The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-03
TELEGRAPH MATCH
WILL Be SHOT TO-DAY
Teams From Twelve Cities, Includ-
ing st. Louis, VIII Contest
or Home Ranges.

Narksmen to represent ST. Louis Will conn.,
pete in a telegraph match to-day with
teams from eleven other cities. the local
shots contesting on the range at Bobring-
Vile. while the other teams will each shoot
In Its home town. Scores will be wired by
telegraph TO Alfred Gfeller Of this city. who
Is chlef shooting. master Of the National
Shooting Bund of the United States.
Scores Will be compared, as received. and
the winner will be selected from the totals
sent in. Nineteen teams In All ave en-
tered. this city having four teams OF six
men each as its representatives in the con-
two teams Wasau. Wis. two teams: Chi
cago. two teams; Davenport, one team and
Joliet. Highland. Lacrosse and Milwaukee.
one team each.
The affair is national in character, and is
under the direction of Dir. GfeIler and Of
Adam Pellhauer. chief secretary of the
shooting bund. All scores will be shot at
90 yards. and the occasion Will furnish the
first telegraph match of the sort shot here
for some time.
Following this contest another telegraph
match will probably he arranged between
the police forces of Chicago and st. Louis.
Referee Hankel Of the Chicago force recent
ly wrote to Captain SchGaf. the veteran
coach OF the local department. asking for a
second contest. this one TO be at fifty yards.
captain Schaaf has expressed a willingness
to match any of his men at from thirty-six
feet to fifty yards. and the contest will
likely be arranged in the immediate future.
At the last meeting OF the Unicum Rife
and Revolver Club members received noti-
iication that their organization had been
elected to membership in the Northwester
Schuetzen Bund. and that a team from the
club would be appointed TO shoot at 200
yards In September for the United States
team and individual championship.
Notifications were received from the
United States Revolver Association that q
team from the club had been appointed
to contest for the championship honors Of
the country with the revolver. Teams have
already been appointed for this contest from
New York. Chicago. Baltimore. san Fran
cisco. Boston. Cincinnati. Buffalo and Nil
waukee. Captain Schaaf announces that hf-
teen new members have been enrolled IN
the club.
A combination rifle and revolver match
has been arranged for the Unicum next
week. when Hamilton and Gfeller win meet
Summerfield and Dorman in a revolver con-
test at twenty yards with 80 and H-caliber
weapons on the standard American target
The following day they will meet at Fern
Glen or at the range in Bobringvi1le in q
rifle match of 100 shots at 300 wards.
Scores made at last Fridays club shoot
were: Fromm. sc; Captain Schaaf. S.: Dor
man. IS: Borden. 81; Sergeant Nolte, so:
Doctor Kessler. 70: CAPTAIN Creecy, IS:
Sears. IS; Freese. a.: Miller. 72; Bauer. %;
Hamilton. Sc Buchanan. So; Staley. 50:
Dreon. So: Sur1merfield. 81: Mclaughlin, 81;
Moore. 81: GfelleF. 46; German, IS; r. Glib
son. 45: Stevens. A..
Considerable interest is felt in the tele-
graph match of this afternoon. and expert
shots in the various cities interested are
practicing hard for the event.