Omaha daily bee., 1915-12-28
CLASSIFY CLUBS
In RIFLE SHOOT
seventy-Two Clubs Enter Annual
National Inter-Club Gallery
Championship Event.
NO ENTRY FROM NEBRASKA

WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.-Plans for ma
tionai defense and preparedness have
given great impetus to the Improvement
Of marissmanship among civilians and
resulted h a much extended lists OF
competitors this season for the Inter
Club Callers Championship OF the United
states held annually under the auspices
of the National II fie Association OF
America which Is fostered by the War
department. This season 70 clubs have
entered teams Of ten men each. The
five highest scores made by the team will
e totaled as the clubs weekly match
score. Tho clubs have been divided in
six classes with n matches each. ex-
tending from December Is to March 4.
Each man will shoot 20 times at 20 feet.
using 80 calibcr rifles and ammunition.
~ prone position. The club making the
highest score for the season will receive
the championship trophy and medals will
be presented to the winning team In
Zach class.
Clubs composing Class A are: The Park
Club. Bridgeport. conr.. Peters Rifle and
Revolver Club. Kings Mills. Ohio: War
rem u'a) Rifle Club; Bucyrus (O) Rifle
Assn; District OF Columbia Rifle Assn;
Bangor Mel Rifle Association; Marion
(O,1 Rifle Club Manchester IN. HI
Rifle are Pistol club: First Missouri In
fantry Rifle Club. -. Louis; BuffalI IN.
W Rifle Club: Birmingham (Ala) Ath.
ietic Club. and New Haven Conn., Grays
Pifle Club.
Glass clubs: wstertown a. D. Rifle
club: Gishoit Rifle Club. Madison. Wis.
Youngsson (o) Rifle and Revolver Club;
Ogden Utah Rifle & Revolver Club;
Hopkins tMinn) Rifle Club Milwaukee
tWisl Rifle & Pistol Cluoi Salt Lake
City Utah Rifle s. Revolver Club; De-
troit (Mich) Rife and Revolver Club;
Kane tl's) Rifle Club: Adrian (Mich)
Rifle Club: Boston (Ailass) Rifle & Re-
solver Club; and Tacoma WASH Rifle
club
Cless 6 clubs; Tuscon (AriE.) Rifle
Club: Albion und.) Rifle club; HooEeI
Rifle Club indianapolis. Ind; Swiss Rifle
Club. Louisville. KY; Louisville. (Ky.l
Rifle a Revolver Club: Corinna (Me
Rifle Club; st. Paul Mimi Rifle a Pisto
Club; Cypress Hills Rife 4 Revolvg
Ass'n. New York citys Citizens Rifle 4
Revolver Club. Rochester. N. y: stanton
fNcb) Government Rifle Club: Ashland
eo) Rife a Revolver Club. and olym
pic Rifle Pistol club. San Francisco.
Glass d clubs: McKeeaport Cpa.) Riff
club; Qulnnlpiac Rifle a Revolver club
New Haven. Conn. Ashburmen Mass
RIFE Club; Lynn CMahs.) Rifle & Revol
yer Club; Norfolk Cval Rifl
Club: Lestershirs IN. " Rifle Clut
Auburn IN " Rifle Club: Middleton
IN. ~ Rifle Club; Rifle q Revolvs
Club OF New York. Inc; Rochester n
~ Rifle club: Fifth Regiment Rifl
club Baltimore. Md; and ithaca IN. Y
Rifle Club
Class Il clubs: Guthrie Center 0a) Riff
Club; Topeka (<ansl Rifle Club: chicag
ulD Rifle club; Manhattan. (Kan) Riff
Club; Toriedo. (O) Yacht Club Rifle
Pistol Association; Chenille Rifle clul
Bedford. o.. Tulsa (Okia) Rifle Clul
Shawnee Rifle Revolver Club. Linn
O.: Meeker tColo) Rifle Club. Fort Ha
Fison Rife Club. Terre Haute. Ind
Helena tAnont) Rifle Club. and Pier
Is. ID Rifle a Revolver Club.
Class + clubs: Tanton (haass) Indo.
Rifle Club Rensselaerwy Rifle Gu
Albany. N. r: Erie tPa) Rife Gu
Washington %. c. Rifle Association
nctrcit (Aich) Y. NJ. c. A. Rifle
Pistol Club: Quincy CiD Rifle Gu
cov'ngton CKy) Rifle 4 Pistol Gu
Kiowa Shooting Club. Des Moines. Il
Port Clinton eol Rifle Club: ST. August
(F1a) Rife club; Hydraulic Pressed st.
Co. Rife Club. Cleveland (o) and Pol
land. (ose) Rife Club.
The secretaries OF the Ciuba will
port each week 70 the. National RI
Association headquarters IN Washln
ton where the scores viii be announc,
Judges appointed by the association y
witness each match.