Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-08-02
Profitable Practise at Fl. Douglas
Forerunner OF National Meet
AT Camp Perry.
SOME REMARKAB WORK.
sergcants Anderson, Gardiner and
Nelson, Capt. kncass and Prl,ate-
Amundscn Make Splendid Scores.

The rifle practise which has been held
at Fort Douglas the past week, in prep
aratlon for tho national match at Canip
Perry. o.. has been a profitable one for
the Utah experts and IL now remains
To be proven whether the team viii he
able TO keep up its remarkable score
making. The boys have been working
hard and the result is some high aver
ages at all ranges Since the practise
commenced the scores have been con
tinually on the improve and the final
days practise leads all by several
points on the total
Tho team will go TO camp in Wyo-
ming with the guard and while there
will put in hard practise under the
coaching Of capt. Kneass, in aiming
and trigger pulling, and the work GER
tainly VIII be profitable. as the ma
jorlty of the practise on all big teams
is without loaded ammunition. The
camp Will break Aug. II. when the
guard will return To- the city, but the
rifle team Will go on to Perry. arriving
several days prior to the national
match During This time the boys will
be entered I'm the individual matches. In
order to find the elevations. Although
each man knows his elevations here,
they might change enough to pull down
a score.
SCORES DURING WEEK.
Some remarkable scores have been
made during the week At skirmish,
Sergeant Anderson and Sergeant Gar
diner made 95 out OF a possible 100.
Sergeant Anderson and Sergeant Mai.
IL 4. Ia
fire, capt. Kneass leads al 1000 yards
slow fire with i6 out of co. Sergeant
Anderson leads at 500 slow fire. making
a., and Private Amundsen made the
high score at 900 yards slow fire. which
was as
Sergeant Anderson Is high man for
the week. making GAG out OF possible
600. Sergeant Gardiner comes second
with $40, and Lieut. Coolidge is third
with 81. The officers who will accom-
pany the team on the trip are Adtutant
General Wedgwood, as team captain.
Maj. Williams OF the First battalion as
range officer: Mai. Zimmerman OF the
Second battalion will act as spotter,
and Lieut.. Sorensen will be pit man.
Lieut.. Waithall, coach.
While at Perry on the two days of
preliminary practise for all teams In
general. the Utah men will shoot for
so and % per cent medals. which are
given by the Ohio state Rife associa-
ton. Each man must purchase
25-cent ticket and In case his score IL
high enough. the medal will be award
ed
Lieut.. Walthall Of the fifteenth in
fantry who has been coaching the
team will go wish the boys To Perry
and be the adviser He is satisfied
with the shooting and stated that II
the team can average any way around
the average az the post, Utah win
certainly come in the running for the
money
STILL HAVE A CHANCE.
Corp Merrill was eliminated but his
shooting was not In the least poor,
Sergt. Way, Corp. Glasmann and Prl-
yate Mortensen OF b company ogden,
are the three alternates. These men
will not necessarily be alternates at
Perry, as they will have an opportunity
to shoot and make the team there.
The team To enter the match will not
be named until the day OF the match,
which Is Monday. Aug. 22.
The following table is the official
standing Of the Is men. made out by
taking the highest two scores at each
range. Coach Walthall has kept ecord
and submitted the following scores.
CAPT Webb OF the battery IL not
credited with any scores but ne is
member Of the team. Through some
mistake his scores were overlooked: