The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-12-18
GLEASON CHAMPION SHOOTER
BOSIONEAN TAXES An ATECR
TITLE nv ONE TARGET.
Breaks BS out NJ . Possible 100 and DE.
Teats d VBIg Field &C TraNers island
--FOTrI NJ Iowa SecOnd-Three Tic FOR
ThIrd Ten Finish With Scores Owe Do.

Third -TrD q lnlslA with scores Over DO.
Dr. J.. y. GlrasOn OF the Boston Athletic
Association won the amateur trap shooting
championship Of the United States. held at
TraVcrs Island Yesterday. u was a race
ui 100 targets. aud thc expert from the Hub
broke o.. which Is the best record so lar for
the event. ~. y. Ford of central City. Ia.
who. il viii be- remembered. tied with Y.
W. MOdit Tor the bOnors last vedr. with a
total OF VI. was second. and IL was noteworthy
that Ford made the same tally this year.
three tied for third place.. q. Sanders Of
Albany. v. y: T.. T.. Reed. Mayor of Man
chester. y. a.. and ". VI. FOOrd Or Whining
ton. Del. and the total was Oh. In the shoot
oil - targets were trapped and Sanders won,
breaking p. The two others broke - each.
the FIRST man uTltO trap No. I was ". $.
Smith. a loCal shooter, and his work was 80
ragged that he made the others nervous. His
first round only earned him o. aud ~ his total
was only g., ne was not heard from beyond
thai Ne shattered the first rock OF The day.
In the third squad Came Gleason. and he did
We'll I'LL he came to trap No. :. "A little below
the clubhouse. when he missed one. u. wnSa
fast Cne aud Went scaling into ~ creek with
OUT the dust being even knocked on il. An
other miss was recorded tor the doctor at
trap No. 1. was an easy one but iiew low.
but these misses were not noticed nv the
crowd. Tor those keen on torn we're only on
the lookout for Ford, MONT and Percy, the
latter OF whom did such good work in the pre-
liminary on Friday.
Ihe next tim. on the firing line Gleason
came out with flying COlors and in The most
decisive fashion made a Is straight. Their
the sharps began to keep their eye on the
BGstOnian. Meanwhile Ford had made two
~traights Of -. and not a few said IL was all
over ~ the man from lowa was full of rom
tdcnCe. The tide turned somewhat in the
third round. Tor Ford made four misses.
two of them being low easy ones, and the
Western crack locked glun, as he broke his
lirelOck and wPTS into the cafe. Clemson
failed TO get the bead on two and the score
was then even, the folly being Il each.
In the final round Gleason opened well
and did splendidly. too. at trap No. >. but he
missed a screarler M trap No. ,. He came
out with % clean break al trap No. 4. and this
made his total NJ. Ford missed at traps Nos.
2 and . and his total was %. so Gleason won
the title by a sfngl" target,
OF the three who figured II. the tie for third
place Foprd showed tbe heStfOrm IN the first
as he made 25 straight. sanders and
Reed being up sticks with 20. I1nders and
FoOrd both made 81 Ia the fp%Jnd round.
while Reed had TO be contented with %
was high gun with "A in the third
while the scores OF Reed and FOOrd
we're 20 apiece. Reed made "a in the fourth
round, while t:e other two were even with 20.
Ten shooters beat %.
\ string Of eighteen professionals shot
the same rare as the amateurs. and tue high
gun was lester German. the old Slsebill
player. with y total Of DT.