The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-02
STATE RIFLE TEAM
 IS DECIDED UPON Men Selected to Represent
 Alabama at Shoot
2D INFANTRY LEAVES
Team for Work at Camp Perry Has Been Chosen From Best Rifle Shots in Alabama Na-
 tiOnal Guard

The rifle team of the Alabama National National rifle shoot to be held at Camp Perry, Ohio next week, in which rifle teams from every state of the Union and every branch of the regular service will compete for supremacy has been selected.
 The men composing the Alabama team for 1911 won the honar after keen com petition. in which every crack shot in the National Guard of the state participated. Each man won his place on the team by ing an equal show with the colonel. The team is as follows: Lieut.. T. c. Locke, staff officer, Second infantry; Capt R. V. Mabry, staff officer Third infantry; Sergt. l.. H. Pope, Company D, Second infantry; sergt Hugh Evans, Company D, Second Second infantry; Sergt. R. E. Hunt, Con- pany A. Second infantry; Maj. G. o. Dickey, field officer, Second infantry; Lieut.. J. T. Evans, Company B. Second infantry; Capt J. c. Morris, Company F, First infantry; Lieutenant Green. Com rany F, First infantry Sergt J. M. Bis sett. Company F, First infantry; Lieut.. J. C. O'Connell, staff officer, Fourth infan- try.
 Alternates: N. J. Owen, Company c, Second infantry; Col. c. R. Bricken, Sec ord infantry; Capt. P. O. ,Franson, Com rany D, Second infantry.
 The team officers will be Gen. J. B, Sculley. team captain; Maj Cliff Price, range officer; Capt D. S. Hudson, spot ter: Lieut.. Coi. W. F. Weiss, coach; Maj. E. S. Chapman, surgeon.
 This team has been selected from the Lest rife shots in the Alabama National Guard. They have been encamped at s,oles since July r. While several of the previous years, there are many new men on the 1911 team. Since the team has been selected they have been putting in hard practice and have shown splendid form, surpassing that shown in the elimi- nation contest by which the team was se- lected.
 The coach, Col. W. F. Weiss, feels con fdent that the team will make a good showing at Camp Perry this year. He states that the averages of the scores made b.J the team each day show marked improvement and he is devoting his best efforts to strengthen the weak places. The team will leave Friday for Camp Perry via Chattanooga, Baltimore, Pitts burg au1 Cleveland.
 They will not only enter the national matches but will enter all the special and individual contests as well. Some of the individual members of the Alabama team have records that compare favor ably with the best rifle shots in the United States, and they expect to make good showing for Alabama in the national con- test. The rivalry between the states is keen and about every state in the Union will be represented at Camp Perry. In addition to the National Guard there will be teams from the regular branches of the service, infantry, cavalry, artillery, marine corps, signal corps, and teams from Annapolis and West Point. It is a noteworthy fact that 10 of the 13 members of the team to represent Alabama are members of the Second infantry regiment and that Colonel Bricken, Lieutenant Col cnel Weiss and Major Dickey of that regimen. are among them. A