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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
GUNNERS OUT IN RAIN TIES GALORE At TRAPS
Rain Keeps Down Attendance,
but Not Close Scores.
LENANE WINS IN SHOOT OFF
Beats Six Gunners in Match for
Stein Trophy at Travers
Island.

Rain kept down the attendance at the
Travers Island traps Of the New York
Athletic club yesterday only fourteen
nimrods reported on the firing line. They.
however. had an afternoon of excellent
sport, and a shoot-off was required in al
most every match. The handicap men
came into their own in the majority Of
the fixtures. and as a rule the shooters
with the big allowances were the winners
of the prizes.
The programme started with the weekly
shoot Tor the January cup. II was won
by J. J. Patterson. VINO shot with an al
lowance of five birds" He captured the
match, however. only after a shoot-off in
which three other gunuers competed.
Five gunners tied in the weekly shoot for
the Thomson trophy each nimrod having
full score Of > targets. The shoot-of,
was wen BY r. r. Debacher. who had an
allowance Of seven targets.
r. Lenane jr.. another long distance
man. took the Stein trophy. Six gunners
tied with full scores Of > targets for the
prize. on the shoot-on Lenaue easily led
the field The Travers Island trophy also
ended IN a tie. Four gunners took part
ia the shoot-off. which finally was won by
". Il. ogden. The most interesting event
of the day was the match for the high
gun handicap prize
Four marksmen did better than 100 for
the trophy, and they had 10 shoot of for
the prize. In the first shoot-on three
more tied. but In the third time at the
traps .. &. Gr.nneIl, ir, won 10y three
birds The distance handicap went 10
c. Stein. and the nigh scratch trophy was
won By Champion y. p. HlSgiuson
The scores follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
r,v1,ARy CuP-1oo TARGETS
TO DECIDE SHOOTING TITLE
Bryant and Manual Teams to
Meet on the Range.

The rife teams of Bryant tIigh School
~ Long Island City. and Manual Training
high School. of Brooklyn. winners in the
first and second divisions respectively
for the championship OF the Public
schools Athletic League, will meet on the
range OF the stuyvesant High School on
January q. % and 30 to settle to title.
During the league tournament which
was concluded about month ago. the
BRYANT gunners were the only ones who
did not suffer defeat The team won five
matches and shot tic with the Morris
High School. OF The Bronx. Manual
Training won five OF it's six meetings
with rival teams.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
ATHLETES HOLD REUNION
Veterans of N. Y. A. G. Dine
and Recall Golden Days.

Veterans of the New York Athletic
Club held their fifteenth annual dinner
last evening in the banquet room Of the
city clubhouse. Alfred II. Curtis acted az
POSTMASTER At the guests table were
seated r. H. Goffc. the president Of the
Veterans; William III, Page, the newly
elected president OF the club. Barlow $.
Weeks. Professor Godic. of Princeton;
James f.. Sullivan. General George ".
Wingate VI. Clarholm Swedish consul,
and Commander Schudidlef. Swedish ma
val representative.
The election OF officers for the ens,iing
yeu follows: President, Z. ". Goffe. vice
president. George ~ 3. Mitchell. secre-
iary William T.. Detmold. treasurer. WAL
ter : Wilson; advisory committee. Al
bert r. Colfax. Alfred H. Curtis and
George u Phillips.
The speeches aiternated with moving
pictures Of the olympic games a Stock
holm last summer and views 81 many
mon and scenes NJ forty years ago. al
Mott Haven and on the Harlem River.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
Good Scores the Rule in Cries.
cent Clubs Shoot.
TAKE-H0ME PRIZE TO JAMES
G.. G. Stephenson Beats His
Brother by Just One
Bird" in Match.

The rain did not dampen the ardor nor
materially affect the scores of the trap
shooters OF tho Crescent Athletic club
down at Bay Ridge YESTERDAY afternoon.
The wind squalls that swept across the
field at times sent the clay birds spinning
nj uncertain angles, SO that full scores
were difficult.
Despite this. however. g. Il. James was
able to break IS straight I'm the shoot At
100 birds" for the take-home trophy.
J. r James won the match. with o. tar
gets broken. shooting from scratch q.
q. Stephenson. jr.. was the runner-u2.
with So to his credit Nine men shot in
this contest.
In the shoot for the G. r. James tro-
ply. at 10 targets. IN which seven m n
competed, g. q. Stephenson. j.. was the
winner With a handicap of .. he
broke Il targets. beating his brother
Frank. by just one bird he was also
the winner Of the RemsCn trophy. IN a
handicap match at 25 targets. 81 which he
broke o. with a handicap OF >, defeat
ing j. +. James by one bird
OF the seven men VINO entered the com
mittee match at % targets. NJ Stner won
with a score OF ~ Il. G. Williams being
the runner-up with A.. The monthly cup
contest was won by \. f. Henry. who
broke all but one OF his D targets. An in
teresting contest was the scratch PER
cent shoot, at 30 targets, which was won
by J. +. James. with s. 40 per cent,
G. Il. James having 80 As per cent.
The scores follow:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
TRAVERs ISLAND TROPHY TARGETS
LII
PIE FOR HARVARD SEVEN
Cornell Hockey Team Trounced
in Annual Game.
rBy Telegraph 70 Tie Tribune.

Boston. Jan. 1s-FIarvard soUnGly
thrashed Cornell in the annual hockey
match between the varsity sevens AZ
the Arena this evening by a score Of S
10 2
Harvard did not offer much that was
first class in the way Of playing. but as
Cornell had nothing except an industrious
goal tender the Crimson scored freely.
Harvard tried out seventeen mon, the
last going in being Wendell, captain Ct
the championship football team Of 1872
Seven Of his goals were scored before
Winsor began tho wholesale substitutions.
The game at times resembled mill pond
shinney' more than college hockey
sortweU was Harvard's only clever
PLAYER. and his work resulted In four
goals. lin scored both Of CorneiIs
points
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
Indoor Lam Tennis
On Card at ArnlOry

well. at plus half L. after three splendid
~ fought sets at 81, So Sc.
The best match in the second round
was that in which Bob clarendon, a
scratch player. defeated +. J. Kenney.
also at scratch. by a score OF IS. 6-5.
clarendon covered the court We'll, inter
cepting Kenney's best drives and return
Ing the ball for placement.
In the seml-hnal round Of the doubles
Lovibond and Hall met Harry Parker
and SEYMOUR Burt. Tho former pair
constantly rallied to tho net under 10"
and deep lobs 50 that they scored the
match nc g.: O.. Tho Cragn brothers,
I'm the other semi-fnal. disposed of q. =.
Moore. ir. and L. II. Fitch, AZ 81, 81.
The lengthy driving OF Bill Cragin and
the rapidity of Arthur Cragins volieys
always held this match safely in their
favor.
During the afternoon there was meet
INK Of the board of governors and tae
date OF wednesday. February 10, was set
for the beginning of the national indoor
championship tournament William t.
Cragin. jr, will act as referee.
The summary follows:
Rcgimental handicap, singles Oirst
roundj D. George Leigh, scratch, defeated
". Klndgen. plus half 10. so, SO; J.. e.
Naiswaid. minus half IS, defeated h. n.
Richardson. plus half 10, 6-i 5-6, So
Second round-A PollIon. scratch, de-
feated W. Langworthy plus half 3D. g.,
5-l: e. Grenz. plus half l5 defeated }. \.
Tomlin. minus 90 6-3 rs; r. T.. Laren-
don. scratch defeated r. j. kenney.
scratch. 1-5 60. H. Richardson. plus half
h. defeated George Hauck. scratch, 81,
So
Championship doubles Csemi-final round
A. n LOyb0nd and Walter Merrill
Hall defeated Harry \. Parker and ;.
Burt. 81 6-i. William b. CraGln. Jr., ana
Arthur : Cragin defeated q. g. MoorcjE
and l.. II. Fitch, II, 81.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

q Harman). De Witt Clinton IN. Veg.
G. HalasZ. W. Moore and n. Trenholm.
second: Barringer High, third Hamilton
institute. fourth. Time. S:S9 3-5; -
Twelve pound shot-Won BY b. spence
ior Mount Vernon High, with 10 feet 2
iEchcs. second c. Flores. Flushing. with
a. feet ~ inches. third. II. Farber; stuy-
vesant High. with 80 feet liz inches
Running high jump movice)-Won by ).
UiIl. Dickinson High. , feet inches; h.
Dougherty, Manual Training with FEET
: inches. second: T.. Tootler. Mount YER
non, with feet inches, third.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
PAUL, TOWNE THE HIGH GUN

Paul r. Towne, president of the Marine
and Field club. did the best work at the
weekly shoot Of the organization over
i,a trans on the shores OF Gravesond
Bay yesterday. He won the January cup
with a total of % ont Of possible 100
targets. lie also won sweepstakes after
a shoot-of against L. II. Lott.
rho acorns follow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19

SCRATCH PER CENT SHOOT - go
GETS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
RoWELL WESLEYAN MANAGER

Middletown. Conn. Jan. ls.--John l.
Roacn. 1911. OF Manchester n. H. was
this afternoon elected manager OF the
WESLEYAN University football team to sue
coed II. Iangdon Pratt. ~ Of Newton
Center, Mass. who resigned.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
Tic lineup follows:
YaIc5

substitute Mccall Tor Ire. Goals utrst halo
Cox Yale. 1912: Patterson. Princeton. II. II;
Kumer. Princeton. 1904. second half-Kuhu.
Princeton. FOB. Chauncey, Yale, n 90. Kuhn,
Princeton, 1905: Heron Yale. 1891. Cox.
Yale. 1917: Hartman. Yale. 1900. Kilmer,
Princeton. 1913 Extra period Patterson,
Princeton O:I2 Baker. Princeton, 400 Pen
a!tics Core. tripping. 200; Heron tripping.
900. Hoferee-Wiliam Russell. Hockey club.
Assistant referee. GarOn, lrsh-Amcrican
4 g. Goal umpres-C. Peacock Princeton.
and \ Cowles. Yale. Penalty timcrs-Charles
Mitchell and William Roche Time OF halves -
utes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-19
The lineup follows:

Goals-sortwell -, Phillips (2l, Clark. Nor
gan. Hlll 20
Substitutions: Harvard Morgan for Clark;
Gorham for Phillips. Palmer for Sortwell;
Hanson for Hopkins: Goodale for Clafiin.
brown Tor Willetts. tHrnochan FOR Gardner I
smart for Morgan. Wendell for Goodae !,
tiraustcin for Brown.
Rsferee-IIoron. Assistant referee ringley.
Goal umpires-Hicss and IIurlburt Timers
Dutton Dooiy and Woods. Time-Iwenty-
minute halves.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

opportunities, for I was born in the West
myself Washington is my native State,
so / was not going West to seek my for
tune when / went to Alberta. Rather
was coming East, for that province is
considerably this side of my old home.
bought some land belonging to the
Canadian Pacific Railroads.&c. acres of
good land in one piece, and, as the coun-
Try Isl growing rapidly all through that
section, can count on substantial in
crease in value of my investment. From
the first, however, | determined to make
the most of my land
I found that hogs seemed to offer about
the best return on anyone's money in that
far country, and SO hogs If is. Now
when ! am not busy wondering how
can keep down base bits by the other fel-
lows and keep up my percentage of VIC
tories | am dreaming of the fortune to Be
made in hog-raising. and the comparative
merits of oats or barley as feed
Naturally, as I am in the heart Of a
great game country, / hunt good deal
m the winter. Hunting has always been
a favorite sport with me ever since was
old enough to hold a gun. ! have had,
perhaps, more opportunity than most. and
/ have always improved il. I have shot
a great number. Of quail. partridges, and
the smaller game for food, but most OF
my experiences have been on the big
game trail
In the days when I was young and in
experienced. and had poor tools TO work
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
Quintet Diamond Stars Give Their Views the Relation of Hunting Baseball

as very real labor, he needs an athletic
kind of vacation, and hunting is made to
order for him.
Il would be hard for me to say whether
prize my baSe-stealer record above the
pleasure / have received from my vari-
Gus hunting excursions or not ! never
think of comparing baseball with hunting
as sport. for / do not consider baseball
as sport at all. It is work, and hard
work at that, in the strongest kind of
competition with the best men in the bust
ness. / doubt If any man in any kind
of business has laid awake nights study
ing a situation and trying to figure out
how he could advance himself any more
than l have laid awake nights studying
out how / could best take advantage OF
an opposing pitcher and catcher when
was trying to build up a good base-steal-
ing record. And it is Just as hard in
batting or fielding or pitching or any
thing else player may be called upon to
do. / know, much as ! am wrapped up
in baseball and much as | like the game,
am glad when the closing days Of the
season are at hand, for It is then that
can take my gun and my dogs and get
out in the fresh air and be alone
Tennessee is State that still offers a
great deal to the hunter. 1t will be a
long time before its rugged hills and
heavy timber will be settled, and there
is stin abundance of game. My home
town IS Linden, and while ! have never
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

MY HUNTING days go back to the
M time when / was first old enough
At-A to handle a gun, and that was so
| far back that | can scarcely remember.
1t was certainly long before had ever
given much thought to playing big
league ball or professional ball of any
kind.
1t was in those days that was working
in the mines, and they were dark days,
too. There is nothing inviting about coal
1t is a dingy, dusty trade, an unhealthy
SOME quarters. No wonder | was glad to
get out into the open air, to tramp
through the green fields and feel the cool
shade of the woods
Baseball has been good to me, and |
appreciate the debt l owe it-baseball
gave me 4 chance, when ] was unssdlled
at any other labor, to make place for
myself in the open air, where men were
intended to live
Il seems to me so far back as to be
unreal, and yet l can remember how
used to hunt rabbits in the fields and on
the edge of the woods when | was only
a breaker boy, picking jagged pieces OF
slate out of the moving mass OF coal 1
can 20 back in memory to those times
and make them seem so real that l hive
them over once more. And perhaps, TOR
that reason, ! have never lost my love tor
the woods and the chase. If ANYTHING.
have grown fonder of hunting than ever
since I now have the opportunity to IN
duige in that dissipation almost all the
time IN the of-season-
The past few years have been very
pieasant. and have made up for the lack
Of advantages I had at one time IN my
life: but in all the various things that
have opened up for me of late years. !
have always kept my love for hunting and
for anything that takes me into the out-of.
doors.
have made my home for the past sew.
eral wears at Meriden, Connecticut. There
is no big game thereabouts, except foxe1
that is, which it is lawful to shoot
generally hunt in my auto, as / can get
over the ground quicker and in more com
fort that way than any other.
Last fail I took my Remington rife
and went up into the upper wilderness OF
Wisconsin on a little hunting party. II
was quite notable little gathering, with
Ban johnson, Garry Herman, Jake Stah
ball men. But they have game laws IN
Wisconsin, and there wasn't so much hunt
ing as there was a general good time IL
doesn't pay a married man with family
to support to dream of long hunting trips
of into the wilderness, where things are
really as they used to be when Columbus
came over, and meet bears and moose
face to face; and may never be able to
take such a trip. But there Is nothing
outside pitching in another worlds series
that I should Ike so well; and II the op-
portunity does come my way, It WON'T tano
me long to take 1t
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

Yes, I am sure no worker In the heat
and noise of the big cities is more inter
ested in a real vacation than the bail
player Almost without exception the
player chooses TO spend his leisure days
or weeks or whatever it may be in hunt
ing. imagine It is safe TO say nine
tenths of the major league ball players en-
joy an excursion into the woods with a
gun and eagerly welcome the first oppor-
tunity that offers. / am sure ! have
always done so, and am no exception to
the rule by any means For to me there
is no pleasure in the world like getting up
i'm the cool dawn before the sun rises, and
wsding in the damp, marsh grass and the
mist for a shot at the birds.
Last season ! had most pieasufable
hunt on Reelfoot Lake. Tennessee. as the
guest of sterling old Joe Cantillon- The
sport, ! thought, was exceptionally good.
At any rate, the half dozen in the party
managed to get from forty to fifty birds a
day, and as this was all we could posi-
bly, handle do not see that it would have
done US any good to have shot more
Sport for sports sake, you know. We
wanted to get something to show
for our long days work. but enough was
enough. ! lay no claim to being a crack
shot or phenomenal hunter. I know I
enjoy the sport well enough, and I also
know / had many good tfy with my old
Remington
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

had the opportunity to strike into those
parts of the State which offer the most
IN the shape of game, / have found good
hunting close at hand
A good many hunters like big-game
shooting or think they would like il,
but ] have never had such ideas myself.
/ am well content with the smaller game,
and had rather handle shotgun any day
than rife. Quail is, on the whole,
my favorite game, and there is no lack
of these birds in the vicinity of Linden.
/ believe l had rather hunt quail than
anything else, but there IS an excitement
about bagging wild turkeys that is well
worth the effort. There are stifl con-
siderable number of these birds loose II,
the woods of Tennessee. and it has been
my good fortune to knock down 4 few
in my numerous excursions into the viii
derness with my Remington.
Although most of my hunting has taken
place IN the vicinity of Linden, I have
made several trips to Texas. making the
town Of Gainesville my headquarters.
This Is an entirely different type of
country, level instead of hilly, as il Is
in Tennessee, and well watered with
streams and number of lakes. Ducks
and quail are the main attractions here.
Gainesville is famous winter resort for
ducks and the hunter can find all he
wants of this kind of feathered game.
So far my hunting has been confined to
these two States ! have thought for
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31
CALL ISSUED To
VIGILANT STARS
Independent Football Eleven
VIII Get Early Start
This Season.
PLAN HEAVY SCHEDULE
Manager Oliver Has Booked Gam
with Strongest Teams in the
East-Meeting. Tuesday. /
PLAN HEAVY SCHEDULE

The Vigilant football team, independent
champions Of the South for the past five
years, will start preparations for the
coming season this week. A meeting will
be held Tuesday night at go Eighth
Street Southeast. and Manager Oliyeri
requests that all members be on hand
not later than o'clock. This applies 10
members Of last years team only. Y
Manager Oliveri has booked some -
the strongest teams in the East, includ-
ing the Oiympias, Of Wilmington, Del I:
Nlrginians. OF Baltimore; Union Club, of
Phoenix, Pa, and Reina Mercedes eleven,
from Annapolis.
These four games alone will show that
Manager Oliveri has booked some of the
best semipro aggregations in the East,
and the fans are again assured some
classy football at Vigilant Park.
Manager Oliveri will give any real foot
ball player in the District a chance to
make the club. No favoritism will be
shown, and the best men will take the
neld for every game. Candidates for the
team can see Manager Oliveri at his
Office. 40 Tenth Street Northwest, or can
report at Vigilant Park Fifteenth and
II Streets Northeast. Monday night, Sep
tember Is, at s o'clock, ready to practice.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

From whatever the affinity may arise,
baseball and the gun are closely inter
linked. To no other sport do players
from "bush to big league So
universally as to the hunt. Playing, I"
as they do, in the open air, at high speed,
throughout long season, it might be
assumed that indoor sports would attract
the diamond athletes during vaca-
tions-by contrast, if for no other rea-
son. The facts are, however, that the
calling of the seasons last out is the
signal for a general exodus Of players 20
the fields and woods and water hAunts
where turks the game" that they have
dreamed about between times when en-
gagged, for pay, in the other. And they
are true sportsmen, too, these bronzed,
ard-muscled fellows-notsbly 30. Ac-
customed to the "fair play for which
the national game is famed, they in
stinctively respect shooting restrictions
wherever they rosm-they are never
game hogs"
Just a few of these heroes Of fandum
here give enrossingly interesting ex-
tracts from their hunting experiences
The illustrations-by the way-are strik-
ingly original and show their subjects in
unusual roles.
The Washington herald., 1913-08-31

in California, to go on several extensive
hunting trips into the foothills of the
Sierrss, where we always found plenty Of
quail. rabbits, squirrels and the like. Way
up in the heavy timber there were deer
and bears-but / never got quite that far
up.
81 have not revisited these foothills
since left California TO begin my base
ball career, but ! should like nothing bet
ter than TO journey once more to the
base of the old Sierras and on the same
old trails For ] shall always remember
California as the state where / pitched
my first game of baseball, and received
my first lesson in hunting. And the two
have gone hand in hand with me ever
since.
"After my rather Disappointing start in
Washington, pitched ball for some time
in Idaho. This is in the heart of the
Rockies and quite as wild and impressive
scenery as the gorges and peaks of the
California Sierras. 1t is needless to say
/ improved my opportunities here and
one Of the first things l did was TO take
my Remington and test what game the
country had to offer / found that quail
were the main attraction, just as they had
been in California, but there is one type
of game which is often met with in these
rugged hills which is a prize for the
sportsman. refer to the pheasants
which still find retreat in the sheltered
receSses of Idaho.