Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-09-17
F. S. WRIGHT WINNER
PURSE AND TROPHY
AT SEASIDE SHOOT
South Wales, N. Y, Man De-
feats w. H. Wolstencroft,
of Philadelphia, in At
lantic City Shoot-Off
GERMANS GREAT RECORD

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j.. Sept Nv.
n Wolstenoroft, consistent winner in
other tournaments here, Of Philadelphia.
tied with F. S. Wright. of South Wales.
N. Y. in the race for the gold purse and
Atlantic City Cup at the annual shoot OF
the westy Hogans. Each broke 14s in
the total days regular events OF $50 blue
rocks They shot off the tie and Wright
won with 20 straight for the coveted
awards
The seashore trophy must be won three
times before permanent ownership is OBJ
tained. The Empire State crack now
has two legs on It in having won this fea-
ture in 1911 with 1i5 in l5O
Lester S. German. the professional Of
Aberdeen, Md, has high average Of both
his own field and the amateurs with the
remarkable sheet of 4s9 out Of the pos
sible 500 in the regular program. This
is a new record for registered shoots and
the westy Hogans.
Voolfolk Henderson. national amateur
champion at both singles and doubles
last year. of Lexington, KY. easily led
! the amateurs He broke 1893 out of 500 in
the full program Frank Wright of South
| Wales, N Y. comes next with 4S9 to-
tailed. Allen He'll, of Allentown smashed
4s5 in 500 in ranking third among the
"simonpures." w. f. Daub, OF Muir
penna, had a very nice record today and
yesterday of perfect score Of lss
straight.
One disappointing feature of the pro-
! gram this morning was the missing OF the
! very first target i'm the opening event by
| Lester S. German, the professional from
| Aberdeen, Md, who was after the worlds
straight run record. He went perfect in
the string Of S72 yesterday and the day
before This performance brought
crowd to witness his work today. which
watched the disheartening miss Of one
bad" target for the first blue rock and
then saw him run the next - straight oh
following traps.
Amateurs Jared generally better than
the professionals i'm the forenoon round,
Lester S. German being the only shooter
in the latter set to break a out OF the
possible IS. w. b. Severn. of Pailadet
phia; L. r. Beuchamp.. of Camden, Del
A B. Richarr. on. OF N'l"'m
liam Ford, OF Wilmington; c SIT.
of Bridgeton, and w. s. W. r. Il
of Philadelphia, each recorded -ry
fine sheets in the for" r''t ~
"A kills" in the aggregate of the hve
events. totaliRg % targets among the
"simon pures."
Charles II. Newcoub of Philadelphia;
Ed Helyer. Jr.. of AlovHrt''r. a.,
Bruins. Of Brookville, Ind, all amateurs.
smashed 7S in the same total. j. H. Min
nick. of Wilmington; Frank Billmyer.
of Cumberland, Md, and Voolfolk Hem
derson cracked ~ Jesse Grinith, Of
3 Philadelphia, went down the line with
a straight run Of 81 targets. to get his
score of Il.
'Chief" Bender "grassed" 60 this morn
ing.
Total days events, $50 targets. Race
for gold purse and Atlantic City Cup:
Culver, 13o; .Applcgatse, 14l Andrews. lss:
don, l2s; German. 140; U. A. Hail. i40;
Runnels. 81; Anderson, l20 Puffenbarger,
Bruns i45; co6urn. 14s Miller. 1aS: Hoover. yer.
127; Wagner. 1876; Stewart. 13s; Hoffman, l34
der, i25i washburn; ia; John 9; Martin. lts;
Psfr 5qf lS9 sf9TT S shg96 o w5e
Harrison, l5i; Mrs. Mrs, Harrison i2s; ". q.
.Apgsr. ~; SKelleT. Jrs l4l ,Glover, l4oi
Mslrath. 100; 'Joslyn, 14i; .PTatt. 100.
MoHToe l!o ,Ve ,Wynhs9sGp be 1921 Morgan ad is
s6aFiss, i5d Hlaeiins, lae; Powers ils:
Snsf5 lI hu ,7 al ftO GOshrsn iS5 JqSn
ilaS; Gillespie, 144 .Hammond l43; cOrbett:
aAs M PH s9 HI Rmysr wTsRt ft its colqTt F i4s 49,
Hassingers 40: Mason; la1 Hauseman. 1888;
MinnisSs u; ,winshei,srs" ~ :HsmiIS.
, Grinlth, l4O; Eyre. 11s; Ford ia2; Ziegiey.
W sherrer, 1ao; Artz. 1875; Depew lS; n. a
Ammermsn, 12s; Keffer, 1872; p. g. ANNEX
George Eek Eek zi2o i2I C. r Eis Esesliis l2s Fl
Rs%y,. iSG; tosus iSs; Rese6sriry = 40; cesS.
| rane. 143; "Fox. 1886; Laird. 1875: Severn. 147
: Bohm. 100; Howell, 1874; Adams, 13s; .siear.
4 1l5; Plat, las; Matthews. ial; J. n, Curry.
| .Darton. 1874; Blanks 144 sVon Lengerke.
le3i winkler lss; Miller, 13l; Calvin, 12o;
a sProfessionais, not eligible for prizes.