The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-27
HIGH SCORES MADE
AT N. VA. G. TRAPS
Straight Strings Common as
Targets Are Shattered at
Travers Island.
SPOTTS HAS GOOD DAY

Perfect weather conditions brought out
the largest field Of the month al the
Trsvers Island traps Of tho New York
Athletic Club yesterday. Being the final
Saturday in February, the competition
WA unusually interesting. the monthly.
the club and the novice cup contests
coming 70 an end. The scores werc
usually high. A straight string was
needed to capture a leg on IN Of the
regular prizes. with the exception Of the
monthly cup.
No less than twelve runners won legs
N tho monthly cup. Each had a full
score Of 20 targets. They were b. r.
etoddard, I. II. Lawrence. Z. II. Loca.
tell. J. S. Connors. II. Il. Eldrcd. w.
y. ogden. A. ". Currie. c. J.. Stein. s.
Wing. Jr.. A. i. Ranney. z. Rogers and
Il. NJ. owen. Tho winning Of legs yes
terday had no effect on the actual win
ming of the prize. as 1t went to +. a.
Baker. who already had won two legs.
Things were different in the shoot for
the club cup. John II. Hendricksoi. the
Long Island gunner. tied with L.. w.
Thompson with IA straight string Of 20
targets. His win gave him "A second
leg on the prize. enough to Ian the
trophy. Five gunners made straight
uns OF IS targets In the shoot for the
accumulation cup. II was the largest
number OF perfect scores ever returned
In a shoot at Travers Island. The gun
'ers were J. 7. Brandenberg, b. NJ. Hig-
ginson. George J. Corbett. J. II. Hen
erickson and e. j. Stein. Each was
given "a leg.
A.. r. Bennett and 7. A. Brown each
scored a leg ON the novice cup with full
scores Of 20. The win chalked up by
Bennett a him the cup for h month.
The Travers Island trophy. "A weekly
fixture. went to II. ]. SPOTS with q
straight run OF % targets. lie was the
only nimrod to have a perfect score in
the event
II was rather a good afternoon for
SPOTS. as he also was the high scratch
gunner Of the day lie took the event
with "A totN of ~ out of IA possible loo
targets. SPOTS also annexed a special
shoot at IS targets with another straight
string. Again he was the only com
peiitor with n perfect aim.
Another record went by the boards In
the shoot for the high handicap prize.
Fourteen men had full scores Of 100
targets. shooting with allowances. The
gunner were J. H.. Iiartranst. Il. II.
Locatclli. II. T.. Eldrcd. l.. W. Thomp-
son. NJ. Mcvoy, Jr.. r. A.. Brown, J. II.
IIendrickson. ". Il. Ogden. g. J. Stein,
$. Wing. Jr.. a. Z. Ranney. J.. a. Baker
H.. Rogers and q. NJ. Thomson. The
shootoff was won by l.. W. Thompson
Three unners scored on the distance
prize. They were W. II. Yulc. NJ. Nc.
voy, Jr.. and c. J.. stein.
Frederick r. Long. the club captain
won the three vents at tho traps OF the
Rays!dc Yacht Club yesterday. With
eight members OF the club in tho field
he won the weekly prize and legs on tn,
monthly and yearly cups. In three
strings Of % zach he broke 81 out OF
a total of a.. II. l.. Beadlc also returnet
q good score.
Seventeen n took part In tn,
weekly shoot Of the B~ensonhurst Yacht
Club yesterday afternoon. The bes'
work was done by Il. Cole. who was both
high scratch and high handicap gunner
PoET WASHINGTON. l.. I, Feb. c6.-D
:. Cornwall practically monopolized hon
ors AT the traps Of tho Port Washington
Yacht club to-day when he won ever,
event but one, and tied in that. He woi
the weekly prize after tieing Will
Charles l.. Hyde. lie followed that vic
tory by repeating In the monthly afte'
he had tied with G.. I. Thompson. an,
was the ~undisputcd winner of IN" leg OF
the yearly cup by returning a full scor'
OF IS OF his handicap OF .. For tn
special cup he also tied with &. !.
Thompson. Cornwall also was hig1
scratch man, with 81. and was the win
nor Of the lOp large handicap. with
total Of o..