Evening star., 1916-10-22
WITH THE RIFLE CLUBS.

Tho representatives Of the District at
tho national matches in Florida have
been giving q good account OF them
selves. but their real showing will
como with tho firing OF tho national
matches proper. which begins tomor-
row. Tho winning Of the wimbledon
cup by J. J. Andrews Of the Army and
Navy Union Rife Club Tuesday was. Of
course, the biggest feather in the cap"
of the District men. George E. Cook
Of the Military Service Legion Rifle
Club brought still further laurels to
the District contingent by coming out sec
ond in the individual pistol match Friday.
Mr.. Cooks rifle work also has been con-
sistently good, and he undoubtedly will
be one of the leading contenders. at
least. in the matches beginning tomor-
row.
The high school team has shown up
begin tomorrow. Robert NJ. Morris Of
Central High School so far leads the
team in individual shooting:
:. The summaries for the initial con-
tests follow:
State team match-won by "a New
York National Guard team, with a
score Of 1887; Mississippi National
Guard team second. with 1.01e points:
o
with LOIS points: District of Columbia
civilian team eleventh. with 80 points.
Long team match-Won by the
Georgia National Guard team. with 679
team second. with es7 points: Florida
National Guard team third. with s1s
Leech cup match-won by W. n.
Haven. Conn. with 1o4 points: Elmer
F. Greenlaw. United States Marine
Corps. second. with 104 points Gone
point lower than Richards on the 1000
Pennsylvania National Guard. third,
with 1o4 points; George e. Cook of the
District was seventeenth, with 101
points; H. F. Richardson Of the Ma
tional Guard Of the District of Colum-
bia team was twenty-fifth. with 80
points: Corp. W. NJ. Randall, United
Marine Corps, formerly connected with
the Eastern Market range. was twenty
nlntn, with 80 points. and J. A. Ryan,
National Guard of the District of Co
lumbia. was forty-sixth. with 90 points
Rapid-fire match-won by Foster
Houck, Colorado National Guard. nine
ty-four points; Jerry B. Garland. In
diana National Guard. second, with
civilian team. third, with ninety-one
points. Robert NJ. Morris of Central
High School was thirteenth in this
match, with ninety points; George E.
Club was fourteenth, with ninety
points: Alpheus Winter of the Army
and Navy Union Rifle Club was thir-
tieth, with eighty-eight points; l. A.
Steinkoenig of the Bureau of Soils Rife
Club was fortieth, with eighty-eight
points. and c. S. Shields of the N. G.
d. c. team was fifty-first, with eighty
seven points.
Marine Corps match-Won by D. A
Preussner, Iowa National Guard, with
l96 points: William H. Durchdenwald
Iowa National Guard, second. with 1874
points. and j. ]. Andrews, United States
Andrews is well known In Washing
ton. being one of the assistants for
merly at the Poll Theater range.
George E. Cook of Washington was
twenty third, with 185 points, and n. F,
Richardson, N. G. D. c., was thirty-
second. with 1874 points.
Graves skirnish match-Won by c.
A. Gould. United States Marine Corps,
with ninety-six points: Sergt C. D.
Barker. Georgia National Guard, sec
ond. with eighty-f1ve points
Long-range team match-Won by
Georgia National Guard. with 67s
points.
Thomas L. Starnes Of the I'd Georgia
Cavalry won the title of rifle champion
OF the south. with an aggregate score
OF 272 out of a possible 300 points in
all individual matches
The Schedule of the matches on the
state camp range near Jacksonville
follow:
Tomorrow. national Individual match:
tuesday, national piston match and ma
tional team match; Wednesday. ma