Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-05-26
AMERICANS MAKE
POOR SHOWING
INDOORS
Of This Kind of Rifle
Shooting Disappointed at the
Performance Against Britons.
and Australians,


tspeeiaI Correspondence To Morning Journal
Washington, ID. G., May 25,-EN-
eryonc interested in indoor rifle shoot
ling is disappointed at the showing
made by the American against
the british and Australians in the
t-hree-cornered International Indoor
match with - ealiher rifles. h
match vas shot with so men OF a side
ana the British heat the Americans
with a score Of l4.5S3 against the Am
erlcan score OF l4,l7s. The average
Der man on the America team was
2S3 and on the English team was 2sl'
The Australian scores have not yet
been received. but it is very improp-
able that they defeated the Engllsh
team. II was a lean victory for the
Engllshmen, because the National RI
fle association took great nains to Sc
lect the best available shots in the
country. The American team, however,
was hurriedly got together and in
most instances the men shot without
any considerable systematic prelimin-
airy practice. They also used a style
OF target with which many of them
were unfamiliar. Tho match goes to
show that at present. at least, England
shows a greater development than
America in holding, aiming and pull
ing for which the - caliber rifle is
very valuable as a means of instruc-
ton and practice, The defeat of the
American team win undoubtedly tend
10 stimulate further the general inter-
cst in this important feature OF rifle
practice, as the match VIII be shot
again next year and strenuous efforts
will be made to carry off the prize.
The continental countries Will be IN
vited to take part in the match next
year and it is believed the list of
entries will be considerably larger The
Americans VIII begin work In the au-
tumn and Il team of rs or 100 VIII
be selected to practice until shortly
before the match is shot and from this
number a team of so Will be finally
chosen. The committee which verified
the scores made by the Americans
consisted of Lieut.. Col. r Is. Evans
L. s. A., executive officer OF the Ma
tlonal matches for 1907, 1908, 1909;
Major James e. Ben, l. $. ~ +, ID. c.
n. G., and Lieut.. A. $. Jones, secre-
tary Of the National Rifle association.
The members Of tho American team
and their scores We're as follows;
w. e. Reynolds, New York city. 29S;
Theodore A. Gabriel, Newark, N j.,
296; George w. Chesley, New Haven,
Conn, 296. William A. Tewes, Jersey
City, 295; William A.. Baker, Jersey
City, 295; A. T.. L~oudensack, New Ha-
ven, 295; Patrick j. O'Hare, Newark,
294; owen Smith, Hoboken, n. j., 293;
j. w. Landon, New Haven, Conn, 293;
c. b. Chisholm, Cleveland, Ohio, 292;
G.. T. Kiss. New York city, 292; M.
Dorrler. Jersey city. 292, w. J. Gram,
Rochester, \. y, 292; Il. Bitter, New
ark. 291. Louis c. Buss, Brooklyn, N.
Y, 29O; l.. II. Page, New Haven, Ego;
Edward w. Bird, Fairmont. MINI,
2S9; W. d. kittler, New Haven, 2S9;
j. +. Barton, Boston, 2S9; II. y. VIII
Jams. New Haven, 2SS; Paul b. Mann,
New York city, 2S7; Or. Walter O.
Hudson. New York city, 2s7i William
b.. Martin, Elizabeth, n j., 2S6, DIT.
A. A. Stilman. Syracuse, n. Y, 1856
George f. Snellen. Newark, 2S6. NJ b
Atkinson. Washington, D.. G., 2S5; AR
thur Hubalek. Brooklyn, n. Y, 2S5'
George Sweezy, New york city, 2S4i
G.. /. Apgar, Elizabeth, \. j., 2S2; Goo.
Schlicht, Gutenberg, y. j., PSI; Harry
NJ. Pope. Jersey City, ESQ; Aug Lar
sen, Rochester, n. Y, $50; J. W. Dear
born, New Haven, ESQ; j. Enrich
New York city, 2S0; j. Ralph Fehr'
Washington, u. c., 279; Theodore
Carlson, Boston, 277; I. p. Ittel Allie
ghany. Pa. 27G; j.. II. Morgan, New
York city. 275; G. A. Niemeycr, New
York city. 275; James r. Dabb. Eliz-
abeth. y. j.. 275; Arthur A.. Leach, Jrr
Brooklyn. y. ", 275; James II. kc-
ough, wakefield. Mass. "a. j. II
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