Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-26
IN SIXTEENTH PLACE
district Rifle Team at Camp
Perry Has Bad Luck.
ACCIDENT LOSES 80 POINTS
George Washington University Team
Wins Championship.
CAvALRY'S SKIRMISH SCORE
Texas Makes Biggest Gain Over
1eO61Discontent Marks the
Close Of Contest.
ACCIDENT LOSES 80 POINTS
CAVALRY'S SKIRMISH SCORE
special Dispatch to The Star.

IL per cent-the District rife team In the
national match ranks sixteenth. Bad luck
was responsible for most of the five-place
drop the team made from last year when
il was eleventh. with 1925 points. BY &C
cident the team lost sixteen shots-pos-
sible sp points-on the skirmish run. Capt.
Dennison got off but five of his twenty
shots because of a gun cock, and one OF
Lieut.. Hollis shells would not go into the
chamber The addition of 50 would have
landed the District eleventh again.
The biggest pull-up in the match was by
the United States cavalry, which started
eighteenth at 100 yards and quit fourth.
The cavalrymens skirmish score, 1,1o2,
was high. The greatest gain over last
years score was Texas Hotpoint jump,
which won her the bronze soldier or Mar
athon in class {.
Local University's Success.
The George Washington University
Rifle Club wins the intercollegiate indoor
championship for 1909. The executive
committee of the National Rifle Associa-
ton has refused to sustain the protest OF
the sachusetts> Agricultural College
that the Washington marksmen were not
undergrad uates and therefore not eligible
to compete in the match st Sea Grit June
49,
The>entire District team is competing in
the national individual match, in which
there are 624 entries.
National Individual Match.
The national individual match. which
started this morning, Is, like the national
team match, open to members of the
Army. Navy, Marine Corps, Military Acad-
envy. Naval Academy and the organized
militia and naval militia of the District
of Columbia and the states and terrific
ries. The contest is over the same range
as the national match. but In different
order. 1t began on the skirmish targets,
then went 10 rapid fire. then to slow fire
at 200 yards and will conclude at 800
yards and 1000 yards.
The prize list in the national individual
match this year includes twelve gold,
twelve silver and twelve bronze medals;
$3.50 cash, divided among the twelve con-
testants scoring highest; $40 among the
next twelve and $50 among the third
twelve The highest slow-hre aggregate
wins a twenty-dollar prize and a gold
medal, as do the highest rapid-flre and
the highest skirmish scores.
Near Open Rebellion.
The national matches are not being
run off to suit the National Guard
militia team captains and shooting
demning the manner in which the ma
tional match was stretched out over
three days, and the manner Yin which
the individual match is being extended
through tomorrow. The state" teams
in not few cases are near open rebel
lion. They roundly condemn the Y. 5
in charge of the matches, they say, are
as much at home here as anywhere,
while many OF the militiamen are TAX
ing valuable hours from business.
The opinion of the guardsmen is that
the national match could have been,
and should have been, ended by Tues
day evening, and the national indt-
vidual by last evening. So general is
the feeling regarding the slow pace at
that several of the most influential
team captains and adjutants general
declare that the National Guard should
next year have chance to have a Ma
tional Guard executive officer dispatch
the matches; that the executive officer
should alternate between the army and
the guard.
First Perfect Score.
The possible which sergt. William F.
Leushner of the New York team made
at LOCO yards was the first perfect score
at that range that has ever been made in
the national match
L. S. A., gave smoker last evening at
the Ohio State Rife Associations club
house to the adjutants general and team
captains at which the shooting game was
discussed by the oratorical talent OF the
camp.
The medals won at the northern and
army competitions for 1909 were pre-
sented last evening at the headquarters
of the ID United States Infantry. which
is In camp here. acting as markers during
t<r,n toha
Capt. C. H. Lyman of the Marine Corps
has been appointed financial officer of the
national matches.
Rifle Association Matches
The matches of the National Rife AS
sociation of America will begin on this
range Immediately following the national
matches. Lieut.. Col r. X. Evans. U.
S. A., who has been executive officer of
the national matches. will continue in that
capacity during the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION matches. The necessary compile
ment of army officers and enlisted troops
TO man the range will remain during the
matches.
While a number of the state teams
will leave tomorrow and thereafter, still
a large number will stay. and the entry
lists promise to be larger than ever.
The National Rife Association will this
year put into effect the percentage plan
FOR prizes. and all money paid in en-
rance fees will be returned to the win.
lers after deducting the actual expense
Of operating the range. AS this will be
very small, owing to the employment OF
troops for that purpose, the purses will
be considerably larger. and the number
of prizes greater than ever before
As II was uncertain when the national
matches will close. dates could not be
set for the National Rife Association
matches. but they will open with the press
match this afternoon or tomorrow. The
first prize is the solid silver Press Cup"
for annual competition, with a small
replica to the winner: second. life
membership In the National Rife Associa-
ton. valued at $25, with third fourth
and fifth cash prize. The press match
will be followed by the championship re-
volyer team match. state secretaries
match. life and annual members match
interciub championship company team
championship resimental team. Leech cup.
tyro. Marine Corps. Presidents and the
Evans service skirmish matches. During
the tournament the national marksman's
match will be in continuous progress as
we'll the junior marksman's match
Competitors making the necessary score
in these matches will be enrolled in the
national marksman's reserve, at the War
Department.
Attractive List Of Trophies.
The Leech cup, Wimbledon cup, Long
Range Marine Corps tyro. and the Presi-
dents match will attract the most at
tention of the individual matches. The
first two have been contested for SO
often as to be historic. The Leech cup
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