Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-15
LADS INTOLERANCE
Prizes Captured Yesterday by
High School Teams.
MEDALS AND TROPHIES WON
Annual Competition Takes Place at
Winthrop, Nd.
CONTEST FOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Superintendent Davidson HOPES
Tournament Will Be Regular
Feature of School Year.
MEDALS AND TROPHIES WON
CONTEST FOR CHAMPIONSHIP

The third annual outdoor rifle shooting
District of Columbia was held Yesterday
at the range of the United States Marine
Corps at Winthrop. Md. About 40 boys
from the high schools of the city took
part. and the tournament was pronounced
to be the best and most enjoyable that
has been held since the institution of the
competition three years ago
Two individual championships were cap
tured by representatives of Technical
High School, these being the Secretary
of War cup match, Won by P. Gibson
and the Chamber of Commerce match
for the individual school boy champion
ship Of the District of Columbia. won by
W. G. Wells The third individual cham
pionShip, the Gen. Oliver match for the
indiv dual championship of the Wash
ingtOn High School Cadet Corps was won
by f. B. Ransom of Central. BY failing
to capture the Chamber OF Commerce
match, Central High School relinuuishes
years, and which would have become the
property of the school had CentraTs rep
resentative been successful this year.
Distribution of Honors.
The other events were divided among
the high schools of the city, Business
High School winning the company team
match. Technical High School capturing
the interclub match, while the interschool
team match, for teams of ten men, was
won by the team from Central High
School
The boys left the city at o'clock yes
terday morning on the steamer Wake
field, which was chartered specially for
the trip. DR.. w. NJ. Phelps of Central
was in general charge. with officials of
the other high schools as assistants. The
shoot was held under the auspices of the
1nterscholastic Rifle Shooting Association
of the District of Columbia, of which or
ganiZation DR.. Phelps is secretary-treas-
urer.
DR.. Davidson Gratified.
Dr. W. NJ. Davidson, superintendent of
schools, accompanied the marksmen also
and manifested keen interest in their
work. DR.. Davidson expressed the hope
that the school authorities may see fit
to make a regular feature of the annual
rife tournament, and declared that he
proposes to work with the other interested
school officials to bring this about.
The dOWn-river trip was delayed by
reason of heavy fog which hung over
the water, making navigation difficult.
Not until a point below Alexandria had
been passed did the fog lift SO that full
speed could be made. The range was
not reached until after IL am.
Capt. Lay, u. S. NJ. c.. acted as chief
range officer. assisted by Lieut.. Price,
L. s. NJ. c., quartermaster Of the post
at Winthrop. The scorers and markers
were enlisted men from the Marine Corps.
Schedule of Events.
The first event was the company team
match, open to teams of four cadets
from each company of the High School
Cadet Corps; range, 200 yards: stand
ing position, two sighting shots and
seven record shots. The prize in this
event is the William B. Hibbs silver cup,
with silver medals for the individual
members of the winning team. This
event was won by Company III of West
ern, in 1909. and by Company Z of Cen
trail, in 1910
The prizes were won yesterday by the
team representing Company G OF Bust
ness High School. with a score of 1913.
Company l. of Technical High School and
Company of Central. tied for second
place with scores of 81. Company \.
Central. was third: score, 81. The other
companies, with their scores, in order,
were: Company II, Western. -: Com
pany I, Central. Il: Company c. Tech
meal. 60; Company F, Eastern. g.; Com
pany E, Business, 81: Company NJ, Wes-
tern. 50. The score of the winning team
follows: