Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-08-17


taken aboard the train for Sea Girt.
Interstate Matches.
Cali of the interest in the coming tourna-
ment is not, by any means, conferred in the
international matches. Never before In the
history of rifle shooting in this country has
there been SO much interest manifested in
the annual interstate matches by the
guardsmen of the different states
AS against six states being represented
Dy state teams, which is the largest num-
Der eyer before assembled together in COM
petition, there will this year be about eight
state teams on the grounds to compete for
the Hilton and Marathon trophies.
-1he United States marine corps will also
De represented by strong team, which has
Deen training at the navy range at Annapo-
lis Tor over a month. The department of
the east United States army, will also, in
all probability, send team from Gov
ernor'S Island.
Maine has already selected her team
competitions for that purpose having been
held at brunswick Me-, August 3.
Inc pennsylvania state team will be Sc
lected from the men making the highest
scores at the, state shoot at Mt Gretna,
Ia, August q, % and % PENNSYLVANIA
VIII also send the winning regimental team
ana squadron team to represent her
guard at Sea Grt.
New York has selected by connection
twenty-five men, who are now practicing
at CreedmoOr with the United States maya
zine rifle. Later on the twelve men to COM
pose the state team will be selected by a
second competition.
New York will also be represented by
regimental teams from the 10Th, 9TH list
tfh, 74th, I'D and 18th regiments, and a
team from Squadron A and the Naval Re-
serve.
For some reason, not fully understood
Massachusetts has decided not to send a
team For great many years Massachu-
sets could boast Of as fine q body of ex-
rlf1omPn
in the country, but of late years very lit
tie has been heard from her in this respect.
Battery B, Light Artillery, of Boston
will send a revolver team to defend their
title to the military team championship,
WoE last year. There will also be several
reglmental teams from the state
The Rhode Island team is in training at
the Rumford range, and is putting up some
very fine scores.
District to Have Teams.
CAS- is well known, both the District of
Columbia and New Jersey will enter state
teams, and the usual number of regimen
tai, troop and company teams. The New
Jersey Naval Reserve and batteries and
signal corps will this year, for the first
time. be represented in the matches The
revolver team will also be entered from the
4th Regiment. Both the District and Jer-
sey teams are shooting with the United
States magazine rife, and are doing such
good work that both ought to be near the
TOP, of the list when the match is decided.
Maryland will be represented by a team
from the 9Th Regiment of Baltimore and a
troop team in the carbine and revolver
matches.
VERMONT New Hampshire, Ohio. Michi-
gan, Minnesota and Delaware will be rep
resented by either state or reginental
team, or both, but little is known of the
work being done at their local ranges
Sea Girt will certainly be an interesting
place to visit during these national
tests. Every arm Of the service will be
represented, and the encampment will be
as near national camp for our armed
forces as We are ever likely to have. It Is
conceded that the state of New Jersey de-
serves great deal Of credit for fostering
sport OF such national Importance as
rifle ShootinS-excellency in which was at
one time, the backbone of our national
strength.
Military rifemen are not going to mo-
nopolize all the interest at the meeting
The Scheutzen shooters are also we'll looked
after. The National Rifle Association of
America has in it's program a team match
for civilian clubs, and all of the larger
clubs will send their best men to try and
win the pennant and interclub champion
ship of the United States. Such we'll
known clubs as the Massachusetts, Rifle
Association, Philadelphia Rifle Associa-
tioi, New Jersey State Rifle Association,
Manhattan Rifle and Revolver Association
District of Columbia Rifle Association
Zettler Rifle Club of New York, Pittsburg
Rife Club, Crescent City Rifle Club Of
Scranton, Pa, Iroquois Rifle Club of Pitts
burg, Pa; Hoboken Independent Schuetzen
Corps, Elite Rife Club of Brooklyn, San
Antonio (Texas) Shooting Society, SYRIA
cuse IN. - Rifle Club and the Italian
Shooting Association Of New York will be
represented.
1.-THE success Of the schuetzen shooting end
of the tournament is assured by having
such men as William Hayes, Gus thinner
man, Tom Keller, Emil Berckmann, DR..
Hudson, Nathan Spering, DR.. Stillman
John T. HUMPHREYS and Harry Pope look
ing after its interest.
Revolver Shooting.
Revolver shooting enthusiasts will have
their interests well looked after by DR..
Sayre Of New York, Lieutenant Paine and
E. e. Partridge of Boston, E. L. Harpham
of Chicago and ]. B. Crabtree of Spring
field, Mass. Everything possible has been
done to provide interesting matches An
innovation Is disappearing man target
at which the contestants have only twelve
seconds in which to fire their six shots
at it,
Lieut.. Albert s. Jones, secretary of the
national Rifle Association of America, has
received from D. Morilon, president of the
Union des Societies de Tir de France, the
following communications:
Il nave the pleasure of informing Won
and beg that you will notify your president
and the committee, that the Union of
French Shooting Societies, while not being
dpie 70 send team to your great meeting
OF 1901, has nevertheless been DESTROYS of
testifying its friendship for the National
Rifle Association Of America and that 1t
has decided to offer for this meeting a
bronze medallion of Gloria Victis, framed
In oak, and two silver plaquettes in cases"
The above prizes have been received by
Governor Voorhees, Of New Jersey from
the French ambassador at Washington, and
are now on exhibition at the club house of
the New Jersey State Rifle Association
The magnificent range at Sea Girt is be-
ing put in complete order for the meeting;
more revolver targets have been built to
accommodate the increased number of pa
irons There are now eight targets at 1000
yards. In all there will be eighty-one tar
gets, at all ranges in use during the
matches.
Indoor Athletics.
Captain Edwards and Prof. Koran are
hard at work these days getting the gym
nasium at the Center market armory in
shape for the opening of the season of in
door athletic work. The apparatus is be-
ing cleaned and oiled, new baskets are to
be provided for the basket ball contests,
the diamond for the indoor base ball games
Is being repainted, additional lockers are
being built and more lights provided BY
the 18th Of September the renovation viii
a ve hpen c0mD1etpd. and II 10 cIairnad tho