The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1904-09-14
THE RIFLE TEAM BACK
FROM the EAST
Had Delightful Trip and Are Not At
All Discouraged at Their Defeat.

The state rifle team composed almost
entirely of Yakima boys returned from
their eastern trip Thursday night. AT
ter the contest at Fort Riley, Kan, the
team left for the worlds fair and saw
as much of that big affair as was posi-
BILE in q weeks time to see. They
boarded a west bound train for North
Yakima last Sunday evening and landed
here Thursday night. They returned
home over the Union Pacific and o. X.
\. around by the way of Portland.
The trip was q delightful one so they
all say and while they failed to take
prize, to be defeated by teams that have
been shooting in these national con
tests for years is certainly no disgrace.
This is Washington's first attempt and
they have reflected credit upon the Ever
green state.
1t was reported by the Associated
Press that Washington took eleventh
place in the shooting. When the score
was footed finally and the actual result
known, it was discovered that the home
team by defeating New Jersey II points
had taken 10th place among the teams.
The Washington boys, or more prop
erly speaking, the Yakima boys, fell
down badly on the skirmish run upon
which they rested their hopes for pulling
up into the prize class. Several things
worked together to bring about this
streak of hard luck. The boys were
| shooting on new range; they had a
hard wind to contend with and several
O their team were sick. II. II. Hum.
| phrey's place, one of the best shots on
the team, was taken by a substitute.
In last years national shoot the New
Jersey team took second place and four
years ago the Georgia team took first
place. Botn these teams composed of
the same men were beaten by Wash
ington this year.
Captain Duin said that it was
| hard matter to convince the militia bows
at Fort Riley that all the members of
the team came from North Yakima
with the single exception He said that
everybody back there had heard of the
Yakima valley and the town of North
Yakima. They supposed, however, that
aside from being country noted for its
wonderful agricultural pursuits nothing
else of any consequence could be pro-
duccd here A member of the Alabama
team wanted to know if the Washington
team mad been raised by irrigation.
| Poor Alabama came out last. They
have been attending national shoots for
years, and have always brought along
mascot of some kind Their mascot
on this occasion consisted of large ali
gator from the Everglades of the south.
Before the shooting commenced this ali
gator succeeded in breaking his chain
and escaped. He got into the waters
of the black Republican river 1t seem
ed dreadful for an alligator from the
state OF Alabama to be subjected to
republican waters and this thought so
unnerved the Alabama boys that they
made a miserable showing.
Fort Riley is situated on the banks
of the Republican river in Kansas.
The men as whole, said Captain Du-
lin, who had gathered at Fort Riley to
participate in this contest, were a fine
lot of fellows and they treated the team
from Washington with the utmost cour-
| tesy..
General Drain is highly pleased at the
showing the boys made. They are going
again next year and expect to do bet
ter.
Here is the team:
Captains T. Liggett, Charles
T. Dulin
Lieutenant-John NJ. Curry.
Regimental Color Sergeant-George
Van Buskirk.
Sergeants-Walter R. Rowe, Prince r.
Richardson, Ora ID. Huxtable
Corporals-Marvin F. Thornton, Don
c. Dulin, Harry r. Humphrey, Arthur
c. Pierce.
Privates-Eugene NJ. Hatton, William
Hope, Alex. ]. Ritchey.
Sergeant II. ]. Dutton /. member
of Troop B, Tacoma.
| HAS CHANGED HIc MIND