Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-05-20

Foley, 10; Burnside, IA; Budd, IA;
Selbher, 70; Red Wing, 10; Wettleaf,
IL; T. A. Marshall, Is; Abbott, 10;
Hardy, 10; Linell, II; Black, Is; Ford,
IL; Booth. ID; Powers, IS; Riehl, 10;
Adams, 10; Wheeler, 10; Douthett, 10;
Sheldon, 10; Powell, 10; McKelvey, IL;
Dove, IL; Crisman, II; Shaffer, 8;
Lewis, 10; Cook. IL; Herr, IA;
HQon, Is.
Event No. IL, 20 rgets.-Kline, 20;
Gilbert, 10; Badger, IS; Nichols, 20;
Foley, 10; Burnside, 10; Budd, II;
Selbher, 10; Red Wing, 16; Wettleaf,
II; T "A. Marshall, II; Abbott, II;
Hardy, Is; Linell, IS; Black, IS; Ford,
10; Booth, Is; Powers, IT. Riehl, 16;
Adams, Is; Wheeler, IT; Douthett, IA;
Sheldon, Is; Powell, II; McKelvey, -;
Dove, Is; Crisman, IA; Shaffer, Is;
Lewis, IL; Cook. IL; Herr, 10;
Hoon, IS.
[From Fridays Daily.l
In spite of everything that could be
done to stop them Fred Gilbert and
Russell Kline, the brothers-in-law from
Spirit Lake who started the ball roll
ing on the first day of the twenty-fifth
annual tournament of the Iowa State
Sportsmen's association by breaking
respectively 1876 and 100 birds out of
the 200 thrown for them, finally sue
ceeded in winning all three of the tro-
plies that had been hung up for COM
petition, in addition to leading in near
| ly every single event. Gilbert and
Kline had their shooting clothes on
without doubt and demonstrated the
fact that they are excellent shooters.
Tournament Successful.
The tournament which closed yester-
day afternoon in this city was highly
successful-one of the most thorough
ly successful events ever carried out
during the history of the organization
In spite of the fact that the three days
on which the tournament was held
were about the only three successive
rainy days during the present year, the
affair proved to be pronounced sue
cess from start to finish and the chill
| ing rain of yesterday was not sufficient
even to affect the enthusiasm of the
hundreds of spectators who were
drawn to Athletic park by the reports
of good shooting. Women sat through
ont the afternoon in the open air yes
| terday, watching the shooters, through
the rain, as eagerly interested as any
| of the men.
The big event yesterday was the
| contest for the Ottumwa diamond
badge, the trophy presented by the OF
| tumwa Gun club to the Iowa State
Sportsmen's association this year. fol-
continuous competition from year to
year at the state tournaments. The
actual cost of the medal was $3.50, and
/ it contains beautiful white diamond
worth half that amount OF more. Al
| the bottom is a bar on which is to be
engraved the name of Kline, together
with the word "Ottumwa" and the date
on which the little Spirit Lake man
won the badge. Next year, when the
shoot is held at Osceola, a similar bal
| will be purchased by the club at thai
place, fittingly inscribed, and attached
| at the bottom to the badge. Thus, as
the years go on the badge will become
i valuable as matter of record in add
ton to the value attaching to it be
cause of it's intrinsic worth and wha
it signifies.
The Badge Shoot.
Kline had to kill twenty-five bird
straight in order to win the Ottumw
diamond badge. The first ten bird
were killed in the regular event, ant
twelve more were grassed on tn
shoot-off in which six men were sho
out by Kline.
Enthusiasm ran high during the dia
mond badge event and betting was IN
dulged in to considerable extent. TIL
shooters were handicapped accordin'
to their relative ability, and stood a
distances of from twenty-six to thirty
two yards from the traps when shoot
ling. Forty-one shooters were entere
in this event and progress was SLOW
as is always the case with live bir
shooting. Two of Ottumwa's chance
,lof winning were lost in the first wv
rounds when birds were missed b
!. IO'Brien, Clark. Powers, Gilbert an
Burnside, three of the favorites, wer
;; out of the running with one bird los
before the third round was over, an
J. Gilbert missed another later on. Pow
L ell, of Ottumwa, missed his fourth an
/; tenth birds, and Crisman let his siXt
/; and eighth ones get away, and tw
more chances for Ottumwa We're gon,
/; 10 Jaques ran his first six bird
+; straight and missed the next two, lea
!; ing U. S. Grant alone representing O
{, tumwa among the straights.
(; Seven men took part in the shoot-oi
!, las follows: G. w. Budd, of De
+; Moines; Russell Kline, of Spirit Lake
!; DIR. d. K. Douthett and G. E. Booth
/; Osceola l.. Foley, of Nichols; u.
Z. Grant, Ottumwa. and J. p Dove,
+, Eddyville, shooting in the order name
t. Everyone got his first bird but in IL
/; second round Douthett and Grant dro
ped out of the race. Foley missed h
!; fifth bird and Booth his eighth, leavir
!; Budd, Dove and Kline alone in Il
J; race. Each of these three men killt
f, three more birds, and Dove, at the h
r. ginning of the twelfth round, hs
!; some hard luck which doubtless hi
d. something to do with his failure to h
[; a hard right quartering bird. Xiii
v. followed him and killed his bird. al
J: Dove decided the match for the Spil
t. Lake man by losing hard bird viii,
started almost straight away from Il
}. traps.
!: The scores made by the vario
/: shooters and the marks from WIFI
f they shot are shown in the folowil
}. table:
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