The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-09-01
AFTER The PALM.
Teams Preparing to Compete
for Prizes at Sea Girt
Range.
WASHINGTON HAS HOPES.
But New York and New Jer-
sey Will Make Her Work
For the Prize.


Especial to "The Jersey city News.,,)
SEA GTRT, Sept. l, 1900-The New Jer-i
sey Rife Association opened its ninth
annual meeting this morning on the State
range
The shoot, which will continue until the
evening of September s. will, unless bad
weather or disconcerting fsh-tail winds
set in, be the most interesting and en-
thusiastic shoot ever held here.
More States are represented than ever
before and the number of celebrated shots
insures some sensational scoring in the
revolver and schuetzen matches, as well
as in the regular rifle contests.
Governor Voorhees,, the president of the
New Jersey Association, arrived at tho
pretty clubhouse this afternoon, accom-
panied by General Stryker and Senator
Stokes. The Governor will remain hsse
during most of the shoot.
Tho shooting yesterday was TO warm up
for the big matches to follow today for
the Wimbledon cup, presented by tie
National Rife Association of Great Bri-
tain, and the Interstate regimental CO.
lumbia trophy and New Jersey Nationsl
Guard and the Schuetzen team matches
next Monday
General Spencer has announced the fol-
lowing daily routine for the shoot:-I7s-
veille, A. M. mess, z; assembly, 1885,;
commence firing, s; cease .lring, P. NJ:
mess, 6:05; tattoo, 10; taps, 1O.3o. The
range will be closed an hour the middle
of the day. On account of the large,
number of matches and contestants firing
begins a half hour earlier than heret9s
fore.
The team that will represent the Sec
ond New Jersey has practically been se-
lected. The six men will be chosen from
the following list, by Captain Richard B.
Reading:-Major Cline of Burlington; Pri-
vate K. Evans, New Brunswick; Captain
Joseph A. Yard. Freehold; Captain Rob
ert F. Watson, New Brunswick, and Ma
jor G. v. Packer, Major J. c. Coward and
Private James R. GLADDEN. of Trenton.
The Seconds team will compete in the
Interstate regimental team match, open
to teams of six men from the regimental,
battalion and separate company organi-
cations of the National Guard and naval
reserves of the United States, the United
States Army, Navy or marine corps. or
any foreign government. This match,
which will be shot next Monday, was
won in '96, 81 and 80 by the First Bat
TALON Infantry, Georgia Volunteers.
The Second New Jersey will also go
after the Columbia trophy, presented by
the District of Columbia National Guard
to the National Guard of New Jersey, to
be competed for by teams from the Jer-
sey regiments and the State Naval Re
serves. and it will enter the New Jersey
National Guard match. won in '97 and
'99 by the Fourth Regiment.
Captain Readings men practiced at
pool shooting today on the 200. 900 and
500 yard ranges. On the first range. Cap
tain Reading made 40 out of a possible SO;
Major Cline, 40; Private Evans. 81. and
Captain Yard 3S
The District of Columbia rif1emen show
ed up the best today For the 200 ward
range pool matches they outdistanced the
Jerseymen, the Marylanders and the regu-
lars from the Eleventh Infantry, who
have come down from Governors Island
Three of the Washingtonians banged out
a. The best scores by the Third New Jer-
sey team were IS by Captain w E. Price
of Camden; So, Captain J. Madison Hare,
of Jersey City, formerly of Burlington,
and Captain ]. H. House of Camden.
The Jerseymen's scores were low larg-
ly because they are still unaccustomed to
the Krag-Jorgensen guns which they are
using this year for the first time. The
light, too. was bad this morning Its
giimmer made perfect sighting almost i'm
possible even for the most expert Shots
The worlds amateur champion revolver
shot, Thomas Anderton, of Boston, is
here to compete in all the pistol and revol-
yer championship matches and in several
of the rifle matches.
His arrival has attracted additional in
terest to the already very popular revo-
yer contests which are to be shot under
the direction of the United States Revolt
yer Association.
The Sea Girt range Mr. Anderson re-
CARDS as surpassed by only one in the
world. He has shot on all the principal
ranges and New Jerseys, he thinks, is
second only to that of the Bengal Rifle AS
ISOLATION at Meerut, India.
There are forty Washington riflemen
here in command of Major j. e. Bell
and a dozen more are coming tomorrow.
They are on the warpath this year. For
several shoots victory see-sawed back
and forth between them and the Geor-
gians. Now that the latter have conclud-
ed to stay at home, the District of Col
llmbia cracks think they see a clearer
road to more prizes than fell to them
last year. New Jersey and New York
will be her stumbling blocks The big bat
ties will be between the teams represent
ing these three States New York Will
send the strongest team she has sent out
for several years, but General Spencer
says the Jerseymen will be heard from
Among the contestants in the thirty
shot, 1000 yard Wimbledon match tomor-
row afternoon are DR.. w G. Hudson of
the Fourth New Jersey; Lieut.. W. b.
Martin, Second New Jersey; Captain Wal
ter #. Whittemore, Fourth New Jersey:
Captain Rene A. de Russey, Twelfth New
York; Lieut.. A. W. Allison and Lieut..
w. w. Coopson, District OF Columbia
HURT BY A FALLING BEAM.