Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-10-20
Sgt. Thomas J. K. Evans VIM
ner of National Individual
Medal, and Will Be Member
OF All National Guard Team
SGT. JAMES H0 STANDS
NEAR TOP OF BIG LIST
Gets Twenty sixth Place Out
of Field of 728 Competitors;
Evans Will Face Crucial
Test at Big Match on Friday

Especial Wireless to Star-Bulietin).
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, October 90
In the national individual match Of
the National RifIe Association shoot
here yesterday, Sgt Thomas J. K.
Evans Of the HsWaii team made the
hIqhest score, winning the national In.
diVIduaI match medal.
SGT. James Ho, out Of q hetd OF I2S
competitors, stood tWenty-slxth IN the
same match. Evans 10 placed on the
AiI.National Guard team TO compete
in the united services match 20 be held
Friday In eonpetitIon with the v. 8.
Army, Navy and Marine Corps teams.
Both Ho and Evans are members Of
the 1st infantry, National Guard OF
Hawaii. 4 +agss r i .e.fa--ss
LIeut.col. WllIlam r. Riley, com
rnaudlna the 1st infantry, N. g. e.,
has been elected . director of the
National Rifle Association.
The above despatch received today
by the Star-Bulletin from Capt. Laur.
ence w. Redington, assistant to the,
Acknowledgement and special cores
pondent Of this paper at the national
rife competition In Jacksonville, ere
ated the greatest enthusiasm at Ma
tional Guard headquarters when shown
to National Guardsmen at the armory
by star-Bulietin reporter.
First Time In Services Match.
The splendid record made by Sgt
James Ho of Company +, LIST Infantry.
In winning 26th place out Of field OF
72S competitors, and Sgt Thomas u.
X: lnSpiders) Evans, who won the
national individual match medal yes
terday, means that the National Guard
az Hawaii; for the nrst time ihrits his
tory, has q representative on the All.
National Guard team In the united SER
vice match. 81,
ii also means that both men will
bring back more medals and cash
prizes than he ever been won before
by the Hawaii Gam. "We'll sure have
to give them ) Iuan when they get
back" was the way one National
Guardsman expressed his iubilation on
hearing the news,
BY winning the national individual
medal, Evanp becomes eligible to en-
ter the united service match as a mem
Der Of the All.National Guard team
consisting OF the is National Guards
men shooting the highest scores In
the national individual match. ,-.
Big Shoot on Friday. i
These is men, representing all Ma.
tional Guards Of the Urited States,
will' shoot Friday against teams se.
lected from the u. s. Army, Marine
Corps and Navy. Sgt. Ho win not be
on this team, but HIS achievement Is
nevertheless remarkable one. n
Distance and order Of fire for the
national lElnrni match are as fol-
lows: u
Rapid fire, 200 and 800 yards; 10
shots at each range, with no sighting
shots. .-..~
Slow fire, 800, 900 and 1000 yards;
Is shots at each range, with no sight
ing shots.
SGT. Evans will bring back gold
medal to- Honolulu as his reward for
winning the national individual match.
He also receives prize OF $50 in gold
coin, and has chance to win the gold
medal for the highest score in slow
fire and q $50 prize, also q gold medal
for the highest aggregate store in
rapid fire, this including a $50 cash
prize.
This is the sixth year that Sgt
Evans has been Q member Of the Ha-
waii rifle team, and his success on
this occasion has made his fellow ma
tional guardsmen extremely proud Of
him.
Sgt. Evans was q member Of the
team in 1907 and again in 1908, 1909,
1910, 1918 and this year.