The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-06-24
DIV. JONESSTIL
HIGHEST MAN
Second Days Results Of
Rifle Shoot.
THREE RANGES ARE USED
Greys and Blues Are Highest
Contestants.
After Today's Practice Forty-Esght
Higher Scorers VIII BE Picked
for Finals ON Friday
and Saturday.

With the weather conditions very
suspicious and all that could be de-
sired, the third days target practice
at the Pickett Springs Rifle Range
opened yesterday morning at o'clock
and the loud resounding reports of the
new Springfield rifles continued all day
long antil the bugler sounded the mess
call at O'Clock last evening, calling
the weary targeteers into camp.
The order of the day consisted Of
practices from the S00-yard and 1900
yard range, while some scores were
also taken from rapid fire. Some very
high scores were made yesterday by
the ardent marksmen. who are trying
hard to get into the select circle and
win a berth on the team which Will
contest at Camp Perry.
A great deal of rivalry Ii in evidence
at the range between the crack shots
of the Blues and the Greys of this city,
and in fact the members of these two
companies are leading the list with the
best scores, and from their records
made so far. Montgomery will be rep
resented by fully eight men at the In
ternational shoot.
Capt E. H. Jackson. Lieut.. 7. c.
Locke. and Private d. w. Jones are
making some great records for the
Greys, while the highest scores for the
Blues have been made by Capt. w. f.
Weiss, Sergt. r. E. Hunt. Corp. e. II.
Pope and LAeut. Paul Franson. Other
high scores have been made by Sergt.
w. d. Bowman OF Company L. 3rd
regiment; Sergt. W. /. Willis of Com
pany D, LIST regiment; Carp. U. s. Mid
dleton of Company b. Coast Artillery,
and Major H. N. Coleman.
At the end of the practices today.
which will consist of rapid fire and
skirmishes, the forty-eight men hav-
ing the highest scores Will be picked
out land from the scores OF these Tor,
ty-eight men Friday and Saturday will
be picked the team of twelve men and
three alternates to represent the Ala
bama National Guard at Camp Perry.
: Ouartermaster- General b. Holt, In
spectorf- General r.. r. Lyon, both
members of the Governors stan, and
Governor b. B. Conner took supper
with the officers and spent the even
ing at the camp. AdJutaut-Genera1
Bibb Graves was removed from camp
to his home in this city late Tuesday
night owing to sickness, and was not
present at any of the practices yester-
day.
The highest score in the 600-yard
range was made by Private d. w. Jones
of the Greys, with As out of possi-
Bile score of 90. Captain Weiss and
| Sergt. r. e. Hunt of the Blueos, second
with a score of 43 each. In the Soc
| yard range, Sergt. W. d. Bowman
| Of Company L, ard regiment, had tbs
highest score with Al, while Major
H. N. Coleman was second. with 81
| as his record. Lieut.. T. C. Locke and
d. w. Jones Of the Gregg both had
high score of 80 in the 1.000-yard
range, which was the most difitcult OF
all. Following are each mans score
for the 600, 500 and 1000 yard ranges,
each score reckoned from possible
perfect score of so:
The leaders so far in the total
points are: d. w. Jones of the Greys,
with 167 points of possible 200; Ser
geant Bowman. Company L. Srd regi-
ment, with 159; Captain Weiss OF the
Blues. with 159; e. II. Pope OF the
Blues, with 1856; r.. E. Hunt of the
Blues. with 1853; v. $. Middleton OF
the Coast Artillery. with Isl; T. Z.
Locke OF the Greys. with IA; Capt e
II Jackson of the Greys, with 1876.
The scores yesterday were: