The Washington times., 1901-10-24
GOOD SCORING AT ORDWAY
Private r. :. Williams Wins the
Merchants Match.
secord Regiment. Sixth Battalion.
und Comunuy of tie Latter Sc
cure Respective Contests-A High
Wind Disturbes Distance Shooting.

md Comnnuy \ of tie Latter ST.
cure Respective Contests-A High
Wind Disturbes Distance shooting.
Marksmen of the District National
Guard at the Ordway Range yesterday
demonstrated that they had lost httIe Oh
the skill which so prominently Hd!htN
their showing at the International hil'e
Matches at Sea Girt, y. J., IN Septeih"ei
last The first day Of the hfth annual
meeting of the National Rife Association
of the District of Columbia was success
in every way. The average of the scores
was high Excepting a strong wlnd,
which played havoc with the scores at
800 yards. the weather was ideal.
The entries We're fully as numerous as
they have been in former years, and the
attendance of the general public was in
excess of what it was last year. The
team matches resulted much as the wise
ones had figured The Second Regiment
team, of six Titiemen, easily defeated the
First Regiment team. The crack Sixth
Battalion team won the battalion match,
and the company match was won by
Company A, Of the Sixth Battalion.
The largest field was entered in the
Merchants match, for which thirty-seven
prizes. donated by the Washington busi-
ness men, were offered. There were six
ty-sevcn entries Private c. L. Bode, of
Company c. First Battalion. captured the
match with score of a out of possible
80 Owing to the fact that the figures
We're not at hand the winner OF the
Washington match was not announced
In the beginners match, one Of the new
events introduced this year, Private r.
S. Williams, of Company \, Sixth Bat
talon, and E. II. Jackson, OF the Sixth
Battalion, tied for first with ? score of
80 each. protest against Jackson was
lied on the ground that he was serving
his second enlistment. The Beginners
match is open only to those serving their
first enlistment. The protest VIII pe in
vestigated. Even in case it is not sus-
tanned Williams will win, having made
the highest score at the greatest distance,
The matches continued all day long
Several important matches are on the
programme for today. They are the X.
Harris q Co. trophy match, the May
match, the Senatorial trophy match, and
the Evening Star" match
The regimental match was between
teams of six men each. The Second
Regiment rifiemen were at no time hard
pressed anG won by the comfortable mar
gin of S. points. scoring 246 at 800 yards
and 2i3 at 6vJ yards, a total of 4S9; against
go at 500 yards and 20G at 600 yards a
total of 425 points for the First Regiment.
The Second Regiment team consisted of
Captain Force, Lieutenant Holt, Ser
gcaHt Groome, Captain Somers. Lieuten-
ant Dennison, and Private Pile. J. S.
Tomlinson was team captain. The mem
bers of the First Regiment team were
Lieutenant Allison, Major Reichelderfer,
Lieutenant Hollifeid. Private Bode, Pri-
vate Fink and Private Vogt
The team of the Sixth Battalion had
little difficulty in besting the teams from
the First Second Fourth and Fifth Bat
talions. Company A, of the Sixth Bat
TALON, consisting of Private Williams,
Private E. McGovern. Lieutenant G. ".
Phillips, Private Lines and Captain Sum
mers, easily won the company match with
a score of 1870 out of possible go. The
distance was 200 yards, ten rounds fired
by each competitor.
The other competing teams and their
totals were: Company b, Fourth Battal-
ion, lSS; Company b, Fifth Battalion, 1S2;
Company c, First Battalion. I79; Com
pany A, First Battalion, l73; Company a,
Battalion, 16i; Company A, Second Bat
TALON, 155; Company ID, Sixth Battalion,
Isl; Company d. Second Battalion, Isl:
Company c. Fifth Battalion. 49, and
Company d, Fifth Battalion, l3l
The Beginners Match was contested By
twenty seven ritiemen The distances
were geo and 800 yards five shots at each
stage. The scores of the contestants fol-
lows: r. S. Williams, Company A, Sixth
Battalion. 80; L. n. jackson, Sixth Bat
TALON, 80: Unthof. Naval Battalion,
%S; w. NJ. Farrow, 1r,, Company B. Fourth
Battalion, 81; c. IL. Burnett, Company A,
Fourth Battalion, "a; c. Vogt, Company
c, First Battalion, "a; Theron Thompson,
Company e. First Battalion. "a; W g
Sims, Company d, Second Battalion. 80;
A. +. Ferl Company b, Fourth Battalion,
81; G. \. Rowe, Company d, First Bat
TALON, %; Charles Cash, Company c,
Fifth Battalion, 81; +. NJ. Styne. Ambu-
la,, ID
A, Sixth Battalion, %; E. A Collins,
Company A. Fourth Battalion, q; w. L.
Crawford, Company d. Fifth Battalion,
%; Bert Elliott, Company b, First Bat
c. First Battalion. u: G. Y. Lochboeler,
Company b, Fifth Battalion, q; L. J.
Lindberg, Company A, Sixth Battalion,
Il; r. ]. Downey, Company c. Fifth Bat
talon. 90: w. W. Clements, Company A
Second Battalion. 10: +. NJ. Jenkins. Com
pany 2, Fifth Battalion, 10; w. H. Hall,
Company ID, Fifth Battalion, Is; NJ. b.
Irwin, Company Is, Fifth Battalion, IS; Z.
3 3 Norris Company A. sixth Battalion
Private c l. Bode was but a single
point to the good in the Merchants
Match, with a points to his credit. The
distance in this event was 200 yards, at
which stage each competitor fired five
rounds. Following are some Of the better
scores:
Private w NJ Farrow. jr.. Company b,
Fourth Battalion. i3. Private John O'Con-
nell, Company d, Fourth Battalion. -;
Private E. Fink. Company A. First Bat
talon, 42; Private +. y. Jackson, Com
pany G, Sixth Battalion, 42: Private NJ.
L. Sabin, Engineer Corps. Il; First Ser
geant o. Kelar. Company y, Sixth Bat
TALON, II, Sergt w. h. Ferris Company
4 First Battalion. 20. Private G. A Rowe,
Company A, First Battalion, 40, Private
T.. -. Noursc. Company a, Sixth Battal-
ion, 80; Corporal y, z. Shields Company
b. Fifth Battalion, q. Private d. =.
Sims. Company D. Second Battalion. -;
Private A +. Fcri. Company d. First
battalion. %; Private W. VI. Lines. Com
pany A. Sixth Battalion. %
owing to the fact that the scoring was
somewhat tangled up, the winner VI the
Washington Match was not announced.
In order to save time, the second riyc
shots OF the contestants at the 2pl-yard
ltage Of the Merchants Match counted
for those rounds at the same stage IN
the Washington match. This record was
not available in the case Of certain of
the marksmen, SO that some Of those who
made high scores "a: the longer distance
did not have their scores complete. The
figures Will be obtained today.
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