The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-01
LYON HIGH GUN FOR
DAY; RECORD SCORE
New York A. G.. Man Breaks
101 Out Of a Possible 200
in Preliminary shoot.
CHAMPION SPOTTS THIRD

All kinds Of records went by the
boards at the Travers Island traps OF
the New York Athletic Club yesterday.
1t was the preliminary shoot TO the
annual clay bird championship OF
America, which will be decided to-day
at the home of the big Winged Foot
organization. The first record to fall
was In the number that took part In
the shoot. one hundred and fifteen gun
ners, principally from out of town, were
on the firing line.
George l.. Lyon. New York Athletic
Club. was the high gun Of the day.
He captured the event with a record
score of 1911 out OF a possible 200
targets Tho figure set another new
mark FOR the preliminary shoot Last
year the event was won by X. l.. SPOTS.
the present amateur champion. Cham
pion SPOTS finished third yesterday.
the second prize going to A. Il. Richard
son, who comes from Dover. Del The
fourth gunner was J. l.. SNOW of Boston.
All those gunners did better than the old
record Of 1874, made by Champion SPOTS
last year.
The shooting was remarkable when
the weather conditions were taken into
consideration. Not only was there n
bad wind. but haze swept In from
Long Island Sound that chilled the MINI
rods and made II anything but pleasant
on the firing line. Lyon led from the
start. his individual strings being %.
"a. %, "a. %. "a. "a and 20.
In addition 20 the individual shoot
the gunncrs OF the New York Athletic
club and the Boston A. A. decided the
second leg OF their home and home
series. In the shoot In Boston the Huh
gunners won 10y % targets. Yester-
day they were showed under by the
I Winged Foot experts, who won the sec
I ond leg by l.7sS 70 1884 targets II
gave them - targets on the day. enough
20 win the series by So birds. The scores
[ ~ the individual shoot
: OF 1000. l.. Lyon. 70, ss-isi. A b
, Richardson, 90 SEQ; r. l.. SPOTS 30
.s--lse: J. l. SNOW, 81, SIS A; l.
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: erickson. IS, s2-ls0, X. A. King 10. ~
10; e a staples -, N~ls g. W
gi-i7s \ +. Rsnney. sc. so-i7G. T e
Adamss. -. g9-i7e; q H. Marin :" e., 81
"a ,s : H 81 Gil s. ia h b.
~; a MeMsnas, - sI n.y. % J.
u +. mallory. s., $50. O. P,ercy, s.
, WoyiS; u r heahys )" s'uis S,,i D !. +
Medier' - secs; C. F. Mafden ~
;S1S' l. ,H n pays r Hail al ' :, ss,
y Pelham. SIS. sl-ls6; J. McArdl-, So
80 r s p PIT a. . 81 iS's Hepburn
81 Si-ls5. A. f. Conley, ~, sS-is5; l.
A. wilson al. SET II y. Drummer, 80
K ss1,ISs y 6 Nsy'oTH < H ,;sI, h 4 II
COOK %. is-"i$s. + O Williams 81. so
LII i,isn,Sn =! t1Gfsi 6 g. s,eeiai s.
Sol. r. l. bartlett - s5-isl: T
lenane Jr. -. .sS-lsl :" r. ogden -
. c. p Riqua 70. I~isO ". J. Brennan
-, .7s--i6c, =. Locat-lli Is SIS
L oissrn = %os s' inx.rk: = M S.ots
l.. n Fiin;. 4. SIS " a Flynn. =
;5Ii5s " \. Foord; 70, ,7oanls,. conrai
76-is-; II. IL shannon. 70 - IsT; "
J. 4. Han. -, sl--i55, : ". Putnam, Is
Plum, "a. Sits. { /. sHSsiaon 70. -,
i5i, r. II. Lawrence. -, i6-ljt, g. :
iI@is. r w Ro.esury 3 . hy@I9 u
y Fgrmet ~. Si-ltS. J. A n Elliot,
psian i "? IS. "'sS"lso' F. G GHn.hsr. =
,2-lie. T.. l.. Davidson, 70. 75-Iis. II
NJ Booth. -. ss-iIs: l.. y. wing Jr., 20
is a. ". church. ~. Tits. K II
DebaCher -, Gs-iiT; J. II, Foutaine, 81
7e-l4s, g. Curtis, -. Ti--ia5; J. J
Oponohue. ~. it-i.3: II. X SPOTS. 81
fla, g II Blinn. 90. 73--li2: W 7.
Jones. u, 6s-lt!: J Fleming. So, 55-lt
". e. Brooks SO. 72-iii
GO. 7s--i,O, W. F. Carlton. u, s6--i4O
\. VI. wai,her, -. s7-iss: II. church. 70
ft--i3s, - u Porter, 50 7i--l3S, y. II
Heints. 81. 6S-l3t, II u. Chandler .
is--l3i; Y. J. Mouohan. IS. G3-l3l. q \
connolly. 80, il-i3l. r. r Knnchcnh,ucr
e. $50 7. MrAyooy, Ir,,, 50. 80 -.l2.
t3--l23, J. J. Phelan. IL, 5?--ll6, \ "
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