Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-10
SHOOT IS ON TODAY
FOR BRIGGS TROPHY
Teams of Expert RifIemen
Contesting for the Honors
at Seagirt.
DISTRICT TO TAKE PART
IN THE COMPETITION
New York Company Match and
Three Individual Tests Also
in the Schedule.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SEAGIRT, N. j., September 1O.-The
second day of Seagirt's twenty-fifth an
nual interstate tournament opened
with the interstate regimental team
(the Briggs trophy match, which the
LIST District of Columbia won in 1909,
1911 and again in 1913-three out of
the eight times it has been shot. The
contest is for teams of six from the
United States Army, Military Academy
and Naval Academy, and the National
Guard and naval reserves OF the states
and territories, ten shots at 200, 500
and 1000 yards, with the service rifle
and any ammunition.
The winner gets the Interstate Regi-
mental trophy. presented by the late
Emitted States Senator Frank o. Briggs
of New Jersey, and 40 per cent OF the
entrance fees. Last year the victor
was the I'd New Jersey.
One other team match was on today
card-the New York Rife Associations
company contest. which Company X OF
the LIST District took in 1918; Headquar-
ters. I'd District. in 1910 and Head
quarters. District, in 1909.
Three individual matches We're shot
today-the Gould rapid-fire. the Rem.
ington expert. fifteen shots at 1000
yards. which Capt Ralph Alderman OIL
the District captured last year by scor-
ing II of the possible rs, and the Swiss,
out when he misses the BULL
"Key System" Adopted.
To insure absolute impartiality in
making the targets, an innovation Is on
ut the 1915 Seagirt shoot. The plan is
called the key system" After the
markers are sent into the pits. key
number is placed upon the blackboard
behind the firing line. just before the
h dc
the number of the target on the con-
testant's squad ticket gives the num-
Der of the target at which ne is 10
shoot. If the key number plus the TICK
ct mum Der gives number larger than
the unmber of targets in use the num-
Der of targets is deducted. This meth
cd obviates the possibility of marker
in the pit knowing who is firing on the
target he is running.
The new procedure was arranged by
Capt. William c. Harl1ee, former cap
tain of the Marine Corps team, who
was executive officer of the New Eng
land tournament at Wakefield, Mass:
last week, and Col. John Dooley of
Maine, both of whom will be on the
executive staff of the national matches
in Florida next month, when the new
plan also will be followed.
In connection with this Key system
goes another change-that of giving
each contestant a target to himself in
stead of putting two on target This
change lands the markSman SQuarely
on his own resources, and also re-
lieves him of the delays incident to a
partners work.
District Team In Camp.
The District team, which marched
Into camp yesterday morning at 10
o'clock, was greeted by about the hot
test, most humid day the Jersey range
has seen this summer. The District
street" is the second from the front.
Immediately behind the Marine Corps
and with New York as its ~next-door
neighbor in the rear and the camp
mess hall door twenty jumps OF.
District Ties New Jersey.
The Sd District of Columbia, at the
end of the second stage of the inter-
state regimental match. was tied al
$50 with the Sd New Jersey for third
place. The I'd New Jersey led with 554
one point ahead of the list New York
The 1st Corps Cadets of Massachusetts
had 541 and the 4th New Jersey 521.
Company D of the Sd District and
the 1st Corps Massachusetts, Cadets
tied at 131 for first place on the 800
yard stage of the company team match
and took the final stage. leading at 266
Company c of the Sd District lost the
company team match by one point-391
to 390-to Company c of the LIST Corps
Cadets of Massachusetts.