El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-28
z Clubs ENTER
NATIONAL SHOOT
Seven Hundred Twenty Men
VIII Compete With %
Caliber Rifles.


Washington, D. c. Dec 2S.-Plans
for national defence have given great
impetus to the improvements Of marks
manship among civilians and resulted
in a much extended list Of competitors
this season for the inter-club gallery
championship Of the United States held
annually under the auspicies Of the Ma
tiOnal Rifle association Of America
which is fostered by the war DEPART
ment This season p clubs have en-
tered teams of ten men each. The five
highest scores made by the team will
be totaled as the clubs weekly match
score. The clubs have been divided
IN six classes with II matches each. ex-
tending from December % to March
T. Each man Will shoot 20 times at
70 feet, using % caliber rifles and
ammunition in prone position The
club making the highest score for the
season viii receive the championship
trophy and medals will be presented to
the winning team in each class
Clubs composing class A are: The
Park club, Bridgeport, Conn; Peters
Rifle and Revolver club Kings Mills
Ohio; Warren CPa) Rifle club; Buoy
rus (OhiO) Rifle association: District
Of Columbia Rifle association; Bangor
(Maine) Rifle association; Marion
(OhiO) Rifle club; Manchester On HI
1NAAAE ana ElcLOl c4QDr ElrSL LlSSOurl
Infantry Rifle club, St Louis: Buffalo
IN. " Rifle club; Birmingham (Ala-)
Athletic club, and New Haven Comm
Grays Rifle club.
Class B clubs; Watertown Is ID
Rifle club: Gisholt Rifle club. Madison.
Wis; Youngstown (Ohio) Rifle and
Revolver club; Ogden CUtah) Rifle and
Revolver club; Hopkins CAIinn-) Rifle
club; Milwaukee lWis) Rifle and Pts
tol club; salt Lake City CUtah) Rifle
and Revolver club: Detroit C5Iieh)
Rifle and Revolver club. Kane (Pa-l
Rifle club; Adrian (dich-) Rifle club;
Boston CMass-) Rifle and Revolver
club. and Tacoma CWash-) Rifle club
Class c clubs; Tucson (Ariz) Rifle
club: Albion 0nd-) Rifle club; Hoosier
Rifle club. Indianapolis. Ind: Swiss
Rifle club, Louisville, Ky; Louisville
(Ky) Rifle and Revolver club. Cor
lima CMaine) Rifle club: St Paul
fMinn-) Rifle and Pistol club. Cypress
Hills Rifle and Revolver association,
New York City. Citizens Rifle and Re
vOlver club. Rochester. n Y: Stanton
tNeb-) Government Rifle club: Ash
land (Ohio) Rifle and Revolver club.
and Olympic Rifle and Pistol club, San
Francisco
Rifle club; Quinnipiac Rifle and Re-
volver club. New Haven, Conn.
Asburnham fMass-) Rifle club: Lynn
(Mass-) Rifle and Revolver club:
oELsmOuln-NOrIOlk Aha-l R1rlo club
Lestershire (N. y Rifle club: Auburn
IN Y Rifle club: Niddletova N y
Rifle club: Rifle and Revolver club OF
New York. Inc: Rochester IN "
Rifle club. Fifth Regiment Rifle club,
Baltimore. Nd, and Ithaca IN. y
Rifle club
Glass E clubs: Guthrie Center 0a)
Rifle club; Topeka CKans.) Rifle club:
Chicago IM) Rifle club: Manhattan
(Kans) Rifle club. Toledo (Ohiol
Yacht club Rifle and Pistol associa-
ton; Glendale Rifle club. Bedford.
Ohio; Tulsa (Okla-) Rifle club: Shaw
nee Rifle and Revolver. Lima. Ohio;
8leeker (COlo-l Rifle club. Fort Har-
risOn Rifle club. Terre Haute. Ind
Helena (MOnt) Rifle club, and Pierre
Is ID Rifle and Revolver club.
Class F clubs: Taunton C1Iass) In
door Rifle club, RensselaerWyck Rifle
club, Albany. y Y; Erie pa Rifle
club; Washington d c. Rifle asSocia-
ton, Detroit (9lich-l Y II C A Rife
and Pistol club. Quincy Glls) Rifle
club CovingtOn (Ky-) Rifle and Pistol
club, kiOWa Shooting club. Des Moines.
Iowa; Port Clinton (OhiO) Rifle club:
St Augustine CFla-) Rifle clubs Hv-
draulic Pressed Steel company Rifle
club, Cleveland, Ohio. and Portland
(Oregon) Rifle club.
The secretaries Of the clubs will re-
port each week to the National Rifle
association headquarters in Washing
ton. where the scores will be an
nounced. Judges appointed by the as
ISOLATION Will witness each match.