Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-26
SHOOTERS IN BETTER FORM
High Wind, However, Mars Third Days
Sport at Gun Club,
MORRILL, WINS STATE AMATEUR HoSORs
New Champion Has to XIII Forty
Eight Birds out Of Fifty 60 Win
EIiOtt-Crosby shoot
Today.

The third day Of the state gun club tour
nament was undoubtedly the best 50 far.
The day was at no time as pleasant as
wednesday afternoon and the targets were
not as easy on account Of the strong wind
which blew them down and many Of them
were broken below the fence line. At the
same time the men were in better shape,
ss is shown by the scores. The high score
was little higher than that OF Wednesday,
but the average was much higher and the
number Of men tied for first place was
something unusual. In the third event,
one for twenty targets. there were ten men
tied for first place, and this number was
repeated in the ninth event. for fifteen
birds. In the fourth event there were
fourteen Of the shooters who had clean
scores, and an even dozen tied for first
place in the sixth event. In the
FIRST event there were six tied for FIRST
place. and in the second the number
reached seventeen. There were seven men
with clear scores in the fifth and tenth
events, eight men at the same point in the
eighth race and FIVE men tied for first in
the seventh.
Fffty-one men shot through all events
and sixty-seven we're at the traps during
the day. Fred Gilbert was the high man
for the day, his score being l65. He was
followed by William Crosby. whose score
was 1913. Spencer and White were tied for
third place on the score for the day, with
162 targets to their credit, and Burnside
was fourth with 100. J. A. r. Elliott. who
today will defend the c~astiron medal chal-
lenged by Crosby. made a fair showing. but
was behind his rival five targets when the
days program closed.
State Amateur Chnmpionship.
The feature Of the day, however. was net
the shooting Of the men in the regular
program Of events. but the state amateur
championship. in which twenty members OF
the Nebraska association took part. The
shoot began at about $3.50 O'Clock and was
finished about 6. OF the twenty entries FIVE
men were left to shoot of the tie. that
number having scored twenty-four targets
out Of twenty-five. These men we're ulion,
Dominic. Bray, Morrill, and Rogers. Rogers
was the first one TO miss a target. He
missed his second and fourth. but with that
exception the men shot perfectly until the
tenth target was thrown. when Illion. Domi-
ME and Bray each missed a target. leaving
Morrill, the only man with a clear score.
He kept this score clean until the twenty
second target, which he missed. In the
meantime others had missed more, leaving
him the high man at the time the twenty
NTH bird was thrown, with a score OF
twenty-four.
The new champion OF the state Of Ne
braska is a resident Of South Omaha To
win he killed forty-eight birds out Of fifty,
an average Of 90 per cent.
At the close Of the program It was an
nounced that the Crosby Elliott shoot
would begin at 2:3O o'clock sharp today
and that 1t will be hurried through as rap
idly as possible so that the regular pro-
gram can be completed. A fifty live bird
contest between Shamwell OF Colorado
Springs and Chris Gotlieb OF Kansas City
has been arranged to take place after the
Crosby-Efliott shoot II there is time after
the regular program has been completed.
The score in the regular program is: