The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-12
WIN CHAMPIONSHIP Great Internationa Team
 Match. BRITISH TEAM WAS SECOND Most Important Event of Olympic Rifle Contest. startins wssh Good Lead At the End of the First Range, the Amsri-
 can Team Was Never
 Displaced.
BRITISH TEAM WAS SECOND

Bisiey. July 1.-The great interna- tional team match, the most important event of the Olympic rifle contests; has been won by America and the American marksmen thus become the champions of the world.
 The aggregate score was 2.531. that of the British team 2.ssS, while the Canadian team scored 2.43s. Starting with a lead at the end of the first range. the Americans never were dis placed and. with the exception of the contest at 500 yards range. they scor- ed higher totals for each of the six dis- tances than the finest teams that Cana- da and all Europe could put in the field In the. individual aggregates al- so. the Americans were prominent. first Lueschner and then Martin leading all the worlds crack rifle men. Many ex- perts consider the outcome victory not only for the men, but for the rifles. They declared that the short barreled new Springfield rifle proved itself q far better arm than the new short-barreied Lee -Infieid In use in the British serv- ice.
 The magnificent performances of the Americans throughout the contest made them popular favorites.
 The weather today continued unfav- orable for good scores. 1T was dull with variable wind, the enemy of all marksmen. When the last bullet had sped on its way to the target. Lord CheyIesmoore rushed forward to Gen eral Drain and warmly congratulated the captain of the American team.
 The Crown Prince of Sweden came up while the general was stfll proudly pointing out the members of his team. who had made particularly brilliant records and h was then that hs con- gratulated the general. For a quarter Of an hour, the general EsId . reeep- ton on the range; everybody wanted to congratulate the visitors frnm over sea, who had led the way frona start to anlsh The Amefican nanlksfnen were individually surrounded by little groups of Establishment and foreiguers. Including many English army officers. who examined the new Springfield rifle with the greatest interest
 Fms9h la Rifles.
 General Drain in an interview said he was not at all surprised at the curiosi- ty of the British mark smen.
 CT have the greatest faith in our Springfield rifles and the ammunition we use,' he said. and l certainly think our rifles and our powder gave ns an advantage over our rivals, but if you ask what I consider was chiefly re- sponsible for our grand victory. l say 1t was good men, team work and rifles
  nient we felt. in consequence of the lack of skin of the continental shoot CTS at the long ranges. that the real contest would be between the Canad~ ians, the Ragiishmen and ourselves. We felt that if we could only hold our own on the shorter ranges. we could lick everybody at the long distance.
 "I cannot say too much of the sports rnanlike attitude of the competing teams. All. of course. were Anxious to win, but all were desirous hat every team should be given fair show.
 T consider the English combination to be one of. the strongest teams ever known. The weather conditions were extremely difficult and l am absolutely confident that the English and Ameri- can teams in normal weather would have shattered every worlds record made by service rifles over the dis
 9ces shot. The arrangements for the
 smpetitions gave us great satisfaction. we were afforded every facility for practice and every thing was done to make us comfortable.
 honor of the highest individual .score goes to w. F. Lueshner of New York. who scored greater number of points V B. Martin of New Jersey, who tied him on the 1000 yards range.
 In the team revolver competition which occupied most or the oAys tne Americans scored another hne 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. Gal kins and Dietz. With grand indi- vldual aggregate of 501, German had the satisfaction of beating the Belgian. Van Aebrock
 Van Aebrock was the winner in yes- terday's Individual competition, but to- day he was able to pile up only 49a The Aggregate team scores were:
 Belgian ~ ... 4 ..l.S68