The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-26

fourth and the u s. Navy team fifth
The skirmish run Is the last stage
OF the match and generally speaking.
the final standing of the teams de-
ponds greatly on their shooting at
marines had devoted time and spent
much money in rifle practice, having
a modern uptodate range on the Po-
tomac river near Washington. The
efforts OF the marine corps to capture
the prize, their gameness in defeat as
well as in incidental victories and
their readiness to help competitors in
every possible way has gained for the
Officers and men Of that corps an en-
yiable reputation. On the last day of
the national match the marine corps
ISL run. As the first shots were fired
at 500 yards. 1t. Randolph CoyIe. L.
IS. NJ. c., who was team spotter and
who was seated behind the line look
ing at the targets through telescope.
sprang to his feet and in an excess
of enthusiasm over the good shooting
being done by the members of the
team called out loudly Good wind
BY this 1t. Coyle meant that the
rifle experts had gagged the direction
and velocity of the wind with accuracy
as told by the scores being made.
which he could observe through the
telescope, while the members of the
team remained in ignorance of the con-
!dition as the targets were too far
away for tim to see when the bullets
struck and the shots are not marked
up until the firing ends.
The rules governing the national
matches are strict. One of them pro-
hibits coaching. 1t. Coyles exclama-
ton was called to the attention OF
Colonel r. X. Evans. Y. S. A., execu-
tive officer of the national matches.
He held that it was a violation of the
rule against coaching and penalized
the Marine Corps by eliminating their
score made on the skirmish.
The elimination OF the marines gave
the cavalry second place, the Iowa
guardsmen third and the Navy rifle
experts fourth place. The cavalry team
however. believing that an injustice
had been done to the Marine Corps
team, filed a protest with Acting Sec
rotary of War Oliver, who is presi-
dent OF the National Board for the
Promotion of Rifle Practice. 1t was
what might be termed in court, a
friendly suit. The national board. in
special session reversed the decision
of the executive officer and gave the
marine corps team second place. This
action eliminated the navy team from
the list OF prize winners in Glass A..
One of the reasons which actuated
the board in restoring the marine
corps to it's proper place with the fact
that had it been left at the bottom of
the list 1t would have been pitted
against the other teams in Glass C at
the next annual tournament-teams
that 1t easily outranks. The practical
effect would be to deprive these teams
of any opportunity to win the first
prize in their class which is the Sold
Ter of Marathon, accompanied by $500
in cash. At the matches last year the
Naval Academy team was penalized
for an infraction of the rules, which
dropped them from Glass A to Glass
B. This year their excellent shooting
landed them in sixth place, in Glass A
and incidentally won for them the first
prize in Glass B, which is the time
honored Hilton trophy, together with
$3.50 in cash
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