Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
W. F. BIPPUS WINS
SPECIAL SHOOTING
EVENT OF HOGANS
Skaters 95 Clay Birds Out
of a Possible 100 at Clos
ing Days Shoot at Atlantic
City.

ATLANTIC CITY. y. j., Sept. lp.-Wil-
liam f Eirpus. of Dayton Ohio, today
annexed laurels in the Wcsty Hogan
special, 4 specially arranged race for
amateurs averaging >> per cent on tho
closing program at the eighth annual
classic of the Wcsty Hogans Bippus
shot in the best form of his experience
in winning hOnors. breaking g5 out OF his
100 biue-rock total. The Ohioan dropped
one bird in each of the five events of
twenty targets each. J.. J. Jor,cl. of
Wilmington. bel, followed next in line.
Fl" 'grasEed" % in his aggregate of
cays. L. G. Ford, Of Philadelphia, and
II. B. Cook, of Atlantic City, followed,
chipping 92 out Of tho possible century.
Ford tied in this feature last year with
STANLEY +. Tuchton, of Wilmington. Del,
by totalling a like sheet. He lost out,
however, in the shoot-uT u. Il. iashell.
of Ottawa. Pa. broke 81
Some Philadelphia scores we're. w H.
Soloy, 50: w. T. Smith, n: J. r. stone. n:
: l.. Clark. 50; {. &. Watson So: r.
Waters s5; W. b. Abbott, -: q. NJ Hill
pot, IS, J. l.. Wright, St; f. Mcconnell
81; W. L. Hoffman, '3; j. F. Fontaine. 81;
Harry Greenwood, 72 Dr. Harvey Wiley,
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Mrs. Harry Harrison, Of the Riverside
Gun CLUB Rochester. y. Y. delighted
the large following again today by break
ing the very fine total Of 16 out Of her
100 blue-rocks. Miss NJ. W. Remy, of
Anderson, Ind, netted 66 breaks"
William Foord. the clever shot from
Wilmington, Del, topped the greatest
gathering of stars ever assembled in the
lS-foot mark championship. Foord fea-
turcd tn" classy field in recording the
sheet Of - out of a possible 100 Winds
were particularly deceivinE at this time
OF the day, the re cord in consequence
looming up all the more prominent
The Wilmington trap shooter Won the
title by going perfect in his last event.
following consistent plugging all along tho
line He missed one in his first set, then
went straight and allowed one blue rock
each TO set away in the next two.
Foord took the Dupont trophy and accu-
mulative purse of 500 by this stellar per-
formance. The former has been set up
as perpetual award. II was won once
befo.e by the trapshooter from Delaware
Allen He'll, Of Allentown. Pa. finished
second in this race He broke % out of
l0o, George L. Lyon, of Durham. y. c.,
grasseG 81; Charley Newcomb, PhiIadel-
phia, and Bart Lewis, Of Auburn, ILL.,
each recorded states aggregating % in
the century Of blue rocks. Lewis won a
leg on the DUPONT trophy several years
ago William Ridley, Iowa State title
holder who also gained possession Of
Ills mueh coveted cup, did not make any
showing here, whatever W. S Benin,
champion shot Of Pennsylvana, knocked
off " In his century allotment
Although starting with a perfect score
on the first trap, Voolfolk Henderson,
national champion, failed TO get into the
running in this championship. The
Southerner was the only one TO get the
clean sheet too, He faltered badly on
the homeward stretch, going especially
bad al the fourth event, where he dropped
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