Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-03
ON THE RIFLE RANGE
Shooting for Trophies at Sea
Girt.
THIS Is JERSEY DAY"
CONTEST FOR STATE CHAMPION
SHIP BEGINS.
Famous Wimbledon Cup Match Will
Be a Feature Of the Pro-
gram Tomorrow.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.

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Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
SEA GRIT. N. j.. September 3.-This Is
what might be termed Jersey day at the
rifle range. as the National Guardsmen
from this state are today occupying nearly
all of the ranges in the Columbia trophy
team and New Jersey National Guard team
matches. These matches are open only to
members of the National Guard or Naval
Reserve Of New Jersey. and include shoot
ing at the 300 and 5O0-yard ranges
The one important event on the program
which is occupying the attention of the
crack shots from the District today Is the
interstate regimental team match, for the
state championship. which commenced this
morning. The conditions Of the match are
ten shots for each competitor at 200 and so
yards, and the match is proving that the
men from the national capital are entitled
to the honors which they have coveted in
past years. This contest was won by the
1st Regiment two years ago. and by the "a
Regiment in 1900 If the event should be
the shooting at shutdown, the interstate
trophy will become the property Of the Dis
trict riflemen.
The roster Of the teams which are repro
state match today are as follows:
First Regiment-Major G. B. Young, Pri-
vate E. J. Fink, Private George E. Cook.
Major L. H. Reichelderfer. Private L. E.
Healey, Private SaSuel B. Wetherald
Second Regiment-Private R. L. Pile. Ser
geant Charles B. Groome, Major William
E. Harvey, Captain Alexander Summers.
Private Maurice Appleby, Lieutenant w.
NJ. Farrow.
Entries in Team Competitions.
The entries in the team competitions up
to the present time include the following:
National trophy match-New York. Mas
sachusetts. Vermont. Connecticut New
Jersey. Ohio. District of Columbia, Penn
sylvania, Rhode Island. Georgia, Michigan.
United States army. United States navy
and the United States marine corps
Company team match-Companies and
c. 7th New York; Company 1. LIST District
of Columbia; Company l, I'd District of Co.
lumbfa: Company A, Sd Pennsylvania; Com
pany X. Sd Pennsylvania: Company G. LIST
Rhode Island. two teams; Company D. LIST
Rhode Island; Company c, 4th New Jersey:
Company A. 9th Massachusetts.
Regimental skirmsh march-First Regi-
ment. District of Columbia; I'd Regiment,
District of Columbia: 7th Regiment. New
York: first and second teams. United States
marine corps: I'd Pennsylvania and list
New York.
Regfmental team match-First Corps Of
Cadets. Boston. Mass: LIST and I'd Regi-
ments. District Of Columbia; I'd, Sd and 9th
Pennsylvania. LIST Vermont. I'd Connect
cut, 9th assachusetts. LIST Rhode Island
7th and list New York and Pennsylvania
Squadron.
Revolver team match-Light Battery A.
Massachusetts,: Company l. LIST District Of
Columbia and the LIST and I'd Troops. Phil
adelphia City Cavalry.
!Tyro company team match-Company I.
list District of Columbia Company A, Sd
pennsylvania: Company K. Sd Pennsylva-
MIA; Company c. 7th New York: Company
lery. District of Columbia: Companies C.
and e. 4th New Jersey: Company E. list
New York; Company E. 18th New York:
Company A. Sd Pennsylvania.
Care for District Men.
The District contingent is better cared
for this year than at any previous encamp-
ment at Sea Girt. The mess, under the
direction Of Lieut.. E. H. Neumeyer, jr, is
cooked in kitchens erected near the camp
restaurant. and the menu which is served
daily to the boys is of the best and is well
prepared
Capt. Thomas s. King, adjutant and ord
nance officer. has issued the following or
der. by direction of Major Bell team cap
tain:
Il. The following routine will be OBJ
served during the encampment at this post:
Reveille roll call, 6:45 am; mess, Z; assem-
bly, Tife practice). $50; mess. l: assembly
(rine practice), 2; mess, 6; tattoo roll call,
go
2. Every. officer and enlisted man Of
the detachment will be required to at
tend roll call at the hour designated, and
Will not be permitted to leave camp with
out the permission of the commanding
officer.
-. All members of the detachment will
be required to keep their tents and tent
n W. nv1n
ground in the immediate vicinity Of their
tents carefully policed
Il. Close attention to personal appear-
ance Is enjoined The coat may be dis
worn. The wearing of suspenders is pro-
hibited when the coat is not worm"
Lieut.. Leizear on Hand.
Hal. III. Leizear, formerly lieutenant
in the District National Guard and for sew
eral years member of the brigade rifle
team. but now member of the National
Guard of Pennsylvania, is at Sea Girt and
will compete in all Of the big matches as
representative Of the keystone state.
Lieut. Leizear covered himself with honors
again this year at the annual encampment
of the Pennsylvania National Guard at
Mt. Gretna, Pa. About a year ago he cap
tured everything In sight at the annual
encampment. and this year he repeated his
previous performance. He won the gov
ernor's medal for the champion shot of the
state. breaking the record held for ten years
by Corporal MountjOy of the LIST Regiment
The former record for the highest aggre-
gate total for the weeks shooting was
81 3-5. Leizear's new record is 81. He was
one of the four members which constituted
the first brigade team, which won the
brigade team match this year. He was
also member of the 9Th Regiment team
which won the regimental match in which
he made the highest average qualifying
him as a member of the brigade team at
Sea Girt. He finished with the top score
OF "a out Of a possible 1O5 at 200, 500 and
600 yards. In the brigade match he was
tie with Major Kemp for top score of 93
on the winning team. The total of his
teams score was 1.O49, which score also
broke the state record on the PENNSYLVANIA
state range by ten points. Hal is in ex-
cellent trim this year. He was warmly re-
ceived In the District camp on his arrival
yesterday.
The Inspectors Match.
At the opening of the shooting tourna-
ment tomorrow morning there will be a
match in which the District rifemen al
WAYS take prominent mart This ia Aha