Evening journal., 1915-02-05

shooting the Golden Gate Rifle and
Pistol Club of San Francisco was tied
with the Smith and Wesson Revolver
Club of Springfield. Mass, for the
championship of the league. Parmly
Hanford of the Manhattan Rifle and
Revolver Association of New York
City, was the star individual perform
er, leading the league for the series
Just as soon as the revolver league
was organized the National Rifle AS
sociation of America. the governing
body for the sport. was requested to
organize a league among its affiliated
rifle clubs. This was done and
twelce OF the leading clubs formed |
the first inter-club rife league. The ]
colleges of the country quickly fol- /
lowed suit and ten teams made up !
the first intercollegiate league All |
of the rifle clubs shot at 75 feet on /
the regular n. r. A. gallery target /
having a ] 1-2 inch bull's-eye: % /
calibre target rifles were used and |
ten men composed each team.
The championship OF the inter-club |
league for the year 1910 was won b
the Rocky Mountain Rifle Club of
Butte. Mont. after shoot-off OF a
tie with the Winchester Rod and Gun
Club of New Haven. Conn.
All of the intercollegiate league
shooting was at 80 feet. and each
team consisted of ten men, firing ten
shots each. standing. and ten shots
prone. with any % calibre target
rife. The Washington State College
won the championship of the league
Thus we see that the shooting sea-
son of 1909 and 1910 was successfully
inaugurated and concluded with the
organization of three shooting
! leagues.
A large number of teams entered
each of these leagues the following
/ year; in fact, il was necessary to
divide the inter-club league into two
parts. composed of an eastern and
western division, because twenty-five
clubs made application for admission.
The Rocky Mountain Rifle Club won
the western championship ana the
Winchester Rod and Gun Club the
eastern championship. In the shoot
OFF for the inter-club gallery cham
pionship OF the United States for 1911,
the Rocky Mountain Club again prov
ed the winner
The intercollegiate championship
for the year 1911 was won by the
team representing the University of
Iowa. which team did not lose sin
Gle one of its fifteen matches.
The year 1911 also saw the Organi-
zation of an inter-scholastic league,
open to teams of high school boys
representing the principal high
schools of the country After seven.
teen weeks of indoor competition be
tween teams OF ten school boys. eacl
boy firing ten shots standing and ten
shots prone. with % target rifles al
80 feet. the Morris High School OF
New York was declared the winner
. The championship of the United
States Revolver Association League.
i'm which twenty-fOur teams from all
sections of the country competed for
supreme hOnors, was again won by
the Smith 4 Wesson Revolver Club
of Springfield, Mass.
The inter-club league championship
in the year 1912 came to the East for
tine first time. the Park Club CT
Bridgeport. Conn. winning after a
triple tie with New Haven and St.
Paul. Il was the most exciting fiu-
ish imaginable, only one point separ-
ating the three teams in the final
shoot-on.
The United States Revolver Asso-
citation League Championship for 1912
was won by the Portland. Oregon,
Revolver Club. whose team did not
lose a single one of its twenty-three
matches
The intercollegiate championship
for 1912 for the western league was
won by Iowa State College; the east
trn league championship by the
Massachusetts Agricultural College.
In the shoot-off between these two
colleges for the championship Of the
United States the Massachusetts
Agricultural College team won out,
only two points separating the two
teams.
The year 1913 saw some very phe-
nUmenal shooting in all of the leagues
bun particularly in the inter-club
league competition. where the Park
Club of Bridgeport. Conn, hung mp
the undreamed-of record score Of 99S
, cut of the possible 1000. Despite this
fine shooting. however. the Warren
Rife Club OF Warren, Pa. won the
championship. not losing a single
one of its matches.
In the United States Revolver As
sociation League the championship
for the year was won by the Manhat-
tan Rife and Revolver Association
after shoot-Off of tie with the SpO-
kane Revolver Club of Spokane,
Wash.
The intercollegiate league cham
picnship of 1913 was won by the West
Virginia University. with a record
score of 99S out of the possible 1000.
but only after shoot-off with Har-
ward University. The Harvard team,
However. won the eastern league
championship.
The interscholastic league chant
pionship of 1913 was won by the Iowa
City School. its team not losing a
single match of the series.
The year 1914 saw the organiza-
ton of another inter-club league,
known as the Short Range Rife
League. and conducted by Arms and
The Man, with headquarters at
Washington. ID. c. Twentyeight
teams, the largest number ever COM
poting in any organized league, form
cd the first league. After spirited
competition throughout the indoor
season the District of Columbia Rife
Association won the championship.
The n. r. A. league competitions
of 1914 were successful in every way
and the shooting was as good or bet
ter than ever before
The inter-club league championship
was again won by the Warren Riff,
Club of Warren, Pa, its team no
losing a single match.
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