Evening journal., 1913-05-08
BY Beating Harrisburg TO Chicks Now Lead the TStae League
State Amateurs Will Blaze
at Targets Over DUPONT Traps
This Month for Fine Trophies

Lovers Of trap shooting will have
chance TO see all of the sport that
any one might wish this month here.
Every week from now until June tho
pop, pop of the shot gun in blood
thrilling contests will be staged at
the DUPONT Club.
This afternoon the usual weekly
shoot Will be held, and on account or
the Importance Of the events follow
ing Il and the good weather, a large
number of the lovers of the sport al
Turing" are expected to try their skill
over the traps The women will have
tneir place on the program and are ex-
pected to make good scores. Last
week fourteen of them faced the traps
and some of the fair shooters broke
as many as 16 out of the 25 targets
they shot at
On Saturday the contest for the
State championship will be shot of.
Edward Banks is the holder Of the
title, and Eugene e. DUPONT is the
challenger. The contest is at 100
birds at 16 yards rise. and from the
present form of the shooters 1t would
not be surprising to see either one of
them come away from the grounds
with a clean score sheet of 100
straight
The contests for the Coleman
dupont spoons in the A, b, c, ID and
e classes Will also be shot that day.
The shoot with the Meadow Spring
Club. of Philadelphia, for the cham
pionship of the Philadelphia Trap
Shooters League, will be held in
Philadelphia on May II. The local
club went up to the Quaker City on
| Saturday to settle the little matter
/ between it and the other teams Of the
league, but one of the traps of the
Meadow Spring Club was broken and
/ it was impossible to hold the shoot
! The DUPONT Club is now leading in
/ the race and If it wins the coming
shoot it will have the championship
of the league cinched. On the other
/ hand, If il loses the contest it will be
/ tied with the Meadow Spring and the
S. S. White Club for first place. and
the contest for the championship will
have to be shot off on neutral grounds
State Sp0rtSman's Shoot
The second annual tournament OF
/ the Delaware State Sportsman's Asso-
citation will be held here on Nay SC
I and 81 The shoot will be under the
auspices of the DUPONT Gun Club
There will be many events for valu.
able prizes, and a great number ol
shooters are expected to take part
The shoot is registered, and the
Interstate Association has contrib
uted 500 added money Lloyd r
Lewis, of the DUPONT Company, will
manage the tournament, and Charles
| North. of the Chamberlain Cartridge
| Company. will have charge of the
traps.
Among the big events will be the
merchandise handicap event, sched-
uled for May 81. The merchandise
event for that day is "open to all anna.
teurs."
A special handicap committee vii
be appointed to award handicaps il
that event.
The DUPONT Club having redeemed
the trophy emblematic of the indi.
vidual championship of Delaware
from its holder, will place the trophy
in competition on the afternoon o
May 81 This trophy. which is "oper
to all residents of the State of Della
ware" will be awarded to such resi-
dent of the State making the highest
score on the last 100 targets on the
program for that day.
The department of the DUPONT Com
pany has donated to the club a cuI
to be competed for al the annual Stat,
shoots of the association, by amateurs
who are members of the Delaware
State Sportsmen's Association anC
residents of Delaware. The cup viii
be awarded to such State amateur
who makes the highest aggregate
score in events to 10 inclusive, OF
the program for both May 80 and 81
It will be known as the Delaware
State amateur championship trophy
and will be competed for annually FOL
three years. After that the respec
tive winners will shoOt-off the fina
ownership This trophy is now being
held by A. B. Richardson, of Dover.
S.Oot Three Years for Caldwell Cup.
The Caldwell trophy, donated by J
f. Caldwell & Co, of Philadelphia
will also be held.