Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-26
MANY HERE
FOR TOURNEY
Eliza Cans Garry Championship Before Burns Gets Him
BIG BLUE ROCK SHOOT DRAWS
CRACK euNNERs
out of Town Saucer Smashers Here
for Events Which VIII Start To-
morrow-several Unique
Features

~ the western Gun club of Los An
eeles have commenced to arrive. Inc
coming event is the initial blue rock
tournament of the club to be given on
the grounds of the Los Angeles Gun
club at Sherman Friday, SATURDAY anu
Sunday, September q, % and ~.
The contestants who come from out
Of town are making their headquarters
at the Hotel Alexandria. number OIL
them have already arrived ana more
are expected. Among those already IN
town are some of the best known shots
in the United States, men who nave
taken honor in shooting contests Tor
many years.
From San Francisco number of well
known shots have arrived to take part
In the coming contest. G. A. Halght,
the sales agent of the Dupont Powder
company, is one of these. He has a
reputation on this coast as crack
shot. e. Holling of the same firm has
also come to compete for honors
II. Justins of the U. M. G. Powder
company is also here from San Fran
cisco and will take part in the shoot-
ing. He has engaged in number OF
contests and will give good account
Of himself in the coming shoot.
Bill Hills of the Peters Cartridge
company is also here from the north
and will smash the birds with Peters
cartridges. Dick Reed. who repre-
sents the Selby company and who Is
well known in Los Angeles, where ne
makes frequent visits on behalf OF his
company, will line up with the rest.
The Selby company does large BUSH
ness in supplying local sporting goods
houses with cartridges and various
forms of ammunition which are made
at the company's smelters near San
Francisco.
Harry Hoyt will uphold the honor of
the famous Winchester Arms company
in the shoot. He represents. the VIM
chester people in San Francisco and Is
fine shot.
Girls Gottlieb of Kansas City is here
for the shoot and also to spend short
time touring California. Mr.. Gottl1ep
is one of the best shots in the United
States, and has won honors In many
tournaments in every part of the coun-
try He is sure to be there in the COM
ing contest.
Thomas A. Marshall of Keithburg,
Ill. is in Los Angeles and will give
prestige to the tourney by his presence.
Marshall is one of the best known shots
in the world. He was captain of the
famous team of American shooters who
invaded England several years ago and
cleaned up all the honors in England,
Scotland and Wales against the best
foreign experts.
Gus Knight, the well known sports
man from San Bernardino, will be
present and will give some of the San
Francisco cracks hard rub for hon
ors. Knight has spent many seasons
shooting ducks in Bear Valley. where
he has a beautiful log cabin home and
owns a large tract of timber land. lie
is well known in Los Angeles and
something will surely drop when Gus
peeks along the barrel of his trusty
gun.
Jim Gibson of Nordhoff. another loca
shooter of wide reputation, is in the
city to attend the shoot.
Billy Varien of Pacific Grove, who
has the reputation of being the bes1
amateur shot on the coast, is here ane
will compete in the tournament. He Is
sure to step up for his share when the
pools are divided.
The only and original Pop Cary
known as the oldest man in the world
and said to be the best shooter west Of
the Rockies, will wander out to Sher'
man with his trusty steel when the
shooting begins. Watch Pop" show
the youngsters a few stunts.
Fred Mills of Long Beach, Rober'
Bungay of Ocean Park and e. L. Del
bert of Ontario will uphold the reputa
ton of their respective cities at the big
SnOOI. All IdAh Il5n diiiOhG AOSdA . 80
club enthusiasts.
From Reno and Goldfield will come s
number of crack shots. These arr
likely to treck into town toting Their
long blue fire pieces most any time
before Friday unless they should ge
restless and originate shoot of thei
own along the way
The coming tournament of the West
ern Gun club will be novel in that M
oil no distributed
The popular Chick system will be fol
lowed According to this plan the en-
try fees are pooled and divided among
the winners. To make things inter
esting the Western Gun club will ado
$500.
Only manufacturers and agents will
shoot at the saucers. This is not {
handicap shoot and every one will have
an even chance at the stakes, as wei
as at the birds and the targets.
There will be ten events each day o.
the shoot, making thirty in all. These
events will be for twenty birds each
and the entrance fee in each event will
be SO.
The Chick system. originated by the
popular sportsman, Martin Chick of Sar
Diego, divides the moneys into three
classes. 1t fixes a value for eacf
broken bird by dividing the net purse
formed by subtracting the cost of birds
from each pool and adding to the result
the added money by the number OF
birds broken in the three highest
classes. This gives the value of each
bird broken and the amount that should
be paid each shooter is very soon
figured out.
The rules of the tournament are as
follows:
Ten gauge gun and black powder
barred