The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-31
WHAT'S THGTPTNGING SOUEDY
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The Iiig schugtzrufrsi q New On and u
20 Ne t:olnG During the Neek More
Medal, for Crarh shArpShaoters Who
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A you stood in the pavilion over in
Union Hill Schustzsn PARK in North Ber-
gen yesterday afternoon and -quinied
into the little obl0ng holes In the wall
and looked past another partition httls
further on. pierced by an opening no
larger than the first. and then bet you
eyes wander 81 acrnss the meadow 20 a
I tiny round black disk 30 yards away. yOu
began to realize that you have 10 be some
shooter TO get into the class Of the Ger
man American marksmen. II seemed
7 like a hard job to drive a bullet clear oi
that second hole In tho wall and the man
who aimed at ono of those distant rim
points with any confidence Of hitting the
mark appeared 20 he pretty optimistic.
But they stood there all day long yes
terday did these German Americans oG
the Matchmaker SchuetEenbund. who are
undor way with their sixth tri-annual
shoot az the park over beyond Hoboken.
and the task that they had set for them
selves wasn't apparently at all out Of the
range II possibility. AZ the long line Of
shooting holes. each one lsttered 10 COR
respond with the target boards disks
out across the field. they waited their
turns 70 level their barrels Il was a place
Of systematic confusion.
Under the pine roof Of the pavilion
the hanging Of rifles and the humping
Of gun butts against the floor echoed and
reeohoed. Along the tables where cart
ridge boxes were heaped up perspiring
marksmen bumped elbows and grand
one anothers heads ~ they lifted their
shooting irons to sight through newly
cleaned barrels. The minute one shooter
finished his round and relinquished his
place another was ready 10 slip past
him and take few cracks on his own
account
This was inside the railing in the part
Of the pavilion 10 which you were de-
denied admittanoe unless you wanted
IN compete. Outside. hut under the same
ROOT, long bar ran along the wall OPP
posite the shooters and a steady lins
81 past performers found foot room on
its brass rail or OVERLOOKED 10 the tables
that filled up the rest Of the place. Men
slapped one another on the hack and
chairs Gathered on tho floor and glasses
ratified. Thst pavilion was about as quiet
A. a sabbath afternoon in Coney island
But II you imagine that the uproar
got on the nerves Of the parksmen you
don't know a German American sharp
shooter. An old man whose fingers
trembled when he held a cigar between
them carried his gun 90 his shoulder
and nestled lt under his chin az COM
fOFtably az a tiolinist tucks away his
instrument. Some one suggested thRt
II tho building had been dypamited the
shooters wouldn't have hatted an eye
And as fnT the scorer. who st sersneiy
on he raised throne with his assistants
and iOtted down figures oomphcsntly
all day. the floor could have dropped
out from under him before ~ would have
known that anything hat happened
You oouldnt take a hook IN any dreo-
tion over there yesterday. inside the
ravilion or over the rest Of the park,
without having your eye land on uni
form Of aumeIsoTt There were the dark
blue reRhliaa u tho New York Schuetzen
Corps with hfty -four years % existence
to ia credit. which makes il the second
oldest u these organizations In this
country, and the light gray coats II the
Charleston shooters. whose club n the
very oldest ny reason II IL sixty years
Their long green plumes dsnc,d over
tie crowd every wherp you looked And
en- tIere WIS the uniform % the German
Jregers. worn hv one n the indeDendent
New York Cluhs With their light coGtsl
and green klels. Back fc.thsFS and
green feathers ard COTS 81 light blue
ard DARK blue werc everywhere Nlc
Germans Riding Club 81 Hohoken rdded
cavalry tpuch with their high boots.
And besides a bsttilion of the Fourth
Regiment \ q. y. J commanded by
M ior Henry Inhm.n. who served ~
grand marshal IN the parr.de n the shoot
tag park yesterday mOrnihE wa on hand
q add a little more Of the military 10 the /
picture.
on most If the uniforms there was !
very lttl' window space left for medals :
Thirtv-two Of these trophies WIS the .
largest number counted GA n single coat
and when you saw that one you w0nderrG
why IT, wegrer WIS out for another com
Us ution. U he wins AGAIN IL will be some
thing of problem n ind a place n pin
his prize
They were just getting warmed up to /
the festival YESTERDAY II began on
SUNDAY and the last shot won be fired
until the evening u June q But there
i=nt much chance of their getting tired
Of the game in that time there arr any
number n things 70 be done IN SChuetzen
PARK by the fraus aud frauleins and
knaben that came along with the 5000
aud more shooters. II may he remembered
that they had a fire over there a little
more than a week ago. when our Western
SKY Was Illuminated one night and that
he fire put the dancing pavilion out Of
business and thereby seriously threw out
Of gear the entertainment committees
plans Yesterday they were pointing with
considerable pride 10 a brand new plat
form that had neen hammered mp IN Just
seven days They hadn't time n Pot a
Id over Il and the periodical spatterings
u rain that drifted around the sky during ,
the afternoon made some Of the inter
Missions between dances q little longer
han usual. but nobody minded that 10
ong az there were bands b. play under
shelter irrespective ~ the weather
ne Fourth Regiment Rand was there
% plav for squadron A. and. viii one or
NO Others Of lesser magnitude there was :
NJ the melody that a German American
'roWd could want
Schuetzen Park has a number Of regular
Amusement park diversions and these
iept things moving when you grew tired
" watching them shoot Ia fat there
ras something happening from the
moment that you went inside tho gate.
first q VERY b'isinnszliks COMMITTEES
woman approached you and pinned q red
'Oae 10 your coat
What's that for2- you ask
For Is rents. said she. and with this I
tart you went under the ri umphal arch
iensath which 500 sharpshootcrs had !
marched after thVir four mile jaunt
rom HobOken IN the mOruin <. and a.