The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

AT LOCAL
TARGETS
Jersey City Club Carries
Off State Championship.
Piercy's Score Best.

Trapshooters from all parts of the State
shin meet at the targets of the South Side
Gun Club in this city yesterday. The
State title went to the team of the Jersey
City Gun Club. Besides the shoot for the
State trophy there were eight other events
which were all well contested.
In the State trophy event nine teams,
with two men to a team, were entered,
the event bringing out the cream of the
amateur clay bird shooters in this State.
The event was the most interesting Of the
day and the competition was very close
The Jersey City Gun Club team, which
consisted Of George II. Piercey and Fred
w. Moffatt, captured the trophy with a
score of sc dead birds out Of a possible
100. defeating their nearest rivals, a team
from the Smith Gun Club. Of this city, by
five birds. Andrew Lindsey and Charles
T.. Day. jr., represented the Smith Club
in the shoot. and but for a little unsteadi-
ness in the early part of the match on the
part Of Day, they would have probably
captured the trophy. At the beginning
Day was a bit below his usual rare form.
but after he had fired a few shots he got
his eye on the targets and brought them
down with little trouble. The local men
gave the Jersey City team a good deal of
worriment and 1t was not until the event
was practically over that the visitors felt
confident of success. The team from the
South Side Club, consisting of Fred v.
Carlough and Fred c. Bissett, were tied
for third place with the Bernardsville
team. composed of Elmer 2. Gardiner and
T. Howard. with a total of 80 birds.
In a special event Of fifty birds, Andrew
Lindsey. Of the Smith Gun Club, who held
the amateur State championship a year
ago. showed the crowd that he was in
rare form when he handed in an excellent
total of 40 broken targets out Of a possible
50. Only one prize was offered in that
event. and some high-class shooting was
seen. When the local man finished his
shooting in the event he was congratulated
by the large crowd for his excellent work.
George II. Piercey was high gun Of the
day with a score Of 145 broken targets
out of a possible 1855. Piercey was in
excellent form yesterday and some of the
shots he made were at difficult angles.
Fred w. Moffatt. Piercey's partner, was
second high gun of the day with one dead
bird, short of Piercey's record and with
one more bird to his credit than Elmer
z. Gardiner. of the Bernardsville Club.
Tit nal event ON the program for yes
terday's shoot was the Newark city sweep
stake affair in which five men were tied
for first prize. AS darkness interfered II
was impossible to have a shootoff and the
prize money was divided. In this event
George Fl. Piercey, A.. Brickner, DR.. W. Fl,
Matthews. Fred Traux and o. N. Sked
were tied for first honors, with a score OF
10 out of a possible 20 birds to their credit
Today the shoot will be finished and
eight events ave been arranged for thit
morning and five for the afternoon. Tit
feature Of the shoot today will be for tn,
tIfhaaa hoDrrnarIaaG mn which has hQpI
offered by the club for the best score.
Among the professional shooters whC
were present and showed their skill al
breaking the targets were J. A. r. Elliott
one time the champion of the country; H
r. Wells, II. L. Brown, w. p. barton and
Sim Glover. Although there was no spe-
eial event on the program for the profess
sional shooters, they kept busy. Elliott
was the high gun among the pros with
a score of 154 birds to his credit out OF a
possible i65. H.. r.. Wells gave him a close
fight for first honors, for when his grand
total was figured up 1t was found he had
ore bird less than Elliott had to his credit,
Some of the members OF the South Sid
Club of this city had some fun with
Elliott by placing a big sign on his back
which was printed in big letters and read
as follows: my ank Is Busted" The
crack shooter carried the sign on his back
all day and II was late in the afternoon
before he discovered the joke.
Among some of the nearby clubs that
had representatives entered In the shoot
were the North Side Club Of Paterson,
Morristown Club. Belleville Gun Club,
Elizabeth Gun Club, Chatham Gun Club,
Asbury Park Gun Club, East Side Gun
Club, Smith Gun Club, both of this city
Jersey Citv Gun Club, Hudson Gun Clut
of Jersey City. Montclair and the North
Caldwell Gun Club.