Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1910-07-30
LIEUT.. DOW CRACKSHOT
Former Mayor OF Annapolis Is
Final Victor In COmpeti-
tiOn
SCORES HIS THIRD WIN
Takes The Expert Medal Al Saunders
Range Adds Fame To His Other
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Former Mayor John dePeyster
Douw is a crack shot, as was finally
decided yesteday by the final contest
for membership on Maryland's ma
tional match rifle team, which was
the distinguished experts match
shoot at Saunders Range.
1t was scheme of elimination de-
signed by Capt. William B. Brown,
ex.ordnance officer of the Fourth Reg
! iment, who furnished the trophy.
! Every distance on the range was in
volved, ten shots at each, and TWEEN
! ty shots at skirmish fire.
Lieutenant Douw, of Annapolis,
was the final victor in this eompe-
tition, thus scoring his third win of
the week. He thus adds to the
fame he has gained at Sea Girt
and other national contest. Major S.
j. Fort, of the Ordnance Department,
won the Winans match for the State
revolver championship for the third
successive year.
Each contestant was required to
make at least 40 at 200 yards, 40 at
800, A at 500, AZ at GOO, A at 500,
40 at 1000, 40 at rapid fire and 80 in
the skirmish run, in order to qualify
for the next range. The contestant
qualifying at the greatest number of
stages, or if more than one completed
the entire course, the contestant
with the highest aggregate was to
be declared the winner.
Twenty-Five experts opened fire at
the short range. 1t may have been
the knowledge that 40 was absolutely
necessary that made the old stagers
wobbly, for many went down who
daily average at least that much,
including the new state champion,
Capt. d. W Jenkins.
Only fifteen qualified to go to the
higher range, and of these Private
Heinrich, Company f had high score
with 45 points. At 800 yards there
were some narrow escapes from fail
ure. Only thirteen were finally ad-
vanced to 500. With AS each, Rene
han, Givan and Forney led at the sec
ond range, while in the aggregate
Sergeant Givan stood first with 80.
The A required at 500 yards was
stumbling block for only one, Lieu
tenant Lupus, who totaled but Al.
Captain Edgar and Sergeant Renehan
here distinguished themselves by put
ting all their bullets through the
black for perfect score of so each.
Givan rang up 40 and still held first
place with the excellent score of 1853,
which was fourteen more than the
match conditions required. BY this
time the sun had brought out consid-
cradle mirage, which, tossed about by
fshtail wind, made conditions at
600 yards difficult to read
At 500 yards easy shooting was ex-
pected, but the wind rose during
lunch. Johnson, who had shot we'll
all week, went completely to pieces,
totaling 81. Even Sergeant Wright,
the Fifth Regiment coach, was caught
by the gusts for a number of threes,
gathered hut AZ and joining the
eliminated. Sergeant Forney. of the
Fourth Regiment, here made an
other perfect score of so. Lieuten-
ant Douw also came to the front,
tieing Givan for first place with 230.
The squad then moved to the last
/ slow-fire stage-1 900 yards Only
/ one elimination took place here.
Lieutenant Waters, the office in
charge of the 1000 yard pit, called
to the firing line that the seventh
| shot on target No. was a miss in
tead of three. Lieutenant Due
had fired the shot, and when the
correction was made he was just
three points short of the requirement.
Renehan here amazed everybody
with ten straight bullseyes, taking
/ first place in the race with total of
297. Forney was second with 277.
A care worn line of skirmishers lay
down for the real test at 8 80 o'clock,
but they tried to "kill'' the paste
hoard man. Seven tried and five
/ failed. Douw and Gemmill being the
only ones reaching so. Crestfallen
they returned, leaving these two to
| face the rapid-fire targets alone. 1t
took but a minute and half to dis
pose of the last stage, the two con-
| testants emerging with flying colors,
/ Douw with 45 and Gem mill with A.
The former will get the trophy for
high score-4O3 and both will get
the costly Distinguished EXpert"
medal. SinguIsrly, this pair were
the only ones to finish the course last
year, Douw winning with 394 and
Gemmill finishing second with 3SS,
the same score he made yesterday.
In fact, there are only three "Dis-
tinguished Experts in the State,
Sergeant E. o. Wright having won
the trophy unattended in 1908, the
first year it was offered. The com
plete scores of Lieutenant Douw
were 200 yards, A; 800 yards, 4S;
500 yards, As; GOO yards, 46; 500
yards, 40; 1000 yards, "A; skirmish,
81; rapid fire, as.