The Washington times., 1901-09-01
THE WIMBLEDON CUP SHOOT.
Captain Martin, of New Jersey, Cap
lures the Trophy.

SEA GIRT, n. J., avg. 3i.-At the sec
ond days meeting of the Jersey and Ma
!ional Rife Association honors were dl-
!ded between >yc-; York, New Jersey
and Massachusetts The Empire State
marksmen won the inter-club match Tor
the Scheutzen championship; Capt. VIII
lam B. Martin. of the Second Regiment
New Jersey. won the Wimbledon cup. and
Massachusetts captured the revolver team
match with Troop \. First Brigade; First
Troop. Philadelphia, second; Troop A
First Brigade. Maryland. third, and
Squadron a. of New York, fourth.
The conditions for good scores were not
as favorable as those of yesterday. At
1.3G o'clock the Wimbledon match was
called. 1t was open to all citizens and
reside nts of the United States, distance
.WjO yards, thirty shots The cup was
presented by the National Rifle Associa-
tion of Great Britain to the National
Rifle Association of America. and has
been shot for annually since 1875. The
last year cup was won by Lieut.. William
DeV. Foulke of Philadelphia, and he
WAS also a contestant this year Those
who shot with military rifles were allow
cd IA handicap over those who used spe-
cial guns. None of the scores was consid-
cred good In the early stage of the
match the interest Jagged, but toward the
end excitement was intense.
Private Casey OF New York, shot re-
inarkably well in the last stage of the
match lie had score OF l53 and needed
a four TO equal Captain Martins score,
or Il five to beat it one point. and win the
match. There was u hush as he fired
his last shot. When the disk came up
il showed that Casey had made an out
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score up to l;5. or two points behind
Captain Martin. the winner. The scores
OF the Others Were as follows:
John Corrie, New York, 1874; Lieut.. w.
w. Cookson, Washington, d. c., 1S0; Capt.
s. $ Stebbins, Washington. 129; Robert
Bycrs, New York, l2S; George II. Doyle,
New York, rs; William DeV. Foulke.
Philadelphia, IL; G. b. Young, Washing
ton, us; Horace NJ. Bell, Washington, III:
William J. Bull, New Jersey, 1l6; 5. b.
Melterald, Washington, Ia; A. q. Perkins,
Philadelphia, ia; Capt. W. F. White
more. New Jersey. III; George Daube,
sey. 1C9; II. j. Genact, New Jersey, Jos;
l.. Il. Bowen, Rhode Island. 105; George
c. Shaw. Washington, 90; w. Lewis, New
Jersey, 81: Arthur Rowland, New Jersey,
sg; ". c. Cannon, New Jersey, So.
There were a dozen other contestants,
including several members from the ltal-
ian Kite Association of New York. but
they withdrew when they saw they had
no chance Of winning. This is said to be
the first time in the history of the VIM
bledon cup match that IL has been Won
with military rife.
Six teams entered the revolver team
championship. Battery a, Light Artillery,
OF Massachusetts Squadron A, New
York: Troop A, First Brigade; Fourth
Regiment New Jersey; Essex Troop, New
Jersey, and the First City Troop, Phil
adelphia-
Battery A. Light Artillery of Massa-
chusetts, won handily. The conditions
were ten shots each at Z5, 80, and IS
yards, and the Massachusetts boys led
at every stage. The scores follow: Bat
terry A. Light Artillery, Massachusetts.
596; First City Troop Philadelphia 56S;
First Brigade, SIS; Fourth Regiment, New
Jersey, 5U5: Essex Troop, New Jersey, 4I4.
"a hile these matches Were going on the
Scheutzen team championship was start
cd The Zattlers of New York, entered
two teams. The scores in the match were
as follows: First team Zattlers. ~. sec
ond team Zattlers, ~; Manhattan Rifle
Association, zi5; Italian Rifle Association,
l6S.
The Pennsylvania team arrived in camp
last night, bringing some of the best rife
men OF the keystone State. They have
just come from Mount Gretna- The Ohio
sharpshooteTs arrived in camp this after
noon in charge of Col c. b. Adam, as
sistant adjutanI general of the State. To-
morrow lne Salitdlall tsllie ASSpcldtioi
will arrive. General Spencer has dele
gated Assistant Adjutant General Free
man, Thomas Cook. of Iowa. and Post
Adjutant Holiey, to meet the Canadians
in New York and escort them to Sea Girt.
With little or no intermission the Irish
riflemen practiced all day on the thou
sand yard range. As compliment to
them the New Jersey State Rifle Associa-
tion. acting on the suggestion made by
Governor Voorhees, and General Spencer,
has arranged an all-comers' match to be
shot on September 10 The Irish marks
men will compete in this event