The sun., 1905-09-07
LIEIT. TEWEs's WIMBLEDON.
New Jersey Man scores ~ In the Classic
shoot.

SEA GiRT, n. j., Sept. G,-The Wimbledon
Cup, the classic event OF the Ameri' an r'he
range, was won to-day by Lieut. W. a. ieWes
OF the First New Jersey. with score OF a.
| The famous cup, a handsome old silver
| tankard presented In the seventies py the
| National Rin, Association OF Great Britain.
| for American competition on the iOoO yaru
range, never was shot for under harder condl-
| tions OF wind Tewes handled the wind
that hshtailsd through o o'clock. In mastery
| fashion, and his victory was popular one.
| He has come rapidly to the front In recent
| years az q skilled exponent OF long range
work, IA consistently strong at all ranges
and is fine Judge OF conditions.
| Lieut.. Casey OF the Seventy-frst new
York was Tewes's most formidable opponent
but the match WAS conceded to Tewes when ne
began a run OF bullseyes In his last string OF
| FIVE shots. Tswes's score ran: s. D, =, =, o.
4, s, 4, 4, 4, 8, 8, s, 8, 4. s. 8, 4, 8, o-N
Had the wind conditions been steady ior
this afternoons match. the winning score
would have oubtedly be in the ninetes.
for the changes in light were not frequent
enou sh to bother the old shots. When the
match was begun at 80 o'clock there were
ninety competitors on the firing line. equipped
with numerous varieties Of firearms and am
munition, for the Wimbledon is one OF tho
few matches that imposes no restrictions.
The service fife pred minated. for the rifle
men have found 1t to be an e1celient long
4 lew OF the old school shot with guns Of
private make aud used the back position.
used e IN nrSes
ment issue. The rifemen anticipated trouoie
when they arranged thUr shooting KITS, ior.
! while the targets stood out clean cut against
the sky. the wind CLOCKS and the the range re- & hsss ss
were switching from lsft TO right u the rear
al one sss tn he to s
by 1t the changes In the wind, but for the
greater part they had to depend upon the
whiIns Of tho wind. but. as frequently no two
showed the same direction, the contestants
were taxed to their utmost to dope the wind
Ocoasional clouds which obsoured the target
caused the unwary TO bury their shots N the
sSots sS over M the target BY reason oi false sight
ing due to the light changes, The last part
Of the match was shot In dull light in Which Which
fxans' fsdins int st shs as bseEsround large
sy eeysd at s e. nsh snd
the second from the right Of the line In
add ton to the Wimbledon cup. which h., is e
valued at $500. money prize OF s2s went with
The three other places in the money we're Ss.
Mtiisa SeiSaed Evans. Ssv
1sisys e. s.nns1 ~ asu osS ks. y York lev
Capt Prise Third New Jersey. e; sessespt sss',s
First New Jersey, ~; Doyle OF the Seventy
fret was well up IN the bunch. with 20.
New Jerseys brilliant victory In the VIM
bledon match was foreshadowed In the morn
ing, when she landed first and second In the
reslmental team match from a field Of nine.
teen teams. The strong team Of the FIRST
New Jersey had won the trophy tw'es. and md
necessarily Of. high order. as the teams
was cut out at tue start, The same trouble
Wimbledon match was playing on the range.
At the 200 yard range the First Regiment,
District OF Columbia. led with 262; First New
Jersey close Up, with 2el; TIE FIfteenth = fegSo M
Hancock fourth. with 2ss. sergtr: Ditmerr
Of the Regula ars was top man, with ~. Az
the, 600 yard range the First New Jersey
pulled out OF the match after poor start
while their rivals Of the Second New Jersey;
with . more .consstent score. took second
third and the First District of Columbia
beat out the lnfantrymen for fourth money
THE Seventy-frst New. York shot we'll
UP among tho leaders at the first stage. but
al 900 yards was unable, to get into the
0s ME The scOre 0f the winners.