Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-30
J. $. MARKSMEN
 D|SAPP0|NT
Made Poor Showing in Match With British and AustraI-
 ian Teams
BEST AVAILABLE SHOTS
 COMPETED IN CONTEST

Washington. D. C.. May 29.-Every one interested in indoor rifle shooting is disappointed at the showing made by the American team against the British and Australians in the three cornered International Indoor Match with .22 caliber rifles. The match was shot with fifty men on a side and the British beat the Americans with a score of 14.5S3 against the American score of 14,179 The average per man on the American team was 2S3 and on the Englisa team was 29l. The Australian scores have not yet been received but it is very improbable that they defeated the English team. It was clean victory for the Eng lishmen because the National Rifle association took great pains to select the best available shots in this country. The American team, how ever. was nurrieily got together and in most instances the men shot with
  Dminary practice. They also used a style of target with which many oi them were unfamiliar.
 The match goes to show that at present, at least England shows a gi eater development than America in holding. aiming and pulling for which the .22 caliber rifle is very .aluable as a means of instruction and practice. The defeat of the Amer. ican team will undoubtedly tend to stimulate further the general interest in this important feature of rifle prac- tice as the match will be snot again next year and strenuous efforts will be made to carry of the prize. The continental countries will be invited to take part in the match next year and it is believed the list of entries will be considerably larger. The Americans will begin work in the au- tumn and team of 7J or 100 will be selected to practice until shortly be- fore the match is shot and from this number a team of fifty will be finally chosen.
 The committee which verified the scores made by the Americans con sisted of Lieut.. Col. K. K. Evans. T.. S. A.. Executive Officer of the Ma tional matches for 1907. 190S-09; Maj or James E. Bell, l. S. A. P. D. c. N G.. and Lieut.. A S Jones, secretary of the National Rifle Association.
 The members of the American team and their scores were as follows: W. E. Reynolds, New York City. 29S: rN Nal. -1- 296: George w. Chesley, New Haven Conn. 296: William A. Tewes. Jer- sey City. 295; William A. Baker, Jer- sey City, 295: A. F. Louiensack. New Haven. 295;. Patrick J. O'Hare, New ark, 29i; owen Smith. Hoboken, N. J., 293; !. w. Landon, New Haven, Con. 293; C. B. Chisholm, Cleveland. Ohio, 292; c. T. Rose, New York City. 292: NJ. Dorrler. Jersey City. 292: w. J. Gram, Rocnester. x. r.. 292; R. Bit ter. Newark, 291. Louis c. Bus. Brook lyn, N. Y.. 290: L. H. Page, New Haven, 290: Edward W. Bird, Fair mont. Minn., 2S9: w. D. Kittler, New Haven, 2S9: J. F. Barton, Boston. 2S9: h. B. Williams. New Haven, 2SS: Paul B. Mann. New York City. 2S7; Dr. Walter G. Hudson, New York City. 2S7: William B. Martin. Elizabeth. N. J., 2SG; Dr. A. A. Stillman, Syra- cuse, x. r., 2S6; George F. Snellen. Newark. 2S6; M. B. Atkinson. Wash ington, D C., 2S5: Arthur Hubalek. Brooklyn, N. r., 2S5: Gerge Sweezy. New York City. 2S4: c. l.. Apgar. Elizabeth, N. J.. 2S2; George Sch!icht, Cuttenburg, x. J., PSI; Harry NJ. Pope. Jersey City, 2SO: Aug. Larsen, Rochester, x. Y.. 2S0: J. w. Dearborn. New Haven, 2S0; J. Ehrlich, New York City, 2S0; J, Ralph Fehr, Wash ington. D. C., 279: Theodore Carlson, Boston. 277; l.. P. ittel. Allegheny. Pa. PIC; ]. H. Morgan, New York City. 275; c. A. Niemeyer, New York City. 215; James R. Dabb. Elizabetn, \. J., 215: Arthur A. Leach. Jr.. Brooklyn. N. r., 215: James H. beough, Wakefield, Mass. 274; J. H. Byrnes, New York City, 274; w. D. Hudilason. Boston. 273: Vim. IT. F: ench, Newark. 273: Frank H. Keene. Boston. 210; Herbert W. Mcbride. h. d:anapolis. Indiana, 269; Arthur Smith, penver, 267; c. C. Clark. Burlington. Kansas, 266; and Thomas Mccarthy. Woburn. Mass, 263-total 14.I79.
 All the contestants used the prone position with the exception of Ittei. Niemeyer, Reynolds. Leach. Schlicnt. Hubalek and Buss, who used the standing position with the elbow rest.