Evening journal., 1913-07-14
Gunmen Shoot Today
in DUPONT Trophy Match,
Opening Eastern Handicap

three hundreds JOhnnies have theirs
and are out at the DUPONT Gun Club
today taking part in the initial CON
test for the DUPONT rs yard mark
championship target trophy this
morning II is the first event Of the
Eastern Handicap shoot which con-
tinues over the club grounds until
Thu -sday night. The trophy in the
drst shoot is valued at $500
This afternoon the gun club
grounds will be crowded with shoot
ers who will be banging at every
thing in sight in an effort to get into
proper trim for the opening Of the
rsal shoot tomorrow. With the open
ing of the great shoot has come 10
Wilmington the cream OF the trap
shooting world. The record holders,
the men looked upon as the greatest
In the business. have come 10 take
pari h q royal contest. TO pit their
steel against the steel Of worthy foe
mcn and to win II they can. II viii be
on of the greatest shoots ever held.
because world championship could
not draw more or better shooters
than will be in Wilmington during
thc shoot
The targets in the DUPONT Trophy
contest this morning were thrown sixty
yaid~ aud had un rs yard rise. The
weather conditions were ideal fur the
large number of shooters who faced the
traps. there hclng but slight breeze.
The trophy Ia todav's matca was first
shot for ~ 4 1.-Two Bird Trophy al Bal
timorr. during the DUPONT Live Bird
Tournament held on the grounds of the
Baitnnurc shooting Association. Octo.
be- - to "a 1899. and was first won
b, Fred ('ilhcrt ol spirit Lake, Iowa.
Ilr dul'ont Powder Company re-
dcrmcd the trophy IN January. 1919
sending W E Crosby of O'Fallon. H.,
tho then holder the fixed redemption
Zee.
~o little is being done in live biz
shooting ut present it was thought ad-
visablc to- institute some new target
event which would appeal TO the anna.
teur shooters and which would keep the
historic DUPONT Live Bird Cups IN com,
petition.
Noted Marksmcu Enter.
Among entries received for the shoot
arc tho following marksmen: Apgar,
Neat piain1cid y. J Babson, &. r..
n. =. City. Bitterling, j. C.. Allentown.
Pa: Bradshaw. A. A., Meriden. Conn. /;
Buckwaltcr, n. T.. Royersford Pa.
Budd. Isaac W.. Pemherton n. j.:
Borden II. j., Houston, Texas; Banks,
Edward. City. Rudd r. J Clark. f..
B.. n. y. CITY; W. :. Colfax, Jr, VIII
mington: Craig. James. Waynesboro,
Va Culver, Or. ID. H., Port Jervis, n.
Y; Ginger. Geo w. Clark. Dr. Wal
ter f.; Drew. Frank c.. New Haven,
Conn; Durston. A. a.. Syracuse. y.
T.. Day. S. r.: Daniel Edward NJ I;
Dey, J. G. S. Syracuse. n. ". Dicker-
man, Il. r.. Chicago. H.; Tanning,
]. S.. East Orange, y j.. Codcharles,
Fred A.. Milton, Pa; Graham. }. r.;
Gilbert Fred, Spirit Lake. Iowa (.
Glover. Sim. Rochester, N. v; Ger
man, L. s.. Aberdeen, Md. Hineline,
Frank J.. Camden. y. j.; Hawkins, !.
NOVEL;. Baltimore Nd; Hnff, Walter
Macon. Ga. Hall, X. a. Waynesboro
Va: Jenkins. C. A. Woodbine, Md.
Krick, w r., Lancaster Pa; Keller
T. H.. Jr.. 60-62 Warren street. n. Y
City: kellar. r. A.. Sr. 60-62 War
rem street y. Y. City: killman,
Arthur ST. Louis Mo. Lyon. Geo.
L.. Durham, n. c.. Logan. John W.
Leahy ID. r.; Lewis. Barton. Auburn,
Ill: Lewis. l.. r.. Atglen. Pa: Mar
shall. Tom A.. Chicago, H.: Maxwell,
Geo. H2stngs. Nebr. Moore. Nose
Montgomery. Ala, Martin. John c.;
Moore. Carl r., Meyrs, Henry; North,
Chas Cleveland o.; Oliver Vincent
Philadelphia: Putnam. s. W. 3rd,
Fitchburg, Mass: Plum Fred Allan
tic City. A. j. Pratt, !. f.. Philadel-
phia; Paddcn, Thos. Quick, ". w,
August. Co. Richardson, A. g.,
Dover Del; Shaner, Elmer e. Pitts
burgh. Pa. Stephenson Frank T.;
Sousa. John Philip, New York City;
Storr, Emory H.. Richmond, Va;
Sheldon f. T. H.. Chicopee Falls
Mass; steele. Geo. R. Boston, Mass.
Souier. L. j.. Spencer, G.. G., St
Louis. Mo. Taylor I'd H.. Topper
vein. Adolph San Antonio. Texas
Vietmeyer, II. W. indianapolis, Ind ;
Ziogler. +. b. Royersford, Pa.
Tho local marksmcn who have signi
fed their intentions of competing foi-
low: J. ". anderson. Jr, Homer Barry
n. d. Belts. DIR. 2. a. Buckmaster. n
p. Carbon. X. *. Y. Casey. W. a. Casey
o. B Clark. w :. Colfax. Jr. + W.
Cro-san. 4. r. Davenport. Victor du
Pont y. +. DUPONT. J. r. D. Edge, "
NJ. Foofd. {. g. Cerrow. Charles ). Girls
void. =. d. Guest. Col S. T. Hamhn
T. ". Hammond. Or. W. j.. Harris. W
A. Joslyn. n. &. Kaishn 7. W. Keith
lev. G. r. kcnworthey. Jr.. II. A Lind
say. David Lindsay. A, II. Lohb. j. J.
Magahorn. c. Thorp Martin. franb
Mathewson. II l.. Morgan, Joseph =
McHugh. Charles II. Newcomh. $. J
Newman. T. r. Patzowsky. ?. T. Penn
lngton. W. G.. Ramsay, w f. Ross. DIR
Lewis Rumford. r. f. Slear, c. +
Springer. T. II. Springer, w. j. Tag
CART. Isaac Turner. Frank Turner, II
Winchester. n W. Wivel, W. G.. Wood
D. S Wood. Ralph Willis. W. W. Bacon
Edward Banks. l.. r. Beauchamp DIR
Horace Retts. T. S Chalfant, Arthur J
Curley. T. T. Doremus. Eugene dupont
W. Edmanson. II. r. England. W ;
calvin. d. A. Grier. J. B. Grer. +. r
Galvin. IT. NJ. Hammond, w y. High
field. j. S. Highiield o. r. Jackson, l.
J.. farrell. W. Il. Jensen. Earl r. jerks
3 II. Kerr. Clyde Leedop, L. r. Lewis
G. F. Lord. L. c. Lyon. h. p Mahoney
C. c. Mammele. r. w Mathewson. J
Y, Miller. J. II. Minnick G. S McCar
thy James A. MclIelvey. p. J. pape. G
II. Simon. W. S. Simpson, J, T. Skelly
Tim Spare. L. Il Squicr. Dr. Stanlc,
Steele. J. F. Straughn. w. 3D. Sillitoe. II
Taggart. J. r. Van Leer, Vernon vii
nams, Willard Young.
TRI-C0UNTY LEAGUE.