Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-07
WINS THE STAR BADGE
,Sergt. Thomas Brown Cap
lures Coveted Trophy.
MAKES HIGH SCORE OF IS
Capt. Heidenreich His Nearest Com
petitor With "a.
PUTNAM EQUALS THE RECORD
Makes AZ Out Of Possible so at 200
Yards Rapid-Fire in Distinguish
ed Marksman Match.

Sergt. Thomas Brown, Company /, list
Infantry, n. G., D. c.. won The Evening
Star match with a score Of IS. He will
receive a gold badge presented by the
Evening Star Newspaper Company. His
scores at the various ranges, 200 800. 500
and 600 yards. were "a, ~. Is and "a.
Some Of the leading scores are as fol-
lows: Capt. Heidenrich. assistant in
spector of small arms practice. "a: J.
H. Cole. Company E. I'd Regiment, Sc:
Lieut.. H. c. Caldwell, 1st infantry, 30:
Lieut.. C. n. Putnam, retired. 90: c. A.
Cutler. Signal Corps. 90; r. H. Clauser,
Company B. LIST Infantry. 50; E. T. Tiliey.
Company B. "a Infantry, IS; Lieut..
Richard Powers, Company B. LIST In
Naval battalion. 81: Lieut.. Col.
w. e. Harvey. I'd Infantry. 81.
Conditions Of the Match.
commissioned officers and enlisted men Of
the guard. The distances are 200. 300. 500
and 600 yards. The first prize 10 a gold
badge: the second prize is s.. There are
five prizes of 81 each and Ave prizes OF
81 each. The scores In The Star match
over the 200. 800 and 500 yard ranges de-
terrnines the winners of 1.-THE National
Rife Associations medals for the 1st and
I'd Infantry.
Lieut. Charles n Putnam N I.1,2as
equaled the worlds record OF forty-seven
out of q possible fifty. at 200 yards. rap
id-fire. In the second stage Of the Dis
tinguished Marksman match. This record
Is held by Capt. Allen Of the Massachu-
sets National Guard and was made at
Camp Perry, Ohio. last year.
Sergt Maj. p c. Bischoff of the LIST
Regiment was the first to turn In a
perfect score of IS in the r. Harris &
Co. Trophy match. Private A. c. Cort,
Company G. Maryland Infantry. also
made a possible 25. This match is for
a silver cup, to be held one year, and
gold medal. 1t is shot on the 600
yard range, with five rounds per man.
The Distinguished Marksman's match:
for gold medal and S.. at 200 and
1000 yards. with ten rounds. rapid fire.
200 yards, and ten at 1000, slow fire,
will be in progress until late this aft
ernoon.
The aerstenberg Trophy.
The Gerstenberg trophy match at
1000 yards, the first prize being h
trophy to become the property of the
person winning it three times. and the
brigade rife team skirmish matches
and the Smiley Individual rapid-fire and
skirmish match, open to sharpshooterS,
to be shot on G targets. began late this
afternoon.
Lieut.. Caldwell Wins Gold Medal.
First Lieut. H. c. Caldwell Of the list
Infantry, National Guard of the District
of Columbia, yesterday afternoon proved
himself an expert on the 1.OO0-yard range,
when he took first place in the Harries
long-range match, and thus gets a gold
medal His record was ~ out of pos
sible Is.
The next best scores in this event were:
Is: Private Stevens. Il; Sergt. Andrews,
20, and First Sergt. Joyce. 70, all of the
Marine Corps team.
Marines Win Skirmish Match.
The United States Marine Corps team,
which earlier in the day took first place
in the Mosher match. won the Berry &
Whitmore Company team skirmish match
with a score of $50. The 1st Infantry,
n. G.. D. c., was second with 77S: the I'd
Infantry, with 759 third, and the LIST Sep
arate Battalion last. with 321.
The members Of the various teams In
this match were:
Marines-Lund. 1870; Andrews 143; Frag-
ner. 147; Farnham, IA; Stevens, 142;
Joyce, 100.
First Infantry-Lieut. Caldwell. 40:
Sergt. Brown. 1871; Sergt. Schriver, 119;