Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-20
RIFLEMEN SHOOT
AGAINST SEATTLE
Pile Up Excellent Score of 765,
Best Notch Attained Since
Matches Began
SERIES ENDS IN FORTNIGHT
CroSSman Wins Rapid Fire
Trophy and Hanson Gets
0ffhand Medal
SERIES ENDS IN FORTNIGHT

The fourth series of matches of the
Pacific Coast Rifle league came off
Sunday the Los Angeles Rife and Re
vOlver club shooting against the Seattle
Rifle and Revolver association, the Ia
coma Rifle and Revolver club against
Bisbee and the Southern California
Rifles against Spokane.
If the clubs run true to form the Bis
beetles will take their foggy town
brethren into camp, the Southern cali
fornia Rifles will make the Spokane
club run in their dust, and the Los An
geles Rifle and Revolver club will win
for a change.
The Los Angeles club shot on the
Glendale range and for once shot up
to winning form, scoring 765 for their
total. in spite of having only nine men
out. Unless the Seattle club shoots
far above past form the locals will
win hands down.
However, this is the line of talk
passed out two weeks ago, when the
locals shot 755 against Tacoma, and the
Tacoma club proceeded to run up no,
so the dope is not as reliable an indi-
cation of who won as a little yellow
telegraph slip from the other club.
For the local club kellogg was high
with the bully score of 1873, the sort of
shooting that wins rifle matches. The
scores tapered off to III for Kline,
which is some differen from having the
low man with but Ill POINTS to show as
a help to the team.
The shoot for the offhand medal also
came off, and the trophy was gathered
in by p. S. Hanson with Ga, the four
bulls being made by Hanson in his first
ten shot and then couple of threes
offsetting his two extra bull shots that
came later
The shoot for the rapid fire trophy
resulted in a slight miXup of scores,
Kline insisting that he was entitled to
a second trial, but losing out to Cross
man on the second try for the bronze.
AS Crossman has gathered in the
trophy for the second time and as it
requires but three wins to give the
lucky one permanent possession, he
is promised a run for his money on the
next medal shoot day.
Conditions We're good, but the sun
at this time of the year is so far over
head that the light on the targets is
very bad, and the scores at 300 yards
suffer in consequence. The eight-inch
bull is used at 300 yards, and While
hrd to see at 200 yards it is still at the
triple range. A strong light is neces-
sary to enable the shooters to make
good at this range, light which does
not exist on the Glendale range until
the sun is farther to the southwark.
The conditions were as usual, ten
shots per man at 200, 300 and 500 yards,
with the high six men composing the
team. H. c. Miles had a bad day of
1t, failing to place, while Kerbln,
new man, threatened to outclass the
veterans for standing on the score
sheet.
Crossman and Kellogg, pals, had a
falling out on the subject of their
shooting ability-or lack of it-and each
deposited a cart wheel of the realm as
evidence of his belief that he was the
better shot, the test to be the offhand
shoot at 200 yards. The result, due to
the large fortune at stake, was pair
of scores that good shot could make
with his eyes shut, Crossman finally
grabbing off the hundred coppers by
a couple of points, while both of them
should have been ruled off the range
and the money given to charity after
their scores.
Crossman landed the record for off
hand shooting with six straight bulls
at 200 yards, the first possible" five
shot string registered in the club. but
imagined he was in the basket of the
Eighth street balloon right after and
wound up with three and three fours.
c. F. Nichols landed a beautiful 300
ward string of 40. his sole four being
so close to the edge of the bull at
"SeVen o'clock that the tnree-lhcll
spotting disc Tapped into the black
spot. Kellogg shot nearly as well with
nine bulls. but getting three due to
a poor hold, which he called before
the shot was marked.
Hanson and Crossman failed to hold
up their pace at 500 yards, getting but
40 and "A respectively, due to some
condition which the shooters were un-
able to dope out, but which may have
been at the rear end of the rifles.
The off-hand shooting of the club in
the team shoot was much superior to
the scores in the medal match, Cross
man getting As in ten shots, or an av-
erage of five bulls in the ten, and Han
son and Kellogg getting A in the same
number of shots, while in the medal
shoot. Hanson got but four bulls and
Crossman and Kellogg's scores were
unprintable.
Spokane will be taken on next Sun
day. the last match of the present
series after which plans for the sec
ond half of the series will be made by
the officers of the league. Rife teams
desiring matches should address e. c.
Crossman 3416 Glen Albyn drive. Los
Angeles. president of the league, or
w. B. Knoble box 754, Tacoma, Wash,
secretary of the league.