The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-30
M'INTIRE WAS HIGH GUN
SCORED THIRTY-FOUR sPARROWs
OUT OF THIRTY-sIx.
Good Scores Made at indianapolis Gun
Club ShOot-Dr. TOmIiB Sur .
prised His Friends.

The members of the Indianapolis Gun
Club held another trial shoot yesterday on
their new ground five miles west of the
city From the enthusiasm shown 1t is evil
dent that interest in trap shooting in In
dianapolis is increasing. The members are
greatly delighted with their clubhouse and
arrangements.
The shoot yesterday did not begin until
the afternoon. Two traps were used for
targets and one set OF traps for the spar
rows. The shooting was done in squads Of
hve men and for four hours it was con-
tinual firing. The wind yesterday after
noon handicapped nearly all of the shoot
ers. A strong wind blew from the west
across the big grounds. The wind caused
the pigeons to WAIVER in their flight. Often
the pigeons would not rise in re air. With
the sparrow shooting the same condition
prevailed. When the traps were sprung
the birds flew toward the clubhouse and it
made shooting difficult. on several occa-
sions birds shot on the fy-in had gained
such speed that they fell dead out of
bounds. After the wind died out late in the
afternoon better scores were made.
In the sparrow contest McIntire the
high gun of the day. On his second at
tempt 10 shoot he made a run of thirty
four successive birds out of thirty-six. He
missed the first two birds as the wind
bothered him When the wind abated he
did not allow one bird 10 get out or bounds
and nearly all of them were killed with one
barrel.
DR. TomIin surprised his friends yester-
day by the pace he set. Sitting about the
grounds and only taking an interest in the
way his friends had been shooting he was
asked 10 take part He claimed he had
never shot at sparrows and was fearful lest
hc "lOSllnR
from ilis friends. He was induced TO try
the game and he was given Lieutenant
birSs released ss Were were killed by the doctor.
One of the matches Of the afternoon that
attracted attention was between the Two
brothers, John and Joe Casper. Joe Gas
per claimed that his brother had boosted
of his great skill in killing ducks on the
Kanzakee river and he intended showing
five shooters gathered around the two mer
when the start was made. From the firsr
bird IL was seen that John Casper would
have 10 show better form and he was only
able to come within two birds of tying his
brothers score.
David Morris was another shooter who
was in hard luck yesterday when it came
10 shooting at the sparrcws In the first
i've rounds he was beaten three times by
birds that fell dead about one inch over
the line. Toward the si9Se OK the after
and succeeded in winning several matches.
DIR. Moore had trouble with his gun for a
short time. Each time he put a shell into
the gun and closed il the shell was dis
charged before he could get the gun lev
eled on bird. This worried the doctor Tor
a time, but he soon remedied the defect and
set warm pace for some of the younger
members.
Mr. Michaelis and Mr.. Wands were after
the high gun record on targets for the day
and Mfchaelis succeeded in making twenty
four out of the twenty-five in one OF the
last five squad shoots.
Every man that participated in yester-
6cx~f IICh ME ed m
trap arrangements. The traps are sprung
by the expert system and no time is lost
in getting a target in the air.
The members Of the club will have their
next big shoot on Labor day. The meet
ing will begin early in the morning and last
\ all lay. 1t is said that number of mem
bers who live outside the city will also par
ticipate. The shooters in the indianapolis
Gun Club are taking much interest in the
three days tournament. which is to be held
on their grounds Sept. p. % and "a. Bis
prizes have already been offered in the diff
ferent events and il is thought many crack
shots from over the State will participate
The directors of the club making ef-
forts to have the new clubhouse entirely
furnished by the time the tournament takes
place As yet considerable work is to %
done in building the lockers. The grounds
will soon be leveled and the cement work
will begin next week The members are
OF the opinion that when their clubhouse
and grounds are completed they will have
the most complete gun club in this part OF
the country
The best scores yesterday were made by
the following:
H c Walters. Mr. Bair. DR.. s. H. Moore
Albert Lieber, William A Daley, Charles
w. Cruig. George III. Kerr. William L. Cliff
ford, Ben z. Brown, DR.. TOmlin, Mr.. Shat
fer. Mr.. Blackburn, Mr.. Foster, Franz
p Manly, Nelson Buch, Mr.. Coons, Blail
Luyster, d. c. Morris, Thomas Parry
George Brown, Joseph Michaels, j. NJ
BARLEY, w. T. Nash, L. c. Dickman, Moses
Williams. James T. Wands. Joseph L. Gas
per. James W. Bell, John w. Cooper, VIII
bur +. Mcintosh, T.. c. Dark, Alex. Jane
son, Charles II. Morrison. John Casper
Gus Mailer. f. Walter, DR.. c. w. Craig
and NJ. Cook.