El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09

"HE Grand American trapshOotin5
tournament held in St Louis. No,
4 late in August did not suffer one
iota in annual trapshooting classics.
II was the largest in point of numbers
with one exception-that exception be
ing in Chicago in 1915. Chicago went
into the affair tooth and nail AMI
strove for 1000 entries in the Grand
American handicap. St. Louis would
have been satisfied with one-haIf of
that number in the Grand American,
and a correspondingly smaller number
in the other events. but one large
tournament only whetted the appetite
of the trapshooters for more and they
came TO s. Louis in such large num-
bers that the tournament was a trif-e
unwieldy. and quite naturally it ran
beyond schedule time. 227,250 targets
were thrown
Mound City spOrtsmen and writer's
had been informed that the Grand
American trapshooting tournament
was the greatest of American sporting
events. They asked to he shown. That
is a falling they have in Missouri.
Well. they were. Never has a bigger
sporting event been held in St. Louis
than the Grand American trapshooting
tOurnament-and no bigger or more
interesting sporting event could be
held anywhere mere were more than
500 persons shooting at clay targets
quite number of them being women.
1t was the first time that women trap
shooters were allowed to enter the
events and they made excellent use Of
the privilege.
1t was truly representative Amer
lean gathering Of spOrtsmen-real
sportsmen. They came from Maine 10
California, and from Canada to Mex
lco-nearly all business men and Wom- I
en-. who love the sport Of trapshooting.
IT is n sport. too. where fairness is put
above everything else. There were !
many instances Of this during the week I
of shooting one notab bic instance was /
IN the doubles target match FOR the }
Hazard trophy between Guy Derins. !
the holder. and George NicOlai, the /
challenger. TrapshOOters do not dis |
pute the decision OF the referee-his /
decision is final. and right OF wrong /
one seldom ever hears a complaint In /
this case Nicolai fired and knocked !
one Of the targets out of its course ,
The referee called lost" DerinS /
asked the referee to change his YER
dict to dead declaring that he was /
firm in his belief that NicOlai had hit /
the target. and at Dering's suggestion
the change was made This target put
NicOlai one target in front of Dering
and il might have been the champion
ship. too. Nicolai did win the match.
for at the last 40 targets Dering could
nardly manage MS gun. the gun par
rels being so warm-but there was no
alibi from him when the score was .
announced against him.
The weeks shooting brings out many /
shooters unheard Of at other times, I
and usually some shooter with a
neaser reputation wins the Crane
American handicap. This year was 10
exception Capt. Jack Wulf. of Mil
vaukee, Wis. as picturesque a char
3cter as ever appeared before the
traps. won the Grand American. and
he did il in a most satisfa Glory man
1er- He has been shooting ever since
he wore knee breeches and his victory
VAS a thoroughly popular one.
Wulf is always att:red like 2 cow
10Y. even TO the wide sombrero. and
wears a shell bag made out of Mex
can beads He went out with an I'M
finished run OF 90 The first person