Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-02
DNA AI KANSAS CITY
Hawkeye Pigeon Shooters Take
Down Their Share OF Handi-
cap Purses.
The Miner Marksmen OF the
State Have Been Most
Successful.
Out OF 81 High Guns in Nitro
Handicap, Iowa Has
Nine.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Kansas City, April 2.-Hawkeye
shooters have done well at the traps in
the preliminaries to the Grand Ameri-
can Handicap. In the Nitro Powder
handicap yesterday eighty-two high
guns, with straight scores, divided s4,-
$780, twelve Iowa men taking down
their share of the money. The Iowa
winners were:
Kline, of Spirit Lake; Hinshaw,
Okoboji; Kessler, Des Moines; Adams
and j. L. D. Morrison. Rockwell City;
Ady, West Liberty; e. A. Leech, Sioux
City; Foley and Nichols, Nichols;
Saxton, Hardy: McKelvey, He'd
rick; and Boettger, of Ollie. In the
previous days shoot at twelve birds
sweepstakes, thirty-six high guns, di-
vided s2,5S3. Six Iowa men were
among the straight scores and took
down over $40 apiece. The lucky 1owans
in this event were Avery and Hoffman,
of Atlantic: Hinshaw, Okoboji Trotter,
Kingsley, Foley, Nichols and Miner, of
Des Moines.
Kansas City, April 2.-There were 419
entries in the Nitro-Powder handicap,
the even scheduled for the second day
of the Grand American hanicap live
bird tournament, and eightyt two high
guns. each with straight score of
twelve birds, divided the purse of $4,-
100.
Iofo tn 1,n Gfctn
ing contests has so large number of
shooters participated in any single
event. Nearly all of those who are en-
tered for the Grand American handicap
faced the traps yesterday and each one
was subjected to the same handicap he
will have In the big shoot which began
today. The day was clear and cool
enough to make the birds active and
most satisfactory in their flight.
Because of the large number of con-
testants who shot from the twenty-siX.
twenty-seven and twenty eight-yard
lines larger percentage of shooters
made higher scores than Monday, when
all shot from the thirtyyard line.
At the end Of the fourth round 23S of
the shooters had not missed a bird. AT
the end of the eighth round 125 had
score.
The Nitro-Powder handicap was in
tended to be sixteen-bird affair but
because of the large entry list 1t was
cut to twelve birds, and only those who
had straight score at the end of the
eighth round were allowed to shoot out
the match.
Among the prominent wing shots
who made straight scores We're W. r.
Crosby, of O'Fallon, ILL.,, shooting from
the thirty-two- yard line; w. d. Bates,
of Ridgetown, Ont, thirty-one yards;
J. A. r. Elliott, of Kansas City, and L.
D. Fulford.
Among those who failed to make a
straight score We're Fred Gilbert, Rob
art Heikes, c. w. Budd and T. A. Mar
shall After killing ten straight Gilbert
lost his last two birds. Marshall missed
his sixth bird. Annie Oakley, Lillian
Smith, better known as "Wenonah,"
and Mrs. S. S. Johnson. all failed to
make straight scores. Miss Oakley lost
Ter seventh and eighth; "Wenonah"
ost her fifth, and Mrs. Johnson missed I
Ter fifth.
The following We're among yester-
lays winners: f. D. Bingham, Chica-
20: J.. A. r. Elliott, Kansas City; Rus
'ell Kline, Spirit Lake, Iowa; E. c.
-linshaw, Okoboji. Iowa; w. L. Kes-
ler, Des Moines, Iowa; j. S. Boa, Alton,
H.: j. L. White, Chicago; w. F. Bolten-
TEN, Cambridge, ILL.,; j. H. Caldwell,
springfield, ILL.,; H. E. Boltenstein,
ILL.,; w. F. Fogg, Omaha;
. L. d. Morrison and c. B. Adams,
City, Iowa; L. Foley, Nichols.
owa; c. e. Saxton, Hardy, Iowa; c.
4. Powers, Decatur, ILL.,; j. A. Nickel
ey, Hedrick, Iowa; E. A. Leach, Sioux
'ity, Iowa. w. r. Crosby, O'Fallon,
H.; c. S. McGill, Arnold, ILL.,; Dick
>wyer, Chicago; o. Boettger Ollie,
owa; "B. 81" Herman, Neb.; T. b.
Nichols, Nichols, Iowa; "Watertown
lid,' WATERFOWL, S. D.; DR.. E. Ady, +
Vest Liberty. Iowa; William Shaw.
S. D.; w. P. Northcott. La
range, ILL.,, and H. Middleton, Spring
ED, Ill. +.
There are 479 entries for the Grand ..
merican handicap and a few more
ost entries are expected.
The tournament committee met yes
arday to act upon the petitions to
hange the rule governing the distribu- !,
on of the prize money and decided :
OF to change the rule.
The grand American handicap, the !
eature of the Interstate Associations
nth annual tournament, is being shot :
Blue River Park today There We're
ose to five hundred entries when the =
footing began this morning. So large :
the list of entries that it is believed :
will take the rest Of the week to
loot it out. Perfect weather pre-
allied. !,
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