The Washington times., 1903-09-07

rlTSL District or COUNT bl3 ..-.-..--.. 80
Second L. 5. Marine Corps......... S05
First L. s. Marine Corps......... 29O
First New Jersey. Observation-Disclosures. 256
First Vermont. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 22l
Fourth New Jersey. observation-disclosures. POI
Pennsylvania Squadron. 100
Fifth Maryland Observation-Disclosures. 10
The Second District team has thus
won the match for the third successive
time. ard the trophy therefore. becomes
its property. The Seventh and Twelfth
New York withdrew
The number of hits by the winning
District teams at kneeling and prone
were Second Lieut.. W W Cookson, Z.
0; Capt. S. Ferree, II. 8; Sergt. c. E.
Groome. 3, 8; Private R. E. Pile. l. II;
Private N Appleby. l, 4; Lieut. w. NJ.
Farrow. s. IA; First Major Glendie B.
Young. II. 0; Major L. II. Reichelderfer.
4, s; Private G. E. Cook. ,. 0; Private E
J. Fink, s, 3; Private 5. r. Wetherald.
,, u: Sergt. Ralph Alderman, 2, II
The FIVE teams which did not do their
skirmish Saturday took the range at $50
o'clock The first stage of the Leech
Cup match. for which there were 254 en-
tries at s o'clock, begins at $50, tho
inter-club at o'clock. and the company
team at $3.50. The two teams, one cav
airy and one infantry, from the United
States Army. arrived this morning for
the national match.
Major Frank A. Edwards, of the Fourth
Cavalry. is captain of the cavalry team.
and Major William l. Buck. Third In
fantry, OF the infantry The teams rep
resent the pick of the army, being those
who made the highest scores at the
Fort Sheridan competition.
Leech Cup Match.
The Leech Cup match is a lonR-dis-
tance contest seven shots at 500. 500
and 1000 yards. The prize is the cup
presented TO the rihemen of America
BY Arthur Blennerhasset Leech. captain
OF the Irish International rife team. on
the occasion of its visit Ito New York
in 1874. First contested for in 1875. the
cup was won last year by Sergt. w. F.
Leushner. of the Seventh New York, By
a score of SO, with DR.. s 1. Scott. os
Washington, second. at 81. and Capt.
Leslie c. Bruce and Dr. W. G. Hudson,
OF New York, tied at So
The Inter-club match, established last
year, for the rife club championship of
the United States, is open to teams of
five, ten shots man, at 200 yards
In 1902 the Cottage and Rife Associa-
tion Of Jersey City led at 342, with the
Seventy-frst New York second. 1856: the
Manhattan Rife and Revolver Associa-
tiOn. Of New York. third, 333. The first
prize is the championship banner and
gold medal to each member of the win
ming team.
No Record-Breaking Expected.
The company team match for teams
Of five, seven shots at 200 and 500 yards.
last year was a close fight between New
York and Washington. Company c, Of
the Sixth Battalion. winning at 312 from
c and C OF the Seventh Regiment, which
tied at 80.
That no records VIII be broken in the
national match tomorrow and wednes-
day, is the confident prediction OF the
camp. With Government Ammunition.
they say, great scores will not be made.
The ammunition for the national match
is especially put up for that contest.
The new regulation compelling all com
petitors to use Government ammunition
gives general satisfaction. however, for
il settles beforehand any dispute as to
whether any team used special ball or
different powder.
Brig. Gen. George II. Harries, accom-
panied by Col. William P Hall. assist
ant adjurant general; Lieut.. Col L. NJ
Brett, and Count RaspOpow, military at
tache al the Russian embassy, who will
be his guest during the shoot arrived
yesterday morning. They attended the
service held on the clubhouse lawn, [
which Chaplain J. Madison Hare. of the
Third New Jersey, preached on An I'm
proved Score" taking as his text Ro-
mans. iii:23. "Ye have all sinned and
come short of the glory Of God"
The teams report that at loco yards
the men cannot average a shot in two
minutes. Pennsylvania target was
down three minutes on Saturday. The
Pennsylvania team has prevailed upon
the management of the range TO allow
a detachment Of Quaker guardsmen to
come and help out the force in the
pits In order TO get a target at all
Saturday morning, the Pennsylvania
team sent its own men into the pits to
manipulate the targets.
Washington Men Handicapped.
The District team has had but little
better fortune in getting team practice
As for shooting in the individual match
es. the Washingtonians have been able
TO do little. The men have punches OF
tickets which they are unable TO use
These they purpose 10 call upon the
range officials TO redeem.
Captain Merriam (retired). U. S. A.
Of Washington, has scored possible in
the souvenir match: a "a in the mem
bers', and 1924. and a possible in the
Hayes medal.
Frank N. Hoadley. Of Washington.
visited the District team on Saturday,
off on his way 10 New York
other visitors in Washington Street"
on Saturday were Mrs Tomlinson. wife |
Of Captain Tomlinson, and Miss Roy |
5ter. Hickory. y. C.