Evening star., 1914-05-17
GIBSON RETAINS
DICKINSON CUP
Becomes Permanent Owner OF
Prize in IntercIub Rifle
Matches.

With prizes won by every school and
| a larger number of contestants thah
| ever the fourth annual outdoor rifle
| shooting tournament of schoolboys of the
| District of Columbia. at the range of the
| United States Marine Corps, Winthrop,
| Nd yesterday. was declared by several
officials, last night, to be the most sue
| cessful ever held.
| The contest was conducted under the
auspices of the International Rifle Shoot
| ing Association of the District of Colum-
| bia 1t was personally supervised by off-
cials and committee of faculty advisers.
| The interschool team match. considered
most important was won by Central
High School, with Western, Mckinley.
| Eastern and Business following In the
| order named. The interclub match was
won by Mckinley School. In the COM
pany match the first team of Company
| r of Eastern was victorious.
| About fifty boys qualified for junior
| marksnans medals.
Gibson Holds Cup.
| Percy Gibson of Mckinley Manual
| Training School made the highest aggre-
gate scores in the interclub and inter
school matches, 179 out of a possible
| 2oO winning the cup offered by former
Secretary Dickinson of the War Depart
ment AS this is the second time Gibson
has won thecup, it now becomes his per
sonal property. As it is policy not 10
allow one boy to win more tfan one
| large prize. Gibson was disbarred from
| other Individual tests.
]. ". Stockett of Mckinley School won
| the high score match. in which poth
! cadets and non-cadets were allowed 10
take part. His score was 80 out OF a
Ia1 T.
| fered by The Chamber of Commerce TO
his school, because of his victory, the
Times cup is presented for one year.
| L. Watkins of Eastern High. won the
medal presented by Assistant Secretary
Breckinridge of the War Department
| for the cadet making the highest score
| Medals offered by the National Rife As
| sociation for the boy in each school
making the highest score were won oa as
| Central, c. d. Perkins. IS: Business. w
Seltman, 81: Western. NJ. Ewing. So, and
| Eastern, L. Watkins, 81.
scores in Various Matches.
Following are the scores in the several
| matches:
Interschool team match:
Central High: Otterback. %; Perkins
| IS: Rogers. so; Folger, 50: Osborne cap
| tain), SO; Payne, 50: total, 4S9.
452. and Business. 39S.
| Interclub match:
Mckinley -danual Training: Byier. -;
Boyd. Il: Stockett. 80: Gibson tcaptain),
| 80: Sutfin, 81; total, 400.
| Central, 391; Western. 1856, Eastern,
347, and Business. 315.
Company team match:
Company F, Eastern first team,
| Arnold, 50; Watkins, 81: johnson, 16;
| Davis 63; total. 30J
Company 1, Central. 2S5; COMPANY \,
Mckinley, 273: Company L. Western.
27U; Company B. Central, 26l: Company
A Central, 245: Company f, Lasterh
(second team, 30. Company q. BUSINESS,
225, and Company Z. Business. ri
Among those who ACCOMPANIED the
boys on the outing We're Stephen =:
Kramer, assistant superintendent OF
schools: Ernest H. Daniel, vice presleent
| of the board Of education; DR.. wizard >.
Small. principal Of Eastern High School
Lieut.. Albert S. Jones, secretary OF the
National Rifle Association OF America,
and several fathers of the boys taxing
| part. The faculty committee In charge
consisted of H. H. Burroughs OF Central,
Claus Schwartz of Eastern. George K
| Dewitt of Western, Joseph Finckel of
Business and Joseph Wilson of Mckin-
| ley.
| A company Of marines and several
| marine officers at the range acted as
range officers. The tests were made at
a distance of 200 yeards. The boys and
others who made the trip ate in the mess
1 hall the range.