Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-23
-FOUR CLEAN SCORES
IN LIVE BIRD SHOOT
To Decide State Championship on
Saturday; Darkness Ends Big
Handicap Event

AS a result of tie-up in yesterday s
annual State live bird shoot at Fourth
and Division streets, Harrisburg will
have another big event on Saturday.
-Four crack shots ended the yearly
handicap event last evening with a
clean score of twenty birds killed.
They were wellington" &c. Hepler)
Harrisburg; lzzy Hoffman, Philadcl-
phia; James l.. Schmeck, Wyomissing,
and Peter Kline, of Fleetwood. Fred
w. Dinger, of Harrisburg, present
holder of the championship trophy
quit with a score of 10.
The shoot-off on Saturday will be
for the trophy and championship and
will take place during the team match
between Dauphin and Cumberland
county shooters. There will also be 4
sweepstake match. Shooting will start
at 10 o'clock. 1t was agreed late last
night to have a twenty bird race to de-
eide the State honors.
Shoot Ends Late
The State shoot ended at dark last
night with much dissatisfaction on the
part of the officials of the Harrisburg
Sportsmen's Association. Among the
seventy-siX entries in yesterdays event,
not one shooter had any censure for
the Harrisburg men. An outsider
mixed things up badly, and score of
shooters were obliged to remain in
Harrisburg because he carried one of
the score sheets around in his pocket
until a late hour last night making u
settlement impossible until the sheet
was turned over 10 the officials.
The four shooters with high scores
divided S243.30. For second money,
amounting to $1S2.40, four shooters,
including Fred w. Dinger, of Harris
burg, present State champion, tied
with a total of 10 with five others.
Ten shooters with scores of Is di-
vi ed $121.60, and a large number
49, scores of II each divided fourth
money, S60.S0.
Lights were burning and a heavy
rain was falling when the last ten men
stepped to the traps to complete their
entries. An eight-bird match preced-
ing the championship shoot delayed the
latter and caused much inconveni-
ences, a number of shooters with
third round. The birds were fast and
the field poor.
The handicaps and scores follow:
Scores and Handicaps
Shugars (2S) is; Donson (2D-1S;
Pyle (2S) is; Bellman (2O -13; Oil
Cummings (26)-11; Ferguson (27)-
Is; c. p. Smith (2S)-17; c. e. Keys
(27) -16; Foster (26)- Pomeraining
CD -16; Coleman (29)-19 Crosby
(2S)-1S; Adams (2S) is; Dinger (2S)-
10; Graves (2S) 10; E. A. Etter (27)-
TO- u. =. Mlller NZID-lb; BroWncll
t2S)-16; Ben Reese (2O-17; ID. II.
Wagner (2O-14; w. L. Hoover (27)-
10; G. Il. Humer (2S)-1S; w. H.
Smith (2O-9; Shaffer (2D-16; d.
Moore (27) IL; c. Haas (2S) IA; Shis-
Ter (2O-17; Mart Stewart (2S)-17:
Nan LeSande (2O-13; Grover (2) -16;
A. ]. Hof(2O is; r. NJ. Green (27)-
II; Schwarz (2S)-12; Hunter (27)-
IS; Ward Moore (2S)-16; j. Purdy
(2S) -16; w. A. Miller (2O-19; Rishel
(2S) 20; Schmeck (27 20; Eisenhour
(2O-17; Schnoyer (2O-16; j. Cling
rich (2)-15; Bogar (2S)-17; Herr
(2S) lis; w. TT. Lenker (2S)-17: G.
Strohm (2O us; c. f. Grove (2S)-17;
Mac Miller (2O II; Fred Wertz CD
IL; Lee Wertz (29)-17; Peter Cline
(2O 20; Ed Hoffman (2O-17: Jake
Daubert (2S)-16; c. Christ (27)-1S;
p. Hoffa (2D-1S; Hull (2)-17; Mel
rath (2S)-17; Pratt (2S) ia; Matte
son (2O-16; II. C. Hoffman (29)-2O
Jebb (2S)-19; Budd (2S)-19; Spicer
(2S)-17; Croft (2O-17; Brenneman
(2O is; Shearer (2O-17; Tritt (26)-
3; Trivits (27)-6 withdrawn: Buck
walter (2O-1S: Relwig (2S)-6, with
drawn; Il. ]. Merrig (27)-6.