The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-21
PAST AND PRESENT
 STATE CHAMPIONS

Of the 30 trapshooting tournaments scheduled to take place during the week at hand will conclude with the holding of state championship events. It is singular thing that not one of the six championship events will be shot in the east
 Texas. Washington, Nebraska, Ken lucky, Illinois and Tennessee are the states in which the scatter gun enthusi- asts will step before the traps and test their steadiness with the arm and eye with one thought-that of winning so that they may represent their particular state in the national amateur champion ship in St. Louis in August, for none but champions can get into this anna teur championship event.
 Of the 30 tournaments registered by the interstate association for the week six of them are in Iowa, five in Ontario. three in New York, two each in Wiscon- sin Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and one each in Texas, Ohio. South Dakota, Washington, Kentucky, Nebraska, West Virginia and Tennessee In other words, there will be something doing in trap
 
 TO RUN TWO DAYS The Kentucky, Washington and Ten nessee tournaments will run two days each: the Illinois and Nebraska tourna- ments three days each and on the same days and the Texas tourney will be shot over four days on the traps of the Dal- las Country club. This will be the great est trapshooting tournament ever started Cfo, cfo ta- -fta aafn nm of the tournaments listed this year of- fers more money and prizes than in previous years. Naturally the entry list is larger, because more men and women are interested in shooting, both trap and field
 | Kentucky was not represented in the Interstate association of championships last year, and the failure to hold a state championship caused Woolfolk Henderson to be left out of the amateur championship shoot. Henderson has his opportunity now. There are many de- voices of the sport alluring who think that Henderson is the best trapshooter ' in the country-and his consistent aver age of the past few years would indicate that these persons are pretty nearly right.
 south and west this year in trapshooting | than in many years, and the Tennessee and Washington tournaments will at- | tract many who never entered tourna- ments before. The Illinois and Nebraska associations are working as they never worked before to stage elaborate tourna- ments. This will be the fortieth annual meeting of the Nebraska association. it being the oldest sportsmen's association | in America. Tn the hope of getting every shooter in the state to participate in the championship event, the association has waived the entrance fee and will not charge for the targets shot at. Seven trophies will be given in the event be- sides the purse which will take the winner to the St. Louis carnival. The state double championship will also be decided. More than 5000 and 40 trophies will be given in the three days shoot ing. The Grand Island club will spread itself during the tournament days and give the shooters something to talk about for sometime.
 TOURNEY FOR WOMEN
 The Illinois Sportsmens association is not bit behind their Nebraska brothers. Just to show that they are progressing they are staging state championship for women. This is the first real cham pionship event that the fair Dianas have shot for. The Pennsylvania association gave one in it's annual tournament, but the event was not placed on the pro- gramme until after Illinois decided to give the fair sex chance to prove their ability at the traps. And Illinois has many fair shooters.
 Besides the singles championship of the state the doubles title. the Jefferson hotel trophy, the Board of Trade dia- mond badge the L. C. Smith trophy and dozens of others will be shot for on the traps of the Starved Rock Gun club at Ii Yn Coll A 4<1 @.,N s-. lx- awarded in 32 events. There will be a two-man team championship to be shot fn connection with the amateur cham pionship. The fair shooter making the best average at 400 targets will be awarded silver tea set It is expected