The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-11
FINISH AT SEA GRIT
THAT is so FAR AS GEORGIA Is
CONCERNED.
STATE NOT MENTIONED.
THE LEIGH CUP WAS WON BY AN
OHIO CORPORAL.

New Jersey Captured Carbine Team
Match-Maryland Men Got the
TyrO Company Team Mntch-Dry-
den Trophy Will BE shot for To-
day, hut Georgia Is Not on the
GrOund-SnvaRnah shots Are in
New YOrk-Riae Association Di-
rectOrs Were Named.
Sea Grit, Sept. 1O.-The ninth day of
the big shooting tournament here was
literally crowded with events of inter-
est. The programme opened at o'clock
in the morning, with the Tyro Company
team match, and ended late tonight
with the annual meeting of the Ma
tional Rifle Association of America.
The Leech cup match, begun last
Monday and concluded late to-day, was
won by Corpl. Winder of Ohio, with a
total of "a out of a possible 105. Two
hundred and sixty-one expert rifemen
entered this competition, which was
open to all.
There were only two competitors in
the veterans organization team match
open to teams of six members each
from any veteran national guard or
ganization of any state. The guard of
Massachusetts scored 24O out of a pos
sible 300, and the Old Guard of New
York POI.
The carbine team match was won by
the first team of the troup of New
Jersey, with total of 279 out of a pos
sible $50.
The company team match begun last
Monday and completed to-day, was won
by Company 1. Second Regiment, Dis
trict of Columbia, with a total of 313
out of a possible $780,
The inter-club match was won by the
hrst team of the Manhattan Rifle and
Revolver Association of New York city.
with total of 213 out of a possible
$50.
Company F, Fifth Maryland, won
the Tyro Company team match, with a
total OF l34 out of a possible $50
The Dryden trophy match, one of
the most important competitions of the
meet, is scheduled for tomorrow. The
prize is a trophy presented by United
states Senator Dryden of New Jersey
and is to be held for a year. The team
making the highest score will also re-
celVe $3.50, while the team making the
second highest score will receive S1O0
The majority, if not all, OF the teams
that competed in the national mater
viii be represented in the Dryden
match.
Firing in the Presidents match for
the individual military championship
or the United States and the wind up
fring in all the re-entry individual
matches will take place Saturday
The annual meeting of the National
Rifle Association of America was held
here this evening. Senator John F.
Dryden, the donor of the trophy in the
Dryden match to be shot tomorrow,
and who has been very active in his
official capacity in furtherlng national
guard interests and the advancement
of military rifle shooting, was elected
an honorary director for life. The fol-
lowing were elected directors, to serve
for three years:
Gen. George w. Wingate, New York
Gen. Bird w. Spencer New Jersey
Gen. George II. Harris District of CO.
lumbia; Gen. George Il. P. Howard,
New Jersey; Maj. James E. Bell, Dis
trict of Columbia; Capt. E. L. Zalinski,
U. S. A. Tetired), and Lieut. r. H.
Sayre, New York.
The following were elected directors
also to serve three years:
Col. w. p. Hall, assistant adjutant
general. United States army; Gen. H.
S. Tanner. Rhode Island; Maj Selds
Brigge, New York; Col. Estey, Ver-
mont and Maj Carl A. Wagner, Min
nesota.