The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-10-30

Washington. d. c.. Oct 2S.-The &C
ton Of the National Board for Promo
ton Of Rifle Practice In restoring the
u. 8. Marine corps to second place in
the great national team rifle match.
which was shot at Camp Perry in Au-
gust. has met with very general ap-
prevail In the rife world. although un-
der the plan Of classification OF the
teams the decision will change several
teams from one class to another. In
the shooting the marine corps finished
second to the United States infantry
with q score Of 1886. the infantry
score being 1886. The u. 8. cavalry
followed with 3,115, Iowa had 3,112
and the U. 8. navy Sill. All Of these
teams were shooting in class A In
which two trophies and four cash
prizes are given, with medals to the
members OF each team. the first prize
being the national trophy presented
by congress. The skirmish run Is the
last stage OF the match and general
ly speaking the final standing of the
teams depends greatly on their shoot
Ing ut skirmish. For some years past
NAO os ~ SA0AShS vi 10 I0o uCVOICu a
great deal OF time and money to rifle
practice, its latest effort In the direc-
ton Of improving It's shooting, and
with an eye toward capturing the nat
ional trophy, being the establishment
OF a modern up-todate rifle range on
the Potomac river near Washington.
The efforts of the marine corps to cap
ture the prize and their gameness in
defeat as well as in incidental victo-
ries, and their readiness to help com.
petitors in every possible way has
gained for the officers and men an en-
viable reputation and standing in the
shooting game. On the last day of
the national match the marine corps
team had just started in on it's skirm-
ish run. AS the first shots were fired
at 500 yards Lieutenant Randolph
Coyle. u. s. NJ. c., who was team
spotter. and who was seated behind
the line looking at the targets through
q 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 Lieutenant Coyle meant
that the marine corps skirmishers
had guaged the direction and velocity
OF the wind correctly as evidenced by
the accuracy of their shooting
Through the telescope he could see
the holes In the targets made by their
bullets, which were invisible to the
members OF the team.
The rules governing the national
matches are the strictest that can be
devised to insure fair play and they
are vigorously and impartially enforc-
ed. One Of these rules forbids all
coaching In q team match, except that
"a team captain may coach his men
on the rum" meaning the skirmish
run. Lieutenant Coyle's exclamation
being called to the attention of Col
onel r. K. Evans. U. 8. A.. executive
officer OF the national matches. the
latter held that 1t was technical vio-
lation OF the rule against coaching and
penalixed the marine corps by elm.
mating their score OF 1852 points
made on the skirmish run. He did
this with great reluctance as it SEEM
ed most unjust that a team whose ex-
cellent shooting entitled 1t to second
place should be dropped clear to the
foot Of the list through an indiscre-
ton Of non-shooting member. The
elimination Of the marine corps gave