The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-08-02
BIGGEST OF RIFLE JOURNEYS
WILL OPEN ON THE OHIO RANGE
. on AUGUST II.
High Keyed Rivalry Among the State
Teams and Between tho Army and
Navy-Regulatien Barring Certain On
GERS Hits Several Of tho Teams Hard.

CAMP PERRY. Port Clinton. Ohio. Aug. l.
The biggest rife tournament yet held In the
United States. and perhaps the biggest that
will be held for q number Of years. will open
here on ohfo's year old range on August "a.
when the National Rife Associations twenty
sixth annual matches, begin. followed from
August "a to 20 by the national team. indi-
vidual and pistol matches shot under the
direction Of the national board for the promo
ton Of rife practice. The argument In favor
OF holding several smaller tournaments In
various sections of the country ut which the
national trophy b. gaining sympathizers be-
cause Of the expense which the present plan
entails on many Of the weaker teams. who have
no show whatever Of cutting any large figure
In the tournament. In the smaller division
tournaments these State teams would. 1t Is
argued. get more encouragement. II the
proposed innovation goes into effect next
year the 1908 tournament will be the last OF its
size for . long time.
In the national match for teams Of twelve
from the organized militia and from all arms
Of the regular service the exact lumber OF
contestants for the trophy authorized by
Congress, with the Hilton trophy for second
honors and the bronze soldier Of Marathon
for third, 10 not yet definitely known. but It 10
expected that practically every State willhave
its picked sharpahooters On the firing line
when Ideut.-Col. r. K. Evans. General stan,
U. 8. A.. the executive oficer, sounds the call
to arms on the only range In the country with
q target capacity sunicient to accommodate
the composition,
The growing interest In rife shooting n
in the national match appears from the fact
that when the match was irst Phot in 1908 at
Sea Girt. N. j., there were onlt nfteen COM
petng teams. BY 1909 at Sea Girt the field
had increased TO forty-one. The ambition OF
the national board for the promotion Of rife
practice Ia TO have every single State as well as
Hawaii and Alaska In the race with the United
States infantry. cavalry, navy and Marine
Corps and the Naval Academy.
The high keyed rivalry among the State
teams-New York. Ohio. Massachusetts Penn
sylvania, New jersey and Washington In par
ticular-and the regulars on the one hand.
and the fight between the Army and the Navy
on the other, is bound to arouse unusual inter-
est this year. A double line tug OF war OF un-
precedented interest Is prophesied by rife
sharps here. In view Of the extraordinarily
thorough preparation made this year by q
large number Of the contestants. both National
Guard and service teams fight which should
send SC ores up II the new rife. model 1908. in
use for the first h me in the mate and the
Government ammunition which this year all
contestants must use. work well;
test becoming UNEQUAL appeared q year ago.
The service teams. have practically an un-
LIMITED ns1x r s%Sun .,es Of time on to VIII Rr' tss trop phs
ahead o. Ma.ssehuse.ss. has been here for
tanss Tfsk' T fSt'9 lnfan.r s,, eapssins ssf BY CAPT t.
Frank l.. Munsop OF the Ninth. has been here
ssSS. t .sss sam & fs ssSns q fi% q CAB. Tss Marl r.
Were !. i CANNED steadily sssk s fSr ! .FH %ens asf foi low.
w j Srsnss. m fRs e : wIry e ss. me v Ha,iss e ssain
led BY Capt. W, H, Hayes of the Tenth. In
s .s1Sis.. t ssi.s stsSs s. s I fSse Of xia shss arm pS Of sse
p place A IN tsssir maiden dash iSTsf i.ss s sasI
Ssnls and the infantry, have been here for
q fortnight repeating their high scoring OF
81 the Stat. teams the. Buckeyes have the
q knoxie3 d '"s Of 'G local eondlticns; The
the opsni SSne of tssir e range last e year es,eo With
victory In the national match. but they went
to pieces on The long ranges; THIS yssr they
ground up details OF light and wind conditions
on the Lake Erie shore. and under the cap
iSht determined this time to bring the trophy
m. 5ss nv ": l ss$s ia. Ssa In IHss r.: ss4,ss. f2 s.s al.
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eIossd ' Il. f,. ,sst 6 Sst1Sse r. &. Tssa ssv' th ap s.s%
courtesy O. u; H. Of s ths g ses sS Si,, L. s. Sss , nav and md
had to be done on Saturdays. when the range
F F1so eGs Il and Ssi ie ~ shs S Ss . i sss' hours sa a.iisosd
and Of not over three or four hours Duration
p. CO. New ISp's York TT e hold her " ma at IL least.
9Th shs % essr g d 'ss% ssi' z e.; ers syi ' ssr aGt
+. T. Berger, sergt. Robert Meier, Lieut..
team Ssn; VIII Mh'i no. ' Sc snSSsnsed %s%Hf Just s. Sefo ore
the match. Il Is likely. that the team will have
n %iiI % pss1s In S Z tsir FOX Fl TIC fsr pi Camp En- team ON
August 10. travelling In a private car, In which
y. 1ss ss 81 . ssssssy p t:sT h.: st Be- bed d ihs : and
J Si pc.n xsrt which Es'G ! p Led i i. ''i lost ys .Sc,s ss SGly
the First 'Resiment. who made a bull, and !
tor New; Jersey. who WIN captain the team.
he t s~aSsn sif1 81 sss .a sssssG i %sS fr There SA sTs
Fourth Regiment, Lieut. r. y B~uIiinston,
O. Fred spelien. First. The Old shots again
d %. lir' e s.s, o. r. P sssp 4 4sIsa; f4s aat'h " S's <.
baker. Fourth; sergt 4 4 Williams. Second
prH1p; ser Il ftsr y Fir.t s tpn : h S SiD
ylni. Fourth, and Private Owen gmith, Fourth
The nsE rule ds e S,r The Ns.iSnsi Beard for ths
from the teams onhcers above the rank Of
Gss4pss Ss.r s snur "a Z. a frs% sSs,: sefTss:y team can
William a, Tewes, Lieut. Col. Arthur Row
V 4 M MsI9In' win m.%bs sect 81 t Rris Sls SSS Mater ts.m
at Blsley last month. The team VII! start
10 In company with the New York team.
Pennsyiva MIA. which surprised the camp
The thirtssnth notch It occupied IN ioo ss0 Il
coming with 9 strong team, Massaohusetts.
defeated by the navy by 2 bare three points
AZ the Wakefield range. said to be stronger
t Rs.. ' tSs STAT. q ss Gs:SlaSsou E e sn,s sh e f s.
lissrs.n fran rom IT. The st sGws cry a lGns SoS Sis.an nee
year. beips bsstsd only by the nsvy and
o1yalry, Massaehusett4 and. OHIO.
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