The San Francisco call., 1908-07-12
Worlds Best Shots
Are Americans
Rifle and Pistol Teams Win
International Honors in
England

BISLEY, July 11.-The great inter-
nalional team match shoot, the most
important event of the Olympic rife
contests, has been won by America,
ana the American marksmen thus be-
come the champions of the world. The
Anerlcan aggregate score was 2,553.
that of the British team 2,4S6, while
the Canadian score was 2,439.
Starting with a lead at the end of the
nrst range the Americans never were
displaced, and with the exception of
! the contest at the 500 yard range they
scored higher totals for each of the six
Instances than the finest teams that
Canada and all Europe could put in the
! field.
| In the individual aggregate the
americans always were prominent,
hrst Lueshner and then Martin leading
all The worlds crack rifiemen. Many
| experts consider the outcome victory
not only for the men but for the rifles.
Ihey declare that the short barreled
pelter arm than the new short barreled
Lee Enfield in use In the British
service
The Americans also won the revolver
team competition. The magnificent per-
Iormances OF the Americans made them
public tavorites.
The weather this morning continued
being dull, with a variable wind, the
enemy of all rifemen.
Ihe Americans, however, at 500 yards
| increased their lead IS points, scoring
4@e, thus bringing their aggregate
score of the four distances up 10
l,f2f. The English maintained second
place, making an aggregate OF LII.
Canada the third team on the list, lost
so many points yesterday that their
total Tor the f01Ir distances c nnlx
1878.
The official announcement of the 500
yards individual match shoot yester-
day gives the gold medal TO Helger of
Norway. who scored 904; the silver
medal to Lieutenant Semon of Ohio,
With $50. and the bronze medal to
Sather of Norway, with S79.
The protest of German American
against miss with which he was cred
tied in the individual revolver contest
has been disallowed. The gold, silver
and bronze medals in this contest were
today oficially awarded, respectively, as
follows:
Van Aehrock. Belgium. with 490:
Storms. Belgium, with 4S7, and Cor
man, America, with 4S5.
This splendid showing gave the
Americans total for this range of 430
out of a possible $50.
The American team increased its lead
still further at the 900 yard range
scoring 405 for this distance, while
England made but 399, and Canada 3S5
Many American women have jour
neyed down TO Bisley TO cheer their
countrymen. The calm confidence of
the Americans is a matter of general
remark. Captain Casey of Delaware
did not do so we'll at the 500 yard
range. finishing with 60. Winder. how
ever, kept up his good shooting and
scored 70. The other Individual totals
were: Martin II, Lueshner and East
man 81 and Benedick 61. The total for
the range, 405, was a pretty serious
falling off.
The team firing at the last range,
1000 yards. opened under favorable
auspices. The American and British
teams each had around them large
crowd Of admirers arS interested spec
tatorS. The crown prince of Sweden
watched the work of the Swedish
marksmen for a while and then, walk
ing down the line, accompanied by the
Swedish minister and Lord CheyIes-
moore, president of the National rifle
association, he took up a position be-
hind the chair of General Drain, the
leader Of the American team. From
this point he followed with obvious in
terest the fortunes of Casey and Win
der, the only two Americans who were
then shooting. They were both stead
lily hitting the hullseye, while the Brit
ish team, their nearest competitor. was
losing ground. Winder and Casey fin
ished with 50 each, as against the score
of SO and 67 made by the first two Eng
lish marksmen at the finish Immedi-
ately the American victofy-was an
nounced the Swedish crown prince
shook General Drains hand heartily
and congratulated him upon the work
of the team. The scores of the other
competitors were as follows: France
2,272. Sweden 2,213, Norway a,192.
Greece 1886, Denmark 1,9OS.
As consequence of the dispute that
has arisen from the miss scored against
German yesterday in the individual re-
volver contest. the American and Bel
gium teams are endeavoring TO fix I'D
a pistol match to be shot at Brussels.
The British team finished before the
American. The last man to fire at the
American target was Benedick who
made the lowest aggregate for the
team, 407. The other individual ag
gregates for the team were Martin and
Lueshner. with 4S0 each, constituting
the highest individual score of the
match-Winter with 429, Casey with
423 and Eastman with 421
According to shooting etiquette. the
honor of the highest individual score
goes to ". r. Lueshner of New York.
who scored a greatest number of points
upfto the longest distance than Major
w. E. Martin of New Jersey, who tied
him on the thousand yard range
In the team revolver competition.
which occupied most of the day. the
Americans scored another fine victory
They defeated the teams composed of
four men each of the United Kingdom.
sweden, France, Belgium, Holland and
Greece. The American revolver team
was composed of German, Axtell. Cal
kins and Dietz. With a grand indi-
vidual aggregate of sol. German had
the satisfaction of beating the Belgian
Van Aebrock. Van Aebrock was the
winner in yesterdays individual compe-
tition, but today he was able to pile up
only 493- The individual competition
scores of the other American revolver
team members were: Calkins, 473;
Dietz, 472; AxteIl, 46S.
The aggregate team scores We're:
American, 1,914; Belgium, 1876, and
England, -1.S16.
DR.. f. II. Sayre. captain of the
american revolver team, declared that
the team was delighted with its sue
cess today, but he expressed disap-
pointment at the decision of the judge
with regard to Gorman's shot in the