Evening star., 1915-12-28
SEVENTY-TWO CLUBS
IN THE COMPETITION
National Rifle Association to Hold
Gallery Shoot for Civilian
Marksmen.

Plans for national defense and pre-
paredness have given great impetus to
improvement of Workmanship among
civilians and resulted in a much ex-
tended list of competitors this season
for the interclub gallery championship
of the United States. held annually
under the auspices of the National Rifle
Association of America. which is fos-
tered by the War Department. This
season seventy-two clubs have entered
teams of ten men each. The five high
est scores made by the team will he
totaled as. the clubs weekly match
score. The clubs have been divided into
six classes. with eleven matches each.
extending from December - to March
A. Each man will shoot twenty times
at seventy-fve feet, using .22-caliber
rifles and ammunition. in prone posi-
ton. The club making the highest
score for the eason will receive the
championship trophy. and medals will
be presented to the winning team in
each class.
Divided Into Glasses.
Clubs composing class A are: The
Park Club. Bridgeport. Conn: Peters
Rifle and Revolver club. Kings Mills.
ohio: Warren (PaD Rifle Club, Bucyrus
(Ohio) Rifle Association: District Of
columbia Rifle Association. Bangor
tMe.) Rifle Association, Marion tOhio)
Rifle Club. MANCHESTER IN. H) Rife and
Pistol club. First Missouri Infantry
Rifle Club. st. Louis: Buffalo IN. "
Rifle club, Birmingham fAla.) Athletic
club and New Haven Comm Grays
Rifle club.
Class B clubs: Watertown IS. ID
Rife Club, Gisholt Rifle Club. Madison,
Wis: Youngstown (Ohio) Rife and Re
volyer Club Ogden fUtah) Rifle and
Revolver Club, Hopkins tMinn) Rifle
Club, Milwaukee (Wis.) Rife and Pistol
Club, Salt Lake City utah) Rife and
Revolver Club. Detroit (Mich-) Rifle
and Revolver Cub. Kane HaD Rifle
club. Adrian (Mich) Rife Club. Boston
(Mass) Rifle and Revolver Club and
Tacoma tWash.) Rife Club.
Glass G clube: Tucson tAriz) Rihe
Club, Albion Und) Rife Club, Hoosier
Rife Club. Louisville. Ky; Louisville
(KyD Rife and Revolver Club. Corinna
(Me) Rife Club. st. Paul tMinn.) Rife
and Pistol Club. Cypress Hills Rifle and
Citizens Rife and Revolver Club.
Rochester. n. Y: Stanton CNeb.) Gov
ernment Rifle Club. Ashland (Ohio)
Rife and Revolver CLUB and nd. Olympic
Class d clubs: Mckeesport G'a) Rifle
Club, Quinnipiac Rife and Revolver
Club, New Haven, Conn; Ashburn-
ham (Mass.) Rife Club. Lynn tMass)
Rife and Revolver Club, Portsmouth
Norfolk tVa.) Rife Club, Lestershre
| IN. " Rife Club, Auburn IN: Y) Rife
Club. Middletown On. W Rifle Club.
Rife and Revolver Club of New York,
| Incorporated; Rochester IN. " Rifle
Club, 5th Regiment Rife Club. Balti-
rore. Nj. and Ithaca IN. " Rife Club.
Others in Competition.
] Class E clubs: Guthrie Center Gowa)
! Rifle Club. Topeka (KanD Rifle Club,
Chicago Gll) Rife Club. Manhattan
| .Kan.) Rife Club, Toledo tOhio) Yacht
.Iub, Rife and Pistol Association:
Glendale Rifle Club. Bedford. Ohio;
Tulsa .(okla) Rife Club. Shawnee
Meeker (Col) Rife Club. Fort Harrison
Rifle Club, Terre Haute. Ind; Helena
| (Mont) Rife Club, and Pierre g. d.
Rn.e and Revolver Club.
| Class clubs: Taunton Mass.) In
Club, Albany. n. Y; Erie tPa) Rifle
club, Washington I'd. CO Rife Associa :
| ton. Detroit (Mich.t Y. NJ. c. A. Rifle
and Pistol Club, Quincy UH) Rifle
Club. Covington tKy) Rife and Pistol
Iowa; Port Clinton (Ohio) Rifle Club,
ST Augustine tFia.) Rifle Club, Hy-
| draulic Pressed Steel Company Rife
club, Cleveland, Ohio. and Portland
(Ore) Rife Club.
| The secretaries of the clubs will re-
port each week to the National Rife
Association headquarters in Washing
! ton where the scores Will be an
nounced. Judges appointed by the as
sociation will witness each match.