Evening star., 1912-09-08
District Riflemen More Sue
cesSfuI Than in Years.
GET HOME THIS MORNING
Some Marksmen, However, Go to
New York and Philadelphia.
TWO REMAIN AT sEAG1RT
Will Endeavor to Make American
Team Which Will Compete for
International Palma Trophy.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special DispatcA to The Star.
RIFLE RANGE, SEAGIRT, N. J., Sep
tember THE victorious brigade rife
team, representing the District of CO.
lumbia, departed from here tonight at
S:41 o'clock in special car over the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad for home.
station. Washington, at 7:5O o o'clock to-
morrow morning Those in the party in
cluded Lieut. Col. Glendie B. Young.
team captain; Col William E. Harvey.
Maj. Thomas 8. King. Capt Frank w.
Holt Lieut.. Thomas F. McAnally, Lieut..
Harry c. Caldwell. Lieut.. Richard Pow
ers, Lieut.. Thomas Brown. Lieut.. Harry
E. Burton. Lieut. Herbert c. Earnshaw,
Sergt. and Mrs. Frank F. McFayden,
Sergt. Joseph D. Shriver. Private Robert
H. Clouser. Sergt. Charles e. Groome.
Howard s. Fiske, Mrs. L. A. Wood and
X. J. Schmidt Several Of the team
members left on early trains this evening
for Philadelphia and New York.
The success Of the District team this
year has been the greatest and the tro-
phies and cash prizes by far the largest
in number in years. The work of the
members of the team has been most
gratifying to Col Young, the team cap
tain. He feels rewarded for the efforts
he has made to bring the District men up
to the top notch.
Summary Of Victories.
A summary of the victories Of the
District men at the close Of the tourna-
ment today is given as follows: g
New Jersey national team match-First prize,
$50.
Dryden trophy team match-Second prize, 800.
Championship regimental team match-First
prize. $32; second prize, $25.
81 Interstate resimental team natch-Third prize,
Championship company team match : First
Company team match.First prize; $50,
team 8ssss,riiss g!i.s; SIS: eleventh p1iss'
sadier trophy match-Third prize, SIG.
Presidents match-seventh prize. 81; twenty
Remington Eighteenth prize. S. TWEEN
ty-dxth prize. s..
Prize M15
thirty -drst prize. s.; tnirty,se7enta prize, s..
prizes Meansy So matcn-sevenfh prize %;
Leech cup mateh-Fourteenth price 81; TWEEN
1aae prize pafs Ss pise
s2;e5: thirty prize, $2.6o; forty-third
prize, y.
! Annual members match Eighteenth PRICE 81.
Marine Corps match Second prise, $40; elev-
enth prize. $4.65; eighteenth prize. 1895; twen-
tieth prize. $3.35; thirty first prize, 81.
The total cash prizes won by the vari-
Gus teams amounted to $685. while the
prizes won by members OF the team in
individual matches amounted to $111 .05.
In addition to the above several trophies
and many gold, silver and bronze medals
were won in both team and individual
matches.
Two Men Eligible.
The District OF Columbia has two
representatives among the twentyfour
high-score men eligible to compete
in the final try-out here Monday morning
for places on tho American team that
will represent the United States in the
competition for the International Palma
trophy. The match will be shot at OF
tawa, Canada, next Saturday. At the
conclusion of the Seagirt tournament this
evening 1t was figured that First Lieut.
Alderman and Sergt A. G. Schmidt, both
of tho District National Guard, ranked
ninth and eighteenth respectively among
the twenty-four high-score men Of the
tournament. They stayed here when
the remainder of the District riflemen
departed for home at S:H O'Clock to-
night.
Sergt Schmidt also won the tenth cash
prize in the Seagirt championship match,
the final event of the tournament. Fur
ther, he captured the Reading match, a
re-entry rif1e competition, open through
out the tournament. The prize was a
gold medal.