England who attended last
Weeks tournament again to Worcester.
The program will be made of 140 tar
gets in mixed events. Secretary Walls
will offer in addition to the sweep
stakes which should be good and heavy,
many merchandise prizes of value,
There is every confidence that the tour
nament will surpass even the record
breaker of last week in attendance.
There is talk of another match race
at 100 birds between Charles e. Fore
hand and f. C. Griffith 1t is under
stood that the Worcester man is will.
ing to shoot again, and his admirers
would be pleased to see him redeem
himself for his none too good showing
below his average, and in poorer form
than even the veterans could remember
. Now it has developed that Forehan(
was i'll on the day of the race, and, al
though with characteristic sportsman
ship, he made no excuses and Offered n,
apology, it is now known that at tn
time of the match he was very sick an,
in no condition to face the traps. Ye
he did shoot and stood UP under tn
, spur of the excitement. Since tina
time he has been a very sick man, am
/. Worcester followers Of the sport can
now see the explanation of Forehand'
extremely low work last Wednesday.
Apropos of the present activity at tn
Worcester traps, and the coming bi,
tournaments of both the Sportsman
Club and the Bay State Gun Club,
prominent trapshooter told The Sp,
man last night that he believed the or
ganization of the Bay State Club wa
the salvation of the sport in Worcester
Certain it is, there is more activity jus
now and more men facing the trap
than al any time during the past tel
years The friendly rivalry that ha
developed between the new club and tn
old has given trapshooting an impetu
such as was sorely needed.
While the doctors were searching 70
diagnosis of the trouble that was af
fiicting the sport, the problem ha
solved itself and the ailment is cure,
! by a simple remedy. There is a sharl
rivalry between the clubs now, and thi
very competition has awakened the oil
club into a complete rejuvenation Whil
, the new club is growing into about a
! robust youngster as is to be found il
the east.