Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-18
N. R. A. RIFLE SHOOT FOR THE
 SCHOOL BOYS
High School and College Teams Are Invited to Enter Contest For the Trophies Offered

WASHINGTON. D. C.. Feb. 17.-An
 interesting competition for school boys has been arranged by the executive committee of the National R fle asso- citation. It win be known as the "In-
 terscholastic Rife Match" and will be fer the interschool gallery champion ship of the United States, to be shot this year for the first time.
 The match will be shot on the gal ieries of the various schools which en- ter. the shooting taking place on any date between April l2 and 24. It will be open to teams of ten pupils from any public school. preparatory high
 school or private school not conferring degrees.
 Where tie school has a club affil- lated with the National Rife associa-
 tiou no entrance fee will be carged. Other schools may enter teams on
 the payment of $2.
 The distance win be fifty feet and the N R. A. target with a one-inca bullseye win be supplied by the N. R. A 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 l each position. Any 22-caliber rifle may
 be used wich has sights in front of 1 the hammer: any ammunition may be ! used The competition Is open to bona fide> scholars only. and a certificate to this effect must be filed with Lieu ! tenant Albert $. Jones. secretary Of the x. E. A, Washington. D. C.. which
 organization will designate a judge to . af znRh
 The prize vill be a handsome new
 championship trophy. to be held by the
 winning school for one year. and med
 als 10 the individual members of the teams. The National Rifle association
 now has affiliated with 1t about thirty
 i've school boy clubs, all of which arc
 expected to enter the contest.
 The intercollegiate rife match for
 the 1909 gallery championship of the | United States will be shot or the lo- cal rangers at any time between March | i5 and 27. Targets will be furnished | by the N. R. A and the distance will | be fifty feet. This match Is also for l teams of ten bonafide students. with | twenty shots for record, Of which ten shall be shot standing and ten prone. | two sighting shots allowed for each l position. The National Rife assOcia- ! ton will appoint a judge to be pres ent when each team fires. The condi-
 rious regarding rifles and ammuni-
 tion are the same as for the school
 boy match.
 The trophy is the championship tro- phy presented by the forest, fish and ! game society of the United States. to ! be held by the winning university or ! college for one year and 10 become | the permanent possession of the insti- | tuition winning it three times. II was
 won in 1908 for the first time by Co i lumbia university Of New York city. l Colleges having clubs affiliated with | tke National Rifle 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. Thom'
 as. St Paul; University of Nevada, | University of Idaho. Washington Stait College, Marist College. Atlanta, Ga; l University of California, University oi Pennsylvania, Delaware College, State University of Idaho. George Washing
 ton University, Washington, D. C.; Co Inmb a University. Cornell University
 Harvard University, Massachusetts
 Institute of Technology and Yale Uni
 versity.