El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-02
BY PETER r. CARNEY.

URING the first six days OF May,
81 trapshooting tournaments
- registered by the Interstate as
ISOLATION are listed to take place in
various parts OF the country. Iowa
tops the United States with three and
Nebraska comes next with two. In
diana, Pennsylvania, Colorado. Vir-
glnia, Vermont. Utah, Mississippi. Ar
kansas. Illinois. Maryland. Kansas.
Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, California
and New York each have one. Includ-
ed in the list are two state champion
ships and one American championship
The state championships viii be held
in St Louis, No, and Greenville Miss;
and the American championship will
take place at Travers Island New
York
First Tournament To-day.
The Missouri state championship
tournament will take place at Sports
mans Park, st. Louis on May :, 3 ana
4. This shoot will he held over the
same trans as the Grand American
Handicap will be shot over I'm August
Booster shoots have been conducted IN
ST Louis for two months, getting every
one on edge for the state tournament,
which should be the biggest in point Of
numbers ever held in the state. FIJI
tom hundred dollars added money viii
be given I'm the various events when
is $500 more than was offered last
year This in itself should bring OUT
more shooters, as 1t viii mean more
The Mississippi state championship
tournament will be conducted In the
Queen City Of the Mississippi Delta
Greenville, on May 3, and b, Green
vile is five hours ride from Memphis
and as this tournament comes one
week before the Southern Handicap in
Memphis. It should benefit thereby. Inc
tournament viii be conducted at the
Fair grounds, where three traps VIII
be in operation. beginning at S-SO IN
the morning The championship, OF
course will take place on the last day
Of the competition. On the opening
dav there will be a Lakes to the Gulf
championship team race-teams OF
three men-at $50 targets each. Any
three shooters from any one state are
o1fgfb1e to compete. There will also
he IS pairs Of doubles thrown on the
New York Competition.
The New York Athletic club Will
conduct its 18th annual spring tourna-
ment on May and s at Travers Island
and the tournament should be q pleas
ing one Two hundred targets viii De
thrown on the opening day and i've
trophies viii be awarded for tne IIoe
high guns. On the closing day the zO9
bird amateur championship of America
will be shot for. Ten prizes viii be
given in this tournament. Besides the
individual championship, there VIII ne
an inter-club team match for the team
championship Of the east Any num-
her of shooters Of any club can contest
but only the five highest viii count
Two hundred targets viii be thrown
In the competitions OF Friday and sat
rrdav the shooters will fire at 80 tar
gets from each OF four traps. Inc
shooter making the best score on each
tran each day will receive gold
medal. but no shooter can receive more
than one medal. Should one shooter
he the high gun twice the prize goes
to the next highest. There VIII be
trophies given to the shooter making
the best score at 100 on each of the
four traps with the same conditions
that pertain TO the shooting Of the 90
targets.
Southern Handicap At Memphis.
The main event Of the following
week will be the 18th annual running
Of the Southern handicap at Mem
phis. Tenn, under the auspices Of the
Memphis Gun club. This club con-
Quoted the tournament last year. This
ia the first time in the history Of the
Interstate association that the same
city conducted a sectional champion
ship in successive years. There were
$50 entrants last year as against 1913
at Roanoke, Va, the year before.