Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-12-26
ONE SPORT SHOWED CAIN
TRANSPORTING GREW MUCH
DURING INDUSTRIAL LULL
more Thnn 1000 Trophies Awarded to
"'iio Shooters. Who Broke Five
Million Targets In Ycnr.
Baseball, and a number OF other high

MiiiiOn Targets In Ncnr.
baseball and a number OF other high
c.ass out-of-door pastimcs. suffered
Greatly from the industrial lull, the
war and numerous other complaints
curing the past two years. yet in that
same period of time trapshooting has
taken It's Erca,ca, boon.
The marvellous growth OF the sport
ailuring" is better portrayed In the
annual report of Secretary Shancr 10
the Interstate Association Of Trap
shooters than anything that has here
] tofore been published. Evidently the
growth OF the pastimc has worried MIR.
Shancr somewhat. for he advocates
the return To five traps in the Grand
American liandicap-the classic event
OF the year IN the trapsnooting line.
Shancr thinks that the continued
fsrowth OF the sport will make the
Grand american such a colossal affair
th;" It cannot be handled with the
RsToothncss and dispatch that the
fearlier championships were handled
Ibut In this he is mistaken. IL takes
more time 10 complete Il tournament
with 1000 entries than II does with 500,
&but If the shooters wish to participate
] VINO SHouII say them nay
return to any system that would
mean the refusal of entries would b.
detrimental TO the sport Tn. number
OF entries has advanced By degrees tor
hftcen years IN the Grand American.
ana last year in CHICAGO the entries
were more than 300 over the previous
|car-thc total number of entrants
being $50. The idea prevails in st.
Louis. where the next American cham
kpionship VIII be conducted. tina; there
&should be 1000 entrants. The iden Of
the trapshoot!ng leagues OF tn. United
Sstates is 10 develop trapshooting. not
10 chcck !t-and It's development would
3be checked if the Grand American wa
conducted on iive-trap basil
MORE QUANTITY THAN
QUALITY ~ HIG MATCH
| 1t il agreed that every contes,ant IS
not champiom-and many OF them
Fever VIII be-but just the same no
Sonc should be denied the pr.y.!.g. o.
else VINO thinks he has the ability
Ihere may have been NOR. quantity
IMAM Qua!it$ I'm the Grand American lag,
year, but who knows but that son
o. those n" were numbered among ,l.
quantity last year may ba very highly
rhhkcd In the quaIiiy tins year? The
iact mat nO one has ever won the ANA,
Itself "''""" '''
Bui this Is drifting away somewhn.
| from the '"AI purpurt Of this ariiclc.
Figures compiled hy AIR Shnn.r sh.,ys
'h't 90" tournaments were conducted
Ghhei the auspices % the Interstate. As.
sot."ti"H uurinr IN" year OF 1918, IN
WHICH LILO shooters participated and
. n which i.Aii,.s0 targets were TRAPPED
h"Se hsUTcs are really Tor 3a4 tour.
. lameits, as no report WAS received
from one o! III. competitions Thor.
are very fcw persons IN this broad land
= VINO though, that nearly 5000 400 tar
s''s We're broken last year in target.
Hh""iiiS matches But this ism, Tho
Iiriuhi number by a long ways These
Only ici! the figures OF the tournaments
sanctioned by the Interstate Associ.
alton There were hundreds OF other
KUN Grub matches. and i IS safe TO s;,,
nat iV''o""oo targets were broken
THIS year.
In the matches under Interstate s,,.
boTNis the average ni:mSer OF anna.
tours III IN" competition were forty.
seven, and the professionals seven. In
these tournaments. LOIS trophies We.
|awardcd--and every one of ,rcs..
trophies Is a permanent testimonial for
me association and its modern methods
3oi developing sport that IS growing
faster than it's foster parents thon.-h,
II would. $50 contestants won ono
trophy. eiBhty-thr"c contestants won
TWO trophies, th!rty-two shooters ,yo,
three trophies. eleven won four
trophies. six won I'VE trophies. NV.
won SIX trophies and four won seven
trophies.
PENNSYLVANIA LED IN
iMBEt Oh TDUHN MENTS
Pennsylvania led IN the number of
tournaments With Is, Illinois was ncxt
U,xsIf D.