The Washington times., 1903-09-04
FIRST NEW JERSEY
WINS REGIMENTAL

Great Britain to the National Rife As
sociation of America. 1t was first COM
peted for in 1875, when Major Fulton
won it.
The Wimbledon match in 1902 went 10
Corporal X. X. V Casey, of the Seventy
first New York. who, though his actual
score was less, took it by five points by
handicap from Private Horace NJ Bell.
of the First New Jersey, formerly of the
District of Columbia team. Their scores
were 146 and 145 Private H. H. Leizear.
of the Sixth Pennsylvania. was third at
l2S; Capt. H. E. Evans. Sixty-ninth
New York, fourth, with 127.
The Inspectors Match
The Inspectors match, ten shots at
500 and 600 yards. with any military
rifle, is for the department of rife prac-
tice badge and SIS. Between New
York and the District of Columbia, vic
tory has wobbled ever since the contest
started in 1894. with a swerve to New
Jersey in 1897, when Capt c. H. Spring
stead, of the Fourth regiment, captured
it, and another down to Georgia, to
Capt. J. c. PosteIl. in 1899. Lieut. (now
MajOr) Glendie B. Young. in 1895. and
Lieut.. w. Milton Farrow, in 1900, and
Major James E. Bell, who won it when
first offered, took it to Washington agiNC
last year, while Capt. Schuyler Schief-
feIin, OF the Twelfth, took it to New
York in 1896. Major Bells victory
year ago was one of the sensations of
the shoot.
The New York State team arrived
| yesterday morning in command of Lieut..
/ Col. n. B. Thurston, team captain, with
! Major W. NJ, Kirby as his assistant;
Capt. w H Palmer, Seventh, adjutant,
| and Lieut. T a. Browne. Third Bat
talon. and Corp. Walter Reid. Jr.. Sew
enth, coaches. The members of the
| team and substitutes are Capt. S. S.
Stebbins, Twelfth; Capt. G. w. Corwin
Capt. E. B. Burch, First Lieut.. X. X. V.
/ Casey, Sergt. A. S. Corbett, Sergt
/ George H. Doyle, First Lieut.. A. E.
/ Wells, Private f. C. Moore, Seventy
first; First Sergt. F. NJ. Dardingkller,
Quartermaster Sergeant c. NJ. Smith
First Sergt f. J. Loughlin. First Sergt.
H. F. Dowling, Twelfth: Capt W. B.
/ y
! Private H Z. Evans, Ninth This
morning the team began practice for
the national match. About half of the
Empire State team is new this year, but
/ it still includes such seasoned material
as Wells, Doyle. and Casey.
Heavy Fog Interfered.
! Fog closed the Interstate Regimental
Team match at 20 O'Clock last evening.
! leaving the Sixth Massachusetts, the
| Fifth Maryland, the Twelfth New York,
! the Fourth New Jersey, the United
/ States Marine Corps. and the navy team
/ from the Columbia with unfinished
! scores. Within five minutes after the
! fog leaped over the 1.OO0-yard targets.
they were invisible from the firing line.
In view of the already greatly crowded
! condition of the program, it was ques-
| tion with some of these teams whether
they had better not go ahead and fire
/ blindly. trusting TO the data already
/ known, and to luck. But the Sixth
! Massachusetts,, which led the District
! of Columbia and the Jerseymen on the
/ 2OO-yard range, insisted that il should
/ be given an equal chance with the rest
| of the field.
The Second District team scored a
! total of 527 in the regimental match.
| As last man 10 the bulls, Lieut.. ". Mil
| ton Farrow, who has a reputation for
/ steady work under stress, accidentally
slipped 10 a three. and wound up with
only 43. High man for the team was
/ Private Maurice Appleby. who made
/ 81 The team scores were:
200 yds. 500 yds. Totals