Evening journal., 1909-08-26
IN. R. A. SHOOT
MAY BEGIN TODAY
Five Trophies TO be Shot For
on Camp Perry Ohio
Range

CAMP PERRY. Ohio. Aug 26-The
matches OF the National Rifle Association
Of America will begin in this range today
or tomorrow depending on the time when
the National Matches are concluded. 1t.
Col. r. X. Evans, u. S. A., who has been
Executive Officer of the National Match
os, will continue in that capacity during
the N. A. r. matches which will continue
until the program is completed. The nee
essary complement of army officers and
enlisted troops TO man the range will re-
main during the matches. While num-
Der of the state teams viii leave tomor-
row and thereafter, stl a large number
will remain and the entry lists promise to
be larger than ever The n. r. A. this
year put into effect the percentage plan
for prizes and all money paid in entrance
fees will be returned to the winners after
deducting the actual expense of operat-
ing the range. AS this will be very small
owing to the employment Of troops for
that purpose the purses will be consider
ably larger and the number of prizes great
er than ever before. As II was uncertain
when the National Matches will close,
dates could not be set for the n r. A.
matches but they viii open with the press
match this afternoon or tomorrow The
first prize is the solid silver Press Cup"
for annual competition With small rep
lica TO the winner; End life membership
in the n. r. A., valued at S25; With
"a third, fourth and fifth cash
prize. The Press Match will be followed
BY the Championship Revolver Tearn
Match, State Secretaries Match. Iife and
Am al Memb '-s Match inter g 'uh cham
piui ship Company Team Championship
Hcr,mental Team. Leeh cbs Wi lhle,lon
Cup. Individual Long Range Tyro, Ma
rine Corps Presidents and the Evans
Service Skirmish Matches. During the
tournament the National Marksman's
MAJ will be In continuous progress as
well as tho Juniors Marksman Match.
Competitors making the necessary score
in these matches will be enrolled In the
National Marksman's Reserve. at the War
Department.
The Leech Cup. Wimbledon Cup. Long
Range Marine Corps Tyro and the Pres
idents Match will attract the most atten-
ton Of the individual matches. The first
| two have been contested for so often as "a
be historic. The Leech Cup is shot at $40
300 and 1000 yards, and the Wimbledon
with 20 shots at i,OOO yards Capt X. x.
v Casey. of Delaware carried off both
Of them last. The winner of the Pres!-
dents Match will receive a personal let
ter Of congratulaton from President Will
liam II. Taft, and the man making the
highest average in the Presidents and the
National Individual Match will receive
the title Of Military Champion of the
United States.
The Marine Corps Match is a new one
for which the officers of the u. S. Marine
Corps have supplied a Sl5o0 trophy. The
conditions call for twenty shots at 800 and
1000 yards.
The n. r. A. Matches will close with
the Evans Service Skirmish Match named
after 1t Col. r. X Evans, u. S. A.. who
drew up the conditions and presented the
trophy. 1t is for teams consisting of a
captain and two squads Of one corporal
and seven men each. Forty rounds Of am
munition will be furnished each man.
The start will be made beyond the 1900
yard line and firing will be at direction
Of the team captaiB For every wrong
command given by a captain one man on
his team will be dropped and for every
hit on a target the opposing team will
lose a man and his remaining ammuni-
tion. The run viii be continued until each
team has exhausted its ammunition or one
team has lost all its men. In the former
case the team losing the lesser number
wins that run Tile match VII be decided
by continued competition between the WIN
ners Of the various runs.
Friday evening the National Rifle Asso-
citation will hold its annual meeting at the
club house OF the Ohio State Rifle Asso-
ciation. Twelve directors will be elected
FOR period Of three years and other bus
iness pertaining TO the Association will
be considered.