Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-03
CHICAGO EXPECTS TO GET
CHAMPIONSHIP TRAPSHOOT
Windy city Clubs Agree to Erect Ten
Traps for Spectacular ENrnt-Othrr
Cities Make IBID.

The annual meeting Of the Interstate
Association for the encouragement oil
CITY. :. j.. WeinesdaS " Bscam nm J %, sS
vast amount OF business OH hand i, 10
more than possible that the meeting
Will last more than day.
To Il great many persons the annual
meeting Of the Interstate Association
shooters and their friends IL means a
great deal. II Is at this meeting that
announcement viii be made where the
tournament VIII take place, also the
dates and the places where the East.
ss!rn. southern. Western and Pacific
Coast handicaps and tournaments will
t ; pi!cc. Everything the Interstate
ASSOCIATION does is for the regulation
and the Improvement in the conduct OF
'iIr'tI ;RIs tournaments big and
From tho time OF the grand Amerl-
can IN August until the annual meet
ing IS III" season for suggestions on
the Improvement of trupshOoting, ana
! Tines" VIII all be considered Some OF
them are not worth the paper they arc
written on: others are very valuable.
TrapEhooting today L. second only TO
BASEBALL an az American sport. ANA
w w,.n ~ ,her asi sFow,n IN The past tyo
be uone TO boost the pastime:
t'iTN cities have applied for the
,nent-the blue ribbon event OF the
t!npshootiny scason--the worlds
worlds series no admission IS charged
Strange 10 gay. after all tho agitation
about having the tournament I'm the
East. not an Eastern club has put in
a MD for the tournament Chicago.
Indianapolis. milwaukee,. 81. Joseph
like TO stage the ClaS ic--uId at THIS
time II looks as If either Chicago OF
lndtar9i;,s vii get the tournament.
Chicago guarantees p!ace-in one
e tn" i#' ks within fifteen minutes
from tho hear: Of the city. where an
trapa san be- erected and that ten
trap idea ma kes "A hit India ma polls
can possibly do the same. but Chicago
shooters are working harder for the
!hci too, trapshooting took won
derlni jump into popularity after the
III ,yi' , ,Gnrna ne IN chicago and this
Chicago Gun Club promises that II
the event Is given to the Windy City
tina: Il; will excel anything ever at
tempted In a trapshooting way.
San Francisco and San Jose have ap-
piled 70: IN" Pacific Coast handicap
for 1911 This is in direct contrast to
the 1915 event--there wasn't an APP
p!icati"n for il. Frisco wants tho tour
nainent because they assert il has been
staged in Portland and San Diego. and
should go to the central section next
year. No matter which place the tour
'ainent goes TO- il will tie held IN May
There hasn.; been much noise made
about the other hand:caps. Omaha
wants the Western just as long as the
association VIII permit II TO be held
there. and Memphis Will take the
Southern every year without lighting
for IL Wilmington. Del. wants the
Eastern again. The biggest Eastern
tournaments have been held in Will
minrtoa. Trapshooters are as plent!-
ful there AS automobiles are in Iowa.
Many OF IN" suggestions TO the In
t"rstate Association deal with the
Grand American. Some say limit II TO
90 per cent shooters. others say In
crease the entrance fec and keep out
N. moor shooters, etc. 1t isn't the idea
Of The Interstate Association to elimi-
nate any one. The Grand American is
for all shooters. All trapshooters are
invited and are wanted. and some way
Will be devised m due course of time
70 MAX" the majority satisfied. The
Interstate Association has MANY plans
for the Improvement OF tho sport. and
many new schemes for its development
viii be incorporated in the report Of
President 7. f. Doremus.