Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-02-07
ORGANIZED LEAGUE
SHOOTING IN THE ]. S.
Started in the Summer OF 1909 by
Two Prominent Members Of Cap
ital Rifle Club Of Washington.
NOW COVERS THE COUNTRY
Last Years Competitions Proved
Successful - Teams Representing
National Guard Of Several States
Form This Year.
ny FRANK j. KAHRs,

Associate Editor, Arms md the Man.
Shooting men generally know that
ganiscd leagues, for shooting; repre-
senttnE practically every branch OF the
se eoa TIE Of nsSnsp u on
and. except through an occasional para
graph in the daily press, seldom com es
league activities. notwithstanding, the
fact remains that schoolboys. college
men and just plain. everyday civilians
go to their club ranges each week and
shoot in competition with others of
their class with the rifle, revolver and
pistol
Even largo majority of shooting
years ago that the first organized
league for shooting was brought into
existence. and, being one of those con-
cerned, ] am able to tell you just how
1t came about.
Organized June. 1000.
In the summer. of 1so9-June, to be
National Capital Rife and Revolver
Club. of Washington. d. c., met, quite
by accident, on the street. and in the
on shooting topics. they discussed the
question Of organizing the numerous
revolver clubs In the country Into
These two knights OF the trigger
were unanimous in the opinion that
lines OF our baseball leagues would
arouse great interest in the sport and
stimulate activity in competition:
took the form OF a communication to
the United States Revolver Associa-
tion, the governing body for pistol and
revolver shooting In the United States
The association Immediately put the
question before its affiliated clubs and
members. and the resvl. was a unani.
OF revolver clubs.
The irst week Of December Of tho
same year saw fourteen OF the most
the country. extending from Maine to
California. shooting on their twenty
yard indoor ranges In competition
organization
Tie After Three Months.
shooting the Golden Gate Rifle and
Pistol Club Of San francisco, was tied
Club. OF Springfield. Mass. for the
Championship OF the league. Parmly
RR sy9iTs. Q, the Manhattan Rifle and
City, was the star individual performer
leading the leagues for the series.
wSs es orE as seen as he rey9lyes league
ciation OF America. the governing body
Tor the sport was requested TO organ
iye League among its affiliated ride
club rife league The colleges Of the
country quickly followed suit and ten
teams made up the first inter collegiate
league. All Of the rife clubs shot at
seTenty-fve feet on the regular " r.
4. gallery target, having ll-2 inch
used, and ten men composed each team
The championship OF the inter-club
league for the year 1910 was won by
Mont. after shoot-off OF tie With
the Winchester Rod and Gun Club OF
trtn
shooting was at hfty feet, and each
team consisted OF ten men, firing ten
shots each. standing. and ten shots
l prone; with any 80 calibre target rihe
The Washington State College won the
Championship OF the league.
., r nus we sec o that the shooting season
augurated and concluded with the or
ganizatlon of three shooting leagues.
,,. Increase in Memhership.
each Of these leagues the following
year; In fact. It was necessary to divide
the interclub league into two parts
made application for admission.
~, The ,r Rock Mountain Rifle Club won
Winchester Rod and Gun Club the
Eastern championship. In the shoot OF
f%r the ,I interel9h gallery championship
OF the United states In 1911 the Rocky
Mountain Club again proved the win
The intercollegiate championship
for the year 1911 %as. won by the team
representing the University of Iowa,
which team did not lose single one of
Its nfteen matches.
The year 1911 also saw the oreani
cation OF IN interscholnstic league
open TO teams OF high school boys rep
resenting the principal high schools OF
the country. After seventeen weeks of
Indoor competition between teams of
the school boys. zach boy firing ten shots
standing and ton shots prone with .22
target rihes ct fifty feet the Morris
High School OF New York was declared
the winner.
Tho Championship Of the United
states Revolver Association League, in
which twenty-four teams from all sec
: LIONS OF the country competed for SUI
prcme honors, was again won by the