Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-09-09
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Shooting Matches Today Are Open
to Individuals.
DISTRICT WELL REPRESENTED
Team on Its Return to Be Received
by Local Militia.
ORDER OF GEN. HARRIES
ORDER OF GEN. HARRIES

SpeSidi run Il StaH correspondent.
SEA GIRT. N. j., September 9.-Shoot-
ing in the Presidents match, Wimbledon
cup match and other matches open to in
divlduals is in progress today the District
of Columbia being we'll represented The
results will not be known until late this
afternoon, and then the eighth annual
meeting of the New Jersey State Rifle AS
ISOLATION will be at an end
Heavy rain fell all last night. hut the
District contingent managed to keep fairly
dry and comfortable. Several of the WASH
lngtonlans leave Sea Girt for home today.
Reception to the Team.
In honor of the victory of the brigade
rifle team in the interstate military match
Cen Harries has decided to order out the
District of Columbia National Guard to
meet the team on its arrival home and
escort 1t to militia headquarters The
winning ritiemen will leave Sea Girt at
10, O'Clock Monday afternoon, and will
feacn w ashlngton at SD clock that even
ing. The National Guard will assemble on
pennsylvania avenue in the vicinity of ,th
street The line of march will be Pennsyl-
Nina avenue to 18th street, thence to
MduiSoh place, to Connecticut avenue ia
itth street, to X street. to 18th stree, to
t>eM ork avenue, to 10Th street, where the
parade VIII be dismissed. The brigade team
"iH tnen proceed to militia Headquarters
I'll " street, where refreshments will bt,
served to the members. Fireworks will he
SCI Oh along the line of march.
Strange TO say, not one protest was filed
IN connection with the interstate military
match Won yesterday afternoon by The
DiStrlct brigade team with hair-raisine
milsh. AT the conclusion of the firing at
~ yards Georgia led with total of 5o5
the District being second with 400 New
Jersey ard New Hampshire each having
49,. AT 300 yards Georgia took the lead
anu aiter the f1rst ten men had fired had
d th1aT liSt,~i
with Georgia's two best shots VET ia shoot
For the District the burden rested on
carleton and Dickey. These two men had
not only TO equal the scores TO he rnade nv
georgia Two best shots, but had to over
come the eight points lead as we'll The in
tereSt was most intense and each shot was
watched closely. The contest narrowed
down to two men Wilson of Georgia AVID
Dlckey of the District.
Georsinns Prepare to Shout.
me Georgians prepared to shout, for
even should Wilson on his final shot fail tn
hit the bulls eye and should only make
tour, the trophy would remain in Savan-
nah. II is most unusual thing for Will
son to make less than five. Therefore the
hopes of the District folks assembled skv-
ward When his last shot proved to be a
three Even then Dickey had to hit the
center OF the target to tie the score of
Georgia. Dickey aimed deliberately and
pulled the trigger. There followed a pause
mat seemed unusually long. Finally a
white disk appeared above the pits and the
scorer marked a on the board The
score was tied and by reason of having
rolled up the highest total at the longest
distance the District had won the match.
Next, there was shouting and cheering
Everybody was happy. Even Georgia
seemed pleased. The team from the latter
state warmly congratulated the District
boys. saying: You won it fairly and
Squarely. Dickey was the hero of the hour
and could have owned all he SURVEYED had
he desired such possession.
The interstate military match is consider
ed of equal Importance with the Hilton
match. The competing teams are the same
the only difference being that ten shots
each must be fired at 300 and 800 yards
instead of seven shots each at 300 and Cos
yards. as is provided in the Hilton match
The prize trophy, a large bronze Soldier
OF Marathon, was presented by the COM
mander-!n-chef on behalf of the state of
New York, to be shot for annually and 10
be held during the year by the adiutant
general of the state whose team NAV win
1t. The value OF the trophy is $3.50. A
medal is also presented to each member of
the winning team. The interstate match
was won by the District of Columbia i'm
1888, with a total of 1921. 1t was won in
1893, SO and 'G by Georgia
The Scores in Detail,
The scores in the interstate match were
as follows: