New-York tribune., 1908-07-11
AMERICANS IN LEAD.
Yankee Marksmen Best on Thrss
First Ranges at Bisley.

1,t.,a,- 1u1v 1o-1-ith one gold and one silver
medal to their credit and useful lead IN tne nls'
stage of the international team match the Amer
can n1arksnen easily carried off the honors IN ne
shooting contests held here To-Day III eonne'l'i
with the Olympic games
rrba scbi.vement Of Lieutenant Semon. Of Ohos
IN the So-nnetre Individual contest, in which h7
scored $50 points TO 9o4 for Helgond. Norwegian
IS regarded as particularly brilliant per1orman'
while Walter winans defeated great snot wnsl
he beat Captain Rankin. in the shoot-on OF us
double shot competition with running deer as
target.
The great interest Of the day centred on the y
ternationaI team match. in which competition 'ns
Americans came off with top scores Ter tne tni"
ranges These comprise the first half OF the Gun
test The last three ranges are to be shoI W-nl.
row and the winners of this competition. IN aoo'
ton TO taking the coveted gold medals VIII oe az
claimed the champion marksmen Of the worl
On these three ranges the Americans had tos.
NJ se1 points TO 12S1 points for England, anu
Canada was third. with 1244
The Americans made splendid start ms Hu'. %
ing At the 19-yerd range they mace @ 'ns 7 -
score with 42s- Sweden was second WIN +-e =
lowed bv other teams with scores as follows; Sns
land. 4l9: Canada. 4f2; France. $50 NORWAY ~
Greece. $751; and Denmark. $40 -
The conditions for the match were far from usa'
the sky being overcast and rain threatening
A breeze of twenty miles hour was oioN.'..
At the shorter ranges this was not serious ~
when they came TO the longer ranges the mars
men had some difficulty, as puffs OF Wlna '
blowing constantly across the line OF ire j.
America did even better at 500 yards. scor"s
out of a possible 40 England also did better
the greater distance and replaced Sweden IN :"
ond place by scoring 4sS. Lueshner eontriDU11
useful 75 to the American tally. the hlsneS' = a
possible while Martin close ND 70 nirn W.
When the men moved down 10 the Se-yard 9'.sI -
the last distance for the day, there was SOM. =.
ing off in the individual performances The ns1 -
total score was secured by the English 's1.l. -
just one point over the score made oy tne 80 -
cans So after a hard DAYS shooting ul0s' N
verse weather conditions the Americans az -,
in front of the field with lead OF ten -, -,
Casey and Benedick scored only 50 each at Wv .ss
range and Eastman got 20. Lueshner asain H =,
the American team with total OF q. nn1s =,
bulI's-eye on every shot but two. vnsn N'
inners- So
The Americans are highly pleased Win 'ns =. 4.
cess. and they were heartily consratulateo y.
other contestants. who gathered arouilU ...ra
James A Drain the head Of the American s,al.
during the last moments OF the shootinS INV = n,
tated him with much good will The s'V'' ,,ssn.
other competing teams were as follows ,rg sai
1.22s: France. 1ls2; Norway. LIS: Greece -"
Denmark 110S.
The individual revolver shooting was "'H :, "a
Belgian named Van Aeorock. with So - rAas
Another Belgian. Storms was second VII" uits
two Americans. German and Axteti' W. 49,, cor
ass and 4sO respectively The other ,,,l,s,
petitors in the revolver shooting were I7 -, SS
with 4ss: Dietz, with 455. and WnanS. W =, .
German has challenged miss with VIM
credited ,,,nettioa
In the shoot-or for the double shot V-,sricaa
ar a running deer Walter Winans' an aSalast
won the golC medal with a score u IN 10
Rankin.s Al Rankin is an Ensiis' not cor
shoot-or for second place in the sinse with y
nat,tton Snt1 AZ a running deer Rankin won VIZ
Rogers making %.