Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-28
FEW BULLSEYES
MADE BY LOCALS
WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
CAUSE OF DEFEAT
LOS ANGELES CLUB SHOWS THE
LOWEST SCORE
Glendale Range Adversely Affected bv
Canyon Winds - Targets Alter
nateIy in Light and Shade.
All Scores Poor

Owing largely to freak weather con-
ditions, the Los Angeles Rifle and Re-
volver clubs team finished away back
in the ruck when Sundays scores with
the northern teams were received,
The results are as follows:
Seattle Rifle and Revolver club. 1852
Tacoma Rifle and Revolver club .... 74s
Spokane Rifle and Revolver club. ..... TAI
Los Angeles Rife and Revolver club. 731
The North Yakima club has not
been heard from up to date, but the
locals are in such hardened state
that they care little if the rest of the
house does fall on them.
Copditions called for ten shots per
man at, 200, 300 and 500 yards, any
number to loot, and the six rlen with
the highest totals to count on the
club team. Fourteen shooters faced
the butts, which was about all they
did, in spite of the hours of hideous
racket and the starting of a small lead
mine in the hills back of the targets.
High Wind Prevails
In justice to the locals it might be
said that the conditions were the worst
ever shot under on the Glendale range.
A fifteen-mile wind, Whistling up the
the bullseye to a clean Miss, prevailed
most of the time. Added to this were
hurrying clouds that put the targets
in alternate shade and glaring bright
ness all day. Such changes of light
are even worse than the wind. A
change from deep shade to glaring
light is usually good for a three in
stead of a bullseye, and many a three
was landed through this reason. A
good guesser or more experienced rifle
shots might have doped out the con-
ditions to better effect, but history
has 1t that Umsted, Crossman, Akin,
Andrews and Miles failed to find just
the reason for the enlarged diameter
of the three ring and the shrunk bulls
eyes, despite their experience, while
Hanson, new at the game, landed
four points higher at 800 yards than
any other shooter. His score of AZ
has been beaten several times, but
nobody Sunday came within shifting
distance of 1t.
The clouds, driven by the stiff
breeze, Travelled so fast that it was
almost impossible, to avoid the changes
of light that came over the target,
and coaching was of no use. A fiat
was set up near the 500-yard point,
but this blew over.
Glendale Range Poor
The Glendale range is particularly
bad in this respect. A range in the
open country is more exposed to wind.
but the zephyrs travel more evenly
and come from practically the same
direction. On the Glendale range the
wind switches up the canyon from
one side to the other and 70 Windage
will aid matters.
Added to the weather was the fact
that about half of the men shot like
washerwomen-on second thought both
halves of the shooters did. Most OF
them seemed to be trusting to the
goddess of luck, and the ladySthrew
them down hard for their confidence.
Crossman and Umsted, ordinarily
good for AZ to 4S ec.ch, started Off with
a splendid assortment of threes from
the switching of the wind and finally
clawed out 4S after getting scare
that lasted them through the shoot.
Hanson had 40 started. but landed one
of the "threes," cutting down his score
to seven bulls, one three and four
good shooting at any time ana par
ticuIarly with the conditions prevail
ing. Miles contented himself. with "a,
Nichols got 43, while Edwards scored
AZ. Three hundred and 200 was up 10
the average, but the absence or the
hie scores usually rolled up at 500
yards to help along the total lost the
match to the Spokane and Tacoma
clubs. At 200 Nichols managed to lana
a couple of "twos'' and three, that
didn't help the team total, while An
drews was unable to do better than
SO at 500 yards, losing his place 10
John York, who out-Creedmored MN
on the long range score, although the
two men tied for sixth place.
The same aggregation that shot
Sunday challenges, through The Her
aid, anv other organization in South
ern California that shoots rifles, re-
voIvers bow and arrows or craps for
a series to decide the dub champion
ship which the locals are clearly en-
titled to from their showing sunday
A desperate effort will be maze IN
October to get away with Tacoma, anu
II If fails the club team is open for
knitting or crokinole matches, any
hold allowed. Scores:
- ~. r,,o+. rer man at 200. 400, 500 yards