Evening star., 1901-09-03

Company c, 1st Battalion, and Company
A, 9th Battalion, tomorrow will enter rep
resentatives in the tyro company team
match open to teams OF three from any
company, battery, troop or ship company
who have never been on winning team
in any team match at Sea Girt prior to this
year.
The first stage 200 yards of the inter
state military match will be shot tomorrow
morning. and the last stage, 500 yards, at
) O'Clock tomorrow afternoon. Each man
fires ten shots at each distance. The DIS
trict has formed the habit of winning this
match as a regular thing every year.
To Extend the Meeting.
The officials have decided to lengthen the
meeting by two days. Instead of ending
next Saturday evening the tournament will
continue in progress until the evening Of
Tuesday, September 10. Monday, Septem-
Der 8, and the following day. there will be
an all-comers' match at 200 800, 500, 600,
800, 800 and 900 yards, five shots at each
distance. The individual making the high
est aggregate score will win the matcn.
About forty costly articles, of all descr1p-
tions, and $500 In cash have been contrib
uted by Interested citizens and business
men of New York and New Jersey to pc
disposed of prizes in this special an
comers' match. A number of the Distrlct
National Guardsmen will compete.
The best the District Of Columbia could
do in the Wimbledon cup match-thlrty
shots at 1.090 yards-concluded late Satur-
day afternoon, was to secure fourth place
Owing to poor light and uncertain wind the
conditions for shooting were poor. The cup
was won by Capt. William B. Martin OF
Elizabeth n. j., who scored a total OF lSI
out of a possible $50. Martin shot with
military rifle, which gave him a handicap
Of eighteen points. Private Casey OF New
York finished second, his score being 135.
He looked like the winner until after his
last shot was fired. 1t proved to be a two.
Hod or n
target Casey would have carried off the
trophy. Sergt. John Corie of New York.
finished third, with 134, and First Lieut..
w. w. Cookson of the District of Colum-
itorS and their scores were: Capt. 8. s.
Stebbns of New York, 129; Robert Byars
of New York 12S: William F. Leschner of
New York 125; William de V. Foulke of
Pennsylvania 122; George II. Doyle of New
York 123 Glendie B. Young of the District
of Columbia, us; Horace NJ. Bell Of the
District of Columbia, III: S. B. Wetherald
of the District of Columbia. 114 A. E. Per-
kins of Pennsylvania, ia; William B. Bull
of New Jersey, no; John Malcolm of New
Jersey, 109; George Daube of New York,
40; H. ]. Gensch Of New Jersey, JOG, and
Bowen of Rhode Island 105
Won Company Team Match.
The District Of Columbia riaemen con-
tinued their good work this afternoon by
winning the company team match open to
teams of five men, seven shots at 200 and
500 yards with ease. There were eleven
entries. The team totals Of the leaders
were:
first team, 30S out of possible $50; B,
MasSa chusetts Heavy Artillery, 291; the
second team of Company A, 9Th Battalion.
d. G.. N. G.. would have taken third place
on the straight score, but the First City
Troop of Philadelphia will receive the third
prize by reason of an allowance of seven
and one-half points for using the carbine.
The score of the second District team
was 2S2 and the straight score of the City
Troop 27s. The other competitors repre-
sented the Massachusetts volunteer militia
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York and
Maryland. At the conclusion of the firing
at 200 yards Massa chuSettS had lead over
the District of five points, which the Wash
ington men promptly overcame at the long
er range.
At 500 yards the winning team made a
total of 166 out Of possible 175 as follows:
Taylor. "a; Pile, "a; Appleby, 33; Scott,
E. W., "a. and Dickey, 81. The first prize
is $50 and a medal to each member Of the
winning team. Firing in the regimental
interstate match, In which the District
has three teams entered, began late this
afternoon. G. F. c.
BY winning the Hilton trophy this year
the local rife team was compelled to break
a worlds record established in 1895 on the
same range by the team representing the
National Guard of the District Of Colum-
bia. At that time the team captain was
Maj George H. Harries, now the command
ing officer of the National Guard of the
District, and the record-breaking score of
1897 was marked up Yesterday the Dis
trict team added another point to that
score. making a grand total of 1898. a rec
ord that will most likely stand for some
time to come. The trophy will, for the
fifth time since 1890, grace the rooms of
the local guardSmen. Beginning with that
year the prize was won in 1898, 1895 and
1896