Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-20
SHOOT IN PRESIDENTS MATCH
RIFLEMEN AT CAMP PERRY
STRIVE FOR CHAMPIONSHIP.
Winner Will Receive Commeudatory
Letter From Chief Executive.
District Team Busy.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio. August 2o.-The
Presidents match for the military cham
pionship of the United States. shot by
authorization of the chief executive. holds
the center and both ends of the range
this the closing day Of the tournament
Of the National Rife Association. Whether
or not the match can be finished this aft
ernoon depends on how rapidly the tar
gets are handled and how quickly the
long line of contestants is rushed from
one range to another. Lieut.. Col. Evans.
the executive officer, and everybody else
Is anxious to have It concluded today, SO
that the preliminary practice for the ma
tional matches may begin tomorrow morn
ing. For that special work there are
some teams here which are not competing
In the Presidents, and several more are
to arrive this evening. among them be-
Ing the teams from New York and New
Jersey.
Firing in the Presidents match began
with the twenty-shot skirmish run and
range for slow fire. followed by slow
fire at 600 yards. The competitors having
the nifty highest aggregate scores were
then picked and sent on the second and
rapid fire and the ten shots at 800 and
LOCO yards. The conditions call for the
service rife and any ammunition. With
the first three prizes of $50 go gold, silver
and bronze medals respectively. The
fourth prize is $50 and the fifth SO: and
there are ten other prizes of SIS. Three
special S25 prizes are offered for the best
skirmish score and for the highest rapid
fire score and the highest slow-fire score.
Record Of the Past.
District Of Columbia representatives
have won the Presidents match twice
since 1900. Lieut.. II. II. Leizear captured
1t in 1901 and Private George E. Cook in
1902. Capt. Casey Of Delaware led the
field in 1909. when he first came into
prominence in the National Rifle Associa-
tion's tournament: Private Howard
Gensch Of New Jersey in 1904: Sergt. C.
E. Orr. Ohio. 1905; Private E. c. Simpson.
w. A. Berg surprised the camp by COM
ing down out OF the mountains Of the
state OF Washington and defeating 100
competitors with q score OF 80.
The members Of the District team are
competing in the President match. There
are 37S rifiemen competing.
Capt. K. K. v. Casey Of Delaware. who
won both the Wimbledon and Leech cup
matches Wednesday by a day Of long
distance craftsmanship. probably never
equaled in ainly not in a.
match OF the National Rifle Association
or the national matches-104 out Of los
and % out Of 1O0-was not the first shot
however, to win both these contests the
District National Guard captured the dou-
BILE honors at Sea Girt in 1904. when he
took the Wimbledon at SO and the Leech
at %. Until Casey's feat the Leech rec
ord was 100. made by Capt: s. w. Wise
don record was 81, by Capt W. H. Rich
ard of Ohio in 1909.
Congratulations for Heidenreich.
Lieut. Fritz" Heidenreich has been re-
ceiving the congratulations of the Dis
trtct of Columbia camp on winning sixth
money in the Wimbledon cup match, with
score Of 92-only five points behind
the run of bulls which pulled the famous
cup for Capt. Casey-and Lieut. Holt
money. although six 91's took prizes. In
the winning twelve the Marine Corps and
the 4th United States Infantry got two
men each. OF the states Delaware had
two prize winners-the marvellous Capt.
Casey and j. w. Hessian. both members
Of the Olympic team. Oklahoma, which
had never doomed large before in the
tournament, took second honors with
Sergt. Stewards 90. and Oregon was the
only other state which landed in two of
lumbia, Massachusetts and Maine were
the only eastern state" teams which
got in the money.
In the LEIGH cup match the District did
| not compete. The United States Infan-
try got three places and the Marine
Corps two places in the money. Massa-
chusetts. Oregon and Delaware landed
two each. and New Jersey one. The first
Ohioan-Lieut. Rothrock-quit at 95. Mid
shipman Lee of the navy. who as an
Annapolis cadet last year captured the
national individual and national pistol
matches. ranked twentyfirst with IS
The District team is expecting Brig.
Gen. George H. Harries here for a day
or two while the national match battle
| is raging next week. Lieut.. Col. S. E.
Smiley, adjutant general of the District
| militia. is also expected.