Evening journal., 1914-09-02
OLD GUARDS TO
Shoot At dayton
Skelly, Banks ofWilmingtOn
Will Compete in Grand
American
OLYMPIC SHOOTERS
ALSO TO COMPETE

DAYTON, o., Sept. 2-The n. c. i.
Gun Club, Of tins city, under whose aus
pices the Grand American lTrapshoot-
ing) Handicap viii be held, September
s. o 10 and n, announces AN added at
traction in the ior of matches between
"the old guards OF the game Whle
these contests are not included M the
published program, they will prove close
seconds to anything ON the regular hst'
The names OF the shooters and records
OF some of their more important per
formances follow;
T. NJ. Marshall vs.. II. o. ieikes.
Marshall was captain of the all-Ameri-
can team that visited the British Isles
in 1902, defeating every team against
which the Americans shot. Heikes was
also one of the invaders of Great Britain
and for years has been leader IN trap
shooting circles.
j. Il. Slxolly VS.. II. McMurchy. skelly
"a former president of the Interstate
Association, and during his 20 year tol-
lowing of the shooting game has held a
number of important championships.
McMurchv is veteran Of the sport, his
record covering thirty years. At the
1911 Grand American Handicap, Me-
Nlurchv broke 90 out of 100 targets from
10 wards. but was defeated by Riley
Thompson with a perfect score.
j S. Day vs.. j. II. Graham. Day es-
tablished n worlds record in 1910 by
breaking 2Od6 ont of possible 2,lOO
targets an average of .0S3S per cent.
Nothing approaching this feat has ever
been done in trapshooting or any other
SNORT Graham Won the worlds cham
pionship at the 1912 Olympic games
Stockholm. Sweden. He was also a
member OF the American squad that
won the worlds team championship
Graham's run of 427 straight, made In
1910. has never been equalled IN a reg
istered tournament
Fred Gilbert VS. w. r. Crosby. Gil
bert turned In a card of .0452 per cent.
for targets shot at In registered tourna-
ments during 1913. Among the many
important matches ne has won was the
winning of the Hazard doublc-targei
challenge trophy at Wilmington. Del.
and n repeat performance at Bradford
Pa Crosby made n registered touna-
mcnt average of .0673 per cent. during
1913 Crosby established a worlds rec
ord at % yards by 0S out of 100 targets
At the 1912 Grand American Handicap
Crosby won ,nn important championship
with n score Of l0sN200.
p. j. Holohan vs.. Edward Banks. Holo
han was perhaps the greatest shot II
thc country n generation ago, when, at
rs years Of age, he won the champion
shin of California and other Westorr
States. Records of later years show
that Holohan has lost none of his mas
tcry of the shotgun. Banks was a sub
stihtc member of the 1902 all-Americar
team and did yoeman service in uphold
ing the reputation of tho United States
Banks has been champion of Delaware
and has written a number of STANDARD
works on the sport of trapshooting. Hil
connection with the game dates back e
its inception.
Walter Huff vs.. r. W. Clancy Hut
landed championship honors at both thu
1906 and the 1918 Grand American Han
dicap. He also won high average ol
all targets thrown IN the 1913 G. A. IT,
and finished the year with an averag
Of 1897 per cent. in registered touna
mcnis Clancy's average for 1913 regi
stored tournaments was .94l0 per cent
having shot at $3.50 targets and broke
3.34i. He is one of the most prominen
shooters Of the Middle West
Other entries are being made and tn
indications are that more than twenty
five matches win be staged