Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-23
CLUBS
WIN MATCHES
LOCAL CRACK SHOTS SHOOT
POORLY
Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver Club
Goes to Glendale Range To-
day to Contest with
Bisbee Team

The Los Angeles Rifle and Revolver
club indoor rifle team and the rifle team
from the Triangle Cadet club of the
7. M. G. A. shot their first matches in
the new indoor league of the National
Rli1e association riday night Owing
TO the fact that the range in the Y. M
g A. building has not been finished
tne clubs shot on the splendid range of
the Harvard school. Los Angeles was
pltted against the strong Fort Pitt
Rifle club of Pittsburg, admittedly the
strongest rifle club in the world, and
that the locals lost is a foregone con-
cluslon. The Triangle Cadet club was
stacked up against the Birmingham.
Ala, Rifle club.
Both the local teams shot poorIy. the
Rlfie and Revolver team leading. by 1856
points due largely to the greater ex-
peflence of its members.
The conditions in the league matches
call for twenty shots for each man at
20 feet, with 22-caliber rifles sights in
front of the firing pin, regulation s.
pound trigger pull. The target used is
miniature of the standard American.
having the ten-ring one-half inch in
diameter, the nine-ring one inch in di-
ameter and the eight-ring an inch and
half across. In addition to this are
other rings in the white part of the
target running down to one in value.
Each score was shot in strings of five
shots, the possible score for each string
being 80 points.
Major Rowland Supervises
Major HoWland of the national guard
was in charge for the National Rifle
association and supervised the shoot
ing.
Owing to the short notice. but two of
the alternates put in an appearance r.
d. Nichols outshooting Miles and dis
placing him on the team for next Fri
day night. Umsted Felsenthal and
Andrews are the remaining men of the
ten selected for the team and alter
mates. Stevenson of Pasadena would
have made a place on next weeks team,
but shot on the wrong target, scoring
a ten for his shooting partner and los
ing the shot Stevenson shot excellent
ly, but misses his famous elephant gun
with which he used to make wonderful
scores on the outdoor range, using a
mattress to catch him after each shot
with the ferocious weapon.
Italian Club Is Next
The team for next Friday night will
consist of CroSsman, c. F. Nichols, E.
ID. Nichols, Kellogg and Hague. with
five alternates endeavortng to displaee
| them for the match two weeks away.
The club shoots against the Italian
Rife club of New York city next Friday
night, the Y. NJ. c. A. boys stacking up
against the Rocky Mountain Rife club
of Butte, Mont. Scores are wired and
targets sent by mail at the conclusion
of the matches each Friday evening.
The club shoots today at Glendale
against the rife club of Bisbee, the
| Bisbeeitcs shooting their scores one
week hence The club shoots Sunday
through fear that the weather man
may again go back on it if the match
is put off any longer. on account OF
the heavy winds prevailing, the Bisbee
club has asked that all three ranges
zoo 800 and 500 yards-be shot prone,
and the locals will shoot accordingly.
Eight men will compose team.
Scores made Friday night were as fol-
lows: