The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-21
FIRST WILL WIN CUP
sourH ALABAMIANS HAVE bAG
 LEAD IN SHOOT.
u.,<e Crowd Sew Khaki Clad soiasers in RtAe Contest at Cypress PonA-TroDhy te Be
 Awarded Today.

Tn ,li probability the handsome tronhv presented by Brigadier General Louis V, Clarke will be awardeo 10 the team of rifemen from the lst infan try, as the scores made yesterday at inc Holt Ride Range indicates that the ist reTiment team will again de- feat the teams from the End and 3rd infantry.
 Owing to the fact that all of the team from the srd infantry did not reach the city yesterday. the shoot will not be completed until today. At the close of yesterday the team from the 1st infantry bad total score or S4o out of a possible 500. while the score of the End infantry totaled 1S0. only six men from the 3rd infantry team had shot and their total was 152.'
 The indications are that the medal for the best individual shot Will go to Lieutenant Daniel of the 3rd infan- try team. Out of a possible 50 he made e total of 39. With this score he ex- celled Captain Coleman of the 1st, the winner of the medal last year, and who this year has a score of S6.
 Under the terms of the gift from General Clarke, the team trophy be- comes the permanent property of the team which wins 1t twice in succession. Having won 1t last year the team or
 the 1st will become its owner if their score is not excelled by the 3rd infan- try team and that seems improbable. The victory of the 1st infantry team
 was expected. The men of that team
 have taken more interest in rifle shoot
 ing and they have had more practice
 in 1t than have the men of the other
 regiments. Teams from this regiment
 have travelled into other States and
 participated in several contests.
 The other two regiments. however,
 are now manifesting a lively interest in
 rifle practice. The End infantry mas
 heretofore been absolutely without practice, having had no range. The es- tablishing of the fine Holt range gives members of that regiment a fine chance to practice and it is understood that in the future this opportunity for train- ing themselves in the highly important duty of a soldier, the ability to shoot straight. will be taken advantage of. Much of the aroused interest in rifle practice is due to the untiring energy of Major w. F. Tebbetts. Inspector of Rifle Practice upon the staff of Brig Gen. Louis V. Clark. Major Tebbet.s has worked ceaselessly at the various camps of the AlabamG troops to get the men and officers interested and aroused in rife practice, and with suc- cess. He has held out that not only is the ability to shoot straight one of the most important of all of a soldiers accomplishments, but that rife practice gives to the men zest and interest in the National Guard and in camp life, and for which reason it is a fine means of discipline.
 Scores Were Disappointing. Major Tebbetts was frankly disap- pointed with the scores made yester- day. He had expected a much higher | score than the one made by the rife team of the 1st The men on that | team having had more practice he look ed for the higher score from them. Quite a crowd of citizens and sol diers gathered at the Holt range near | Cypress Pond for the shoot. The shoot | was under the personal supervision and | direction of Major Tebbetts. The team | from the 1st Infantry was in charge of Capt. W. B. Mickle. that of the End
 was commanded by Sergt. H. V. Reed, and that of the 3rd was in charge of Captain McCaa. The team was brought
 down from North Alabama by Lieut.. | c. B. Ballard.
 The scores yesterday were as fol- | lows: