The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-08-25
Firing at the Sea Girt Range
Opened With the Individ-
ual Match.
GOOD SCORES MADE
TEAM CAPTAINS MET AND DE
CIDED TO PERMIT NO COACH
ING ON THE FIRING LINE.
Special to .'rhe Jersey city News,

SEA GIRT. Aug. 25. volley
after yolley rang over the rife ranges
yesterday morning. beginning at o'clock
indicating that the annual rife fourna-
ment. in which the pick of Americas
marksmen will strive for honols. was un-
der way. The first evenS to be started
was the national individua9 match. in
which 657 reported at the firing line.
Only a day and half will be allowed
for this contest. The shooting it at 200,
300, 800, and 600 yards, ten shets at
each range; rapid fire at 200 and 500
yards and two skirmish runs.
The match is open to the same individ-
uals as may enter the national team CON
test. There are twelve prizes, the first
being a gold medal and $50 in cash. The
match was won last year at Fort Riley,
Kan, by Sergeant George Sayre, of the
Fifteenth Infantry, with a score of 4e2.
Many good scores were recorded this
morning.
The 200-yard stage in the national in
dividual match was completed at noon
to-day. The scores of the first four high
men were 46, and they are Lieutenant
A. e. Clark, of Minnesota; Sergeant NJ.
A. Gilbert. Oregon; Corporal G. e.
Henck, Oregon. and Lieutenant A. s.
Bowen, Iowa.
The scores made by Jerseymen We're:
Major Rowland, 40; Lieutenant Rice, 80;
Lieutenant Tewes, Al; Lieutenant Smith,
43; Sergeant-Major Evans. 33; Corporal
Gabriel, ~; Captain Phillips. 40; Captain
Martin, AZ; Captain Libbey, 43: Lieuten-
ant Spencer, 3S; Sergeant Sylvester. 40;
Sergeant Williams, 40; Private McDon-
aid, 81; Sergeant Farr, SO; Corporal
George Goldsack, SO; Sergeant Hooey,
40; Sergeant Littell "a; Sergeant Hud-
son, Al; Sergeant McRostie, "a. Captain
P. Rice, 42; Sergeant p Pfeil 40; Cap
tain Malcolm. 40; A. S. Upgroff and
Francis ]. Boyd, SO.
The twenty-nine leading competitors
were Lieutenant Clark. Minneapolis: 46;
Sergeant Gilbert, Oregon, IS; Captain
Houck, Oregon, 46; Lieutenant Bowen,
Iowa, 46; Corporal Nagan, Wisconsin,
45; Sergeant Jones, Illinois, As; Sergeant
iHird, Iowa, 45; Sergeant Pfeil, New Jer-
sey, As; Cadet Dixon, U. S. Military
Academy, 45; Captain Lee, California
45; Lieutenant-C Colonel Reichildefer, Dis
trict of Columbia, A; Sergeant Schlick,
Wisconsin, A; Lieutenant Tornrose
Massachusetts,, A; Sergeant Major Fried,
Pennsylvania, A; Sergeant Breitt. IL
linois, "A; Sergeant Griffith, Maryland,
A; Private Pile, District of Columbia,
"A; Captain Curry, Washington. A; Cor
poral PIunnley, Maryland, "A; Cadet
Lewis U. S. Military Academy, A; Cor
poral Rider, Oregon, A; Captain Kemp,
New York, A; Sergeant Agostini, Ha-
waii, A. Captain Cerwin, New York, A;
Corporal Tubbs, Maine, A; Sergeant
Baptiste, U. S. Marine Corps, A; Cap
tain Falk, Minnesota, "A; Sergeant Ben
ton, q. S. A, A; Sergeant Wentworth.
A.
A meeting of the team captains was
held last night and some matters likely
to provoke discussion during the meet
ing were discussed. The order that
there will be no coaching and no COM
munication on the firing line will be
adhered to, despite the dissatisfaction
of the team captains. General Hall
notified the team captains that the en-
tries of the teams for the national
mach must be handed in by this evening.
There is general Disappointment be-
! cause the Annapolis cadets are not COM
ing. For years the officers of the Ma
tional Rife Association have endeavored
to get the academies here. The National
Board for the Promotion of Rife Prac-
tice took the matter up a year ago, and
it was expected that both teams would
be here. The West Point boys came
The other day, and they We're anxious to
gmeet their rivals on the rife range. 1t
lis understood that the Bureau of Navi-
cation objected to the naval cadets COM
| ing here to shoot because it would in
terfere with their studies.
The West Point boys viii have a
chance to try their skill,-however, in
competition with the college boys from
Princeton and Cornell universities as
both have entered teams. The West
Point team win also shoot in the ma
tional team match, and the embryo gem
erals hope to make good showing in
that c0mpetiti0n.