New-York tribune., 1906-10-03
YANKEE RIFLEMENLEAn
HIGH SCORES THE RUrr
Seventh Regiment Team Outshoo.,
Queens Westminster VoIwnteer,

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In weather that might have been made
der. ideal was IL for any kind OF sport a.
especially for shooting. the teams OF the ous.r-
Westminster Volunteers and tho 7th Re1,rr.,s
met yesterday IN their first days ba.tl, -.
points IN the International rife match sor a.
Sir Howard Vincent shield at tho Creedn,oo-
butts
There was only one miss out OF 90 shots s,H
the marksrnen OF both teams made some rennar+-
able scores At the end OF the first perfoa =.
firing at the 5OO-yard range the 7th Regimen.
team was 16 points ahead Eighteen pofn.,
were added at the 6OO-yard range. 50 that tba
Americans had a clear lead OF "a points a. "a
end OF the days shooting. The totals v-r..,
Seventh Regiment. s33: Queens Westminx,-
Volunteers 100 Unless the British team DO,
some phenomenal shooting az the 500 and 1000
yard ranges to-day the lead should be enough N
irsure victory.
At the conclusion or the days shooting CoIone,
Sir Howard Vincent. speaking 20 Major General
Roe and a group Of officers. said: The IN
provement IN the shooting OF both teams sfnce
they last met is extraordinary. I find aftsr
comparing the figures Of the match last year AZ
Bisley with this one that the improvement has
been about 20 per cent"
The yellow and gray undress uniforms OF ths
men composing the teams were IN striking con-
trast as they faced each other in single column
formation IN 'front.' OF the Tth Regiment club
house. tlst before the match began. while the
referee. General Charles F. Roe. commander of
the New York National Guard, addressed them.
He asked them IL they were satisfied with all the
conditions Of the match. the rifles and anmuni-
tion to be used by each and all other dstaIa
For the British Sir Howard Vincent and for
the Americans Colonel Daniel Appleton assented,
and then the teams marched direct 70 the 500
yard range. Three standard American targets
popped up IN the sunlight five hundred yards
away at 1890 o'clock and at 12:35 clock no
first 'FbIow-ofr'' shot was fired by one Of tho
English team and the match was on
The unpires were Colonel Robert L Howzs
commandant OF cadets az West Point, for the
British team. and Captain Edward F. Ward. Of
the Kings Royal Rifles. for the American team.
The medical officer was Colonel William G. Ia
Boutiliier, and Colonel N. B. Thurston was tns
range officer.
The military men who watched the match IN
ciuded General McKibbin. General Bird W.
Spencer. Colonel W. H Kip Major w. @. Fisk.
Captain ". H. Palmer Captain Evans. inspector
Of rifle practice Of the 9Th Regiment; Captain D.
W. C. Falls. Captain ]. Davidson. Captain J. E.
Schuyler, Lieutenant John T. Fisher. Lieutenant
c. o. ToUssant. Lieutenant W. F. Wall. Lieu
tenant B. Kip, Lieutenant H A Bostwick. Lieu
tenant o. UhI and Lieutenant ]. A lie BOutilier.
Sergeant William B. Short and Corporal Wyatt
W. Taylor were the first pair to face the ranges
for the home team. Shorts first shot a
bulPs-eye. his second and third shots fours He
then made string Of eight consecutive bulls
eyes, then three fours and another bulPs-eye,
making a total OF 60 Taylor started with thres
bUlPs-eyes. A four was his next shot, and then
string OF eight consecutive bulls-eyes. followed
by three fOurs. making a total Of Il
Frederick G. Sheppard and Sergeant Edmund
TyreI were the first pair of the British team 10
shoot, and Tyren. after making a four, or
inner" for hts first shot, made four bulIs-eyss,
then four. followed by eight consecutive bulls
eyes and a four. making his total Y.
This was good shooting. but the individual top
score Of the day was made soon after by Cap
tain Benjamin B. McAlpin, who made a total ot
49, OF which thirteen o2 the fifteen shots wers
bulps-eyes. His partner Sergeant Francis X.
O'Connor, made a total OF IS, which included
eight centres. G. Gill was the next best man on
the British team at this range He scored II.
and of this eleven were centres. Oren II Beach
and Daniel C. Meyer. the latter one Of the re-
serve men Of the this team. each made twelve
tenant Howard E Grail made seven cOnseeu-
tive centres in his score OF 50. An extra target
was put up when the reserves began TO shoot.
II was at the 6OO-yard range that the greatest
Interest was shown A special train had brought
a hundred or more enthusiastic spectators, and D.
at one point IN the shooting when Gill. OF Fhs
eleven consecutive bulls eyes and then broke his
luck by making a four. they nOisy expressed
their disappointment. Colonel Vincent had 70
request them TO be steady" Gilrs total was 30.
for his next three shots were three and two
fours.
Sergeant Short, OF the 7th, did good work sc
this range, making twelve bulls eyes, OF whicIl
five were consecutive. Beach also made twelve
OF which eight were consecutive. All were sorTy
to see Grail make miss in his tenth shot II
was attributed 10 a lightweight cartridge. Ias
race between Fulton OF the visitors ana beaca,
OF the American team, was feature az us
range. Each began with a bulls eye ana theh
ran along until Fulton made seven and Beacn
eight cOnsecuttvely.
Each man on each team shot ffteen snots as
each range, and the reserves shot so that II casS
OF the disablenent Of any man on either team
their scores would count. The Americans useG
the Krag-JOrgensen rife, with Peters bullets anu
government shells. and the British used the Les
Metford-EnfeId rifle and KynOch emuunitIOhs
They also used the orthOptic eyeglasses Cno
minute allowed for each shot ana tne ans
was used up TO the minute. for, allowing ZOE
changing from the 500 20 the 600 yard rahse'
240 shots were fired in Just that many nlnu1sS'
The scores follow:
TTH REGIAIENT-5O0 YARDS
Names shots.i s4ssTsslor 121afsHT