Evening star., 1912-09-03
DISTRICT MEN in RUNNING
Capt. Heidenreich and Lieut.. Alder.
man May Make Palma Team.
CALDWELL AND CLousER WIN
Two Other Capital Pairs Land in
Money in Jersey Association
Two-Man Event.

1
RIFLE RANGE. sEAGIRT, n. J.. Sep
| tember 3.-The tenth day Of the shooting
tournament, which opened here this morn
ing, found the teams representing the
various states engaged in the Sadler
trophy match for the prize put up for
annual competition by Brig. Gen. Wilbur
F. Sadler, jr.. the adjutant general OF
New Jersey. The distances are 800, 9Oo
and 1000 yards. The teams were COM
posed OF eight men, and every team was
striving hard late this afternoon on the
long range to capture the event. It was
shot under Palma trophy conditions. al
the scores made in this match will be
considered when 1t comes to selecting the
Palma team at the conclusion Of the
| meeting.
Two members of the District team con-
tinue to hold places among the twenty
four honor men for places on the Palma
| trophy team. They are Capt. +. III. Held
enreich of the small arms department
and Lieut.. Ralph Alderman of the ord
nance department. The former stands
twenty-first. with a score of 24S. and the
These totals are made up from the scores
| in the Remington. Wimbledon and Leech
cup matches at the long ranges. Sergt.
kean Of Massachusetts heads the list with
total score Of 208.
In the Leeeh cup match. which was won
by Sergt. F. H. Kean of Massachusetts
with 1O4 District men finished in the
prize money as follows: Capt. F. w. Holt,
Groome, twenty-third. 100, 1885: Private
R: H. Clouser. twenty-sixth, 80, $2.65:
Lieut. Harry c. Caldwell. 90. s2.e5: Corp.
j.. Ralph Fehr, thirty-f1rst eS, $2.65, and
Lieut.. Thomas Brown. thirty-second, IS,
1896. In the tyros Lieut.. Ralph Alder
man finished eighth with 81, taking a
| two-dollar prize.
Capt. s. w. Wise a Winner.
The winner in the life members match
was Capt. 8. w. Wise Of New York, score
GO. prize. 50; second, Lieut. Col. William
A. Tewes. New Jersey, 65. 1886: third.
j. w. Hessian, Connecticut, 65, $2.6o;
fourth. Nathan Spering, Pennsylvania.
GA, 81. In the tyro Lieut.. T. H. Keller Of
New York won first prize, score 49, 81.
me annual members match was won
by Sergt. p. s. Schof1eld OF Massachusetts
with score Of 66. prize. $13.35. The tyro
prize was won by Lieut.. Ralph Alderman
OF the District with "a, prize. 81.
On account of the steady downpour yes
team match, the Evans skirmish and
the veteran organization matches were
called of.
Shooting under the worst conditions
since the opening Of the tournament
two District rif1emen. Lieut. Harry c.
! Caldwell and Private Robert H. Clou-
| ser, tied the scores Of the winners of
third and fourth place Yesterday in the
| New Jersey State Rifle Association
| two-man team match. finishing with a
| total score of 1876. The match was won
by Capt. G. H. Emerson and Lieut. H.
E. Simon of Ohio. winners Of the event
| last year. with total score Of 100.
| The distances were 800 and 1000 yards
1 ten shots eQch diqfanCa
All through Sunday night it poured
down and yesterday morning. when the
| bugle sounded Commence firing" the
ground was still wet, with strong
| The wind jumped at times from seven
| to twenty three miles an hour, and
kept the rifemen guessing at every
turn. When the District men went to
existed, while the light conditions for
shooting were extremely bad. A steady
drizzling rain was coming down. but
this did not deter the crack shots and
they blazed away at the target until
the match was finished.
Three District Teams in Money.
More than one of the champion rifle
shots in attendance from the various
states missed the target, and when men
of this caliber miss hitting the target at
all the stay-at-homes can well appreciate
how unfavorable the conditions were. For
tunately only one Of the District men got
off the target, and even then this particu-
lar man and his teammate landed in the
prize money. Had it not been for this
the team probably would have finished in
second place. In all, three teams from
the District landed in the prize money.
They were Lieut.. Caldwell and Private
Clouser, 1855, fifth place: Capt. Frank w.
Holt and Sergt. Charles E. Groome. 1SS,
eleventh place. and Lieut.. Ralph Alder
man and Capt. F. H. Heidenreich. 1S3.
twelfth place. Eight teams were entered
in this match from the District
The prize winners in this event and
their scores were as follows: Capt. Emer-
SON and Lieut.. Simon. 100; c. B. Long
and P. 8. Schofield, 1SS: Sergt. Leuchner
and Sergt. ]. II. Knuebel. 1856; Capt. Eddy
and Musician Chesley. 1888; Lieut.. H. c.
Caldwell and Private r. H. Clouser, 1ee;
Lieut.. Mumshower and Sergt. Gemmill.
1856; Capt. E. 8. Gels and Sergt. w. Durch-
denwald, 1856; Lieut.. F. H. Finnel and
Sergt. c. NJ King. 1S5; H. Keough and ].
H. Upton, 1S5; II. ]. Gussman and w. E.
Reynolds, 1S4; Capt. F. w. Holt and
Eergt. Charles E. Groome, 1888; Lieut..
Ralph Alderman and Capt. F. Fl. Heiden-
reich, 1873; Capt. Duce and Corp. Elicit,
1888; Lieut.. LIE Roy Schilling and Sergt.
J. E. jackson. 1872: Capt. Corning and
Capt. K K. v. Casey, 1872; Maj Price
and Capt. Pfeil, 1872.
Individual Scores.