New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-05
RECORDS CO IN GARDEN
New Marks Set in Fire Making.
Fly Casting and Shooting.
LONG CAST WITH BAIT ROD
Morris High School Gunners
Win Peters Trophy at the
Sportsmen' Show.

/ \. X. Forbush. deputy neld scout com
missioner OF the Boy Scouts OF America.
broke the worlds record FOR lighting a
| nre by friction in Indian style al the
sportsmen's Show. in Madison Square
Garden. YESTERDAY with three stop
watches held over him he got blaze In
thirty seconds which is one second less
/ than the record made by Ernest Thomr-
! son Seton. chief scout OF the Boy Scouts
~ result. Forbush woE the special
! fire lighting equipment which was offered
! by Mr.. Seton to the scout who lights fire
+ 10y friction in the quickest time.
/ TIE principle OF making fire by fric-
/ ton is 10 rub two pieces Of wood to-
gether until a spark is made which lights
some exceedingly dry finder. The best
| method is 20 have an upright stick fitted
in n groove In a piece OF wood fiat on the
{ ground. The upright stick is worked
back and forth like a drill by the use Of
a bow. The swift rubbing creates first
( intense heat and then spark.
| Forbushs trial Yesterday was witnessed
! by Daniel Carter Beard. national scout
commissioner; Wilbert r.. Longfellow. H.
G. Schroeder. William r. Schultz and $
Van kollem. all members Of the United
States Volunteer Life Saving Corps.
| John Doughty missed a perfect score
| by only a fraction In the accuracy fly
! casting fixture. getting shade over %
! per cent. O. II. Jenkins was second with
90 per cent. while \. j. Marsh, who has
broken a worlds record during the show
was e good third with 9si2 per cent. 4.
j. Marsh easily won the distance bait
cast. with one-half ounce lure. getting an
average Of 100 feet. John Doughty. who
was second. had SO feet to his credit
Mr.. Doughty won special prize In this
event OF a gold medal for the longest
cast ever known. l21 feet inches
Marsh was first in casting at moving
target. getting fraction over 90 per
cent. This was an exceptional cast. as
were those OF j. \. Neu. with % per
cent. and John Doughty. with 9s per cent.
who finished second and third respec-
lively
i Y,
with record breaking total Of 1893, capt
ured the Peters trophy in the final five
man team shoot The victory gives Nor
ris the city rife championship
The total exceeds the previous best
mark by 81. Morris High has hung up an
envlable schcolboy record during the
schooboy tourney. Including the Peters
prize The Bronx boys have won Ave team
| trophies in the last four days.
The school was represented by Furia
with 1856; Kerr, 1871; Rupert. 1872 Pickard
1872. and Brownsteln. 1855 In the recent
sub-tsrget tournament for the Public
| Schools Athletic League championships
Morris High easily won the Manhattan
! title.
Many high scores were made I'm the sew
! eral individual competitions. which will
close this Afternoon Dougherty. of Man
ual Training High School Brooklyn. sup
! planted Dutton. Of De Witt Clinton. I'm
the lead for the Winchester trophy
! Dougherty returned a card Of l9l-l0J
standing 81 prone. Shapiro. OF the High
School Of Commerce. took the lead in the
| Van Allen contest with 1877 out OF a DOS
sibe 40
Tho r.SuIt NJ the tea m abnnt f,Il.u,..