Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-08

members Of the team are permitted to fire
on any of the six targets which are in
| sight Private Appleby and Lieutenant
Cookson being expert skirmishers, are prob
| ably entitled to their share OF the liz
| points which are credited to Lieutenant
| Farrow. ~
First Regiment Scores.
The scores of the members of the LIST
Regiment team are as follows:
Sefgt; hsipn AIaerman Us Us
Major L. II. Reichelderfsr. il. ........... 46
MAJOR u ieqng' 10
Private George E. Cook. Observation-Disclosures. s
Total. a1o
The company team match opened at 2:3O
o'clock and brought out field Of sixteen
teams. The match was seven shots at 200
and 500 yards and the finish was closely
| fought. owing to the keen competition for
honors in this event The weather was
very cloudy and threatening when the
match was opened. strong wind blowing
across the range at both distances Two
teams were entered from the District, Com
pany l of the LIST and I'd Regiments.
Other Team Entries.
The other teams entered IN this match
were as follows:
Company A. 9Th Massachusetts,: Company
A, LIST New Jersey; Company C. 4th New
Jersey: Battery B. Massachusetts, Volun-
tcCi ASAiiSius SOIhpdHy " III 4$CW AOl
Company G. 9th Ohio; Company D, I'd New
Jersey; Company A. Sd Pennsylvania; Com
pany I. Sd Pennsylvania: United States
steamer Columbia. United States navy;
United States steamer Maine. United States
navy.
The members of the teams from the Dis
trict in the company team match are as
follows:
Company I. LIST ACKNOWLEDGMENT F.
H. Heidenreich. Privates George E. Cook,
Samuel B. Wetherald E. ]. Fink and Fred
erick E. Healey.
Company I. I'd acknowledgement Alex
ander Summers. Sergeant Charles b.
Groome. Privates Maurice Appleby, Robert
L. Pile and E. W. Scott.
The company team match was won by
Company c. 4th New Jersey; second,
United States Marine Corps. and Company
I. LIST District of Columbia. third.
Company Team Match.
The scores in this match were as follows
Company c. 4th New Jersey 312 out of a
possible 400: United States Marine Corps.
second team 800: Company /. LIST District
of Columbia, 3O7; Company G, 9th Ohio.
3O3: Battery B. Massachusetts,. 1874; Com
pany D, I'd Connecticut. 28S: Company I,
Sd Pennsylvania, 24S: Company A, LIST Penn
sylvania, 205. and Company K, LIST Pennsyl-
vania. 1877.
For the Leech Cup.
At the conclusion of firing in the Skin
msh match the targets were opened up for
the competitors in the Leech cup match
The conditions for shooting were ideal and
the entries larger In this event than any
individual competition ever shot on this
range. The entries in the Wimbledon cup
on Friday numbered lib. and this number
was considered unusually large, but in the
Leech cup the entries ran over the $50
mark. In this match a large number of
District men entered and used government
ammunition for the purpose of getting all
the practice possible for the big national
match which is being shot today.
The distances vera 500, 800 and 1000
yards, seven shots being allowed each COM
petitor at each range. The 800 and 9OO-yard
stages We're shot In the morning. when the
conditions for thooting were perfect. The
light was good and strong, while in the
afternoon, when the long range shooting
commenced, the conditions changed some
what. a stiff wind blowing and the at
mosphere haZy and threatening. The match
was not finished at shutdown and was post
poned until Thursday morning. The prizes
were in this match: First, the Leech cup
to be held during the year by the winner;
fifth, So.
Partial Score
OF those that finished, the second team
from the Marine Corps stood third, with
800, and Company 1, list District Regiment,
fourth, with 3O7. Company of the Cd Reg1-
ment did not finish, Capt. Summers having
one shot to fire at 500 yards, and Sergt.
Groome and Private Pile their entire score.
All of the teams have finished shooting at
the 2O0-yard range.
The other scores aside from the winner in
the skirmish match were: First District of
Columbia, 80; United States Marine Corps,
second team, under Capt. Dewey. 300;
United States Marine Corps, first team, I'M
der Lieut.. Holcombe, $50; 1st New Jersey,
256: LIST Vermont, 22l: 4th New Jersey, POI;
Pennsylvania squadron. 100; 9th Mary
land. ITO.
The 7th New York and 18th New York
teams withdrew, having won the trophy
twice before
Called Down by Harries.
A little incident occurred yesterday after
the scores In the skirmish match had been
announced, in which the two regiments
from the District carried off first and sec
ond honors, which might be Of interest to
the stay-at-homes and friends of the boys
who are representing the national capital
at Sea Girt.