The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-10
EIGHTEEN SEA CRITTERS NOW.
FIVE WILL HAVE TO SHOOT FOR A
PLACE ON THE TEAM.


Down TO Seventeen-One More Is TO
Win "a Place by His ShoOtinE-COm-
mittee Had a Spirited Meeting to
Decide the Matter-The Team VIII
sail Aug. - on the Tallahassee.
Members Are Making Very Good
ScOres-Lieut. Il. c. Wilson Made
40 at 600 Yards Yesterday.
A meeting of the committee of the Sea
| Girt team was had last night to slft the
membership from twenty to eighteen
Some days ago a committee reduced the
number of contestants for places on the
team to twenty from some twenty-five
| This reduction is a still lower one, two of
the men who were first selected and pos
sibly three having to remain at home.
Seventeen of those who are to go from
here are: Col. George T. Cam, inspector
general of rifle practice; Capt. J. c. Pos
tell inspector of rife practice. First Regi-
ment of Cavalry; Capt. w. G. Harrison,
adjutant First Regiment of Cavalry;
Capt. Thomas Hunter, commissary First
Regiment of Cavalry; Capt. c. H. Kone-
MANN First Regiment of Infantry; Capt.
r. l.. Wylly, inspector of rife practice,
Fourth Regiment of Infantry; Lieut.. F.
c. Wilson, First Battalion of Infantry;
Lieut.. Henry Blum. First Battalion of
| Infantry; Sergt r. p. Constantine First
Regiment Cavalry; Private T. G. Philpot,
First Regiment of Infantry, and Privates
f. c. Battey, w @. Austin, c. S. Rich
mond, H. f. Wilson, R. c. Fetzer. e. c.
Mercer of the First Battalion of Infantry.
One pace on the team viii be left. The
committee was unable to decide just how
the place should be filed and it was
finally concluded to leave it TO contest
among the FIVE who were considered for
il. Those five are Lieut. w. w Gordon
of the Hussars, Sergt. J. NJ. Dreyer of the
Guards. Sergt. f. w. Garden of the
Guards, Private Meyer of the Guards and
Trooper QuantOck of the Hussars The
honor and privilege sought is representa-
ton on the team from Savannah, for il is
well understood that there Will be great
difficulty in getting on the Georgia team
when the Sea Girt contests are held.
The committee that met to make the
selection of the team of eighteen consist |
ed of Col. Jordan F. Brooks, vice captain;
Capt. w G. Austin, Capt. w. G. Harrison,
Lieut.. +. c. Wilson, and Mr.. c. 5. Rich |
mond. 1t took some time to settle the
knotty points the committee had to con- !
Sider IN making the selection.
The members of the Sea Girt team prac
tice regularly on Thursday and Saturday
but yesterday Lieut.. f. c. Wilson was at
the range for a try at one or two of
the targets. He devoted most of his at
tention to the 600 yards range, and made
a score of 49 out of a possible 50 at that |
target.
Lieut.. Wilson has always been consid- !
cred one of the very best shots of the Sea |
Girt team. He has a strong following that |
regards him as the best shot among Them |
all, bur Capt. w. G. Austin and Col. |
George T. Cam have followings just about
as strong, who are ready to swear to |
their ability to make better scores than |
any other members of the team.
Al the practice yesterday Lieut. Wilson |
showed that his friends have ample |
grounds for their belief that he is an ex- |
cellent shot. His nine bunseyes followed
one after the other, giving him 40. II was
then necessary for him to get bullseye |
IN order to have a clean score at 6OO |
yards, something he has never made. |
Again the rifle went off, the marksman !
being in the Texas grip" position TT |
Is high left" he said as soon as the shot |
sounded sure enough the marker indl- |
Gated the bullet as having struck there.
When man has had great deal Of
practice in shooting he can tell where bfs
bullet struck as soon as he has pulled the
trigger. His judgment is almost infallibla
For such marksmen it is almost useless
to have markers stationed at the targets.
Lieut.. Wilson had noticed just before his
last shot that the flags that serve to show
the windage were hanging loosely at their
poles. He fired, and Immediately after mis-
glance was directed to the flags He saw
they had floated out and thereby il was
made clear 10 him that there had been n
bit of wind that was more than likely 10
have carried his shot out of line. Accord
nolN hn a g11nt J., frf,
and so the red disc, put up to indicate a
4, proved.
one or twice before Lieut. Wilson has
made just as good a score, but he has new
err excelled it, In the last shot having been
4 instead of a there seemed a bit of
pity. for there was no reason why the
tenth should not have beeen a bulseye in
stead of A. other than that unfortunate
circumstance of the wind having got I'D
while Lieut.. Wilson was taking sight.
Col George T. Cam made just such
score at eco yards as Lieut.. Wilson Both
gentlemen are exceptionally fine shots. and
their superiority is clearly shown az the
long ranges. ii is when the shooting IS
at from SO to 1000 yards that they show
to the best advantage.
All the members of the team have been
doing very well recently. The better am
munition they have been shooting has
shown in the results, and there Is no such
discomfort as prevailed earlier in the sea
son when they had TO use the ammunition
loaded by the government some twelve
years ago. 1t is said the team is not
shooting in quite its usual form, but there
is no clear evidence that such IS the case.
The hopes of the public that the Savannah
shots will be just as successful as they
have always been are strong, and nobody
doubts that they viii keep the trophies
they hold. Teams from other states Will
do all in their power to break the winning
streak the Georgians have had. but II re-
mains to be seen whether they will be sue
cessful.
The team viii have some days for prac-
tice at Sea Grit. 1t has been decided for
the representatives Of Savannahs mill
tary to leave here on the Tallahassee on
Aug p. Reservations of berths are now Z
being made by members of the team
About week for practice on the Sea Gitt
range will be given the Savannahans.
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