Evening star., 1912-08-30
Championship Company Match
to Co. K, 1st Regiment.
BEAT OUT FIVE OPPONENTS
Other Two Local Teams Finish Fifth
and Sixth at Seagirt.
TOTAL 354 IN POSSIBLE 400
Capital Rifemen Competing This
Afternoon for the Coveted VIM
bledon Long-Distance Trophy.

RIFLE RANGE, SEAGIRT, n. j.. Au-
gust 3o-Practically all riflemen Iartici-
pating in the Seagirt shooting tournament
were before the targets today, the pro-
gram including number of important
events with attractive prizes.
The day opened with the championship
company team match and was followed
bv the Gen. E. F. Meany match, the
famous Wimbledon cup match, Spencer
championship revolver team match. all
comers' squadded revolver match ana all
comers' squadded pistol match.
Weather conditions continue to be satis-
factory.
The District rifiemen won another VIC
tory today when Company X, LIST Regi,
Inent District of Columbia Natlonai
Guard, after an exciting finish, won the
championship company team match WIN
a total score of :i54. defeating the loth
Pennsylvania team by one point. Com
pany ID. I'd Alabama. finished third. with
:.49; Company c, 4th New Jersey, was
fourth, with S31: Company b, 1st Dlstrlct
Of Columbia, fifth, with SO, and Com
pany X, ID District OF Columbia, sixth.
with 3l3.
At the conclusion Of firing at the short
range Company *, the winning team,
was in second place, with 169. the 10th
Pennsylvania beng five points ahead.
Throughout the match puffy wind from
the SOUTHWEST was bloW oil coo tAiS
range with light conditions excellent.
Rest Proves Beneficial.
Greatly refreshed as a result Of a gooo
rest during the past two days. the Dis
trict rifiemen resumed work with vim be-
fore the targets today in the champion
ship company team match and the VIM
bledon cup match. The two teams which
represented the District in the formei
event were:
COMPANY X, 1st Regiment-Lieut
Thomas Brown, Sergt Alfred g. Schmidt
Sergt Joseph D. Schriver and Corp. j.
Ralph Fehr. =,
Company X, I'd Regiment-Lieut. c. Nj
Reich, Lieut.. F. c. Martin, Corp. \. l.
Barnard and Private F. F. Varney.
The distances were 200 and 600 yards
firing commencing at o'clock this morn
ing at the short range, and 9;3o oeiocH
at the longer range. In the Wlmbieoof
rife team is competing this afternoon
there being but one stage at 1,Uoo yards
twenty shots for record, with two sight
ing shots.
Tomorrow will be another big day fol-
the boys, and interest will be centered ~
the company team match, which is sched-
uled to start promptly at o'clock at tht
2UO-yard range, and the company team
match Ctyro) at the same distance, ar
hour later. The company teams entered
clude:
Company B. 1st InfantryoCapt. F.
Lockhead, Second Lieut.. A. c. Otto. First
Sergt. F. r.. McFayden, Sergt- E. +
Roberts, Sergt. e. Turner, Sergt. NJ. Bod
enhamer and Private r. Clouser.
Company X, LIST Infantry-Capt. E. w
Fullam, First Lieut.. Thomas Brown
Sergt. \. G. Schmidt. Sergt. J.. D. Schri
ver. Corp. J. r. Fehr. Private p. IL
Agramonte, Musician E. III. Gerber.
Company C, I'd Infantry-Capt. R B
johnson. First Lieut. H. w. Klotz. Sergt
A. r. Klotz. Corp. B. s. F1atker. Corp
O. d. knight. Corp. w. III. French and
Private p. l.. MacComb
Company G. I'd Infantry-First Lieut.
c. l.. Adams. Sergt. A. ]. Correll. Sergt
John Molyneaux, Corp. ]. H. Mcintyre
Corp. A. A. Wautz. Corp. c. Miller ano
Private G.. r. Joynss.
Company X, I'd Infantry-Capt L. B
Ernest, Second Lieut.. c. NJ. Reich, Sec
ond Lieut.. F. NJ. Martin. Private F. r
Narney. Private p. ID. Lowell, Private
y. l.. Bernard, and Private II. F. Rich
ardson.
Company NJ. I'd Infantry Capt. E. ii
Brian. First Lieut.. II. c. Calm. Sergt.
f. Taylor. Corp. J. w. Payne, Corp. Z
Il. Hamilton. Sergt. George Deltz ant
priy