Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06
DARKNESS PREVENTS FINISH
Night Falls on shoot-0F and Big mattel
Goes Over,
FOURTEEN MEN STILL WITHOUT A MISS
Fred Gilbert f. the Only one of His
Class Eligible TO win, Crosby
and Elliott Miss
ing Out.

KANSAS CITY, Mo, April 5.-Thirty-
three wing shots made a straight score Of
twenty-five birds Friday in the Grand Amer
lean handicap, and at the end Of the tenth
round OF the shootoff fourteen men re-
manned who had not missed a bird.
The shooting stopped at the end OF the
tenth round Of the shootof on account Of
darkness. The contest will be resumed at
9 o'clock tomorrow morning and continue
until only one mar without a miss remains.
The shootof began shortly after 4 o'clock
and thousands OF spectators gathered
around No. 3 set Of traps where the wing
shot supremacy was to be decided. So
great was the crowd Of spectators that it
required much effort on the part Of the
management to keep the people outside the
deadline. Each Of the thirty-three men
tied for first honors had a great following
and was a ~favorite with some portion OF
the crowd. Every good shot met with spon-
taneous applause and when a miss was re-
corded many expressions Of regret were
heard.
Old Kaintuck Misses.
The first mar to miss in the shootoft
was J. Kaintuck Of Harris, Ky He drew
a hard right quarterer on the first round
Of the shootoff and shot under the bird
with both barrels. 'Eugenia" of st. Louis
was the only other man to miss out on
this round. He had been shooting in rare
form up to this time, but he hesitated too
long on this bird and. although hit, the
bird did not fall. Ed Banks, Sims Glover,
both Of New York, w. ". Turner Of Mar
lin, Tex and w. H. Herman Of Kansas
City, each missed his bird on the next
round. Glover killed his bird, but it fell
out OF bounds.
At the end Of the third round Of the
shootoff three more men had dropped out
of the race. They we're w. r. Crosby of
O'Fal1on, HI, C. B. Adams OF Rockwell
City, Ia. and John E. Avery of Atlanta, Ga
Besides killing twenty-seven straight in
this match Crosby made straight scores in
the Kansas City sweepstakes and Nitro
Powder handicap. He was looked upon as
a winner by many and his large following
OF admirers was sorely disappointed when
he let a bird get away. He shot from the
thirty-two-yard mark and his big handi-
cap was responsible for his miss. He hit
the bird and it fell dead out Of bounds.
Others Lose Their Chances ,
H. p. Hill of Aurora, Ind, lost a bird on
the next round. Hoo5 waters OF Baltimore
and T. H. Holmes of Chloride, Ariz., missed
their fifth birds.
Waters was a ~favorite with many Of the
spectators. There were no misses on the
next round. but FIVE men dropped out in
the seventh. They were Ed Bingham of
Chicago. T. F. Dickson of Springfield, ILL.,,
WATERFOWL Kid Of WATERFOWL, S. D., "B-27"
Of Herman, Neb,, and ]. H. Boisseau OF
Shreveport, La. In the eight round T. B..
Nichols Of Nicholas, Ia. dropped out and
In the tenth round H. E. Boltenstern
missed, leaving fourteen men to 60 to the
score tomorrow.
Among the men who have not yet. missed
are three thirty-yard men and one thirty
two-yard man. a.
The thirty-yard men are r.. o. Heikes of
Dayton, o., George j.. Roll of Blue Island,
ILL.,, and ]. L. d. Morrison OF st. Paul.
Fred Gilbert Of Spirit Lake, Ia, is the
only thirty-two-yard man left in the race.
He has perhaps more followers now than
any Of the others. He is shooting in great
form, but he again had several narrow es>
capes today. Both barrels Of his gun were
discharged again today at a bird which he
missed, a hard towering outgoer, and It
was called mo bird" This was his eighth
bird in the shootof. His next bird was Q
fast left quarterer which fell only a foot or
so inside the boundary line. His tenth
bird was also a hard one and it fell very
close to the boundary line.
S. W. Cool Of Aledo, ILL.,, is very popular
with the crowd. He is an old man and
very deliberate in his OF the
ten birds in the shootoff he killed six with
the first barrel.
The following is a list OF the men who
have a straight score to date and who will
taxi part in tomorrow's final shoot:
S. ". Cool, Guy v. Dering, s.. @. Spencer,
G. B. E.. Darby, R. o. Heikes, George A.
Roll, L. j. squier, H.. G.. Hirshy, j. L. d.
Morrison, Fred Gilbert, J. D. Pollard, q.
Snyder, L. X. owen, T. w. Clay.
The other men who participated in the
shootoff follow:
W.. H. Harran, 3. Hill, Ed Bingham, Ed
Banks, 7. F.. Dickson, T. B. Nichols, Water
town Kid, w. r. Crosby, J. Kaintuck, C. b.
Adams, J. N. Avery, Sim Glover, "B-27,"
Hood Waters. J, H. Boisseau, H. E. Bolt
tenstern, T. H. Holmes, w. W.. Turner,
"Eugenia."
Besides the above named thirty other
men will share in the sixty-three monies
to be divided.
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