The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-08-30
OHIO RlRLEMEH in THE LEAD
NEW York TEAM SECOND IN Ma
TIONAL MATCH. ..J
Consistent Work AT the 6tpO Yard Range
Puts the Westerners ~ Points Before
Local Men NJ End Of Ftrst Day-New
Jersey IN Third Piace--The Scores

SEAGInl. Aug. 20. Twelve six fooiers
from tho state OF Ohio. led the way fer the
Whe competing teams In tho Mathematician
match to-day. by rolling up an aggregate
of .5H points In the first three ranges ot
tho match. They won first
a stern chase by the New workers.. who nm
ished with total OF 1855 points.
New Jerseys home talent took third place
with a total of 1905, while the marines ran
fourth. leading the service teams with score
of i4a7. one point better than the army IN
fantry.
The Navy squad took brace at the rapid
fire stage and followed In the wake OF WASH
ington State in eleventh place and the cavalry
men with their "popguns" trailcd along IN
eighteenth place
or the concededly strong teams the Illinois
twelve and the Regular troopers were the
only ones that fell down for the days work.
Illinois succumblng at the 600 yard stage
and the cavalrymen at the slow fire ranges.
The fight for premier honors between Ohio
and New York was the feature. and the
Western team had to fight hard for Its final
lead of twelve points.
The Ohio aggregation Is admitted by the
followers of rifle competitions to be unusually
strong as rapid fire and slow fire at all dis
tances. but their work on the skirmish field
is of a'lower standard, Winder and Richards
stay of the Ohio outfit. and their indivlduai
work was of high order
New York led the field at the 200 yard slow
fire stage, with a total Of s12 out OF a possible
800, with Ohio and New Jersey close up. with
500 eaNh Maine was second at this range.
with $40, but at the 800 yard stage quickly
dropped behind the leader.
The infantry and marines finished fifth and
sixth at this range. and the highest Individual
.l LNv tnrf a.
Green of the Regulars. A rear wind OF six
miles was blowing at the 200. but the condi-
tions were generally productive of fine scores.
| Six of the teams were Obliged to do their
firing at this range on the skirmishf1eldWhere
| targets had been improvised.
| With this addition and good handling the
teams finished the first range at 1890 o'clock.
| and then moved over to the 6O0-yard range.
where teams were paired. firing alternately
on the targets by pairs. New York. however.
| drew n target alone and started to run up
scores that gave the field scare. Lent and
| Bryant, with "a each, won the respectful adj
miration Of the gallery experts. for the wind
was of the fish tail order switching from to
| o'clock and ranging from ten to fourteen
| miles in speed
| Several teams put up poor boards at this
range through inability to follow the "'ha
| In it's sudden changes. New York's team.
having trained at Creedmoor. where the
lshtail wind is of almost daily occurrence.
shot strongly and totaled Sli.
| The marines. who have trained at Creed
| moor for the last Two seasons. were fortunate
under the conditions and with consistent
scores followed New York by !, points less
| for the range. over on the OHIO targets.
| however, tb, big chaps were ganging condi-
tions beautii.y and their incl score ore; was
! top scores, ~ were lower than those on the
New York board, their work was more con-
! sst ent. all the men shooting above 40.
| Pennsylvania with aG6 showed up well.
| The infantry. cavalry and navy shot ragRedly
| at this difficult range. The leading pairs
on each team when the firing was re 81 aed
| rapid fire targets at 200 yards, and the sudden
! changes in the standing OF teams made AT
the 600 yard range. we're here dupi cated
Conditions could hardly have heen better
| for the rapid fire as tho wind was softenlng
in the clear light. Many Of the best shots
! on the strong teams however. put upmedi-
| OGRE scores at the rapid fire and team totals
| suffered In most instances.
! Little Rhode Island forged into the Lead a
Mar! land and Florida running SECOND with
| Jls The Ohio cracks again beat New York,
| scoring 5l7 TO the 5l3 OF Col Thnrston's men.
| The infantry and the navy fattened averages
| and the marines and cavalry dropped several
points.
among the top notchers in the ind vdual
contest OF 1904 scored the only possible OF
the day AT this distance scoring his balls
with deliberation that was IN striking con-
trast 10 thr hurried firing of the majority
of the competitors. Otonnor ana iens Sl
scores made by the New York team for the
day's stage follows