The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-07
TRAPSHOOTERS FIND
HIGH SCORING EASY
Perfect Weather for Sport
Makes Straight Strings
Rather Frequent.
TIES FOR TROPHIES

Good shooting was witnessed at the
Trayers island traps Of the New york
Athletic C,ub yesterday. Practically
every shoot was won by a straight score
OF 20 targets, and In two OF the events
more than one gunner registered a leg
bv breaking IS blue rocks from scratch
The Haslin cup saw the hrst stratght
strings when both II. l.. SPOTS and \.
l.. Burns returned perfect cards.
There was even better shooting III
the race for the ournament cup. Tnree
punners tied with straight scores. max
ing a record for the year. The TRIO
were Dr. q. ". Martin. Dr. Griffith ana
] l. Rrandenberg. The Travers Island
run ,lso was won by q straight string.
Tho msrksman being n. ". HIgginson.
,lthough there were no straight scores
six runners tied for the accumulation
cun They we're u l.. SPOTS. n. Il.
Ranney, Conrad stein. j. l. Branden-
berg, II. Il. knight and l.. W. Thomp-
son.
T.. Burns was the high scratch gun
uer. with a total OF % out OF a possible
100 targets. The race for the hig
handlcap prize ended in a tie between
/. w. Thompson and c. J. Stein. Each
had a full score OF 100 targets. tne
shoo,off went to the former gunner. The
Closest EnOOt1llE VI NN'
seen in a special that required three
shootoffs before il finally was won by
\. T.. Ranney.
poRT WAsHfNGroS, l.. l., Feb. o
Bv breaking Is targets Straight, BON
shooting from scratch Tracy u. Lewis
won n leg on the monthly cup AZ the
trans OF the por; Washington Iach'
ciuh this afternoon and W. ;. SILK
I worth won a leg on the yearly cup
Herbert +. l.. Funke OF the BaHs'd.
Yacht Club was high scratch II oil
the day, breaking ?: o. the 100 targets
In the 100 target handicap h. G Looms
and Dr /. \. Newman. each OF whom
received a handicap allowance Of lG
tied with full scores. In the shootofi
at .. birds LDomis. 10y breaking -
against 20 for Or. Newman. won.
The conditions were Ideal for shoot
ing, five contestants returning tuN scores
I'm the competition for IA leg on the
monthly cup and Ave returning full
+, scores in the yearly event.
New ROCHELLE. Feb. G-.Augu~'us y
| Bennett. who was elected commodore
OF the New Rochelle Yacht club or
saturday night. proved lis proves as
a tr~apshoo.er Yesterday h! winning 'ht
A lAS wa ~ - ~
weekly shoot ~ the club competinr
against eighteen others he killed ~
birds which. aided by his handicap OF
II. Gav. him ;he top score o; 100. The
high scratch score was 81. made by Nat
webb. Commodore Bennett and u Gil
ria; tying for second place with S" each
Full scores were returned IN all the
matches but one. N!ne men tied Wit!
fun scores IN the % bird special. They
were Commodore Renret II. g Gibson
q. Il t'urri.r. J. y. MeLou-hlin. O. p
: GgaLbery. g. =. Moore. u. Gir.at, \
tlchb.iu and h n ~S.oddsrd. In th'
, shootoff II. Commodore was the win
ucr. George H. Pelham won HE l,
bird scratch prize. with a straight score
in a ShOotorf against e.sE. others. Ii
also captured the 10 bird scratch prize
J With u perfect score. Nat Webb, j. L
Donovan, \. y. T.enuc.t, \ Eehbsin, T.
K smith and V. =. krauss Won legs FOL
the monthly up. each with a full score
P Legs for the accumulation cup were wo'
ny j. i Donovan. Ma Webb. \ 7. Ben
nett. II z s. Stodda:d and V T.
krau>.. N'th fun scores.