Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-08-16
To Select Palma Contestants.

llmlnbIN COnbtoNS VIII Dc hNiu 'NN"'
and tomorrow for places on the team
which will represent the United
States in the international contest
for the Palma trophy, which Will be
shot at Rockliffe range, Ottawa
Ont. September Z. Lieutenant
Colonel N. b. Thurston. OF New
York, Will be captain of the team
and Is directing the prClimlnaries.
lie has been captain of the New
York rifle team for many years,
which team has won victories In
many close Interstate contests. The
remaining officers of the team VIII
be appointed by the executive COM
mlttee on recommendation of the
captain. The members of the team
Will be selected from those who
make tho best scores in accordance
with the following rules:
In addition to the scores made In
the preliminary contests today an1
tomorrow, there will he added those
scores made In tho Wimbledon cup
match. the Leech cup match and the
500 and 900 yard stages OF the
presidents match, all being events
of the National Rife association, TO
be shot on the Ohio range during the
coming week. From the aggregate
of all these scores the team Will be
selected as follows; Nine on the
basis OF high aggregates and three
selected by the executive committee,
making twelve In all, four of whom
viii be alternateJ. The eighth man
who will shoot In the match VIII he
selected by the team captain after
preliminary practice In Canada, The
team. after being selected on the
evening of August "a, will be as
sembled and trained on the range
here.
Among the contestants In today's
preliminaries arW Captain Ed. Wells
and Sergeant Doyle OF the Seventy
first New York and DR., w. q. Short,
OF the Seventh New York regiment,
all of whom were on the rifle team
which went TO England four years
ago. Among other states represent
ed I'm the preliminaries are Georgia,
Maine, Montana, New Jersey, Massa-
chusotts and Ohio. The four regu-
uar service teams OF the United
States army. marine corps and navy
are also represented In the trials by
their crack shots. Lieutenant Hol-
comb of the marine corps team, who
has made some phenomenal records
of late. Is expected TO be a certain
winner OF place on the internation-
al team,
All OF the contestants In today )
contest were required TO furnish
statements from the adiutant gem
eral OF their states or other eompe-
tent authorities that they have at
tained during tho year a record In
eompatition OF at least 95 per cent
at 500 yards, go per cent at 300
Yards and SO per cent at 1000 yards,
In string OF consecutive shots.
Many riaemen have already ar
rived for the big shoot OF the Ma
tional Rife association, TO be held
during all of next week at Camp
Perry. one OF the new features OF
the big tournament will be the press
match. A very handsome and valu-
able silver cup viii 40 TO the news
paper represented by the winner,
and a miniature OF the cup will so
TO the winner himself. All news
paper men. including editors, re-
porters or correspondents, are eligi-
ble. Some OF the biggest news
papers OF the country will be repre-
sented by the crack shots OF their
stan. The conditions are two sight
ling shots and ten shots for record
at 500 yards.
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