The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-02
GEORGE LYON TAKES
\ TRAP SHOOT TITLE
Makes New Record Total Of
) 1872 Breaks Of Possible 200
Blue Rocks.
OUAKERS GET TEAM PRIZE

championship OF America yesterday at
the New York Athletic Club traps,
Trayers Island. making a total OF 1872
out Of q possible 200 targets. Lyons
score il the best that has been made In
the event during the ten years that IL
has been q fixture II. l.. SPOTS. who
carried of the title last year. was In
poor form and dropped into fifteenth
place with a total OF 1873.
The team prize went TO Philadelphia.
her frst Ave men bringing down a total
OF s27. c. Newcon,b led the Quakers
with 1s9, A. H. Richardson and A. Hell
came next with 1877 each and were fol-
lowed BY w. Foord with 1856 and J. c.
Griffith with IT'S. The New York A. G.
team was the runnerup with 922. Rich
ardeon Of the Philadelphia team finished
only sixth, but managed to corral the
lsng prize with an unbroken string OF
III targets.
Lyon was hard pressed for the crown
throughout the competition. In spite OF
tAe hard pace he was setting A. l..
Chaznherlin OF Bridgeport, A. f. Conley
of'Buhalo. Newcomb Of Philadelphia. an
01>champion, and Il. A. Randall OF Port
land. Mo. kept right after him. When
tse 100 mark was reached Conley was
IN the lead by one target. but on the
nAHt string Lyon picked up and had a
score Of 16s, three better than his near
~ competitor. Chamberlin managed to
pull out ahead Of the others in the last
string and finished second to Lyon. only
two birds behind him. The field was
made UP OF 143 gunners. and after the
competition the visiting nifnrods were
the guests Of the New York A. G.. at
osefsteak dinner The summaries:
N.tion.i ,Snnamplonships., 200 targets; in
serins. Of 100 ~ =; AHsni q Ho. .lnn.'
N-.iss; C. e. sheldon, 81. s2-iss, ID. =.
Mallory. 50. st-is5: L. o. Graham: 80.
cseS. Il. iiGiss: W c. Newton, IL, So"
i6S: J. c. orffnth, 81. si-i7s; J. Foun-
i;:;n, - 77misi z u. b Msirr Z p 81; So
siikySrh;. %; sSEiis: r ixnan., n, 20,
Mev.y. J =, 81. ss",ss: a Wilson. 81
Se--isi; E. A. staples. IS. si-ist. II. c.
Brooks. So sS.iss; C., B. Tucker a.
l7i: r. r. pebacher. IS, 7!-i5s: ": b.
Ss 4 f. H: :lIs % y T. s si, Z; =
i.sIl7i O. = Task,!'' dis e. $3.50; VI 4;
/. 5. Flint. 81. si.-is:; j. i. Lynch.
q. si-iss; T. b. Heintz. IS. so-iss;
y. r. Carlton, "a, LIS A. T. Soniey.
s.. STE; J. ] brsna.neers, s. sswi:s;
r ssssr TO- s0 R,ss,r O. W. ~ si''' s1
Foord. 90. s4-iss; 4. Hell. 81, ss.ls7;
50. ss-iss q. J. coree,t, S.. so-iis;
p; r; McMahon. 81. ST.; G. Il Martin
I" se-lsG J.; /; Snow, a. a ''Li o.,o,n
o. $50 S.%'' Ellis, ~ ,-iis o T.
Davis. s., sg-lIs; 4. J. McMsnus, 50 50 5.
49, s?'t Il. 4 +. p.iahan i IS. 7s"i.t: b =
hldrsS; T. Rsna.y n 81 s gnlfHan i
iss; 4. 4: King; 90; SIS; " church
ss-i;o; +. o. Williams. 70. SITS; {. =
s Mariss " \. sio5i. 4 a. A hf9fa D =
.sEIi'; ". d. Kinds. 81. ss-is7; : II.
g. Gin e, sc-is:; F. Y. Ro.ebury 81 8.
iMDi,t; q. r. sissI: ssp s p.nn; IT
h-iis:. T. II. L.oeat.lli., .se. 's-isi; X. y
Burns. 81 sl-l65; II. X. SPOTS. so, So
Moore ,ss G. So W , Hss9er 9 = G Ia!.7 G.
Pie s., sS"iSs; il. H. H. +, ransk.' i.
j. Mooney SIS. S-iGs: W. ii. Luckett, IL.
so-ls7, =. Fowler. IS. Il-lt6; II. Lee. 50
s.idsn j W soM Missn " y ~ cGlin. i. 3
ISIS: }. l.. briggs 81 s3--l67; r
Ir,emns - 50; NJ. = ithn pt -
81, s2-les: II. NJ. brigham, -, sO--i7i
IS STE; c. r. Day. 50, s?-iS.
T. q. Southey, -, s2-i6I, ii h. Pre-t,
81. ,s--ls6; l.. T. kellogg II, silt, II.
D fs,e' 81 o seilS'; / , GO. Mt'0Ii .:
sindle, 81. si-l6s; l. !" klutz; 81, ia
son. 20. 7G-l55; c. =. R-aua. sc, S-lIi;
l.. $. Hall. a. sO-lji; q. ". Iemh-ck.
Hall, So, so-i7s G. ". Yam stone. ".
gN-lsa. W. L.. Jones, 81, 1t-lS1. j
Robinson. So. 5i-i57: vs. j Brennan ~
Sole; X. +. Knock-nbaub.r. 81, 70-l7l.
!. b. Smull. so. 7s-l3s G. l. Thompson.
y. s'-ies: d. Smith. 50. s.-is' Z, Il.
FiNHi. sTkSDING OF LEADERS
O.: l.. Lyon. 1879; 4. L.. Chamberlain 100:
c. II. Newcomb. lss; A. y. Conl-y. lss;
z. A. Randall. iss; A, Hell, ls7 4.
Richardson. 1877: j. l.. SNOW, 49, ". VI.
rcordi;, iss; 4 /, Burns. iss' r. A. KIM,
J Baldwin. iS; r. l., SPOTS, lss G.
Senior, lss: e. W. Van stone. 1872; q. an,
1872; $. W Putnam ls@: J. IL Hendrick-
son. 1871: l.. q. = Graham. 1871. G. j. stein,
$50: Z. G. Gunther $50; O. l.. Osborn, $50;
G. H. Martin, $50.
Shooton for third and fourth place won
by NewcOmb, with cOnley fourth; shO"t"n
for sixth place won by Richardson; shoot
on for seventh place won by SHOW, with
BY Foord. with A. l.. Burns tenth
TEAM SHOOTS
Philadelphia, s27: New York A. g, s2e;
Smith GUN club Jersey city. 1857: Port,
land. Ne, $50 Also competed Boston 4,
A.. Baltimore and Bridgeport.
LONG RUN PRIZE.
Won nv "A Richardson with 1871