The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-07
SAVANNAH Is JUBILANT.
Splendid Records of the Sea Critters
Cause Great joy.

kilograms received from Sea Girt yes
terday afternoon caused a complete re-
vulsion as soon as those to whom they
were addressed spread the good news of
victory. Savannah had begun to fear that
there was no hope for her team IL the
regimental match, the lead Of the District
Of Columbia team being so great. but the
sons of the South were too strong on the
| skirmish 60 allow the District chaps to
win.
The regimental match, the company
match. and the revolver match. were Sa-
vannah's victories yesterday. They were
all the team matches that were shot
Georgians could have done no better on
that account. The victory was brilliant,
and, in view of the unexpect edness of
that I'm the regimental match, 1t was all
the more warmly and enthusiastically re-
ceived by Savannahians.
Capt. w. w. Williamson received two
kilograms from Col Jordan F. Brooks,
who is in charge of the Georgia Sea Grit
ers. The first was: won regimeutal
team match on the skirmsh Austin led
with a score of nineteen hits" That
meant wonderful score for the team and
a wonderful score for the leader. Capt.
Austin has demonstrated his position as
the best skirmisher in the country. In
practice here before going to Sea Cart he
made twenty hits fifteen of them at the
prone figure. That was in twenty shots,
every one being hit. 1t is not known
how many of the shots at Sea Girt were
in the prone figure. but nineteen hits even
in the figure standing is a wonderful rec
ord. II is safe to say, though, that Capt
Austin fired at the kneeling figure and
the prone.
1t was understood from another telegram
received by Mr.. Davis freeman that the
Georgians led the skirmish stage by 50
points. That was outclassng the other
teams by long odds. Each man of the six
in the team is allowed twenty shots at the
figures, ten advancing and ten retreating
1t is wonderful that the Guards BATTALION
team which consists of Private Battey,
Private Mercer, Private Wilson, Private
Richmond, Private Austin ard Lieut.. WIZ
son, as it was presumably the first Guards
team that Won, though the kilograms did
not say, could make up The 50 points it had
fallen behind the District of Columbia
team in the first and second stages of the
match and win out by a lead of 81 on the
skirmish. 1t is a magnificent record, and
made in the face of the great odds against
the team when it started to skirmshings.
That is the third time the Guards have
won the regimental match. They get the
handsome trophy and 800 as the first prize.
In 1897 ana in 1896 they We're winners. 1t
locks as if Savannah has things her own
way at Sea Girt, and that there is no use
for other cities to send their riiemen.
Capt. WilliamsOns other telegram an
nounced the victory of the team from
Company of the Guards. 1t was by a
narrow margin of one point that the team
ranking next was downed. Company c
Won the match in 1897 also. Those who
shot this year were Privates Austin, Bat
tey, Mercer and Wilson and Lieut. Will
SON The details of this and the other
matches may be found in the report from
Sea Girt.
Lieut.. c. A. L. Cunningham of the Geor-
Gia Hussars received the following tele-
gram from Lieut.. w. w. Gordon, Jr., an
nouncng The third victory for Savannah
ians: our revolver team wins first prize
and trophy, beating District eight points"
1t is the District of Columbia that is Sa-
vannah's closest competitor every time.
The Savannah Cadets are expecting a
warm welcome as representatives of Sa-
Vannah when they stop over in Washing
ton on their way back from the Dewey
reception in New York. This is the third
consecutive year the Hussars team has
| won the match.
| Savannah viii continue to watch the
contests with the greatest interest The
team bids fair to do fully as well as in
! 1897, when 1t took everything in sight, and
It's return to Savannah should be for a
! tremendous ovation.