La Junta tribune., 1914-04-25
La yUxrA WINS NEW cur
I0ca, Osa CsuA Makis ness srore
Ever Nads h Tsosphy slose-
N0w Have TwO Cups.

NOW have TWO Cups. Z:
Promptly At tho scheduled hour,
William n. Bowmra. repressntins
the DUPONT eo~es, Company. fired
the first shot In the second annual
reziAtered tournament OF the 1T. b.
Trap and Gun Club. rorty-six shoot.
era from Colorado and Kansas par
ticipated. including four representa-
tives Of the various powder and arms
manufacturing companies.
A at La Junta ON April 10th. r.
A. King. Of Delta. Colo. was high
gun. scorinG 80 in the 100 targets
from ls yards. and ~ in the Navy
handicap event Of so targets from
the ~ yard line. He had q straight
run OF eighty and was winner Of the
Interstate Association Trophy for
high average. He also was high In
the distance handicap. but the tro-
phy for that event went to D. r. Sim
ondr. OF Garden City. as Mr.. King
had already xon first trophy for high
average.
Simonds had battle royal before
he was declared the ~inner OF the
handicap trophy. as he had 10 shoot
II off with Messrs Rohrer. OF Colo
RADIO Springs. and Luther. Of Cimar-
ron. Kan. Simonds aud Rohrer shot
from the 81 yard line. and Luther
from the is yard line, and they scor-
cd ~. IS and II respectively.
VIII Bowen and T.. A. Oakley.
both OF the La Junta Gun club. tied
for second high average and the tie
was shot off from the Is yard line.
at 30 targets Mr. Bowen WAS the
winner. with 10 breaks. He rcceiv-
ed the Interstate Association Trophy
for second prizc---a handsome gold
watch fob. worth nbout s3s.
The consultation and bylaws for
the newly formed Arkansas Valley
Trap Shooter League has been rati-
fled BY the gun clubs Of Pueblo. La
Junta. Las AnimAs. Naval Hospital
and Garden City. KAN. and the fol-
lowing Officers have been elected.
President r. simonds. presi-
dent Garden City Gun Club: Vice
president. J. y. Cook. secretary. La
Junta Gun Club: secr-tary-treasu
Paymsstcr Williams. u. 8. Navy.
secretary 1T. D." Trap ard Gun CLUB.
Membership In the league IL bound
ed by the Gun Clubs at Pueblo. Colo.
ON the west. and by Dodge City. Kan:
ON the east. The objects Of the lea.
que are the encouragement Of anna
teur trapshootins. the enforcement
Of game laws and the promotion Of
good fellowship.
A new season Champ pionship Lea
que Cup has been purchased. sad II
Will b ON contest at the home oi
each club inthe league when . tour
usmeut ID held. AZ the cad Of ths
calendar year. the club scoring the
most polnts on the trophy With five
mas teams viii become the pesma-
nest owner Of ths esp. 4 rev cup
viii b. purchased for The next year.
Clubs that are not able 70 have .
team p. ssat u aay tournament OF
the ssason viii rscsivs . credit Of
ths number os points scored by the
lowest team sntsred on that occa.
sion.
TIE first contest for the new eso
wss shot u ~ rssisesrsd sousna-
msns at the Naval HosDleal. Las Ani-
mas. Colo. ss1 ~ fivs-nan tsan
froa II Justa sssesd . total Of 33l
breaks out q 3Se targets. 0shes
scores wess % follows:
IA Juo0. 0........... al
Las Anlnas. ................. .3l3
Naval Hoepltai. ..............ste
spuooSo ....................SIe
e0op1oo Cley................. .31o
sDo1 nol haze slve sssa peessnt.
NJ sssn nskiss high .sssss ~ say
seusnaneas ss1ss ths susutess -