The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-05-14
SPORTING news.
Trap Shots All Ready For Their
European Trip.
Best of Americas Experts Are
Going Abroad.
FIVE CONTESTS
Are TO Have Use of
Only One Barrel.
The Distance to Be at Eighteen
Yards Rise.

Chicago, May 14.-With the approach
ing of the international trap contest be-
tween teams representing the best shoot
ers in America and England to be held
on British soil next month great interest
is taken by the followers Of the sport in
both countries.
As arranged by the teams of both coun-
tries there will be five contests shot in
teams of ten men, each man shooting
at 100 targets, or 1000 targets per team
The distance is to be at eighteen yards
Americans are to have the use OF only
one barrel, while the teams representing
England will have the use of both bar
rels. Best three in the I'VE contests to
The first Of the contests will be decided
in London the second in Glasgow. the
and the final at Paris.
The team to represent America has
been selected from among the best all
around day in and out shooters, who are
equally clever in bird as well as target
Tom a Marshall, mayor of Keithsberg.
H.. has been selected to captain the
team Marshall is most prominent in the
only American who twice won the first
prize in the Grand American handicap
James a. r. Elliott of Kansas City.
Mo-, who is a member of the team, is a
match shooter and at present is the
holder of the Cast Iron, medal, which
represents the emblem Of the live Dlrd
championship shooting OF America ana
also the E. c. cup eYuDle matte of the
Championship at inanimate shooting OF
Roiia 3. Heikes Of Dayton, o.. titled
the daddy of them all. :, has followed the
game from infancy. He has. won, sue
cessfully defended on several occasions
and lost the Cast IRON medal and
showed himself very creditable in the re-
cent contests at Madison Square Garden,
New York. Heikes holds the worlds rec
ord Of breaking 5o0 targets in the remark
able time of 52.5S
Fred Gilbert the phantom" of Spirit
Lake, Ia. who is well known among the
trap shots of America, was born and
raised on q farm wit TIM q stones throw
Of Spirit Lake Here he acquired the
skill of shooting, hunting ducks and other
water fowl. as well as prairie chicken
Jack S. Tanning Of San Francisco, Cal,
is very steady and reliable shot, VINO
can always be depended upon to finish
with a good average in either target or
William Crosby Of O'Fanen, III, is a
shooter difficult to defeat in a long race.
He has twice won the live bird cham
pionship medal of Illinois, the last time
killing ninety-eight birds without a miss
G. W. Budd of Des Moines, Ia, is one
of the all-around shooters whose face is
always familiar at the majority of the
large shooting tournaments from coast
Chauncey NJ. Powers, unlike several Of
the foregoing is classed among the anna
teurs. He has Won the state champion
ship of Illinois for target shooting
Richard r. Merrill of Milwaukee, Wis,
is classed similar in shooting circles as
is Mr.. Powers. During the Paris exposl-
ton he visited a number Of the shoot
ing lodges Of Europe and entered into the
among the tOp-notchers in the finish.
The last shooter to make up the team
whose ability before the traps remains
undisputed. He has won several state
Championship trophies in Indiana, as wei
as considerable money in the tourna-
ments held in various neighboring states.
Frank Parmalee of Omaha. Neb., COM
as sFBuffalo Hump is the only left
handed shooter of the team