Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-06
TRAINING THE.
COLLEGIANS
Use OF RIFLE
Workmanship OF College Stu
dents Expected To Become
More Popular Than Ever AS
Feature of Stodent Life.

WASHINGTON Dec. 5-(speciaI
-Whlie not even the most optimistic
Oh those interested in rifle practice
expect 1t TO rival baseball and foot
pan as an attractive feature of student
NE at the larger colleges and universi-
ues, neyertleless the increase of in
terest manifested in rife practice
work both outdoors and indoors at
the colleges ana universities has been
highly gratifying. Some three or four
years ago beautiful trophy was Sc
cured for the intercollegiate rife
match. This is shield of gold mount
ed on oak. The inscription is in the
center and at the bottom is book
OF loosely opened bronze leaves on
which the name Of the winning col
lege is inscribed. together with data
concerning the team and its record.
This trophy was won in 1905 by
Princeton University. and in 1906 ana
1908 by George Washington UniyersI
ty of Washington, d. G. There was
no contest for it in 1907. There is
great difficulty in securing the attend
ance of many teams at the inter-coi
leRiate match because il Is f1npossi
HE to nIl1 the sane o;;3Soors in the
winter and in the summer time, the
students are scattered and it is I'M
possible TO secure teams from any
large number Of colleges It Is ex-
pected tdAt during the III esent wia.er
correspondence matches will be held
among the colleges aud universities
affiliated with the National Rife AS
sociation, which may be shot on in
door ranges. The government is
greatly Interested in the encourage
ment of rife practice among sucn
students and it has been frequently
recommended that the war depart-
ment should furnish medals for com
petitlonamong such students. In not
a few cases government arms are fur
nished and an allowance of ammupi
ton is made. Among the universities
and colleges which now have rifle
clubs organized under the rules of
and alfil'ated with the National Rife
Association, are Columbia University.
Harvard University, Cornell Unfyersi-
ty, Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nolcgy, University Of Pennsylvania:
the College OF st. Thomas, st. Paul.
Marist College of Atlanta; University
Of Idaho, University of Nevada, Yale
University. and George Washington
University.
"A bulls eye is a bulls eyer is IN
eYr"e ssion frequently used in connec-
ton with rife shooting, but these un-
familiar with military rifle practice
as at present conducted have little
OF what is meant by Il
bulls eye on the regulation targets.
The ranges at which shooting nov
takes place are 200, 300, 500, 500. 500,
goo and 1000 yards. For these ranges
three targets are employed. The
first is target A, which is used at 200
and 300 yards. It Is six feet tail ana
four feet in width, with a bulls eye
in the center eight inches in diameter
This is surrounded by a circle 20
inches in diameter. Another circle Is
46 inches in diameter. The bulls ey.
counts 5; shot In the inner circle,
4; in the outer circle, 8, and on tn.
remainder Of the target, e. The B
target which Is used at 500 and Coz
yards, is six feet square. It has q
tyenty-inche brlIs eye and the firsl
Gil Gle is 81 I: :Gss ana tl.e s,conif ci1-
Gle 90 inches il diamese.. The value
IT the shots :s thr samie as on the A
target. The G target Is used at 800,
300 and 1000 yards!a This is rectangu>
lar in shape, being six feet high and
Twelve feet long. II Is divided into
three sections by vertical lines three
feet from each end. In the center IL
4 36-inch bulls eye surrounded by a "a
inch circle. 4 shot in the bulls eve
counts s.; between the bull and the
i'm of the circle, 4; anywhere out.
side of the circle but within the six
DOT square, 9, and at either end of
the target but outside Of the square
the shot counts two points.