Evening journal., 1911-09-11
TRAP SHOOTERS
MAKE SCHEDULE
Eighth Season Of FIOuriShlng
Organization Opens on
October IA
DUPONT IS FOR
ASSOCIATION PRIZES

Strengthened by the addition of the
Clearview Club. of Darby, the DUPONT
organization. of Wilmington, and the
nsdale team, of Lansdale. Pa, the
7 Shooters League this season as
sume proportion and prospect Of hav-
ing the most successful shooting year
of its career. With the admittance Of
this trio of clubs the league doomed
the circuit to eight making it possible
for the teams TO pair off for champion
ship shoots and does away with the
crowded condition on shooting days.
which somewhat marred some of the
shoots last year.
Florists, of Wissinoming, won the
first championship back In 1905, When
they won IL out OF is matches, the
championship then being decided by
the same system which governs base
ball They duplicated their feat the
next year, when they won 10 out of is
matches, but the 1906-07 race was
captured by the Whites, who outshot
the three other clubs which comprised
the race that season. The highest
number Of targets broken for the sea-
son determined this championship,
the Whites breaking 2779, for the cam
paign. The first point scoring sys-
TEN. with the number of targets
broken, went into effect in the 1907
OS race, which the Highlands won by
scoring 20 points and smashing 2S11
! bluerocks. A total of Is points and
/ 1922 targets enabled the s. S. Whites
to win the 19OS-09 championship,
while the Florists captured the title
in the 1909-10 race by scoring 16
points and breaking 2603 flyers. Last
winter the Highlands outshot the field,
scoring II points and being credited
with 2602 breaks for the seasons
work.
The season is TO open on Saturday,
October IA, and will continue 60 April.
One shoot per month is the schedule,
the shooting day being the first Sat-
urday of each month, with the excep-
tion of October Two shoots Will be
held during next month, the November
! date being moved forward TO the first
Saturday I'm October owing to the
hunting season.
The same shooting conditions will
govern this years race, as il has done
for the last few years. namely, so tar
gets per man, then 10 highest scores
to count for a clubs total. all gunners
standing at l6 yards. The point sys.
TEN will prevail the club winning its
match to be allotted two points ant
the loser one. The schedule fol
lows:
October 14-At Camden South En-
vs.. Highland. AT Haddonfield-Ha
donfield VS.. Lansdale AT Wilmington
HNDCnf A.
-Clearview VS.. Meadow Springs.
October 2S-At Holmesburg-S. S
) White VS. South End At Lansdale-
Lansdale VS.. Clearview At Edge Hill
Highland VS.. dupont At Fifty
seventh street and Lancaster avenue
Meadow Springs VS. Haddoniieid.
December 2-At Camden Souti
Z End VS. DUPONT At Fifty-seventl
Springs VS.. Lansdale At Edge Hi
Highland VS. s S White At DARBY
-Clearview VS.. Haddonfeld.
January 6-At Haddonfeld-Ha
donfeld VS. South End AT Holmes
burg-S. S. White VS.. Clearview. A.
Lansdale-Lansdale VS.. Highland A
Wilmlngton-duP VS.. Meadow
Springs
February 3-At Camden-south En-,
vs. Bansdale AT Edge -Highlant
vs.. Haddonfeld At Fifty-seventl
street and Lancaster avenue-Mea
dow Springs VS. s. S White A
Darby-Clearview VS. dupont.
March AT -Clearview vs
South End At Holmeshurg- S
White VS. Lansdale At Fifty-seventl
street and Lancaster avenue meadow
Springs VS.. Highland. At Wilmington
DUPONT VS. Haddonfeld
, April 6-At Camden-South End VS.
/ Meadow Springs At Haddonfeld-
Haddonfield VS.. S. S. White. At Edg
, Hill-Highland VS. Clearview. A
ansdale-Lansdale VS. DUPONT