Los Angeles herald., 1909-10-10

| w, DWyer. ID. X. M1nSna1, w. A
Campbell, c. A. Colinge, d. Longevan
and Ben Black
overcome the handicap and win from
the many northern California men
after places on the team.
Southern California at present
boasts of three civilian rifle clubs that
shoot the military rife under the gov
ernment conditions. The Southern
California Rifles are the oldest in
point of organization but did not take
up systematic shooting with the mill
tary rifle until year or so after their
organization, through the delays ex-
perienced in the obtaining of the arms
from the government. This organiza-
tion formerly included many other
clubs from the surrounding towns,
Glendale, Redondo, etc, but finally
settled down to one strong club using
the Schuetzen Park range. A branch
was recently added at Santa Ana,
called by the same name as the Los
Angeles organization, but nothing has
been heard of this club outside the
shoot held July 4. 1t is understood
they are well organized and are armed
with the regular government rifle
Game Revived
The Southern California Rifles is the
first organization in this end of the
state to revive military rifle shooting
since the death of the old Los Angeles
Sharpshooters. A local newspaper
man, w. Fl. Leonard, became inter
ested in the rifle shooting question
through his own liking for the game
and with the help of a few other en-
thusiasts formed the club Shoots
were held between the different
branches, the members using military
or sporting rifles as they chose. Teams
from the cruisers calling at Southern
California ports were inveigled ashore
and usually beaten and the club grew
rapidly for awhile. The first plans did
not work out as intended, through the
! long delay in the arrival of the rifles
ordered from the government, and
| when they did arrive the club had set
tied down to the single club that now
practices over at Schuetzen park
Santa Ana became interested in the
spring and a strong club was formed
at that point. The mettle of the men,
bers has not been tried in regular
matches as yet, but their scores in
dicate that some good shots are to be
found among them.
DR.. E. Alden is the present president
of the Southern California Rifles, C. q.
Hubbs being executive officer and gen.
eral boss" of the club of the range.
The club has two defeats of the Bis
bee Rife club and one defeat of the
Los Angeles Rife and Revolver club
to its credit, as well as numerous VIC
tories over teams from the ships call
ing at Southern California beach
towns. During the summer nothing
has been heard from the club in the
way of matches, although a few prac-
tice shoots have been pulled off.
In the early part of 1907 crowd of
former militiamen and others organ
ized the Los Angeles Rifle club and it
Joined the National Rifle association.
John NJ. York, a Washington, D. c.,
man by the name of Rowdybush;
Lieut., F. R. McReynolds and Sanford
Watson We're among those back of the
club.
Too Much at the Start
The organizer Rowdybush, tried to
do too much in the start tried to per-
suade the members to expend $50 for
uniforms and equipment and other
wise betrayed much ineyperence in the
rife game. The club overdid itself at
the start and then sank into a coma
for year or So never firing a shot
on range or otherwise proving that
1t existed.
In the fall of 1903 several members
of the former Los Angeles Revolver
and Rife club, who tired of the mo-
notonous revolver shooting game and
resented the barring of the rifles from
the club and the change in the clubs
name to Los Angeles Revolver club,
resigned from the old club and started
the organization of a club to use mill
tary rifles and revolvers impartialIy.
z. c. Crossman, secretary and team
captain of the old revolver club at the
time of his resignation, led the move
ment
Some Of the members of the old and
sleeping Los Angeles Rifle club We're
interested, John York was made vice
president OF the new club, the charter
of the old club revived by payment of
the dues and the Los Angeles Rifle and
| Revolver club was started. F. e. Mum
sey was elected president, G. 4. Kel-
logg, treasurer, and E. c. Crossman,
| secretary and team captain, from his
past experience at the game A num-
Der of militiamen We're interested
enough in the rifle shooting game to
join in the effort to get more practice
than membership in the guard af-
forded, and the club started shooting
with a good list of members, despite
the opposition Of the old clug of sim
liar name.
Glendale Range Leased
The shoot for the National Rifle asso-
citation medal was held in April, with
fourteen members competing. The pub
| lie Schuetzen park range was leased
until July, when the club, firing of
! the constant hill-climbing necessary to
reach the different firing points, leased
for it's exclusive use the good Glen
! dale range, fitted up by the old Glen
dale Rife club. This includes 200, 300
and 500 yards, all from the same firing
| point, a revolver 50-yard range, a 900
| yard range and skirmish range.
To celebrate it's taking over of the
! new range, the club entered four
cornered match with the strongest
clubs of Washington, July II, losing
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