Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-30
STATE TOURNAMENT
Annual Meeting OF the Iowa
State sportsmen's Associa-
ton at ottumwa.
Three Days Tournament to Be
Held May Is, IA
and IS.
Several Trophies to Be Con.
tested for. Including ottum-
wa Diamond Badge.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Ottumwa, April SO.-The twenty
fifth annual Tournament of the Iowa
State Sportsmens association will be
held in Ottumwa May 10, Ia and Is.
The members of the Ottumwa Gun
club are hard at work on the plans for
the meet and are as one man enthus-
iastic over the prospects for a highly
successful Tournament.
Three trophies will be shot for at
the tournament this year, one of which
will be the Ottumwa diamond badge.
This is to be shot for this year for
the first time, and viii be one of the
trophies at each state shoot in the flu
ture, each successive winner to hold
the first time, and will be one of the
other special prizes is the the state
trophy, which will be contested for by
teams of two from each club. Only
members of the Iowa State Sports
mems association are eligible to shoot
for this trophy, and it's winners hold
1T for one year also. These are to be
won in live bird events In the tar
get events the Smith cup will be shot
for on the second day of the tourna-
,nent.
Shooting is to commence promptly
at 8 o'clock each morning and will con-
tinue until dark. The sergeant trap
system is to be employed. Meals will be
served on the grounds, so that the
shooting will not be interrupted in the
least. All ties will be divided. The
money in fifteen bird events will be di-
vided, So. 80, 20 and Is per cent, and in
twenty bird events, 80, 25, 90 and 10 per
cent. An addition of So will DE made
to the purse in each target day, So to
each of the four highest, IS to the low
est and $3.50 to the next lowest aver
ages. To participate in the average
money the shooters must shoot thru the
entire days program. Professionals
are barred from the average money
The annual meeting of the Iowa
State Sportsmen's Association will be
held Thursday evening. May Is, at a
place to be announced on the grounds
during the day. AT this meeting off,
GERS will be elected for the ensuing
year, a place for next years tourna-
ness will be transacted.
Twelve target events will be shot on
each of the first two days, May IL and
IA, and extras will be added to the reg
ular program if opportunity offers. On
the third day there will be three live
bird events, the first of which will be
at seven live birds. Second will come
the state trophy event and the tourna-
ment will be completed with the OF
turnwa Diamond badge contest.
The state officers of the Iowa State
Sportsmens Association are men
known thruout this part of the coun-
try as shooters of ability. The COM
plete list is as follows:
President-W. B. Kibbey, Marshall
town.
Vice President-George Mccarthy,
Des Moines.
Secretary. T. Crisman, Ottumwa
Treasurer-Lee Wheeler Ottumwa.
Directors-C. W. Budd, Des Moines;
d. r. Trip. Newton; D. K. Douthett,
Osceloa: Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake. Ed
Rothrock, Cedar Rapids.
Legislative board--Jos. Kircher, Des
Monies; w. B. Kibbey, Marshalltown;
w. r. Miner, Des Moines; George Nc
CARNEY, Des Moines.