Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-02-16
SHOOTING COMPETITION
FOR THE SCHOOL BOYS
Matches Viii Take Place in Galiaries
OF the Various institutions
Entering.

WASHINGTON. Feb. l5.--An in.
teres,ng competition fer school
boys has been arranged by the exec
u,ivc committee Of the National Rife
Championship OF the United state ;.
to ZEE shot his year for the frs; time.
The match will be shot on the gal
lerirS OF the various scho, Is which
enter. the shooting taking place on
any date between April T. and %.
II will be Cl"n 10 teams =. ten pupil
from any public sch3UI. preparatory
high school or priva'" schorl, not
comforting degrees. Where the schCol
has club affiliated with the Ma
tional Rife Association no entranc"
zee will be- charged. Other schools
may enter terms ON the payment Of
500 The distance will be fifty feet
and the y. X. A. target with one
inch bulls eye will be supplied by
the n. r. A. Each string will con,
sist Of twenty shots and ten shots will
be fred in a standing position. and
ten in prone position. with Two
sighting shots for each position. Any
80 Caiibrr rifle may be used which
has sights in front of the hammer:
any ammunition may be used The
competition is open 20 bonah nd"
scholars only aud certificate TO This
eject must he fled with Lieut.. Al
bert S Jones. secretary Of the \. II.
A., Washington, -. G., which organ
ization will designate n judge TO rep
resent II at each school. The prize
will be a handsome new "Champion-
ship Trophy" TO be held by the win
ming school one year. and medals to
the individual members Of the teams.
The National Rife Association now
has affiliatcd with it about thirty-hVe
school hoy clubs. all of which are ex'
pectcd to enter the contest.
The intercollegiate" Rifle Match.
for the 1909 Gallery Championship OF
the United States. will he shot on
the local ranges at any time between
March II and -. Targets will be
furnished by the y. r. A.. and th"
distance will be fifty feet. This
match is also for teams Of ton bona
fide students, with twenty shots fer
record Of which ten shall be shot
standing and ten prone. two sight
ing shots allowed for each position.
The National Rifle Association will
appoint a Judge to be present when
each team fires. The conditions re
garding rifles and ammunition are
the same as for the school boy match
The trophy is the Champinnship
Trophy presented by the Forest,
Fish and Game Society CT the United
States, 10 be held by the winning
university or college for one year
and to become the permanent pos
session of the institution winning II
three times. 1t was won in 1908 FOR
the first time b. Columbia University
of New York City. Colleges having
clubs affiliated with the National
Rifle Association will not be required
10 pay any entrance fee. but other
teams will be charged $500. Col
lcgcs which are eligible by reason
of affiliatIon are: College OF St.
Thomas. 49,. PAUL. University of Ne
vada. University of idaho. Washing
ton State College, Marist College.
Atlanta Ga. University Of California.
University o! Pennsylvania. Della
ware College. State University Of
Idaho. George Washington Cniver-
sity Washington. d. c. Columbia
University Cornell University. Har-
ward University, Massachusetts insti-
tute of Technology. and Yale univer-
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