The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-05
SAVANNAH WON THEM ALL.
LOCAL TEAMS TOOK THE FoUR
MATCHES on THB STATE SHOOT.

HeeF Gun rts-f airline tnhffNA Nh-
Won ~ the GeorRia Hussnrs
struggle with the Governor Horse
Guard In This Match Was Close
and IntercstinE-rriVate Mcintosh
OF the ATbas, Guards. Company g.
Made the. highest Individual score
Hi. Company Won the Cup ia the
Fonrth-C ompRnS a of the Guards
Won ReN oliver Contest-Dctailed
scores az the shoot
TIE state shoot closed yesterday after
noon. ana the general verdict IS that q
was successful col George T. Cam. In
specior general of rifle practice. was sur
prsed and gratih.d by the number Of
teams that were entered and the great
interest displayed and seems certain
that there b. now more enthusiasm felt
IN rife practice than ever before In Geor-
gia Col. Cam Is confident that ranges -
all the principal towns and cities Ia tho
state will result from tho shoot unless
they have been established already. and
marked Improvement from year 90 year
in the shooting Of the troops may be ca
psctcd.
tNeAfFtAA r MNih ON W. ihhAf "fH VIZ
interesting There were two matches in
which strong competition developed. and
the score boards wrr, watched closely
while the leading teams were shooting.
These matches were tho regimcnial for
the DcRsuue trophy. ard che carhines la
which entries from the cavalry were
made.
-- t....,.t Notch vsav oue, a.
teams o. ten men from any company. hat
talon or regiment with five shots TO be
fred al 90 yards al 30. 10
at $40 Is ~ 60 ana .
NJ the skirmlsh. With = possible total for
each man Of 225 and. for the team. Of g.
20. There were eight entries In this con-
test. but d was known from the start
that the competition Tor the leading place
would h. between the teams from the
Savannah Volunteer Guards. who form
the Second Battalion OF the First In
fantry. and the First Cavalry, in which
are included the Georgia Hussars ana the
Governors Horse Guard
The match was won by the Savannah
Volunteer Guards. their score being 36s
The First Cavalry were second with
score OF lSlG. ~ all the known distances
the cavalry team led the infantry. but
che sepuri0rity Of the latter on the skir-
tnish was shown. and the lead The caval-
rymen mad gained up 10 that point IN the
shooting was there taken on and the tables
were turned. The infantrymcn closing up
she contest with lead Of s. poiuts over
fhe cavalry Those who shot on the cav
airy team found consolation IN the way
they had shot az the known distances.
and reminded their friends thai they were
nos shooting with their own arm. the
carbine. but with that Of the infantry.
the Springfield rife
The regimenfal match was particularly
interesting when n reached the skirmish.
for the skirmishers fired twenty shots
there. and shcre was perfect fusilade.
as ten men were running "a a time. ~
the haits nearest the targets the shots
few thick and fast. and IL was interesting
TO che spectators 20 observe the firing.
Can Thomas Hunter led IN both teams
on tho skirmish. his score being g.
There were eight teams Ia the regimen
tai contest There was no entrance fee,
and some of the contestants were IN sim
ply for the practice Il would nmord them.
They had no hope a. winning against
the best teams In tho summary Of the
shoot that follows. Will be seen the d.
tailed score la this match
The carhlne match was not won by tho
Governors Horse Guari. Issst year at
Sea Girt the match for carhlncs was won
hv tho Horse Guard team. which I'D
the Georgia Hussars OF savannah hy a
Kood many points. So much had been
heard about the nrowess of tho Asnntians
and the practice len which they had been
induiging. that IL was rather confidently
expected that they would win from the
Huasars IN yesterday contest. but the
event ala not 80 prove.
Throughout. however. the shooting was
close. and 81 remained Cor the skiFmlsh
run 70 settle the thing The Horse Guard
went up 10 the skirmish with a lead OF
hus few points. having beaten the Hus-
sars Al all tho known distances, save the
50-yard range. where the Husears led hy
one point Il was by II points that the
Hussars won the match. however. their
score b-sng 62S out of q possible ST5. Tire
score Of the Horse Guard was 5i7
10 enc summary below are given the
nNe teams that entered the carhine match
IN which there were 8 shots at ~, yards
{ at 80. 10 a en-. at COO. and 10 20 tho
skirmish. The noteworthy features OF the
contest were Daniel OF the Horse Guards
score at the 5o0-yard range. IS. ana that
OF Lieut G. A. l.. Cunningham of the
Georgia Hussars. az the skirmish where
he MADE Is. Lieut. Cunningham. as did
the Others in the two teams did their
nfinE when II was really too dark TO SEQ
the targets clearly Private Daniels score
a. 20 was remarkable Ia that carhlnes
usually Will not carry accurately at so
long range
The revolver match. which was shot
DAY before yesterday by the Georgia Hus-
sars and a team made up among the Of
ncers OF the garrison az Fort Screven at
Iyhee, was concluded during the morn
ing by a team from Company A OF the
Guards. which had also been entered The
Guards team won, leading the Hussars
hy the narrow margin OF point The
Hussars had defeated the garrison team
by but points. showing that the three
were very evenly matched
Ten shots were fired by each man Of
the fve on team at the targets posted
az n yards. Thu possible score. therefore.
for each man was 50. ard the possible
score for the team was 30 showing that
the work Of the revolver shots was OF n
very fair order. A. teams they aid very
well In the summary will be found the
scores OF the revolver contest
The company match was concluded Ten
teams failed 20 get through shooting the
day before. and they had 10 be run on
the skirmsh Their work did not necos-
eitate a change in tho conclusion already
reached a. 20 the winner. FOR the team
from Company % the Guards. with
their score o. 81 out Of n possible SIS. had