Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-02-20
SCHOOLBOYS IN
A COMPETITION
Interesting Event Arranged by
Committee Of National Rifle
Association.
INTER SCHOLASTIC MATCH.


Washington. ID. g.. Frn. $40 'n-
,.,..,rr romp.Huon for school boys
has been arranged Do. tine executive
committee of ih, National Rifle 'r-'-
ciatiou Do viii bo known as th' 'i'-
t.r-sc6oIasuc Rifle Match and VIII
d.. for Tine Inter-school Gallery 'aa"'-
,iorsbip of the United states Co. ne
800 MS wear for the first time lh.
r,,fab win be shot ON the galleries or
tn, curious schools wnich enter que
ebonffue taking place ON any n"lr H'
t0esn April % and "a. II VIII %,
opar t1 teams of 10 pupils from am,
pubIic .ehoul. preparatory hlsn 4'h,''
orr Urivata school NOT tuhIefllnE ut
r..es Where the school has % tluh
|oiIi.t.d Win tine national rifle assoc
clarion mo- entrance fee VIII oe
..n.rr.d other schools may enter
feams ou the payment of 81. Inc OF.
lance will boz 90 feet ANA the n. h. n.
targai with Out-iuch uulls-eye VIII
D., supplied hy tine N. r. A. f.igh
string win consist of five shots ana 10
slots viii bc fired Boo standing posi-
tiou. and tom iu prone posluou' l.'
ttr0 sighting shots for each positoh.
An, w calibcr rifle may DE used
which has sights iu front of the nam-
NOR. amy ammunition may hc used
rho competition is open to bona
Nde scholars only and 20 certilCaic in
this effect must be- hled with Lieut.
Albert S Jones. secretary or the Ne r.
A. Washington. u. g.. which orEhh'
izatlou viii designate "a Judge to rep-
resent 10 at each school. The prize
will be- handsome new Champion
ship Trophy 10 be- held by the win
ming school for one year and medals
60 the Individual members Of the
teams The National Ride association
now mas affiliated with 30 about 3a
school boy clubs. AN OF which are eX-
pected Co enter the contest
THE TROPHY.
Tho match for the 1903 gallery
championship of the United states.
win be- shot ON the local ranges at any
time between March 10 and %. Tar
gets viii Doe furnished by the n. r. A.
and the distance will Doe 90 feet This
match is also for teams of 10 bona
fido students. with 90 shots for record
of which 10 shall be shot standing and
10 prone two sighting shots allowed
Tor each position. The National Rifle
association viii appoint % Judge to be
present when each team fires. The
conditions regarding rifles and ammu-
milton are the same as for the school
boy match. The trophy is the cham
pionship trophy presented by the For
est. Fish and Game society of the
United States. 90 De held by the win-
mink university or college for one year
and to become the permanent posses
sion of the institution winning o.
three times 10 was won i'm 1908 for
the first time by Columbia university,
of New York city Colleges having
clubs affiliated with the National Rifle
association viii not be- required TO pay
any entrance fee, but other teams will
Dee charged 81 Colleges which are
eligible by reason Of afnliaton are.
College of ST. Thomas est Paul.
University Of Nevada, University OF
Idaho Washington state college Mar
isl college Atlanta. Ga. University OF
California. University Of Pennsylvania.
Delaware college State University OF
Idaho George Washington university
washington. ID. CO., Columbia uni
Nersiy Cornell university, Harvard
university Massachusetts Institute of
Technology ana Yale unworthy