The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-07
FIVE PRIZES TAKEN
BY NOVICE GUNNER
W. II. Luckptt Has Good Day at
Traps: Scores Best in
ShOOtOff.
HENDRICKSEN L. I.WINNER

In a driving snowstorm that partly
blinded the nimrods Of the firing hne the
hardy gunners of the New York Athlete
Club decided their weekly shoot NJ
Travers Island yesterday. The hero or
the afternoon was w. n. Luckett, n Of
the novice gunners OF the organization.
who won nve out of the eight events. He
took practically every event after a
spirited shootoff against half a dozen
other gunners.
The first prize he won was the club
Guy. Five gunners were In the ehootoN.
each having returned a full score OF %
targets In the first time at the traps.
There were as many more runners in
the shootor for the accumulation cup.
the next event annexed by the novice
shot. Then came the Travers Island
| trophy. followed by a victory In the
shoot for the novice cup. The last
event won by Mr.. Luckett was the high
handicap prize. For the first time In
many weeks there was no shootof for
this trophy.
The best shooting of the day was done
by II. l.. SPOTS. the national amateur
champion, who took the monthly cup
with the only straight score OF the after
noon. Mr.. SPOTS also was the high
scratch gunner, winning the event after
"A shootof against Il. NJ. Higginson
Each nimrod had 81 out of 100 targets
in tho first time at he traps. c. w.
Billings won the distance handicap with
a % out of % targets. shooting from the
10 yard mark.
NEroNsIr, l.. l., March s.-John II
Hendrickson. a former national cham
pion, won the trapshooting championship
for residcir gunners Of Long Island over
the traps OF the Ncponstt Gun club this
afternoon. The well known marksman
took the event with n total OF 80 out or
a possible 100 blu rocks Second prize
was won by d. X. Morrcll. There was a
tie for third place between g. Fosdick
and r. Won Boeckman. the latter win
ming the prize on the shootor. Twenty
FIVE nimrods took part IN the shoot.
Bad weather was responsible for small
fields at the traps OF both the Marine
and Field and the ~Bensonhurst Yacht
clubs yesterday. Only two uimrods re-
ported nj the former organization. At
the latter club five gunners were on the
firing lire. The regular events were
called of at both clubs, Next Saturday
the B~ensonhurst Yacht Gu will have a
special 100 target shoot for a cup Of
fered by Fred Gilbert.
ORANGE, March 6.-Trapshooters OF
the Essex County Country Club at Hut
ton Park. West Orange. this Afternoon
defeated q team from the Baltusrol Coli
Gu of Short HIS. and won possession
of a cup donated by Louis Keller OF Bal
tusrol. The score Was 707 70 $50.
Christian Feigerspan was high man
for Essex county. with % of a possible
100. and Mr.. Ftnck. with 50 first was
Raltusrol's best shot. Essex County was
won three legs on the cup and Baltus-
rol /.
Prevented by fhe storm from having
their usual Saturday contests the Essex
County men utilized their scores In the
lnterclub match to ~apportion weekly
prizes. The scores
Essex County. STANLEY. 20 Feigen-
span. 30 Colgate. IS. Hart. II. Day.
20 Hauck. - Hoadley, - Mum, al 4.
Heller. 6S-total. 707.
Baltusrol - Finck. 50 Geer. II;
Rrovu. 80 Lloyd, 60 CRANBERRY. 60
Ronner. II strong, "a Barclay. %
Hahn, 49-total, $50.
BLOOMFIELD. March 6-icorge Collins
was the winner of the February trophy
I'm the shoot at twenty-five targets
against g. J. Ernst and Charles Fred
ericks Collins broke % straight, while
his opponents broke eighteen each.