Evening journal., 1913-07-18
HOWELL WINS
The HANDICAP
Northumberland Man Shoot
ing, in Field Of Five Sur
vivOrS Breaks 20 Straight
TROPHY AND 5000
MONEY PURSE THE PRIZE

dupont Gun Club traps this morning
to decide the tie Of the great Eastern
Handicap YESTERDAY The survivors
OF the great shoot we're R. n Hall,
N. l. Wise, W. F. Clark, G. NJ. Howell
and W. H. Jones They had tied yes
terday with 95 birds out Of a 100.
Shooting in his grandest form from
the 1S-yard mark Howell, this morn
sng settled the dispute by breaking
his 20 birds straight The other shoot
ers fell BY the wayside but Howell
never faltered and clearly demon
etrated that he was entitled TO the
magnificent tronhy and the 5000 in
money that goes with e. W. F. Clark
and R A. Hail tied with second
place with 10 targets from the IS
Sard line. Their division of the
money was Si25 each. NJ. l.. Wise
with Is targets from 10 yards was
third and got sSt rs and W. j. Jones'
shootinz from y yards. got II and
fourth place. His share of the money
was S7265.
The men lined up a few minutes
after nine o'clock for the deciding
event. But few spectators we're out
70 sec tho shoot off but those who
were cut saw one OF the prettiest
races ever held in the history of an
interstate tournament II was the
mai OF the whole shoot All the eX-
citement Of The four days was bundled
up IN the race between the five men
TO dror a traeet meant death TO
champion =hip honors and every
shooter toed the mark with determine
ton IN his oye and a steady hand.
Every man dropped one with the ex-
ccption Of Howell and as the shooters
noared the finish the question was
whether he would falter with the hon
ors in his grasp. His shooting vas of
the easy, take your time variety and
when he pulled on his last bird II
was with the same ease as when he
started the tournament on the first
day
Howell has been shooting since he
was a boy. He lives at Northumber
land. Pa.
The handicap held yesterday was the
best and largest attended that has over
been held in the East Two hundred and
fcvcnty-four men faced the traps for the
event. which Is second only 10 the Grand
American. 4 crowd of nearly 5000 per
sons held their breath as squad after
squad shot through the program for the
honors. and IL was seen that the shoot.
efs were getting closer 70 each other as
the shoot progressed. Dusk came and
tho shooot had not been decided Man
nuer Dorcmus waited until the last
squad had shot and then called tho gam,
by making the announcement that th'
tic would be shot off this morning
The work Of Mr. Jones. who snot from
the "wny back mark" of 2l yards. is de
serving of special mention He started
in'on No ] trap and lost enough targets
20 discourage anybody. professional or
amateur; thnt Is 10 say, his score was
only rs out Of 20 Moving on % No. .
. trip, he registered 10 there, and then
sat down and calmly chalked up three
strHirlt -co,r- of 20 each in the remain
ING three events. going ou- with 05. NJ
= Ni-ernl r. A Hall each made a garri-
son finish. their race for first honors. as
thev eaeh ran thcir last 40 targets with
out n skip. "Drc' Clark. OF Boston. was
the most consistent Of the nve who are
tird Tor hrst hpnors. as his record shows
five strings Of 10 each
The winners OF the high average
OF the tournament among amateurs
from 10 yards was Barton Lewis. the
rational amateur champion with a
total of 3sA out OF q possible $50 for
the three days Harry 2. Fisher, of
the Clear View Gun Club. OF Philo-
reiphia. finished second with $40
freaks, while s W. Putnam. OF Fitch
burg Mass. with S3s targets. finish
Cd third George l.. Lyon, OF Dur
ham. N. C.. the national amateur
idoutic.tafgct champion. tied Pau
Won Houckman Of the Rockaway
,Cnn Club. Of New York. for fourtf
place with 337 breaks.
Among the professionals, c. G
. Spencer got 34e out Of $50: II. D
y Gihis 245 II. X. Stevens and L. S
German 343.
Taking the whole program, Harr!
Sloan. Of Philadelphia was the higl
man of The shoot He broke $50, mad
MP as follows. 334 at singles from Il
!Sards: a3 in the preliminary handicap
ie4 in the Eastern Handicap and 4
tout OF ~ m % pairs Charlie Spence
'gVas high professional under the sam
iconditicns. his scores being 346 a
fFingies from IS yards. "a in the pre-
,1iminary and 90 IN the Eastern Handi
icap both az p yardsl and As ont O
This % pairs
g. n Herr. a professional. not onl
lnade the long run of the shoot. bu
ftroke the ground records IN maxim
st. The big shooter made 264 with
fcut stopping Charles c. Spence
fnade a run Of 15e and Stephens didn
atop until he had smashed LAG. sey
ierai other men ran away with them
selves for more than a 100
Mrs. Topperwein was one of N
sensations of the shoot yesterda,
Handicapped az is yards. she droppe
tif two targets out of the 100.
Other high scores in fhe Eastern Har
9 cap registered uu % closing time Ia,
e-cnirg veres J r. Skellv. % yard.
ON a Marshall and n ]. Borden. eac
- Tardf o5 apiece
One of the real features Of the hai
cicap was the presence of ten woms
a. the traps They shot through q
event and considering that II was u
trst time that any ~ them had tax,
part IN a big shoot their scores we
very good The women were IN "
squads and attracted much attentiu
They composed the first two squads
women shooters that ever took part
such a shoot in this country. r
men shooters expressed themselves
highly pleased with the brand Of shos
ing displayed BY their fairer opponen
Those who shot wire: Mrs A Y. Ha
Miss Carson. Miss Lannan. Miss Hai
nond. Miss Riley, Miss Clark. NJ
Hirst, Miss Moody. Mrs Harry Prett
man, and Mrs William Joslyn
Miss Maud D. Moody. shooting
twelve-gauge gun was the leader
the two squads with 90 out Of 100 Ia
gets Miss Harriet Hammond. pre-