The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-05
ONLY FOURTEEN in RACE
ALL OTHER SHOOTERS AT KANSAS
CITY HAVE MISSED BIRDS.
Thirty-Three Had Straight Kills of
Twenty-Five Each, but Nineteen
Fell Out in the ShOOt-Of.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 4.-Thirty-
three wing shots made a straight score of
twenty-five birds to-day in the Grand
American handicap and at the end of the
tenth round of the shoot-off fourteen men
remained who had not yet missed a bird.
The shooting stopped at the end of the
tenth round of the shoot-off on account of
darkness. The contest will be resumed at
s o'clock tomorrow morning and continued
Until only one man without a miss re-
mains.
The shoot-off commenced shortly after
4 o'clock and thousands of spectators gath
cred around No. 3 set of traps, where the
wing shot supremacy was TO be decided.
Each of the men tied for first honcrs had a
great following and every good shot met
with applause. The first man to miss in
the shOOt-off was j. Kaintuck, of Harris,
Ky. He drew a hard right quarterer on
the first round of the shoot-off and shot
under the bird with both barrels. 'Eu-
genia." 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, of New York, Sim Glover, New
York, W. w. Turner, of Marlin, Tex, and
w. III. 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
shoot-off three more men had dropped out
of the race. They were w. r.. Crosby, of
O'Fallon. ILL.,, c.. b. Adams, Rockwell City,
Ia, and John Avery, Atlanta, Ga. Besides
killing twenty-seven straight in this match,
Crosby made straight scores in the Kansas
City sweepstakes and the Nitro Powder
handicap. He was looked upon as a winner
by many, and his large following Of ad-
mirers was sorely disappointed when he
let a bird get away. He shot from the
thirty-two-yard mark, and this big handi-
cap was responsible for his miss. He hit
the bird, but it fell out of bounds.
III. B.. Hill. of Aurora, Ind, lost a bird
on the next round. Hood Waters, of Balti-
more, and T. II. Holmes, of Chloride. A. T.,
missed their fifth birds. Waters was a IA
vorite with many of the spectators.
There were TO misses on the next round,
but five men dropped out in the seventh.
They were Ed Bingham. Chicago; T. f.
Dickson, Springfield, ILL.,; WATERFOWL Kid,
WATERFOWL. S. D.; "B a." Herman, Neb.,
and j. b. Rosseau, Shreveport, La. In the
eighth round T. b. Nichols, of Nicholas,
Ia, dropped out, and III the tenth round
III. f. Boltensten missed. leaving fourteen
men to go TO the score tomorrow. Among
the men who have not yet missed are three
thirty-yard men and one thirty-two,yard
man. The thirty-yard men are r. o.
Heikes, of Dayton, o., George J. Roll. of
Blue Island, Ill, and j. l.. d. Morrison, of
st. Paul.
Fred Gilbert, OF Spirit Lake, Ia, is the
only 32-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 escapes
to-day. Both barrels Of his gun were dis
charged again to-day at a bird which he
missed, a hard towering outgoer. and it
was called no bird" This was his eighth
bird in the shoOt-off. His next bird was a
fast left quarterer. which fell only a foot
bird was also a hard one. and IL fell very
close to the boundary line.
R. W. Cool, of Aledo, Ill, is very popular
with the crowd. He is an old man and very
deliberate in his movements. OF the ten
birds in the shoot-on he killed six with the
first barrel.
Following is a list of the men who have
a straight score TO date, and who will take
part in to-morrow's final shoot: r. w.
Cool. Guy W. Deering, C. s. Spencer, G.. b.
d. Darby. r. o. Heikes, George A. Roll,
L. ]. Squier. II. C. Hirschy. j. L. d. Nor
rison, Fred Gilbert, j. D.. Pollard, f. s.
Snyder. J.. Fl. Owen and T.. w. Clay.
The other men who participated in the
shoot-of follow: w. H. Herman. III. u.
Hill, Ed Bingham. Ed Bangs. T. T.. Dock
son. I. b. Nichols. Watertown. Kid. w r..
Crosby. J. Kentuck. G. Il. Adams. J. Avery.
Sim Glover, "B q" Hood Waters. ]. Fl.
Boisseau, H. r. Boltenstern. T.. Holmes.
w. w. Turner. Eugenia. Besides the above
named, thirty other men will share in the
sixty-three moneys TO be divided.