The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-02
STEPHENSON TAKES
TWO SHOOTING CUPS
Wins Travers Island Trophy
and Scratch Prize at
N. Y. A. G. Traps.
FULL SCORE BY DEBACHER

4 slight wind blowing in from Long
Island Sound yesterday afternoon gave
the gunner Of the New York Athletic
Club a hard problem to hit the clay
pigeons ut Travers Island. Thu best
work OF the afternoon was done Ivy
Frank y. Stephenson. who annexed the
high scratch prize with a card of % out
OF a possible 100 targets aud the Trayers
Island trophy with a straight score Of
:5 targets.
n. r.. Debacher was the only gunner
with a full score OF 100 for the high
handicap prize. J. II. Nanderveer had "A
straight score IN u special shoot that
ended the programme. u. =. Mcmahon
o the distance handicap with 4. out
OF 80 from the 20 yard mark. The
novice cup went to \. i. Walker.
In the shoot for the monthly cup not
n gunner had either "A straight or Il full
score of % targets. The legs. therefore.
were taken by those who had totals Of
-. n. T.. Eldred. q. II. Martin. e. J.
Stein. T.. II. Lawrence. H. u. Dcbacher
and G. e. Mlllikcn. For the accumula-
ton cup +. u. stephenson had a fun
score Of Is targets.
The scores were better IN the shoot for
III CluD CUP. fOuT Ma IUll ttTuS W -.
\. y. Ranney. c.. u. Martin. =. \. Baker
and e. a. Brown.
II. Voorhees, led u field OF fourteen
n at the Gravescnd bay traps ~
the B~ensonhurst Yacht club. lie was
both the high scratch and the high han
dicap gunner with a card Of %. {. 30.
out OF a possible 100 targets. \ wind
from the southeast came from a quarter
that did not bother the flight of the
targets.
PATERSON. y. j.. April Isaac W.
England of Passaic won the 80 bird
sliding handicap. feature event at the
Little Falls Gun club traps to-day. Eng
land. Harry Sindle. Carrot \. HOBART.
Frank Case and j. H.. Francisco were
tied for the honors. In the shootoff Eng
land broke 20 straight aud The others
each %.
With a liberal hand.cap Of -. N
Smith won the 80 bird added handicap
with 80 Case was second with I ham
dlcap and 81 Fred Lands. I. 80 Sin
die. :. so: Cle,c Specr .. ~: Edward
smith. 4. N: T.. iacJhuS. \. - =. q.
Francisco. &. Is Hobart. .. - Edward
Dierken. 3. ~ j. H. Francisco. !. a..
Straight scores Of - were made BY Slr-
die. England and case.
o'HoieS NICOTINE was the feature Of
the day. Starting with Il perfect prac.
tice string of %. he broke IS straight,
and rs Of his first 100.
FORT WAsiNGToN, l.. l.. .Npril Il
Charles T.. Hyde won three Of the six
events at the traps of the FOR; WASH
inston Yacht Club this afternoon. Be
sides capturing the weekly prize he Was
high scratch man. and also won the 100
target handicap event. e. l.. Thompson
won a leg on the monthly cup outright.
For the yearly cup Hayward II shan
non and W. i. Walsh tied and for the
special cup there Were five ted. /.
Thompson. W. J. Walsh. II. r. p.anc.
ID. =. Cornwall and l.. y. Smull. The
shootofYs were deferred until next week
John Johns. a sixte%en-year-old tran
shooter. who during the las; season DEM
onstrated his ability at the helm OF
racing yachts. won two OF; OF the three
events az the traps of the Baysidc Yacht
Club yesterday. With his handicap all
lowance Of 10 he won "A leg on the yearly
cup. with IA full score OF -. i. +.
French. who broke 80 and had a han
dicap Of .. was second.
BY breaking 10 with a handicap Of 10
young Johns also led Cor a leg on the
nonthly cup. French. with = score Of
&. !. Barber and French tied for the
weekly prize, and in the shootoff the for
mer won.