The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-30
AMATEUR u. s. TITLE
SHOOT ON SATURDAY
Competitors Will Fire at 200
Birds at Traycrs Island
Traps Of N. Y. A. G.
2r CONTESTS THIS WEEK

me national amateur trap shooting
championship at 200 birds will he held
a. rfavers Island next Saturday. tho sec.
ond day Of the eleventh annual spring
tournament of'the New York Athletic
Club. Besides the individual champion
ship. there will be an interclub team
match for the championship Of the East.
Any number OF marksmen from a club
may compete In the team shoot. bu,
only The fve highest will coun, in the
scoring.
In the competitions Of Friday and sat.
urday the shooters will fire Mt nifty tar
set0 from each Of four traps. The
shooter making the best score on each
trap each day will receive a gold medal,
but no shooter can receive more than
one medal. should che shooter be the
high u twice the prize goes :" TIVE rc,t
highest.
There will be trophies given 30 the
shooter making the best score at 100 on
each Of the o traps with tho same
conditions that pertain to the shooting Of
the nifty targets.
During the last six days OF his week
t~wenty-one t~rapshooting tournaments
registered by the Interstate Association
are lleted 10 take place in various Parts
~ s"o t'Nh ~ tl|ff. W.
braska two. and Indiana. Pennsylvania.
Colorado, Virginia. Vermont. t'tah. Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas. Illinois. Maryland.
Kansas, Missouri. Ohio. Kentucky. CALI
fornia n New York cach have one.
Included in the list are two State cham
pionships In 81. Louis and Greenville.
Mis-.
The Missouri state championship tour
nAmsnt will take place at sportsman's
Park. 81. Louis. N Tuesday. Wednesday
and Thursday. over the same traps to
be used at the Grand American Handi-
cap in August. Fifteen hundred dollars
added money will be given in the events.
which II $500 more than vas offered last
year.
The Mississippi State championships
ournament will be conducted In Green
silie on Wednesday. Thursday and Fri
Day. Greenville is five hours ride from
Memphis. and as this tournament, comes
pne week before the Southern Naniicap
Ir Memphis 1t should benefit thereby.
The tournament will he conducted AZ
The Fair Grounds. where three traps
viii be in operation. beginning - 80
II the morning. The champlonshin. ~
soursc. will take place on the last day.
On the opening day iHerc viii h" q
lakes to the iulf championship team
tace-teams Of three mtn-at $50 tar.
Eets each Any three shooters from
any one state are eligible 80 compste.
There will also be twenty-five pairs OF
doubles thrown on the first day.
Following the New York \. -. shoot
Htil be the eleventh annual running of
The Southern Handicap at Memphis
under auspices of the Memph.s Com club.
which conducted the tournament last
year. This is the frt time in the his.
tory OF the Interstate Association that
The same city conducted q sectional
championship in successive years. There
were 80 entrants last year. as aga inst
!S3 at Roanoke. Va. the wear before.
Memphis this time expects more than
zoo entrants. J. II. Cock.lne. president
on the Bristol. Tenn, Gun club. won the
tournament last year witt - break.
from 10 yards. The runner up vas the
late George /. Lyon. Tire" new events
have been added this year. the Southern
Special. the Southern Introductory and
The southern Overture. Tircc trophies
will be given in each.
To add more interest in the tourna-
ment the Interstate Association for the
Inst time in its history has offered
trophies FOR women shooters. The three
women who compile the best scores in
the Southern Handicap will get trophies.