Arizona republican., 1909-03-04
SCHOOL BOY CONTEST
 IN RIFLE SHOOTING
A Competition Arranged by the Ma tional Rifle Association.

Washington, D. C., March 1.-(Spe- cial Correspondence of The Repub- lican. )-An interesting competition for schoolboys has been arranged by the executive committee of the National Rifle association. It will be known as the "Interscholastic Rifle Match" and will be for the Inter school Gallery championship of the United States, to be shot this year for the first time. The match will be shot on the galler- ies of the various schools which en- ter, the shooting taking place on any date between April 12 and "A. 1t will be open to teams of ten pupils from any school. preparatory high school or private school. not conferring degrees. Where the school has a club affiliated with the National Rifle association no entrance fee will be charged Other schools may enter teams on the pay ment of g. The distance will be fifty feet and the National Rifle asso- citation target with a one-inch bulls eye will be supplied by the National Rifle association. Each string will consist of five shots and ten shots will be fired in a standing position, and ten in a prone position, with two sighting shots for each position. Any .22 caliber rifle may be used which has sights in front of the hammer and any ammunition may be used. The competition is open to bona fide schol- ars only and a certificate to this ef- feet must be filed with Lieutenant Albert S. Jones, secretary of the Ma
 tional Rifle association, Washington D. C.. which organization will desig
 nate a judge to represent it at each school. The prize will be a handsome new Championship Trophy" to be held by the winning school for one year. and medals to the individual members of the teams The National Rifle association now has affiliated with 1t about thirty-five schoolboy clubs. all of which are expected to enter the contest.
 The Intercollegiate Rifle match. for the 1909 gallery championship of the United States, will be shot on the To- cal ranges at any time between March
 5 and 27. Targets will be furnished by the National Rifle association. and the distance will be fifty feet. This match is also for teams of ten bona fide students, with twenty shots for record. of which ten shall be shot standing and ten prone. two sighting shots allowed for each position. The National Rifle association will appoint judge to be present when each team fires. The conditions regarding rifles and ammunition are the same as for the school boy match. The trophy is the championship trophy presented by tbe Forest, Fish and Game society of the United States, to be held by the winning university or college for one year and to become the permanent possession of the institution winning 1t three times. It was won in 1908 for the first time by Columbia university of New York city. Colleges having clubs affiliated with the National Ri- fle association will not be required to pay any entrance fee. but other teams will be charged g. Colleges which are eligible by reason of utilization are: College of St. Thomas. St. Paul. Uni versity of Nevada; University of Ida ho; Washington State college; Marist college, Atlanta, Ga; University of California; University of Pennsyl- vania; Delaware college; State Uni versity of Idaho; George Washington