The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

guy Burnside Of Knoxville. ILL.,, won n
Republic Cup rather handily yesterday from
the four men who had tied with him on
straight scores In the shoot at the twenty
Ave birds. The contest for the cup was one
of the most interesting events OF the tourn-
ment, which closed yesterday. owing to the
value of the purse and the cup. which went
to the winner.
Perhaps the greatest match that ever took
place in St. Louis from the standpoint OF
those who like to see st. IOuisans WIN was
for the Lemp Medal. in which Henry Griese-
deck took the taw Of Alex. Mermod In a
miss-and-out match. in which ssxty-six
rounds were shot before Mermod lost the
bird which gave the trophy TO Greseoieck
for the second consecutive time and thus
made It his property
The handicap at ten live birds was par
ticinated I'm by twenty trap shots. and eleven
made clean scores. The purse was divided.
There was a crowd of 'dyed-in-the-woor'
lovers of the sport on hand early IN antici-
ration OF The Republic Cup shoot, which'
iii was hoped, would be won by q st. LOUIS
an. az both Blake Collins and Chase had
srsssed their quota OF birds on Thursday
and Friday.
Frank R!ehl, the ieft-hand shot from Al
ton led off with an easy kill. which was
duplicated BY Guy Burnside. but they nao
| shot from the wrong. mark. ana were ON
| PEELED TO start over; This did not angu nn
L their cnanctS Ill Tic
| EASY bird. and Turner Hubby Of Waco.
Tex. who followed. dropped another enc
| from the crate of slow birds chase srassed
| the fourth Of the lot. but the tables were
turned when Blake Collins drew a scream
err which drove for the North Pole at his
speed. Collins grassed II with a clever SET
vent skyward. The second round was lack
ing OF any especial merit unless II oe !
! good second by Hubby, VINO was snoou"s
| from the twenty-seven-yard mark
The third and fourth rounds were marked
| by hard birds drawn by Riehi and Col
| lins. and easy ones grassed by the o'nsa
HACK birds. and as the sky was heavily
ciouded at that time they were a hard lot
Chase Last Mil was S,ex e,,n
| Chase made the banner shot OF the nun
| round. He caught a fast out-goer which
| circIed 10 the right after the nrst snot. anu
| did not fan until within a few feet OF the
| the sixth and grassed 1t so cieverly thai
bets were freely offered that St LOUIS
would retain The Republic Cup. But the
very next round DASHED an Az, 'n me- ono 81 3
/ those straightaway birds. which axe y az.
/ To their heads to turn right ABOUT rae.
at the. first fire: This pigeon hesore dronptns
TO the grass In its final struggie. HUBBY
caught a hard one. and just old save nm,
.nu,l. cali and a light bird wheeled out 0;
tran No :. circled toward the score ano
cleared the fence. unintured. by the twe
another liSht bird jumped right into the eli
from No. 2 trap and drove to the LEFT. hist
up: Collins seemed TO dust II a bit Wit
his first. but lost out with the second si
together, and that settled the chances Ct
the an. Louisans in the match
Tn eleventh round brought forth one o
the fev, brown birds released during tn
shoot. II was just the color Of the burne'
grass and had plenty Of speed. Burnside,
mont park this week. In the twelfth roun'
Hubby was a bit ratified. apparently. by tn
refusal Of his bird to get out OF the trap
summed away to the left and skinned tn
fence. but carried enough shot to kill !
out of boundA. -
Huhby's miss brought the contest dow
20 : duaI sRair. and the remaining r0und
we're marked BY q few good shots. Riehr'
srcond on his fifteenth bird was one o
~sriss-and-out where luck did not cut . Nc