The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1915-04-08
ToIBu1d Trap
shooting StTonghO|ds
BY Thomas D. Richter, Associate
Editor Of Sporting
Life

Man is a gregarious animal. 1t is
one of his characteristics that he
! likes to travel in company. Hence
We have nations, states, cities, com
| munities, and finally competitive
sports, all requiring more or less or
CARNATIONS. The man who likes sol.
itude and who is satisfied to practice
and display his skill in any line for
his own delectation is a rarity. Any
thing good we have we want every.
body else to see and know about.
These tendencies have been respon.
sible for the growth and development
OF many sports, notably OF baseball.
The present prominence of profes
sional baseball, with its strong cen
tralized authority and its hundreds
of ramifications into leagues. reach
ing to the smallest towns of the coun
try, and all working in harmony. is
due entirely to the league prin :iple.
Trapshooting, a comparative youth
in the family Of athletic recreations,
Is feeling the call Of organization and
of team and league competition. The
future Of this great sport depends up
on the promotive effort of its expon-
ents and those who are directing its
progress. Nothing has yet been
found that equals in promotiye value
the trapshooting league. Therefore,
We would advise gun clubs through
out the country to take a leaf from
the book of experience and band to-
gether with vicinity clubs in a
league.
The experience of those who have
been closely associated with the de
velopment of trapshooting has been
that these sections Of the country
which have scattered through them
well organized and properly handled
leagues now represent the strong
holds Of the sport, the territories
most prolific in gun clubs and shoot
ers. Wherever we find league,
there We will also see larger and
more enthusiastic body OF trapshoot
ers than in any spot not So favored.
The shooter would rather compete
in conjunction with large number
Of his fellows and with regular set
form of interclub competition than
he would in the small club shoots
and tournaments. The league en-
genders a gettogether spirit on the
part OF the members of each club
and stirs up a rivalry between or
ganizations that mere shooting for
prizes cannot bring about.
The league spirit is productive of
new shooters and keeps interested
the shots OF years experience who
might otherwise lose interest and
turn to some other form Of athletic
diversion. II is also responsible for
greater amount OF publicity for the
sport, an absolute necessity II trap
'AOoNhb 10 W pSCOho tue
sport in the world from the stand
point OF participants.
The records of trapshooting con
firm all OF the foregoing observa.
lions and statements. Pennsylvania,
New York. Illinois, Ohio and Missouri
rank in order as the first five states
of the nation In point of numbers of
gun clubs within their boundaries.
So also have these five states the
greatest number of trapshootlng
leagues, or these FIVE States Penn
sylvania has more than four hundred
gun clubs, at least hundred more
than New York. This difference in
number also is clearly marked by |
the diversity in number OF leagues.
or the many organized bodies in