The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-08

make SO little progress.
the Keystone state there are three
covering the most important shoot
ing centers which amply illustrate the
reason for Pennsylvania suprem
acy. The Philadelphia Trapshooters
League, consisting Of eight strong
clubs in and about the Quaker City
is an association of about ten years
standing. 1t holds a series Of com
petitive shoots, one a month, from
| September to April, carrying clear
over the fall, winter and spring sea
sons. As an evidence of the great
drawing power of these league com
petitions, It is worthy of notice that
sometimes as many as three hundred
and fifty shooters compete in these
events once each month. In other
words the trapshooters of the Phila-
delphia district look upon these
league shoots in the same light as
sportsmen all over the country do
the Grand American Handicap. The
attendance proves this.
The matches are shot club against
club In pairs, each team meeting ev.
cry other in the course Of the sea-
son. This year the championship
was not decided until the final day
of the season, s. s. White and Mea-
dow Spring being tied at that time.
Fortunately. the schedule brought
these two teams together in the final
shoot of the season, that one event
deciding the title and drawing more
than hundred shots.
Another major league" of Penn
sylvania is the Western Pennsylva-
mia League, the constituent clubs of
which are located in and about Pitts
burgh. This league operates at the
opposite time of the year from the
Philadelphia circuit, its matches be-
ginning in the spring and running
until the fall. Then, too, all Of Its
shoots are registered and instead of
team and team competition, the rep
resentatives of all of the clubs meet
on one ground and high men for each
team decide the league team honors.
The Western Pennsylvania circuit
has admittedly been the big factor
in making Pittsburg a trapshooting
center.
Pennsylvania has another strong
league In the middle part of the State
known as the Central Pennsylvania
League, with clubs centering about
Altoona. This has brought to the
front many high class shots, caused
the organization of a number of new
clubs and given great impetus TO
the sport. Columbia County League
is another association in the same
state while centering about Harris
burg and Philadelphia are several
other organizations of a similar char
acter on smaller scale.
New York's progress owes much TO
Its league. The yacht clubs cluster.
ed close about Manhattan have an
Inter Yacht Club League. Then I'D
further in the state is the Interlalle
Trapshooting League, centered about
Ithaca, and now stretching out TO in,
clude larger cities on the Great
Lakes. In Western New York 10 an.
other gathering Of clubs with the
same purpose and producing the same
good results.
Ranking closest to Philadelphia in
the matter OF city league is the In.
terurban League of Chicago. This
body runs its course through the vIr
ter months, clubs shooting in the
same fashion as In the Western Penn. :
sylVania circuit and drawing AZ high ,
as TWO hundred shooters in one ses
SION This has been one OF the great
reasons for the advance OF trapshoot
ing In Illinois, Further south IN m,
hois Will be found two Other assocIo
lions which have had mach IN do
with the development Of the sport in
the Middle West They are the Con
traI Illinois Trap League and tba
Illihois Valley League. A pewconor 4
mat is spreading the good work :. "
he Interstate League, with two team.