Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-13
REVOLVER SHOTS
IN FINE FORM
CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH SCHED-
ULED FOR SUNDAY
MUCH INTEREST TAKEN IN CON-
ING CONTESTS
Members of Local Club in Line to
Secure Medals from National
Association for Ex-
ceIIence

The annual championship shooting
match Of the Los Angeles Revolver
club will be held at the club range near
Elysian park on Sunday, providing the
weather is favorable. Members of the
club have been making excellent rec
ordS during the last year, and the high
score men will undoubtedly put up a
great exhibition of craftsmanship in
the coming contest.
Nearly all of the thirty members of
the club-all crack shots-are expected
to participate. The championship con-
test is held once a year, and the win
ner gets the handsome trophy cup on
which his name and his score are en-
graVed. While there are many medals
for which the members compete, the
cup is the most valuable trophy sought
after by the members, as the winner is
held to be the champion for the year
The man who takes the cup on Sun
day will be champion of the club for
the year 1909.
Members of the club meet every Sun
day throughout the year, when the
weather will permit. They compete for
number of prizes. There is a handi-
cap medal which is given by the club
for the purpose of encouraging the
poorer shots in the club, who are given
handicaps. Then there are regular but
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single shoot. Several members have
number of these button medals linked
together in a series.
The United States Revolver associa-
ton medals are also much sought after.
There are four of these medals. Regu-
lation targets Of the ASSOCIATE are
used. These targets, when the score is
completed, are certified to by the secre-
tary Of the local club and one other
member as a witness and are then sent
to the association. Ten targets must
be shot at before the score can be sent
in. The marksman can take his time
for shooting these ten targets if his
score is completed within the year.
For Gold Medal
An average of 95 or better will get
the contestant a gold medal from the
United States Revolver association. An
average Of SO to "a out of the ten tar
gets will secure a silver and gold
medal. An average of 80 to go out of
ten targets is rewarded with a gold
and bronze medal; an average of so
to SO out Of ten targets secures a bronze
and silver medal; S0-S4 out of the ten
targets brings a bronze medal.
Members of the local club are con-
tinuallv trying for these trophies of the
United States Revolver association, and
many have made good scores on their
first few targets this year and are on
the way to getting a medal if they can
keep UP their pace until the ten tar
gets are exhausted. Many of the mem
bers of the local club are also mem
bers of the United States Revolver as
ISOLATION.
The local club numbers among its
members some of the finest marksmen
in the United States. A six-man team
defeated a picked team Of the same
number from the Atlantic fleet when
the batleships were here. Powell made
a score of 1876 out of a possible 200.
Since that time many other crack
teams have been taken on and defeat
ed. The Des Moines. Iowa, club was
defeated; the Colonial club of ST. Louis
likewise lost a match to the local
marksmen; the Providence, r. r., club
sent out bunch Of champion marks
men, who also were handily defeated
by the local club members When the
Colonial team shots of st. Louis came
out a second time they were successful
in defeating the local marksmen The
Springfield, Mass. club was the next to
send out team, and again the local
men won the honors.