The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-23
Grand Tournament at Local
Gun Club to Be Largely
Attended
WORLDS CHAMPION
WILL PARTICIPATE
James Day, Once Holder of Sixteen
Worlds Records at One Time, and
Present Title Holder
to Participate

Prominent trap shooters from practt-
cally every section of the state and many
from all over the country will participat te
in the big shooting tournament which
will be given by the Birmingham Gun
club Tuesday and Wednesday of this
week. Local authorities state that the
coming shoot will be the biggest ever
held in Birmingham and that some of
the most prominent men In shooting cir
cles with both amateurs and profession
ais, will be present
James Day, present title holder of the
worlds championship in target shooting
will be among those competing at the
shoot, as will H. d. Gibbs, whose Won
derful shots since his entrance into pro-
fessionals has won for him quite bit
of recognition.
James Day won the worlds trap shoot
ing championship from I'll. ID. Freeman
of the Cincinnati Gun club, winning at
the same time the coveted E. c. cup en-
blematic of the championship. His rec
ord as a trap shooter is a most wonder
full one, he having held at one time 16
worlds records. His highest record of
straight breaks is 266, which remarkable
run followed one OF 245. At one time he
missed but one taget in 511 shots.
At the same time that he made these
wonderful scores he made his remark
able record for shooting Is days and
making better record each succeeding
day than any other shooter ever made.
As consequence he not only holds the
worlds record for one day of 200, and a
record of two-day shoot for 39S out of
400 shots. but holds the records for
straight breaks for each succeeding day
up to 16. His grand total for 16 day
shoot is 3146 out of 321O shot at
In 1910 he made his high amateur av-
erage of .97 20-100 per cent
Mr.. Day Joined the professional ranks
two years ago, and since that time his
records have been little less than mar
velous. He is a native of Midland, Tex,
and has headquarters in Cincinnati O.
The worlds champion shooter is quite
popular with shooters all over the coun-
try. His recent visits to Birmingham as
a participant at the local gun club shoots
were his first in this section of the state.
Mr.. Day is already well known here,
however, and many will be attracted to
the grand tournament Monday and Tues
day to witness his work
H. d. Gibbs
OF little less ability than the worlds
title holder is II. ID. Gibbs of Union City
Tenn, who will also take part in the
shooting Tuesday and Wednesday,
Mr.. Fl. d. Gibbs of Union City, Tenn,
is comparative new conner among the
professional trap shooters of the coun-
try, having left the amateur ranks in
December, 1909. Mr.. Gibbs has an en-
yiable reputation as an average winner
in his section of the country, and is
widely popular among the followers of
the sport throughout the south.
He began trap shooting in 1897 shoot
ing in four tournaments. In 1908 he won
the Lakes to the Gulf championship and
general amateur average at Greenville
Miss; also finished second In the ANA
teur Championship of America at Colum-
bus, o.
One of Mr.. Gibbs best performances
was at the Arkansas state shoot, Little
Rock, Ark, June $40, 1908. Mr.. Gibbs
won the high general average with the
excellent score of 521-550 targets.
He is one of the steadiest and most
consistent shooters facing the trap to-
day.