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HAMPTON, pHOEBUS AND OLD pOINT-C Continued


] The American team, however. wa,
| hurriedly got together and in mos
| instances the men shot without anS
F! considerable systematic preliminary
| practice. They also used style ol
target with which many OF them
were unfamiliar The match goes 70
show that at present. at least. En-
| gland shows greater development
than America in holding, aiming ana
pulling for which the % caliber rite
! is very valuable as a means OF In
struction and practice. The defeat
OF the American team will undoube-
eddy tend to stimulate further the
general interest in this important
feature of rifle practice as the match
will be sot again next year ano
strenuous efforts Will be made TO
carry off the prize. The contientai
countries will be invited to take part
in the match next year and IL is be-
lieved the list OF entries viii be con-
siderably larger. The Americans Will
begin work In the autumn and =
team of as or 100 will be selected to
to practice until shorty before the
match is shot and from this number
a team of fifty will be finally chosen.
The committee which verified the
scores made by the Americans CON
sisted of 1T Col. r. X Evans, u. S.A.,
Executive officer of the National
matches for 1907. 1908. 1909: Major
James f. Bell. |. S. A. p. ID. c. n. G..
and 1t. A. s. Jones, Secretary OF the
National Rifle Association. The
members of the American team ana
their scores wer as follows: w. +.
REYNOLDS. New York Cay. 29S: Theo-
dore A. Gabriel, Newark. y. j.. 296;
George w. Chesley. New nHaven,
Conn. 900; William Tewcs. Jersey
City, 295; William Baker. Jersey
City 295: A. +. Loundensack. New
Haven. 295: patrick O'Hare, Newark.
294: owen Smith. Hoboken, n. J.,
1893: j. w Landon. New I Haven.
Conn. 293: C. b. Chisholm, Cleve-
land. Ohio, 292; G. T. Ross. New
York City. 292: NJ. Dorrler. Jersey
City. 292: w. ]. Gram. Rochester.
n Y. 292; II. Bitter. Newark. 29l;
Louis c. Buss. Brooklyn. n. Y. s9J;
l.. H. Page. New Haven. 290: Ed
ward w. Bird. Fairnont. Mimi. 2S9'
w. d. Kittler. New Haven. 2S9; j. +.
Barton Boston. 2S9: II. y. Williams.
New Haven. 2s9; paul b. Mann. New
York City. 2S7: DR.. Walter q. HUI
son, New York City. 2S7; William b.
Martin, Elizabeth. n. j., 2S6: DIR. ..
A. stillman, syracuse, \. Y. 2S6;
George F. Snellen. Newark. 2S6: NJ.
b. Atkinson. Washington. u. c.. 2S5:
Arthur Hubalek, Brooklyn. n. Y.
2S5: George Sweezy, New York CITY.
2S4: G. L. Apgar. Elizabeth. n, J..
2S2: George Schlicht, Gutenberg. n.
J.,2S1; Harry NJ. pope. Jersey City.
ESQ; Aug Larsen. Rochester. n. Y.
ESQ; ]. w. Dearborn. New Have:;.
ESQ: ]. Enrich, New York City. ESQ;
J. Ralph Fehr. Washington. ID. C..
279; Theodore Carlson. Boston. 27I;
l.. p. Ittel. Allegheny, Pa. 2T6; J. H.
Morgan, New York City. 275: C.. A.
Niemeyer. New York City, n275;
James r. Dabb. Elizabeth, n. j.. 275;
Arthur A. Leach, jr., Brooklyn, n. T.,
275: James Keough, Wakefield. Mass.
274: J. II. Byrnes, New York City,
PA; w. D. Huddleson, Boston. 273;
VIM. n. French, Newark, 1913: Frank
II. Keene. Boston. 270; Herbert w.
Mcbride, Indianapolis. Indiana, 269:
Arthur Smith, Denver, z5T: c. X.
Clark, Burlington, Kansas. 266; and
Thomas Mccarthy. WoDurn. Mass,
1853, total 14,179. All the contestants
used the prone position with the eN
ception of ittel. Neimeyer, Reynolds,
Leach. Schlicht, Hulbacha. Hulbalek.
and Buss, who used the standing
position with the elbow rest.