Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-09-10
NOT COMPETING TODAY
District Marksmen PractiCinq
for TomorroW's Contest.
STATE MATCHES ARE SHOT
Washington Detachment Not Dis
couraged.
TEAM IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS
Will Put Forth Every Effort to Make
Creditable Showing for the
Dryden Trophy.
STATE MATCHES ARE SHOT
TEAM IN EXCELLENT SPIRITS
Special From a STAFF Correspondent.

Special From STAFF Correspondent
RIFLE RANGE. SEA GIRT. y. J.. Sep
tember lO.-The program of the big Sea
Girt shooting tournament for today in
cluded three events of the New York
State Rifle Association and one contest Of
the New Jersey association. the last being
the Gould rapid-tire match and the others
the New York state match, the list Regi-
ment rapid-fre and skirmish match and
the revolver team match. Riflemen from
the District of Columbia are not entered
in any of the competitions mentioned.
Maj Robbins holding TO the opinion that
participation therein would be of little
or no value to his men in preparation for
the Dryden match tomorrow. Therefore
he has them at work shootin- in indi-
vidual and 'bull's-eye' matches on the
| ranges not occupied by those engaged in
the scheduled contests.
The District detachment is MOI greatly
discouraged by its rather poor showing in
the McAlpin trophy match yesterday
The experts from the National capital
say they mean to report at the firms line
tomorrow morning ready TO do their very
| best in the Dryden match, the principal
event of the tournament.
While there is only dim possibility that
any National Guard team will prove vic
| toriols over the regular service teams.
| particularly the Marine Corps. the Dis
trlct hopes to at least make creditable
| showing among the National Guards rep
| resentatives and Maj. Robbins. the team
captain is working with that end in view.
not wasting time or energy by having his
men shoot in competitions that would
really mean nothing even should prizes be
| landed.
The Washngtonians are in the best of
health and spirits. Already advance prep
| arationS have been begun for the return
home late Saturday or early next Sunday.
New Worlds Record.
| new worlds record was made in the
| revolver team match at the tournament
here today, when the Manhattan Rifle and
Revolver Association won the match with
a score Of 1862.
Squadron A of New York scored LOIS.
| The United States Marine Corps, team
No. 1, won the gold rapid-fire team
match with a score of $50. The standing
| of the competitors follows:
Seventh New York team No. 1, JtSl;
Marine Corps No. =, :J54; Marine Corps
team No. J. 53S; 7th New York team No.
=, 449.
The list Regiment rapd-fire and skir-
mish match was also won by the Marine
| Corps, with score of 603. Tile standing
of the competitors follows:
Marine Corps. Team No 3, 564; 18th New
York, Team No l. 547: Marine Corps
| Team No. ], 5i2; 9TH New York Team
No. ,. 47S.
Individual Competitions.
Among the individual competitions Of
! the tournament, the rapid fire match, a
New Jersey event. open to everybody, at
300 yards. a handsome trophy and SO
goes to the winner Second prize is $50,
third SIS. fourth $40 and fifth S..
The all-comers military match. also
open to everybody, is an unsquadded con-
| tinuous competition, at 2OO and 300 yards.
| First prize is So, second SO third So,
| fourth $40 and fifth s.. Two District of
! Columbia men have won this match in
previous competitions, First Lieut.. w. NJ.
Farrow in 1903 with score of 49, and
Private c. w. Dickey OF the6th Battal-
| ion, in 1899, with score of 66. II has
been shot on this range since 1895 and
is one of the oldest of the competitions.
| The Hayes match, an unsquadded con-
| tinuouS competition. open to everybody.
at 600 yards, is also an interesting event.
The winner receives the Hayes medal
and SO in cash: second prize is S15; third
SO and fourth So. Like the previous
match. it is also oldtimer. having
first entered the lists thirteen years ago.
when IL was captured by Private George
| f.. Cook of the Engineer Corps of the
| N. G. u. c.
Ancient, But Interesting.
Another ancient but interesting match
on the New Jersey program is the Gen.
Z. P. Meany competition, open to every
| body, at 800 yards. The first prize is
| the gold badge presented by Gen. Meany
| of the n. J. n. c.. and $15 in cash. There
are also second and third prizes of SO
and s. respectively. A Washington marks
man has had the honor of winning the
match, Private r. p. Carleton of the
9TH Battalion. in 1899.
The N. !. S. r. A. trophy match will
be open to everybody and shot at dis
| tance of 600 yards. The first prize is d
| Newton field glass and there are also
| prizes of SIS, $40 and two of S. each. Dis
| trict of Columbia rifiemen have won the
match In two previous tournaments, Pri-
vate Maurice Appleby of Company A,
9th Battalion, in 1900 and by Maj. G. Z.
Young in 1899.
| Another interesting New Jersey compe-
| tition is the Members match, national
marksmen, in unsQuadded continuous
competition 1t is open to members of the
New Jersey State Rifle Association and
all citizens of the country between eight
cen and forty-fve years of age. A COM
petitor making a total of fifty points at
| all three ranges. 100, 800 and 800 yards.
will receive a National Marksman's Re
| serve" button and become enrolled in the
office of the adjutant general of the War
Department at Washington as national
! marksman.' The highest score will bring
| to the winner the National Rifle Associa-
ton cup.
Conditions of Reading Match.
The Reading match at 600 yards is also
| an unsquadded continuous competition,
! the highest man receiving a gold medal
and SO The next prizes are $50, S15 and
| $40 The Marlin trophy is similar COM
| petition but at 200 and 800 yards, the
winner receiving the Marlin model, No.
70. .22-caliber repeating rifle. The second
man gets $40 and the third So.
Another New Jersey match is the Sou
venir medal similar to the reading con-
| test. open to everybody, and divided as
| follows: Match A. so per cent medal, five
| shots at either 200. 300, 500, 600. SOO 800
! or 1000 yard ranges. Any competitor
making a total Of 20 or more on any one
ticket will receive the Sea Girt souvenir
bronze medal. Match b, 80 per cent
medal Ten shots at either 200. 600 or
LOCO yardA Any competitor making a
total of 10 O. more on any one ticket will
receive tho Sea Girt souvenir silver
medal.
Another match is the Novice Military
Revolver mpetition. open only to those