Evening star., 1912-09-05
DISTRICT GUNS LEAD
Win "Surprise Fire" Stage of
New Jersey Team Match.
PRESENT PRIZES TONIGHT
Famous Dryden Trophy Shoot to Be
Staged Tomorrow.
LOCAL CRACKS SHOW ABILITY
Do Remarkable Work in Tying for
First Place in Enlisted
Mems Event.
PRESENT PRIZES TONIGHT
LOCAL CRACKS SHOW ABILITY

September 5.-The wind shifted last night
and blew away to sea the bank Of fog
which interfered with the shooting in the
Seagrt tournament yesterday, and at
3 o'clock this morning the riflemen began
an exceptionally busy shooting day in an
effort to catch up.
1t was decided to eliminate from the
program today the 900 and 1,OOO-yard
stages of the New Jersey national team
match. and to have the scores made at
those ranges in the Dryden trophy match
tomorrow count instead.
Competitors were shooting this morn
ing in the surprise fire stage of the New
Jersey national team match. the marine
corps match, and the enlisted mems team
match. This afternoon is being devoted
to the du Pont novelty match, the Marine
Corps match and the Libbey match.
District Team in Lead.
At the conclusion of the surprise fire"
stage of the New Jersey national team
match the District of Columbia team was
leading all competitors by margin of
ten points, with score of SIT. The stand
ing of the other competitors was:
Iowa. 5O7: Marine Corps, 5O4; Alabama,
497 Texas, 4SS; Massachusetts,, 4S7, and
New Jersey. f56. The contest will not be
concluded until late tomorrow.
Presentation of prizes won to date is
announced for tonight, following the an
Iiual meeting of the National Rifle As
:ociation of America.
Tomorrow, the twelfth day of the meet,
will be the banner day. when the famous
Dryden trophy match will be staged.
This probably will be one Of the hardest
fought matches of the year, as the trophy
is one Of the handsomest donated In the
interest of rife shooting.
This match is open to teams of eight
men each. the distance being 2OO. 600 and
LOCO yards. with ten rounds per man at
each distance. TO the team making the
highest aggregate score, in addition to
cash prize of $50 will be presented the
Dryden trophy. to be held during the year
by the head of the corps or organization
winning it. To the team making the
second highest score will be awarded 800
and to the team making the third high
est score, $50. The match was won last
year by Ohio. The trophy was presented
by United States Senator John +. Dry
den from New Jersey.
Local Cracks Show Ability.
In tying the first Massachusetts team
yesterday at the 6OO-yard stage of the en-
listed mems match the District rifiemen
did some remarkable shooting and dem
onstrated their ability with the rifle under
most unfavorable conditions. The four
day rain which had bothered the rifiemen
SO much had practically disappeared, but
q heavy fog hung over the rif1e range, en-
veloping the targets In such a manner
that it was impossible at times to see
them. Occasionally the men would get
slight glimpse OF the target and would
blaze away and score their hits The next
instant it would be completely obliterated.
The match was late in starting by rea-
son of the heavy mist. Six men were
entered in the match from the District.
rifiemen from the other states, lying
alongside the District sharpshooters.
waited for the fog to lift, with the re-
suit that when time was nearly up they
began firing in rapid succession so as
to finish within the limit and not forfeit
their chances for a prize. The District
men. in the meantime. however, fired in
a regular and consistent manner. when
conditions permitted, and when they fin
ished still had time to spare
Tied for First Place.
At the conclusion of firing at the 200
yard stage the District and Massachu-
sets teams were tied for first place. with
279, and the other teams finished in the
following order: First team. U. S. Marine
Corps. third. 27S: second team, Massa-
chusetts, fourth, 276: Iowa, fifth, 274;
second team, U. S. Marine Corps, sixth,
27o: third team. U. S. Marine Corps, sew
enth. go; Maryland, eighth. 267, and
fourth team. L. S. Marine Corps, NINTH
go. The match was an interesting and
exciting one, and drew a large gallery of
spectators.
Sergt- Alfred G. Schmidt carried off
the honors at the short range, with 80
Out Of a possible So scoring 10 consecu-
tive bulrs-eyes. with Corp. John w.
Payne next with 10. at the same dis
tance. The boys shot like veterans and
their work was of the highest order at
all times during this stage. 1t did much
to encourage them when they started
work at the long range in the afternoon.
The scores Of the District team at the
conclusion of the 6OO-yard stage were:
Sergt. Alfred G. Schmidt, 80: Corp. j. w.
Payne, 40; Sergt. j. D. Schriver, 46;
Sergt. Charles f. Groom 40; Private r.
II. Clouser. 45, and Corp. j. Ralph
Fehr, A.
Fog Postpones Match.
At l o'clock yesterday afternoon the
Marine Corps match. which had been
postponed on account of the heavy mist
over the range, was announced as about
to begin. The contestants. numbering
nearly 800 men, assembled and waited
for conditions to improve They lay on
their arms without firing a shot all aft
ernoon. The wind was blowing from the
ocean, carrying with it the thickest mist
seen In this vicinity for years. 1t put
blanket over the entire reservation and
brought everything to a complete stand
still. The match Is being shot today in
order to catch up with the program
Fourteen men are endeavoring to pile
up good scores in this match in order
to strengthen their chances on the Palma
trophy team. They are Lieut.. Col.
Glendie b. Young, team captain; Capt
F. III. Heidenreich; Capt. Frank W. Holt,
Lieut.. Thomas f. McAnally. Lieut. Ralph
Alderman, Lieut. Harry C. Caldwell,
Lieut.. Richard Powers. Lieut. Thomas
Brown, Lieut.. Harry E. Burton. Sergt.
Frank F. McFadyen. Sergt. Alfred G.
Schmidt, Sergt. Joseph d. Schriver
Corp. J. Ralph Fehr and Private Charles
+. Groome.
Company Team Tyro Scores.
In the company team match. tyro,
which was captured by Company L, first
team, Sd Pennsylvania Infantry, with a
score of 1875. Company X. 1st District
of Columbia Infantry. took second hon
ors, with 132. The individual scores:
COMPANY K, 1ST INFANTRY.
200 y6s. 500 yds. Total
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