Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-21
|. A.. RIFLE CLUB
HOLD MIRA. SHOOT
Large Number of Spot Shooters
Gather at Postponed Marks
manShip Contest

By special arrangement with old J.
Pluvius the Los Angeles Rifle and Re
volver club managed to pull off the de-
| layed shoot of the National Rifle asso-
citation. Members medal Sunday and
! the agreement to hold back on the
| sprinkling wagon brought out a good
| assortment of shots and near shots to
compete.
E. C. Price, a new hand at the mill
tary rifle game, cleaned up the medal
as per the promise he showed in the
past few shoots, scoring the good total
of 134. Conditions call for ten shots
per man at 200 800 and 500 yards, only
military rifles to be used with sights,
pull, etc, as issued by the government
to the army. The trophy is given by
the great National Rifle association of
! the United States to each club, the
| high man in the shoot held for the
medal keeping it permanently. new
one is given each club yearly.
The shoot took place on the Glendale
range with the unlucky number of 13
on hand to fight for the bauble. The
| hOodoo worked in the case of twelve of
the shooters, but Price states he has
no faith in 13 meaning bad luck. De-
cius was runnerup, but not close
enough to scrape any of the blacking
off Prices heels. 1t may be mentioned
incidentally that Decius shot on the
California state rifle team at Camp
Perry this year, getting second place
out of the twelve California men at
that competition.
The medal was won in 1908 by Pop"
Akin with 65, but five shots per range
being required at that time. In 1909
''Tummy' Umsted picked the winners s
pocket and still has the trophy for
that year.
The members who had not finished
their qualification for the National
Rifle association "marksman" buttons
wound up their scores Sunday, c. F,
Nichols, Mrs. Crossman, Mrs. Carr and
Kerbine being added to the list of but
ton winners. OF the expert class
for which the association gives silver
enamel lapel buttons the club has nine
men qualified. The necessity for run
ming skirmish and shooting the 800 and
1000-yard ranges for this expert button
prevented many of the members from
getting into the charmed circle. In this
class the National Rifle association re-
quires the competitor to shoot at 200,
300, 500, 500, 800 and 1000 yards, the
skirmish and rapid fire with total of
1926, which is the course laid down for
the militia by the government for the
expert decorations.
The shoot for the club offhand
trophy saw IIlG lowest lOl VI SCOIGS yOL
put up for this medal. Conditions call
for fifteen shots at 200 yards. military
target, with a possible score of rs. The
medal went to Harmon Decius with
the low score of GA.
The rapid fire medal was taken by
Crossman with A and nobody near
enough to make the conclusion doubt
full. Conditions call for ten shots on
the silhouette earget at 200 yards, time
for each five shots 20 seconds, kneel-
ing position. Three wins give the
medal for good to the shooter making
them, and as Crossman turned the
trick for the third time the club is out
one medal and Xman to the good one
more.
Features of the shoot were the fine
showing of Kellogg, who totaled 123
by strenuous endeavor, the lovely coun-
tenance acquired by lady shooter
who aried to take the kick of the rifle
with her complexion and the uniformly
poor work offhand, for which the lack
OF recent practice may account.
A club meeting will be held in the
locker room of A company, Arn1ory
hall, Wednesday night, at which new
officers will be elected and a vote
taken as to the conditions of the Pa
cifc Coast Rifle league for the next
year.