Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-21
Presidents Match at Camp
Perry Attracts Largest Num-
Der of Entries Today.
ENTIRE DISTRICT TEAM
IS ENTERED IN RACE
Winner of All-Round Test Gets Au.
tograph Letter From White House
and Gold Medal.
Special Dispatch 10 The Star.

Special Dispatch 10 The Star.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio. August o1-For
the military rife championship of tho
United States the largest iield that ever
started i'll the National Life Association. =
Presidents match got away at s o'clocl;
this morning. This historic contest.
Nfic:i is uagcd by authority of the
President of the United States. opened
un the skiiinish hc ID and will take the
aspirants fol the cnais p;onsilip honors
through al-round test. Open to
members of the Army, Navy, Marine
! Corps. the Naval aud Military Acadc-
mics, militia OF the states and the Dis
/ trci of Columbia, the match is snut Will!
the United States service rifle and any
ammunition,
/ The ins, stage shiymish and surprise
| qIc ami - yards uaa silot today. The
80 competitors with the highest ag-
/ sregate scores Will tomorrow Afternoon
I proceed win 1.uuJ-yard stage.
! All the utnlpvIs the District team
| are III mis- ra~t, tnc winner vf Wnlch re-
! GtireS IL colo nIt uai emDIefllat Z Oh the m
/ u.yioua, military championship and an
autograph letter OIL conSratulatlOn from
! 4.esIuenl " oourow wilson.
Marine Corps Cup for Cavalryman.
The United States cavalryman making
! the highest score gets the Marine Corps
cup, now held ny Capt. Morton Z. MUM
ma, 14th Cavalry, presented ny the Ma
iine Corps in recognition vi the action OF
The caEany team wnen II refused IN lolo
TO accept second place III the national
! matcn when the runnS oI the executive
Uficer eliminated the entire sklrmlsh
| score of the marines Tor a technical vio-
! n no, rifles
| cavalry second place.
BY later action of the national board
ior the promotion OF rifle practice the
marines were gwen second nonors.
Iwice in the last Twelve years a Dis
| trlct shot mas won this Signal cham
piunshlp honor Lieut. ii. IL. LeiIear or
! the 1st Regiment defeated the neld in
1901. and Dr. George II. COOK, sd Bat
TALON, followed suit in 1872. Sergt.
cedric =. Long, a dark horse Massa-
chusetts competitor. won last year at
235, after regulars had taken the honc-
four years straight. Sergt. A. Brest,
18th Infantry, 1908; Midsnipman A. D..
Denny, 1909; Sergt. w. f. Fragner,
Marine Corps, 1919, and Corp. c. A.
Lloyd, Marine Corps, 1911.
Germany's One Representative.
Germany will be represented at the
matches of the International Union and
the Pan-American Shooting Union not
by a team. but by one representative,
Theodore Brentano.
The three European teams-Swiss,
French ard SWedish-are due at New
York August &c. and are expected here
August u. They win come together
from New York. in charge of the re-
ception and entertainment committee
representing the National Rife .Associa-
ton. Col. j. G. Ewing of Wilmington.
Del; Col II. G. Catson of Dayton. Ohio.
and Lieut.. Col. William Libby of Prince
ton. n. j., all of whom are now here.
The Canadian team will not arrive
until September 2. 1t is unable to
come sooner because the matches Of
the Dominion Rife Association are in
progress at ottawa.
former president of the National Rifle
Association, has arrived.
District Team Fourth in Match.
The LIST Regiment of the District OF Co
lumb.a. winner Of the rcgmental cham
pionship Of the United States Il year ago,
scored sol yesterday, but it landed fourth
in the race that beat the match record
The 9TH Massacl, usetts took the trophy
with Sso. one point above the score at
which the 9th Massachusetts won two
years ago. The SD Iowa raced to S.3.
and the 9Th Massachusetts, four times a
winner. landed third honors eight points
IN. advance of the LIST District Regiment
at 500. The I'd District Regiments score
was I:H.
High score for the LIST Regiment was 1873
Ivy Lieut.. Harry Caldwell and Sergt. E..
II. Gerber. The same score, by Capt.
Holt and Sergt. Groome, led the I'd. The
distances were 200. 6uv and LOCO yards,
| ten shots by each team member at each
distance.
First Regiment-Lieut Schmidt. 1876;
| serSt III. Gerber. rs: Lieut.. Brown 1871;
irivatc Schriyer, l23: Lieut. Caldwell.
~; Private Ciouser, H.; grand totals,
sol.
Second Resiment-Capt. Alderman. l26;
! oapt. Holt. l3S; Lieut.. Martin, 1874; Sergt.
payne, 1876; SeTgt. Knight. 49,; Sergt.
Groome. lbs; grand totals. 794.
In the Leach cup match also the record
o. ioi was shattered. George w Ches-
&c! of Connecticut made the three-range
sevcn-shot possible. and then on the
ipo-%ard target scored thirteen more
and six lOis.