The sun., 1905-09-01
NEW YORK RIFLEMENi LEAD.
ure Of First Place In Nationsi Team
Match.


SEA GIBr. Aug. si.--First place In the
national match was virtually won by New
York to-day when the team left the skirmiah
field with lead OF 81 points over the infantry
shirmishers. Tomorrow the match will
be finished at the 900 Yards range. where New
York Is at It's best. and unless all signs fall
the team will open up q still wider gap between
Itself and the team that has second honors.
The teams that hold the first six places to-
night are New York, 4.14s; infantry. %.iil;
Ohio, +,042: Marine Corps, 1896. Navy. S.0l7,
District OF Columbia, s,o23.
The teams turned out this morning for the
1000 yard stage, and targets had been as
signed for the range. The leading pairs
were In position when three of the targets
that had been raised on the sea wall were dis
sbled by the high westerly wind. They We're
almost torn from their frames and blown
out TO sea. for the wind tore down the range
at thirty mile clip and came In vicious pufYs.
In the Glsrc OF the morning light the tar.
gets showed UP poorly. and there was feel
ing OF relief all along the firing line when
word was passed that II would be impossible
TO handle the targets on the 900 yard range.
Tho teams packed up their kits and moved
over. to the skirmish field. where the team
captains drew for the order Of the sklrmlsh
runs. ,-,.
New York and Ohio were unfortunate
enough to draw the second run. and when
they followed the Montana and California
teams down the range the shadow Of tho
silhouettes was badly placed and the wind
WAS still racing down the field
Under these unfavorable conditions the
New Workers came back with q run Of 7si.
while Ohios run netted 7o4; The infantry
and M arines followed. Conditions had inn
proved, the light being better. but the wind
was: sui 2 lively proposition: The marines
run Of the IS teams. scoring 7ss. but were
Cs points rs FOR nre
for the army team had skirmlshed il the sos,
but the shots who have followed the national
nta as ths
M York.s lead. ,.s bat not to the extent that army
lucky and my tke 5sn s fe
down hard on their hsI 0yn ,. skiEmish field, soo;
better. scoring 7ei and passing the Jersey
men On their asKEr.s,sats E.,s The cavalrymssn':
s2sns:n: fna g. 'fa:sa Ses 'ay 81 coes ran
ruck. No noon recess was taken. a. the
IN Of the rum. mstSS S1 n ken e ln. h.rs
handled much better than the slow and rapid
firing stages, and an average OF 15 minutes
to q run was maintained.
When New York and Ohio came up, to tho
first halt fol, the second run the light vas
s Nsw a hs Sdd ad dean S
md ran up the best skirmish made for the day.
scoring, 500. an average Of es points. Their
skirmishing was consistent.
o ho braced up. too. and their total OF
III was n creditable performance for team
that has had little experiences in this class
started on their second run the wind sud;
denly shifted from rear wind to head
one, and when the teams were half way down
the field the wind was across the range.
The army men totaued sl7, but the sea
soldiers failed to equal their high run Of the
and New Jersey ran late in the afternoon
and scored 1876 and 18l. respectively. The
of Columbia climbed into the money
az sixth place with run of 1877. and the caval-
rymen. with a performance OF 1855. got Into
eighth place.
Berg made the high indIydual run noG1 g. the
sostinl, the Porto Rican. on the infantry
team, who shot up the little figure for value
Of OF points. The best individual work OF
the team match. however. has been that OF
sergt. Williams. Q member Of the New Jersey
University. who finished the second skirm!sh
run with Is above centers. or 3e5 out Of
The teams will meet tomorrow for the last
time and fight II out over the diffloult 900
yard range New York Ia well intrenched
the remaining five places. The ten top teams
lo- nj