Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-11
HAIR YARD SQUAD
FIFTH IN SHOOT
Local Military School Team
Makes Great Showing in
National Competition
ABRAHAMS TIED FOR FIRST
Surprising Record Made by Cadet
Causes Much JubiIation
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at Academy
The National Rifle association of
America announces the results of the
second annual competition among the
preparatory, public and private schools
of the United States for the Astor cup
and rife shooting team champ pionship
for thevyear 1910.
This match which is held under the
jurisdiction of the national assoc oiation,
is shot by school teams on home ranges,
under the supervision OF judges ap-
pointed by the national association. The
targets used in the match are forward
ed to the headquarters of the national
association, and the scores are deter
mined by committee appointed for
that purpose.
The match was open to teams of ten
pupils from any public or private school
not comforting a degree, each boy firing
ten shots standing and ten shots prone
at fifty feet on a target having a bulls
eye counting ten, one-half inch in di-
l.aIneter, with nine graduated circles
counting from nine to one, using a ~
caliber rifle with open military sights.
Forty-two teams entered the match,
but eight schools either did not COM
pete or failed to send in their scores.
In several cases schools entered two
teams.
These schools cover territory en-
bracing the entire United States,
stretching from New York. Baltimore,
Philadelphia and Washington across
the continent to Los Angeles and San
Rafael, Cal, and from Portland, Me,
south to San Antonio, Tex.
For the second time the trophy went
to a public school of the city of New
York, thus demonstrating the fact that
THE rifle shooting now being carried on
in these schools, under the auspices of
the Public Schools Athletic league, is
developing some fine marksmen. The
scores of the winning team compare ia
Vorabiy with those of the college and
civilian club teams which shoot under
similar conditions.
1t will be noted also that the second
team was from the public high schools
of New York city The scores then
take a considerable drop until it would
appear that there was another class
competing. The third, fourth, fifth and
sixth teams were from military acade-
mics, where rifle practice is carried on
as part of the curriculum.
| The De Witt Clinton high school of
! New York, winner of the match, has an
age average OF II years and months;
the score of 1921 showed an average of
1921 of possible 200 for each boy By
military count the score would be 955,
or two points better than the winning
| score of last year, made by the Morris
high school of New York, who were
second this year with a score of 1902.
A member of the De Witt Clinton team
also carried off the honors for the best
individual score-William Krefeld hav-
ing made a score of SO standing and 81
prone, or a total of 100. The best
standing score was 93, made by c.
Brown and w. Krefeld of De Witt
Clinton high school and H. Linicus of
Morris high school. Five boys tied
with the top score of SO for prone shoot
ing-H Wilson of the wentworth mill
itary academy, e. Abrahams of the
Harvard military school, r. Adams of
the Hitchcock military academy, M
Cohen of the De Witt Clinton high
school and William Carside of the
PStoneham (Mass.) high school.
Rifle shooting among the schoolboys
of the country is rapidly increasing in
popularity. The president has declared
his belief that training the schoolboys
in craftsmanship is a sound principle
for national defense, and the secretary
of war in his last report said:
1.-THE encouragement of rifle practice
among our citizens and schoolboys is of
the greatest importance in this coun-
try, where preparedness for war is
largely based on the employment of an
army of volunteers, and wisely framed
laws will give a healthy stimulus to
this branch of military preparation"
A bill is now pending in congress,
carrying an appropriation of 100000
and a free issue of rifles and ammunl-
ton, to carry on this movement on a
broad and national basis. The bill has
been passed in the senate and is now
pending in the committee on military
affairs of the house.
mi ,,la IN, at01 ar- cletI
follows
DE Witt Clinton high school New
York City ...................... ..1S21
morris high school, New York city 1903
3-Hitchcock military academy, San
Rafael, Cal. ..........: .......; -l752
4vst. Johns military academy, Della
field, Wis. ....'... .''.'''.''' i "a
Harvard school, Los angeles ,.,,.. 1859
bia, Tenn; - ~
Mass. ..,................':l l1Oi
s-Brookline high school, Brookllne,
s-perring high school Portland. Me 1865
1O-saratoga Springs high school, sar-
toga Springs, N Y................ 1868
11-Erasmus Hall high school, Brooklyn,
N. Y.................,:.. 1880
12-central high school, Philadelphia. 1928
l3-Portland high school, Portland, Ne 1915
14-Benedictine college, Savannah. Ga. 1906
15-Shattuck school, Faribault, MINI. 1902
16-Kentucky military institute, Lyn-
don, Ky. .''..'.. -. '''4''o
17-Western high school, Washington,
ID. C.......... ''''' - '' :. . 'i''o
1s-Universlty preparatory school, Ton
kawa, Okla. a...........,..... -. - 1888
19-Kemper military academy Boon
vile, Mo. ............ -. '.'loSo
2O-Central high school, Washington,
d. c. 80 = : '''"f |
21-Peacock military academy, San An
tonic, Texas .........'.. 80 - '4f'9
EN- E. manual training school, Phil
adelphia, Pa. .....,...'. ..'''' 'l4Vz
23-Hitchcock military academy (2d)'
San Rafael, Cal. .......... - 'l4Sl
24-Central manual training school,
Philadelphia, Pa. .....'..''.. l4g0
95-West side high school, Denver, Gel. 1477
9s-Xavier high school, New York city 1853
27-Wentworth military academy Lex
ington, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .l49o
oS-Manual training school, Denver Coll45O
29-Vashon military academy Burton
Wash. ......... ....'' .'.'' =. :. liza
aO-shattuck school cd team, Fari-
bault, Mimi. ..........' -: ''l4%9
31-Harry Hillman academy, wilkes
barre Pa...........'..' az I |
s2-BaItimore city college Baltimore. .l4l9
S4-Manual training high school, Brook
lyn, N. Y.....,..,.....'....' 'i3!i |
S5-East side high school, Denver Col 1896
36-Wentworth military academy ga
team), Lexington, Mo...,.'....' .l3o4
s7-Nazareth hall military academy