Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-07-25

of the National Guard and not a few
have see service In the army or navy
and in the Spanish war. Among them
are some excellent shots and while
the restrictions surrounding the Press
Cup are such as to prevent members
of state teams from competing and
thus the number OF contentans is cur
tailed, the contest is keen and IL
takes a good scorer to carry on the
cup. This annual contest grew out
of a merry Jest at Sea Grit some years
ago. Each year there gathers at Sea
Girt a happy party of newspaper men
who have been attending the New
Jersey Matches for number OF years.
They have Correspondents Club,
which holds annual meetings, ana OF
which Leslie r. Fort, son OF GOV. Fort,
OF ". j., and publisher -oi Lakewood
journal is president. The meetings are
now held In the Governors mansion
at Sea Girt range. Some years ago
as a joke the correspondents decided
to have press match. AS they
were considerably out of practice they
shot on a 1000 yard target at COO
yards. Even at that majority of the
bullets were never located. John Tay-
lor Humphrey, then editor of Shoot
ing and Fishing won the contest and
when the prizes were presented at
the club house that year he was nand-
ed a battered tin cup by Gen. Bird w.
Spencer, who gravely complimented
him on his Workmanship. Mr.. Hum
phrey made a suitable response and
predicted that out of the match better
things would come. lie also filled the
cup" according to time honored Gus
tom. The following year Mr.. Hum
phrey presented a handsome silver
loving cup for the first prize and the
New Jersey Rife Association added
some cash prizes and an interesting
contest was held with about fifteen
newspaper men as competitors.
Beautiful Press Trophy.
The following year the committee
on Publicity of the National Board for
Promotion of Rifle Practice, took up
the idea of securing permanent press
trophy and through the generosity OF
one of its members obtained solid
silver loving cup of unusually grace
full lines. which was turned over TO
the National Rifle Association. 1t is
inscribed: Press Trophy-Presented
by the National Association OF Ameri-
ca as Perpetual -Trop- for rifle
competition among the Press OF the
United States" AS the National Board
conducts no matches except those
for which Congress provides the prizes
the press cup match is shot under the
- hA ~
and Fishing having been replaced by
Arms and the Man" the latter BUD
LEGATION gives fer this match a replica
Of the Press Trophy. The original
goes to the publication represented
by the winner which keeps 1t for one
wear. The replica becomes the prop
erty of the winner. AS the trophy
is properly inscribed with the name OF
the winner. the publication represent
ed and the score, it will in time be
very interesting as well as handsome
affair. In addition the National Rune
Association gives a life membership
to the second man, and there are
number of cash prizes. While the
N. r. A matches follow the Nationa
Matches and have been shot at CAM
Perry for two years past and Will Dt
this year, Sea Girt still keeps up the
"Press Match for which Arms and the
Man provides a cup and the n. J. II
A. the cash prizes. The Illinois STATE
Rifle Association and several others
have press fife matches but the prize:
GO to the winners and not to the pub
LEGATIONS as in the case OF the Press
Thophy.