The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-09-08
HIGH SCORES IN SKIRMSHING.
MARINE CORPS WINS REGIMEN
TAI TEAM MATCH.
Two Consistent Runs Place the Sea Soldiers
First by r. Polnts--Seventy-first N. =.
Finishes Sec Ond and Makes New Record
for single Hun in Sea Grit Tourney.

SEA CHIT Sept The Marine Corps won
the regimenial team skrmsh match this
afternoon from a field Of seventeen teams.
but IL took the strongest skirmishing YET
made in an American team match Tor the
sea soldiers TO pocket the Dupont cup. BY
two consistent runs that bordered on the
phenomenal the marines scored to'ai OF
N33 points n tot al of 10 points above me n1gh
run made in the National team match last
week
Last year the marines won the same matcn
with n to- al of 4l2 points on me one run anu
establlsle ed n Sea Grit record Tor slx man
team with those figures. On their frst run
to.dnv they sn ashed their old record with
cracking run Of AGO points and on their second
run scored but five points less. winning the
match by a margin OF "a points. Inc seventy
first New York. with Doyle. Casey. Ranney.
Wells, Corwin and Sheppard. won second
place with a score Of 90. and on their second
run scored the highest single run win
total of Az. three points better than the
marines best effort. For single run OF SIX
men in team competition these figures In the
memory of the old shots on the range nave
never been eduaed
Higher runs than those made by themarines
on their team total and the single high run OF
the Vow York cracks have been made n
practise but in the stress OF competition
sk,rmish runs in the national matches have
never before passed the 900 mark. BY It's
brilliant windup of the rife season the Ma
rinc Corps won permanent possession OF the
Dupont Cup. as the conditions oil the hatch
award the trophy to the team nrst WIN
ming the match twice. 1t was first placed
for competition last year. and had short
lived existence.
The navy team skirmished strongly also. and
won the place with a total of 1856 on two con-
sistent runs The Fifteenth Infantry. which
represented the army with. Baker, Brest. Sayre.
Reese. Green and Smith of the infantry team
failed to skirmish UP to form with the other
leaders. and on two runs of 432 and dropped
into fourth place. with a total of S87. The
Now Jersey teams we're not formidable. and
the tronyest Of them. the.First New Jersey.
with her ak state team men, totalled but
7i8.
The conditions for fast diminishing could
hardly have been excelled. The light was
uniformly good. as the runs we're not begun
until 2 O'Clock. when the infantry. marines.
Seventy-trst New York and First District OF
Columbia teams were called up to the 900
yard line. i he range flags stood out well
enough in an g. gh' mile wind to show rear Ear
their wind cages at practically zero Tor both
runs, and the black silhouettes, except for in;
frequent cloud shadows, doomed up Dig ana
inviting against their light yellow back
viii VIII the, cool temperature the teams
needed from ten to twenty yards higher ele.
walton than normally. and those VINO nag not
diagnosed this change caught in on their
first shots at 600 yards. and corrected accord
ngly. The interest in the match was keener
rational team match, and the skirInishers
were on their metle When the card cards I'VE were
to oi "r lead, with $50 points, followed
by The navy, with 40, the Seventy-frst New
York. with a. and Fifteenth Infantry. 1872
The second team of the marines was IN the
running with 422.
on the second run. with conditions un-
rines' score of 400, the navy held its own with
4ss. and the infantry men scored 4s5. Several
high individual scores were made, Ser
reant- Major Evans of the First New Jersey
making 9s, with eighteen hits ON the papoose
and two ON the big figure. Drurstrup OF the
navy scored a5, and Casey led the way for
New York with 90 The standing of the
teams in the regmental skirnish match