The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-09
ANOTHER LOSS FOR GEORGIA.
SOLDIER OF MARATHON" GOES TO
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

UVOFSihhs Ileu the score OF the Dis
trict Team, But the Latter Did Bet
ter on the Long Range-AIIeged
Discrepancies in Hilton Trophy
Match Under InvestigatiOn-POs-
tell Wins a Prizc-WiIsOn May Get
Presidents Match.
Sea Glrt, n. J., Sept. s.-The Georgia
team to-day followed up its loss OF t~e
Hilton trophy by los ng the Solder of
Marathon" the trophy of the Interstate
Military match.
To-day has furnished the most exciting
contest of the week at the Sea GIrt range.
The big event was the Interstate Military
Match at 200 and 800 yards open 10 teams
of twelve from each state or territory.
AT 8 O'Clock this morning the contest
opened with Georgia. New Jersey, New
Hampshire and District of Columbia as
competitors for championship honors Dur
| ing the firing at the short range the wind
blew from The southwest al from ten to
twelve miles an hour with frequent gusts
of greater velocity. Coed scores were
scarce, the best being 46 by Hudson of New
Jersey. Cam led Georgia with 49, and
Harrison and Austin scored "A each.
The 500-yard shooting was below the av-
erage, but the condi ions were miserable.
ward the targets. Many of the big shots
made very low scores, and when Kone-
mann and II. +. Wilson were firing, the
| changes in wind were constant, Wilson
getting The worst of it.
Richmond made the high score at this
range, his total being 4S. Appleby of Wash
| ington made nine straight bulls on his
string and then broke 10 a three on the
last shot. Dickey of the same team also
| scored 49,
How Georgia Lost.
When the last two men began shooting
at 500 yards Georgia led Washington by
eight points, and il was generally con-
ceded that Austin and f. c. Wilson would
not be beaten by that number of points,
if they were defeated at all. Carleton and
! Dickey were the last pair for Washing
| Ton, and when each had fired eight shots
| it was found chat one bullseye and three
| fours would tie the total of the Georgians
and give Washington the match, on ac-
count Of the greater score a the long dis
| tarce.
Appleby scored four, Dickey followed
with a bullseye and then Appleby fol-
| lowed with a three. The excitement was
now intense, for 1t was necessary that
| Dickey score another bullseye to win the
match. If his shot scored four Georgia
would win by one point After noting the
| direction and intensity of the wind for
what seemed ten minutes or more, Dickey
! pulled the trigger, and as he did so re-
| marked:
1T is in the same Old place" and so 1t
| proved. This is the second time that Geor-
| gia has lost a match on a tie, and In each
! case the district of Columbia has been
the winner. In 1896 the Hilton trophy was
LOST in this way, and the misfortune fol-
| lowed Georgia in the contest to-day for
the Soldier of Marathon
| When Dickey made his bullseye the
| spectators broke loose and cheered Dickey
| and the District of Columbia team until
| they were out of breath. AS Dickey's shot
! tied the score, the match was awarded on
| the highest aggregate team score made al
| the 5O9-yards. Georgia had made 50l at that
range, and the District of Columbia 5O7, so
the District of Columbia won the match.
| 1t was the closest score ever shot m the
Interstate Military match since the estab-
! lishment of the event. In 1897 1896 and 1895
| this event was won by Georgia.
GeOrgians Win These.
AT the close of to-days shooting in the
| Presidents match for the individual cham
pionship, f. c. Wilson of Georgia led with
1S1.
| The department of rifle practice match,
| open only 10 inspectors of rifle practice,
was won by Postell of Georgia.
The carbine team match, five men teams,
open 10 United States and foreign cavalry
! p
of the First Georgia Cavalry, Troop A
RumOr of Discrepancies.
| In the last stage of the Hilton match
| yesterday the Georgians asked for a rep
resentation in the pit. This request was
| not granted When the New Jersey teams
| began 10 run up their wonderful score sew
| eral Georgians declared that Ii was i'm
possible TO make the high scores that the
/ New Jersey team did under the conditions
! of the day.
! Last night a number of Georgians unac-
| companied by a range officer, visited the
! Pits with bicycle lanters to examine the
| target used by the New Jersey team. They
returned late in the evening, and claimed
| to have discovered grave discrepancies
| between the scores recorded and the hits
| indica red on the target.
This morning Lieut. Col. Brooks and In
/ spector of Rifle Practice Col. Cam OF
| Georgia, and Gen. Harries of the District
| of Columbia team, visited Gen. Spencer,
! the executive officer of tie meeting, and
! told him they had heard some of the ru-
! mors about errors in the scoring on the
| New Jersey target, but they assured him
| they believed that neither he nor the man
| agement would countenance any discrimi-
| nation They made no protest on the
| match The target used was removed
| from the pits to-day and an investigation
will be made by Gen. Spencer.
scores of the Match.
! The scores in the Interstate match fol-