The Indianapolis journal., 1902-03-30
MATCH SHOOT POSTPONED
ELLIOTT AND CROSBY To CONTEST
FOR IRON MEDAL TOMORROW.
Too Much snow Flying on Saturday,
Entry List for the Grand AmerI-
can Handicap Completed

KANSAS CITY. No. March 2s-on ac-
count of a snowstorm which prevailed here
to-day the match shoot between ]. A r.
Elliott Of Kansas City. and W. P. Crosby.
of O'Fanon. Ill. for the cast iron medal.
which was scheduled for this afternoon, was
postponed until Monday April Z. The
weather tonight is clear, and fair weather
is expected for next week.
The entry list for the Grand American
handicap, which will begin on Wednesday
morning. April 2 was given out to-day.
1t contains the names of 46O marksnen,
including practically all OF the cracks OF
the United States with others from a dozen
different States. The list makes phe-
nomenal showing the number of entries be
ing the greatest since the handicap was
inaugurated in 1893 1t will take three days
TO finish the event with men shooting con-
stantly at four traps Shooting will open
promptly at e:30 on Wednesday morning
and continue throughout the day till even
ing The tournament proper will commence
Monday. The contests Monday and Tues
day will be sweepstakes affairs.
Sportsmen from all directions are COM
ing into the city now and scores OF them
may be seen in the hotel lObbies. T.. l.
Banks. OF New York. secretary Of the in
terstate association. arrived to-day. He an
nounced that a big delegation from the
East will arrive here Monday. Among the
prominent arrivals to-day were NJ. o. Teud-
ner and p B. Bekeart. of san Francisco;
!. s. Skely and Harold Money, OF New
w Weaver. Abe Frank and Frank Brady.
all of Memphis, and ALI Gardner, Johnny
Gardener and George Tucker, Of Brennan.
Tex. A delegation OF well-known shooters
| from Colorado arrived to-day.
The fftv-four entries in the Grand Amer
lean handicap having the highest handicaps
Thirty-two Ysrds-w. r. Crosby. OFal-
| Ion III: Fred Gilbert. Spirit Lake. Ia;
| A r. Elliott. Kansas City. No.
Thirty-one Yards-H B. Bates Nidge-
town. ont: Thomas 4 Marshall Keiths-
| burg Ia; f. n. Griffith Pascoag. r. l.:
A. II. Fox, Philadelphia.
Thirty Yards.-E. y. FufOrd. Utica. y.
/ Y; r. Merrill. Milwaukee; Chris Gottlieb,
! Kansas City: c. VI. Powers. Decatur. Ill:
/ r. O. Heikes. Dayton, O.; F. ". Morley.
waukee: George ]. Roll Blue Island. m:
! ALI Gardner, Brennan, Tex. G ". Budd,
Des Moines Ia; II; B. Money: g.,e oaslan9' a.
| Val Allen. Jamaica. y. y; Sim Glover. New
/ York city; J. l.. u. Morrison. st. PAUL J.
D. Gay. Pine Grove. Ky. ! 5 F2 anins.
Jersey City; Harvey McMurchy Fulton.
Twenty-nine Yards. B. Banto. Chicago:
c. Won Lengerke. Chicago; Leroy. of cam
/ pello. Mass: Russell Clein. Spirit LAKE.
1 Ia: c. @. Spencer, St. Louis: z. F Graham.
| Windmere, Ill; Ed Bingham, Chicago: =
| A. Young. Sprlngneld u. J =. BIollesr
Birmingham. Ala: r. L Trimble. Coxing-
ton, Ky: r r. Kimble. Mercer. Neb.. Dave
| Elliott Kansas City; r. S. Rhoades, Co
lum5us, o.: r NJ Farrote. Fort Worth.
Tex; F. D. Alkire. Woodlyn. o. c. r
Dicley. Boston; S. Grant, Omaha: J. l.
| Head Peru. Ind. T. II. Clay, Austerlitz.
| Ky; II. g Hirschy. Minneapolis; Sporting
| Life" Philadelphia; Eddie Hickman. Kan
| sas City: II. c. koegel Newark, n j.;
| Robin Hood Fostoria. o.: Hood Waters.
| Baltimore: ]. L. White. Chicago. John J.
| Hallowell Philadelphia. Guy Burnside.