The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-08
MANY ENTRIES
: FOR BIG SHOOT
AT sEA GRIT
Interstate Rifle and Revolver
Tournament Will Be Held
in September.
NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION
ANNOUNCES 81 MATCHES
Federal and New York Bodies
Also to Decide Many
Competitions.
Especial to the Evening Star.1

SEA GlftI, Aug. o.-lHe lHteTStdte
rifle n revolver tournament. which
will be held here from September A to
70, inelasive, will be the largest shoot
held in New Jersey since the national
matches and the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION matches were taken to Camp
Perry, Ohio. The tournament at Sea
Girt his year will be a triple shoot
with no less than fifty matches on the
eight-day program. The contests will
be under the auspices of the New Jer-
sey State Rifle Association, the United
States Revolver Association n the
New York State Rifle Association.
Brigadier-Gener Bird w. Spencer, New
Jerseys inspector of rifle practise n
executive officer of the range, expects
heavy lists of entries.
The New Jersey State Rifle Associa-
ton thirty-two matches this
year. In two of the important matches
the conditions have been changed. The
inspectors match has been thrown
open to officers and the carbine team
match has now become the cavalry
team match. This contest is the an
nual fight between the First and Sec
ond Troops of New Jersey-the Essex
Troop and the ."Red Bankers"-and
Squadron A, of New York, and the
First and Second Troops, Philadelphia
City Cavalry. The Rec Bank Troop
came out victor last yea for the first
time in the eleven years history of the
match. The Essex Troop beat the field
in 1901, 1903, 1905, while the Second
Philadelphia Troop won In 1906.
OF the New Jersey State Rifle AS
ISOLATION matches the most important
is the Dryden trophy match for the
trophy and $3.50 offered by former
Senate John F. Dryden. This contest,
which is for teams of eight, was won
by New Jersey in 1904 and 1906 and by
the United States Cavalry in 1907. For
this trophy strong competition is devel-
oping this year.. The Jerseymen, who
have been practising here steadily since
early July for the national match and
for the Dryden, will make strenuous
efforts once more to keep the Jersey
trophy on Jersey soil. The United
States Marine Corps team expects to
return after the Camp Perry tourna-
ment and go in for the honor, which
1t has never won. The New York team
will undoubtedly be here. Massachusetts
expects to send its eight crack rifle
men, and the District of Columbia is
coming direct from Camp Perry, not
only for the Dryden match, but for
most of the other team events. 1t Is
not unlikely that Pennsylvania Will be
represented, and General Spencer hopes,
while at Camp Perry. to arrange with
some of the other Eastern State teams
to stop here.
The Briggs Trophy.
Other important matches. on the new
Jersey program will be the Interstate
Regimental e match for the trophy
and cash prizes offered by Senate
Frank o. Briggs, in the race for when
the Sixth Massachusetts, won a year
ago; the Company Team, in which n
New Jersey regiments will be heavily
represented and which Company G, OF
the Fourth Regiment, won in 1907, and
company H, Sixth Massachusetts,, In
1905: the Sea Girt Championship, for
the Sea Girt championship medal and
cash prizes presented by Governor John
FRANKLIN. Fort, which Major Arthur
Rowland, of the First New Jersey. cap
tured a year ago, when the match was
first shot; the Gould Rapid-fire Team
match. which the United States Marine
Corps won a year ago; the Revolver
Team match, for the trophy presented
bv Rrigadier General Bird w. Spencer,
which the formidable shots of Squadron
A Nav York, have won the last Ave
years in succession; and the Columbia
Trophy match, In which New Jersey
regiments. troops and batteries wage
their annual fight for supremacy. In
this battle victory has shifted, ever
since II wa first fought for In 1892. be-
tween the standards of the First. Sec
ond and Fourth regiments. The Sec
ond Regiment was victorious last year,
rs 1t had been eight times before-in
1892 to 1896 and in 1899 and 1902 and
1906. . The Fourth Regiment won the
honors in 1897. 1900. 1901 n 1906. The
Newark rihemen of the First Regi-
ment thrashed the field two years in
suc~cession-1903 and 1904.
The matches of the United States
Revolver Association will be held on
September 5, Z, s. These matches are
returned to Sea Girt this year, where
they were held for nearly a decade
until last year, when the experiment
was tried of taking them to Camp
Perry The majority of the shots In
terested in these matches are Eastern
men. largely from New York City n
Massachusetts, who objected to jour-
neying to the Middle-West. This year
there will be four championship
matches. These are the ANY" Re-
volver Championship, for the revolver
Championship of the United States of
America, which JOIN A peitz, 5r.. has
won the last o years.; the ANY
Pistol Championship, for the cup rep
resontinethe pistol championship OF
America. which Deitz won in 1908 and
1876 and p. Handford last wear; n
Military Revolver Championship match
for the military revolver chamnionsnip
Of America, which Lieutenant Resin-
aid Fl. Savre. the great shot of SQUAD
ron A, Of New York, has won six times
since 1900: and the Military Revolver
Record match. won the last three years
by Thomas LeBoutillier. also OF squad
ron A.
New Yorkers Coming.
The New York State Rifle Asso-
citation holds it's annual tournament at
Sea Girt this year for the first time.
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