The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-06-15

At a meeting Of the Unicun Rife and
Pistol Club. last Friday evening. Captain
George T. McNamee Of the Mounted Dis
trict was elected president Of thu body,
which is an organization composed Of Will
known revolver shots cC the city. and Frank
Fromrn was elected vice president. Il was
also decided to enroll the club as d body
in the United States Revolver Association.
which will give Missouri the largest .epre-
seutation Of any State In that body.
Thirty-three members are now enrolled
in the club. many OF them police officers oc
the expert division. and from the number
OF names pending the charter list Of mem
bers, numbering fifty. will soon be made
up. With the enrolment Of the club IS q
member Of the United States Revolver As
sOciation. it Is believed that some o. the
best records in the country can be made in
this city.
At present. not a single representative
from Missouri is 4 member Of the United
States body, which includes many Of The
b~est-knOwn shots Il the country. and whi-n
is the national revolver organization OF the
country. Names OF the local experts nae
been forwarded, however. and II * Jh0l-lt
that they Will soon make their marks IL
the contests provided by the association.
Besides Captain McNamee and Frank
Fromm, officers Of the local club are sam
q. Dorman secretary; Charles Mueller,
treasurer. and r W. Staiey, captain. Mem
hers are. Z. J. Borden, Edwin c. Burnett.
John Cabanne, Captain Z. 2. Creecy, & 5.
Cummings. S. c. DOrman. Paul Dryden.
Harry Frese, Frank Fromm. Alfred Gfels-.
er, Thomas Kelley. Captain McNaInee.
Charles Mueller. LaLden H. Race. William
7. Schaaf, Harry Scullin, S. Z. Sears. =.
3. Smith, r. W Staley, Moses SumInerteld
2. G.. Thompson, ". C. Todd, .. Z. Van
hleeck. Robert Buchanan, z. 7. turey,
Jesse Orion, J. c. Sherman. William Bauer
"a MT WILLIAM arTn IT,
Importance attaches to the connection Of
the local club with the national body on ac-
count of the prominence attained by the
latter In target affairs. First sprInslaS into
prominence on account of the cable match
between French and American marksmen in
1850, the United States Revolver Association
has now members in many States Of the
Union, and bids fair TO become q most i'm
pOrtant factor in international matches. As
all members of the local club have Joined
this body. their rating will assume a ma
tional order as soon as they make worthy
targets.
Primarily, the object of the L. s. r. A. is
to promote and encourage revolver shoot
ing and the development of skill with the
arm. To this end d series Of medals have
members, as showing their rating in the
body. This last feature has proved a strong
incentive to members OF the local club. who
will thus have an opportunity to contrast
their work with that of the best marksmen
in this and other countries
As q uniform target, the L. s. r. a. has
aQDpISu Inc regular AMERICAN ldIStt. Will
S-inch bullseye for hfty-yard shooting, re-
duced 10 2S4-inch bullseye for twenty-yard
shooting. Limits on revolvers provide that
the arm Is not TO exceed two and three
| quarter pounds in weight. that the maxi
mum length of barrel must be 5 inches, and
that the trigger pull must not be less than
two and one-half pounds. Sights must be
open, must be in front of the hammer and
must not be more than ten inches apart
Military revoivers must have plain. open.
fixed sights and a trigger pull OF not less
than four pounds. These will be allowed D
points in competition Pistols are restricted
to weapons with length Of barrel and dis
lance between sights not to exceed ten
inches. with trigger pull not less than two
pounds open sights and any ammunition
can be used.
To secure rating IN the national body. it
will be necessary to make a score before
the secretary Of a regularly organized club
and other witnesses. and TO forward these
scores on signed and countersigned targets
TO the headquarters Of the national assoc!a-
ton. Medals will be awarded for scores
ranging from So to IS. and the figure must
represent an average OF at least ten tar
gets. According 10 the merit of these
scores. so will the shooter he rated on the
books of the association.
BY this system local men can contrast
their work with that of experts in all
parts of this country. and with that Of the
best French and foreign shots generally: A
system of reducing French and American
systems of scoring to the same basis ena-
bles targets made in the two countries 10
be compared readily.
Inc International mlICD DtIWttD rTcDCH
and American teams. shot in France and
New York simultaneously. and the results
transmitted by cable, on the same principle
as that fOllowed II the inter-cfty police
match shot between St. Louis and Chicago
recently. was the first of what probably
will be a series of matches between the
countries. This match was shot in June.
1900. and resulted in n victory for the Amer
leans by a score OF 24T9 points to the
French teams 2.A1.
To make the American team represents
five notices We're sent nv the national hC1V
to all clubs. asking them to enter into com
petition for places on the team. This en-
abled good shots in any part Of the coun-
try TO become members OF the American
team could thev shoot well enough. And
this will enable teams in future TO compete
for places in any international match shot
later.
It is believed that this city can hold its
own well in producing expert marksmen,
and several local shots will enter into COM
petition for the various trophies OF the ma