Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-08
District Team Victorious on
the Rifle Range.
MEETS RIVALS FROM AFFAIR
New Jersey. Maryland, Cavalry and
Marines in the Contest.
SCORES OF THE COMPETITORS
Leaders in the other Events-Ex.
perts Striving for the Har-
ries Prize.

With the Mosher match as the opening
event OF the second day of the annual
fall rifle matches OF the National Guard
of the District OF Columbia on the range
near Congress Heights. representatives OF
the Maryland. New Jersey and District
National Guards. and teams from the 18th
United States Cavalry and the Marine
Corps assembled at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing.
arrived in this city early this morning
and we're escorted to the range by a
committee of local guardsmen.
The Mosher match was open TO teams
OF six men from the army. navy. Marine
Corps and the National Guards OF New
Jersey. Maryland Virginia and the Dis
trict Of Columbia. Each man fires ten
shots each at 200 and COO yards. slow fire.
and ten rounds at 200 yards. target a"
rapid fire. in twenty seconds. First prize
Is silver cup. TO he held one year. In
addition TO the cup $50 is given to the
winner: so is second prize and Sl5 third
prize. a medal Is presented TO each men,
beers OF the winning team.
District Finishes in the Lead.
The District OF Columbia team won the
Mosher match with score Of ~. The
team members were Lieut.. Putnam, Lieut.;
Holt, Lieut.. Alderman, Lieut.. McAnally.
Capt. Cookson and Sergt. Schriver The
scores of the other teams were: Marine
Corps. 80: Maryland, 30; 18th United
States Cavalry. 66l: New Jersey. 657.
The Harries long-range match was
started at o'clock this afternoon. II was
open TO teams of the army. navy. Marine
Corps and National Guard: distance loo
no hV..t
prize is a gold metal contributed By Gen
George II. Harries
In the novice match. conducted late
yesterday. j. V. Campbell Company &. Isl
Regiment, finished in the lead. with a
total OF II. The other prize winners who
had scores of II each were: W. w. Wood
ward. Company 4. I'd Regiment: W. "
Vaughn. Company r. I'd Regiment; c. "
REICH. Company 1. I'd Regiment; j. L.
Dcyle. Company l.. I'd Regiment. and n
NJ Lucas, Company G. LIST Separate Bat
TALON. Several leading competitors in the
event were disqualified because they were
experts
Wins Carmody Medal.
T. r. Tilley. Company L. ID Regiment.
Was the winner OF the gold medal present.
ed by Lieut.. J. D. Carmody of the Naval
Battalion for high score in the Carmody
match. His total was p. This match was
FOR enlisted men of the guard, in their
first enlistment, who had completed their
oEicial score for this year and vino had
never shot in a match at Sea Girt, N
The distance was 800 yards of five rounds
per man.
The other prize winners were: II. b.
Buell.. Company L. LIST Regiment. "a; J. ID.
Schriver. Company 1. LIST Regiment, "a: c.
Ihigpen 1st Division. Naval Battalion.
%: J. c. Eckert. Company 4. LIST Reei-
ment, %: +. Wedderburn. Company r.
LIST Regiment. %; c. NJ. Reich. Company
X. ID Regiment. %: c. d. Snifin. LIST hi.
vision. Naval Battalion, %; II. J. Hem
ngway. Company *, I'd egiment, -;
d. Gainor, Company u, LIST Separate Bat
talon. p.
With a score of IS, II. J. Hemingway.
Company h. I'd Regiment, won first prize
IN the Magruder match yesterday after
noon. 1t was open TO members OF the
guard who had never won an individual
medal or trophy in any military rife
competition on an outdoor range. Tie
distance was Jp yards. five rounds each.
The prize is geld medal presented b,
Mr.. John III. MagruGer.
The other prize winners were: &. Thi.-
pen, LIST Division. Naval Battalion. "a: J.
ID. Schriver. Company 1, LIST Regiment,
"a: Lieut.. L. ID. Lakeland. Company h.
ID Regiment, "a: J. ID. Stout. Company q.
LIST Regiment, "a: Andrew Gainor, Com
pany ID, LIST Separate Battalion, "a: J. G.
Eckert, Company a. Is. Regiment, 80:
Charles Miller. Company q. I'd Regiment.
%: J. \. Joynes. lst Battery. Field Arti-
-
Regiment. 23; w. f. Thorn, Company q.
LIST Regiment. %; c. V. Chandler. Is. Bas-
terry. Field Artillery. .c': NJ. 3. Atkinson.
Company T., 1st Regiment. %: A. q.
Schmidt. Company G. LIST regiment, %.
Regimental and Battalion Matches.
The regimental match, open to teams OF
teams OF six from any regiment and LIST
Separate Battalion. at 300 and 600 yards.
ten rounds at each distance, was won by
the LIST Regiment. with a score OF 4Sd.
The I'd Regiment WAS second, with 46l,
and the LIST Separate Battalion third, with
$50.
The members OF the winning team aud
their scores were: Sergt. Schriver. 80;
Sergt Brown 20: Private Clauser. IA;
Sergt Bischoff. So; Lieut. Powers, So.
and Sergt. Windsor, .S
The battalion team match, the last
event of the day. was not concluded un-
I'll dark The Sd Battalion Of the list
Regiment. which turned in the last
Lieut.. r. G. Powers OF the LIST Battalion,
which finished second, was high man,
with a score Of ~.
The members OF the winning team
were Sergt. o. NJ Schriver. IS: Serst
Thomas Brown. Al; Private ]. ID. schriver.
40; Sergt. J. ii. Windsor. As; Private
Mayhem. SO. and Lieut.. w. j. Bowman,
IS.
The scores OF the other teams were:
1st Battalion. LIST Regiment. 264: "a Bat
TALON LIST Regiment, 254; Cd Battalion.
I'd Regiment, 247; Sd Battalion, Cd Regi-
ment. 240: LIST Battalion. I'd Regiment.
a22; lst Separate Battalion. 19l.
PLANS OUTDOOR SHOOT.