Evening journal., 1911-07-10
|CILBERT WINS
HAZARD CUP
Out Shoots German by Five
Birds in Preliminary to
Eastern Handicap
MANY TRAP SHOOTERS
HERE FOR BIG EVENT

Althoug trap shooters from all over
8 the country will not begin the sixth
H Eastern Handicap on the DUPONT Club
n grounds until tomorrow morning,
q there were fully 400 trap shooters and
others interest in the sport at the
4 club grounds at Newbridge this morn
ing, when Fred Gilbert, of Spirit Lake,
4 Iowa. defeated Lester German, OF |
Aberdeen, Nd in the 100 doubles. The |
The breaks were 1873 to IT'S, and the /
winner will receive the Hazard Silver
u Cup. valued at $3.50.
The match was the prettiest ever
seen on a gun clubs grounds in the
east. and both men were in fine form.
Germans followers picked him 10 win
until the end, as at the beginning of
the last 25 doubles he was but three
birds behind his opponent, the score
then being 1876 to 1873.
In the first 25's, Gilbert missed his
sixth, twenty-ffth, thirty-hrst, forty
third and fiftieth birds, while Ger
man fell down on the sixth, thirty
frst, thirty-second and thiry-seventh
The finals were Gilbert, As birds; Ger
man, 46 While shooting at the sec
ond set of doubles, Gilbert gained two
twenty-fourth, twenty-ninth and
thirty-second. German ran his doubles
in the first round without miss, but
in the last he missed the thirtieth,
thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth, thirty
ninth. fourty-fourth and forty-sixth.
The finals of this set we're: German,
90 Gilbert, 81.
Gilbert increased his lead by three
birds in the third. missing the fourth,
seventeenth. twenty-third and twenty
fourth and the forty-eighth birds,
while German lost his ninth, twenty
seventh, twenty-ninth. thirty-second
and thirty-fifth targets. He also
missed his forty-second and forty
fourth birds. During the last twenty
five doubles interest ran high, and
when Gilbert missed his fourteenth.
thirty-fourth and thirty-seventh clays,
Il was seen that German would have
a big margin 10 overcome. German,
however, surprised the spectators by
hitting the twenty-five straight, but
on the last run he missed the thirty
first. thirty-eighth, forty-frst and nf-
tieth birds. As he lowered his gun
German stepped across to Gilbert, the
winner, and congratulated him.
Edward Banks, an official Of the du-
Pont Powder Company. was referee,
while A. e Fink, of the American
Field Company, Of Chicago, was UNI
pire.
This afternoon there will be hye
practice shoots at 100 birds, al 10
\ Yards, and Judging by the number OF
shooters present this morning, some
high scores are looked for. Among
those seen on the grounds this morn
ing we're William Foord, the> Dela-
ware champion; L. ]. Sauier, }. w
Hessian.
Woman in Exhibition Shoot.
At the close of the handicap matcn
on Thursday. Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph
Tonnerwein. of San Antonio, Texas,
who are the champion rife and re-
volver shots Of the world. will give
demonstration at targets. Mrs. Top
perwein has a record Of 212 straight
Although there will be events TO-
morrow. Wednesday and THURSDAY,
the most important one will be neld
on Thursday when the eastern nanol-
can will be shot off This will be
omen to amatuers only at 100 targets
with handicaps franging from 10 70 IS
Yards The winner will receive $3.50
or more. and watch fob studded with
twenty-one diamonds, valued at $3.50
The winner is guaranteed $3.50 or
more and regular entries must ne
made at the cashiers office on the
grounds before o. m. on Wednesday
Penalty entries may be made after
Wednesday, July -, up to the time
the first gun is fred in event NO ,
bv having S15 entrance--targets in
ciuded Entries are not transferable
and entrance money cannot be with
drawn after handicaps have been al
lotted.
The shooting will commence at
o'clock each day TO be governed by
the rules of the Interstate Assocla'
ton. No guns larger than II guag'
allowed. Weight of guns unlimited
Black powder barred. Targets VIII d
thrown about so yards. Price o
targets g cents each) included in al
y entrances.
Some Of the prominent shooters an
their headquarters are:
HOTEL WILMINGTON.
Elmer Shaner. Pittsburg, Pa
L. ]. Squier, Pittsburg, Pa.
B. Elsesser, York Pa
T. H. Keller, Jr.. New York, n.
l.. r. Lewis, Atglen, Pa.
] w Hessian, Stamford, Conn
"A r. Elliott, New York, N. Y.
z H. Storr, Baltimore. Md.
Fl. H. Stevens, Roselle, N. J.
A. Topperwein and wife, San AT
tonic. Tex.
Edward Hickey, Midvale. Pa.
CASSIDY'S HOTEL.
c. A. North, Cleveland. Ohio.
CLAYTON HOUSE.
T. H. Keller, Sr., New York
H. d. Freeman, Atlanta, Ga.
W. Henderson, Lexington, KY
J. S. Day. Memphis, Tenn
Neaf Apgar, New York.
Stevens Arms and Tool Co. ct.
Montgomery
MERRITT HOUSE.
] A. Anderson, Philadelphia Pa.
w. A wiedebusch, Fairmount Y
Va.
o B. Dickey, Boston, Mass.
L. S. German, Aberdeen, Md.
J. S. Tanning, Jersey City, N. j!
Walter Huff, I-acon, Ga.
Sim Glover, Rochester, N. Y.
Fred Gilbert, Spirit Lake, Iowa.
w. R. Crosby, OFallon. Ill.
]. R. Taylor, Atlanta, Ga.
L. 2. Lawrence Haddonfeld, N.
H. Linn Worthington, Rising Su
Md