The San Francisco call., 1909-09-01
SLIP OF A LAD
MAY YET DEFEAT
CHAMPIONS
Boy From Los Angeles Running
Up Some Wonderful Scores
With the Revolver
Big Event Today at Schuetzen
Yerein Jubilee Will Be the
King Shoot

geleno, was the center OF attrs ction
Fl the shell Mound ranges yesterday,
where several hundred marksmen gath
cred for the third days shooting in the
jubilee competitions Of the San Fran
cisco schuetzen verein.
Douglas, mere slip Of a lad, ar
rived at the range, took off his coat
and got busy al the revolver targets
in less than l5 minutes he had secured
2 possible so. This means that the
Young shooter scored 10 successive
dead centers at 50 yarGs range.
kEEPs Up GOOD WORK
Keeping up the good work the
youngster. with the cooIness Of a vet
eran, shot l0 tickets, which netted him
= grand total of 452. Douglas now
Gormsn being ahead and Harris re-
naming IN second position.
There is nc telling what this south
ern boy can do.
The other msrksmen have been bet
terinE their scores every day by
throwing out bad tickets and substitute
ing better ones. Douglas fred but the
one string and stands ahead Of such
shooters as Captain George Larson,
Willie Siebe and Gus Armstrong.
The local men had heard of the
prowess Of the yeung Angeleno through
the newspapers, but ne was not con-
Sidered q serious contender for cham
pionship hOners. When he scored a
possible the veterans were amazed, not
TO say slightly perturbed. James z.
German, champion of the world, was
shooting at the next target. He saw
what the yeungster had accomplished
and grim look Of determination
- lc f.F
G0RMAN GETS BUSY
German had net been shooting to
form, but he had his laurels TO look
after when q mere boy could make
2 possible, and the champion knuckled
down 20 business
His next string totaled so and the
honor Of the Shell Mound club was vim
dicated. These are the only two pos
sibles made so far in the revolver
his score a few points and now has a
total Of AS.
German stands ahead in the pistol
competition. with a score or 1852 Harris
is second with 40, and Fraser third.
with al Young Douglas has not shot
his pistol yet and the veterans are
wondering what he will do when he
gets started. The boy has caused alarm
IN the camp. The veterans will have
TO 90 their best to beat him.
FRASER DOES WELL
Apart from the sensational shooting
OF Douglas the performance of r. ].
Fraser was the feature of the day.
Fraser totaled Al, & much better than
average score. and he will make the
other competitors shoot some TO beat
him.
The pistol and revolver events prom
ise TO provide the hottest competition
The marksmen are making better
scores than were ever recorded in COM
petition anywhere and the leaders are
punched. il is expected that the win
ner OF the pistol event will have a total
OF 495 and a score of 490 will probably
be necessary to take the honors in the
revolver event
Twenty -four marksmen secured med
ais on the Jubilee tarket yesterday and
the scores in this competition were uni
formly good. On the ring target Cap
tain J. j. Heise scored SIS, George Kef-
fel 3 and Henry Intemsnn 81. These
are the highest scores TO date.
POSSIBLE on GERMANIA
George A. Pattberg made possible
on the Germania target and also some
good scores in the other rife events
On the standard American target L. s.
HawShurst made the best scores his
figures being 4s and IS. Alexander
Pape made IS in the same competition.
The competition for red flags on the
King and point targets attracted the
biggest number OF entries and the COM
petition was extremely keen. Among
the contestants was Mrs. c. Krempel OF
Los Angeles. She secured one red flag,
which was more than some OF the male
shooters acquired. Adolph Strecker is
leading in the event with total Of 81
flags r. P. Schuster is second with %
TO his credit
THE BIG EVENT TODAY
The biggest event OF the weeks fes-
fivities viii take place today when the
marksmen viii contend for regal hon
ors The event viii take the form OF
an eagle shoot, the marksman bringing
TO earth the last remnant OF a wooden
eagle being declared king Of the verein
This is the event Of the year in the
schuetzen verein, and the honor Of win
ming the kingship In jubilee year will
provide some keen competition. The
bird" will be perched on the top Of a
tall pole and The shooting viii con-
tinue all day. IT is not expected that
the last portion OF the bird viii be
brought down before o'clock.
GENERAL FESTIVAL
an connection with the king shoot a
general festival viii be held and it is
expected that 10000 people will attend
Francis Bopp, will attend and will read
a message from the Kaiser wilhelm
The crowning OF the king will be a
feature of the evenings program.
Thursday viii be She'll Mound day, the
rife club OF that name having ar
ranged TO hold open house.
PRIZES FROM BANKS
The following additional prizes from
local banks were received yesterday
and Will be added TO the shooting tro-
phies:
Anglo and Paris national bank. 500: First
rational bank S1o0: Wells Fargo Nevada ma
tional bank. 500: Croker national hank. 800:
san Francisco national bank. $50: Hiberna say
ings and loan society. $50 Daniel Meyer. s25;
Hamboldt ssvings bank. $40: Bank Of Italy $50:
Mechanics savings bank. $40.
SCORES MADE TO DATE
Following are the scores made to
date 30 the various competitions:
PISTOL, SCORES
James EaSorman-ss, 80. -. IS. IS. as. IS,
I. Barrnert-SS s2, 81, % p. "a. o. p. ls.
q 4. Hsrris-A IS IS. As. As. 4s. ~. AZ. A.
r. ". Joass-ss. q -, 4s. .s. IS. 81. 81. 81
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