Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-06
GIN CLUB SHOOT ON
Two Days Match of MARSHALL
town Gun Club Begins This
Morning
MANY VISITING SHOOTERS HERE
Program for the First Day Started at
About 1880 O'cIock-Eac, Event Has
in the Neiahborhood of Forty Entries
Results of the First Four Matches
of the Day.
of the Day.

The usual quietude Of the Iowa
river valley, north of the city, is being
married at incessant intervals today by
the steady punk, punk, punk" of the
shooter over the traps of the Mar
shalltown Gun Club, whose two days,
shoot began this morning. With an
almost perfect day. a long list of en-
tries, and the events moving off with
rapidity and smoothness, the shoot
promises in every way to be q great
success. The program for the two days
began this morning, and up to noon
four of the twelve matches which corr
stitute the first days sport had been
shot off.
Members Of the Marshalltown Gun
Club are in attendance In full force
and are doing everything possible fo:,
the comport and convenience Of the
visiting shooters. They adopted un-
form for the occasion, which consists
of white duck trousers, White mats OF
q like material, and dark blue shooting
jackets. All the events are being shot
in groups of five, the targets being
thrown from two sets of traps. Mr.. r.
C. Whitney, of Des MoinMs, represent
ing the Winchester Arms Company, is
secretary for the shoot. while Frank
Williams c. H. Hull, DR.. w. b. kibbey
and Fred Williams are scorers.
The Morning Program.
Owing to some slight delays in the
arrival Of the out-of-town shooters the
events were not started quite as early
as had been expected, but about 10: so
the first target of the first fifteen bird
event was thrown. Each of the four
matches of the forenoon had in the
neighborhood of forty entries. so that
excepting in one instance several con-
testants divided the four different mon
les of each.
The first event was a fifteen bird
match and resulted in Linell. Hoon, and
Carstens dividing first with straights
while Densel, Cook. Morrison. Bur-
nlester, Proctor and Davis were second
with fourteen; Wallace, O'Brien,
Schmidt, Forney, Remington, Baker.
Eerger and Frahey third with thirteen
each; and Nichols, Bastian, Cundiff,
Russell, Adams, Snow, keefe, Bird,
Keller and Friend divided fourth mon
ey. with twelve.
The second. at fifteer targets, re
suited in Wallace, Hooi. Adams and
Bird getting inside the first money,
with fifteen each; Snow was alone in
second place with fourteen: Lane.
Cook, Bur1nester, Proctor, Baker. Sea-
man, Place and Davis were third, with
thirteen, and Abbott. Densel, O'Brien,
Schmidt, Forney, Peterson. Linell,
Ganday F'ahey and Keefe divided
fourth with twelve.
The third event. the first at twenty
targets, Went to Snow, of this city with
twenty straight Cundiff, Hoon, Rem
ington and Carstens, each with ninteen,
divided second money. while Lane,
Wallace, Cook, O'Brien. Forney Proc
third with eighteen. Fourth money
was divided between Adams, Morrison,
Russell Berger and Keefe.
The last event before lunch, another
at fifteen targets. went to Hoon. who
made straight; Lane Wallace, Baker,
Carstens and Bird, second, with four
teen each; Abbott, Cook, Peterson,
Johnson. Burinester, Adams, Proctor,
Snow and Fahey. third, with thirteen
each, and Forney. Cu1diff. Bastian,
Russell, Remington, Archer, Seaman,
-ianGa, Place and Nelson fourth, with
twelve each.
The morning events closed at about
1890 and after an hour for lunch.
which was to be had on the ground, the
shoot recommended at about 1870. The
program for the afternoon consists of
five fifteen and three twenty target
matches.
The Visiting Shooters.
Not all of the visitors who will take
part in the shoot have arrived, several
more being expected this evening and
tomorrow morning. Among these are
Congressman Robert Cousins. Tom"
Marshall, of Keithsburg; Russell Klein,
of Spirit Lake, and others. Only two
of the professionals, Fred Gilbert, of
Spirit Lake, and C. w Budd. of Des
Moines, are present. The amateurs
who are in attendance from out of
town are James O'Brien and c. T..
Schmidt. Of Dubuque; u. w. Stivers, r.
e. Gray and r. A. Morrison, of Rhodes:
e. Peterson and +. a. Johnson, or
Stratford; John Burmnster. of Spirit
Lake; c. NJ. Bastian, and w. B. Linell,
of Eldora; Jesse CunNiff and e. M.
Russell, of Union: William Hoon, OF
Jewell Junction; Howard Adams and
C. NJ Proctor of Ames; 7. w. Baker,
o. H. Archer, j. II. Berger, of Adair;
]. M. Remington, w. I. Seaman, and
l.. L, Ganday, of Montour, ii. A. Car
stems and J. f. Fahey of Ackley; W..
B. Keefe, Sioux City: Gust Place Wat
erloo; r. p. Davis ana l.. Moundson,
Tama.
The local shooters who are taking
part in all or part Of the events are
Messrs. II. ii. Nichols w. B. kibbey,
II. p. Densel, l.. C. Abbott, c. 2. Cook,
J. A. Lane, e. G. Wallace, f. S. Will
Jams, George Snow, Frank Williams,
Hardy Friend. w. S. Devine, c. w. Duff