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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

Some men can make dollar go
long way, but not as far as a reserved
seat in heaven.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1916-01-21

W. N. u, Salt Lake city. No. 4-tste.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06

note in New York police circles. sug-
gested that they pull off a little wrest-
ling match in the snow to keep warm.
In less than minute Shaw was lying
flat on his back. The copper invited
Coffey to come around to the police
mans gym. and there the Irishman n
first donned the gloves. Jim didn't
know thing about boxing. but when
the bout was over Tom Shaw had a
great admiration for the motorman and
a fractured rib.
Coffey then began visiting a club
where he put on the gloves with sew
eral professional boxers. and was tu-
tored in boxing by Marty Farrell
thought well enough OF him to match
him with Mike Muller They met at
the New Polo Club on January rs, 1912
Coffey was wild, and once knocked both
his opponent and referee down into a
heap with one failing swing. In the
sixth round Muller had enough, and
Coffey was wildly cheered by the fans.
From that moment he had big fol-
lowing, and although he was soon
afterwsrd defeated by Soldier Kearns.
he developed rapidly. He started last
year by knocking out Jack Sullivan.
and then added to his victims Arthur
Pelkey. "One Round Davis" "Al Reich"
Pueblo Jim" Flynn. and Jack Reed. In
October he was knocked out by Moran,
but the following month he returned to
favor after putting Gunboat Smith to
sleep. His second defeat by Frank
Moran has deprived him Of a place
among the first rank of contenders for
WiIlard's title, but he is still young
and strong. and has plenty of time to
come back"
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
JUAREZ RESULTS.

FIRST RACE Selling; 3year-olds and upward
five fur0nEs Grsy's FaVorite. IL (McGown),
TO l. IN > to o. won; That's Me. 81 tStearns).
. u l. To l. , TO l, second; Lesbia, lo6 Miles
worth. even tr . l To l. third. Time. 90 rs.
Hsrpness Bark, Smiling Maggie. Meal Ticket,
Spirella Wild Tr sh VsnO Won and Nifty also ran.
SECOND RACE-SeIlinE; +ysarolds and upward
one mile Ions Star. los tRicheyl, TO l.
10 8 to s. won: Endurance. % MerElerl. To l.
: to J. even. second Mardadero, 10 (Ormes).
tn l. even I n . third Time. e. Nina X,
lax Harrison. Ruc Point. Strange Girl. 1he
May voladay II. fort Sumter. Marshal Tlghman,
Great Friar and Fitzgerald also an-
THIRD RACE-FiEe furongs. Mcller. ll2
lTickensl. to /. 6 to ). to s. won: Eek Davis,
= tActonD. u l. tn l. even second: CarOndolet,
Z rDrresl. 70 5. to . l to }. third Time,
IS, Toastmastsr Frances c.. Jennie Crawford
EE and AzlIrea also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Three and one half furlonr.
Ioe Blair IS Goftusl. to 10. to s. out. won
Rlrk 100 tPickersI. 5 To :. to s. cut, second
Itelrs lns lOrmes). to l. even. out. third. Tune
Ia. White also ran.
FIFTH RACE-SiJ fIrlonzs. Typ. III Loftus)
to 5 to 5. | to T. Won Quidnunc, Il2 tPickens)
: to l. TO !. even. second; Birdnan IO2 tSchsmer-
bo-nl to |. : To l. even. third. Time. LIS s.
Charity Ward. Finnign Lad. Little Abe, Pan
.hachapi and SuPerI also ran
SIXTH RACE-One mile. Flitsway. 1B tstes-us)
TO l. . 70 I. even. won Money Maker, l06 tActonl
to I, 2 10 |, even, second; John Graham, lol
lSchamerlornl, to /, to /. even, third
Time. p. Froksndsle. Charley McFeran. Zim
Transparent and Mud Sill also
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
Jim Coffey, rs Years Old,
Has Been Fighting 4 Years

It will be four years tomorrow night
since Jim Cotfey. the Irish giant. set
out on that ring career which his null
titude of Hibernian admirers fondly
hoped would land him at the worlds
championship goal. Not that they have
entirely abandoned hope. for the Irish
are of sanguine disposition, but their
hero's defeat this month by Frank Mo-
ran, following the Knockout admins
tered to the motorman by the same
sorrel-topped gladiator last October,
has necessarily dampened their enthu-
siasm
The fourth anniversary of Coffey's
ring debut is almost coincident with
his twenty-fifth birthday, for the jan
uary of 1891 was nearing its close when
Coffey first opened his eyes upon the
world at Castlerea, Roscommon. Ire
land. He was christened James Joseph.
and grew up into a big broth of a lad,
working on his fathers farm. attend
ing school occasionally. and wrestling
with the neighbor boys. Jim was a
good rough-and-tumble wrestler, but
he had scarcely heard of boxing. when
he decided to emigrate to America. The
big fellow landed in Boston in April,
1910. and Immediately linked to Paw
tucket, where he had friends. There
he worked for a time in a bIeachery,
and later got a job as a teamster in
Providence. Less than a year after
landing in America he arrived in New
York, where he got employment as a
motorman on a surface line.
One cold night Jim's car was held up
by a fire, and he engaged in conver-
satiOn with cop named Tom Shaw.
The latter, a boxer and wrestler of
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
HAVANA ENTRIES.

FIRST RACE Purse 500 frs furIongs, tyear-
olds and upward; selling. 'Copp>rtown, 1903; Envy,
lB; R"sell McGiu. Ill; Capt Elliott, Ill Southern
Gold ~; Lord Wells II; Mr.. Sings H.
ST OND RACE-Sslling: purse 500; year-olds
sin .urongS- 'Greetings. 100: .Morlstone, Ic2
'Es.ith Bsumann loc: SIMILAR. lo5; Havana, I05
Tory Fashion. III
THIRD RACE-Purse. 800; selling: 3year-old,
and upward six fUlongs Queen Apple g
Granada. IS; Argument 95 Blue Rock 81 Hsber.
dash, as: Beaumont Belle, %: Mini Muchacho lo4
ldiOa, .oi: 'Sun Guide. 100: Unity. III Blue Mouse
lI2; Archery, IA: Snifty Allen, III
FOURTH RACE-Selling; purse 500; 3yen-oIds
and upward; FIVE and one-haK furlungs .RarenaL
9s: Water Lily. lO5: Cooster. lOs: Skeets los;
Jim L.. los: Encore. los; Luther. is; King Worth
us
FIFTH RACE-Columbi. Handicap; pIrse. zoo
2-yesr-olds and upward mile and one sixteenth
Nolant. ,oa: Aldebaran. l0; Stoneheng- lu7; Ben
Ounce. lG.
SIXTH RACE Selling; pure 500: 3year-olds
and upward; mile and fifty yards -Narder. loi
Tamerlsne. los: Quick, lr zoroaster. Ill; Pariner
l6
SEVENTH RACE Selling: purse. 500: 3y.ar
"ds and UPWARD: one mile 'Almeda Lawrence
100; DAY Day. ue; Energetic IG; Chans. lo5
MuZsnti. lT Margaret Meise, no. Belfast, III
Apprentice allowance cl.imed
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
BANNER YEAR FOR TRAPSH00TING
Never Were There So Many Merorious Performances
1915 -Henderson's Remarkable Average and the High
Runs of German and Holland Were the Features.
By PETER p. CARNEY.

Clarke broke 20 straight in the shoot-ofr.
The winner was unheard OF until he won
the trapshooting classic.
Charles II. Newcomb. OF Philadelphia
broke se targets out OF 100 in high wind
and won the national amateur cham
pionship. This event brought together
the champion trapshooter OF every State
in the Union.
William II. Cochrane, OF Bristol, Tenn,
won the Southern handicap at Memphis
with 81 breaks. Tho Western handicap
was taken by W. J. Raup, OF Portage,
Wis. He also broke 81 targets. The Pa
ci1c Coast handicap was won by II. a.
Pfinman, Of Los Angeles. Cal, after two
shoot-oYs. Phnman. with J. F. Couts
jr., and Andrew Everett. OF San Diego,
Cal, and H. NJ. Williams. OF the L. S.
navy. tied for first place with 9s breaks.
On the first shoot-off Couts and Pfnmsn
broke 20 targets consecutively and on the
second effort Pfnmen broke IS to COuts'
l5
Good as 1915 was, the year 1916 will be
even better. Tho Interstate Association
OF Ira pshooters has been doing excel
lent work for years and this season will
be aided in Its effort to develop the sport
by the American Amateur Trapshooters'
Association. recently formed with John
Philip Sousa as It's president.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06

I. ms ooa9h. and Kiviat himself were sure
could be accomplished
hlViat had planned this year to make
a nnal assault on the record IL he had
peeh relhuated. Last fall authorities Of
lhe, metropolitan district learned that
hINiat ana Harry Smith. a fellow dis
lance runner, had violated the amateur
ruies oy demanding and receiving erce,-
s1ve eNpense money.
hiVlat appealed from the decision eS-
pellns MIN from amateur ranks, but the
decision was sustained by both the Met
ropoltan Association and the national
oosFu or governors, the latter bv only
one dissenting vote. Kiviat can ask for
reinstatement at some future time. but
VI oouotfu, even IL his amateur
sta nding is res.ored, that he can regain
his old form
The greatest sce Riviat ever ran was
IN the Olympic tryouts at Boston. in le1,
II was l5o-n>ter race. but TO give
kiNiat and Norman Taylor a chance for
Jones world record. a second tape vsS
stretched at the mile mark Kiviat beat
Iaoer by a yard to the I5oo-metre mark
IN urne which IL now a worlds record
Here Taber dropped out. but Kiviat went
or nearly seventy-fve yards further TO
the finish Of the mile. He reached Il In
t:b S-S. missing a world record by iust
IS OF second. Had Kiviat had Tsber
TO press him all the way the chance.
are that he would have gotten the
record.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
Newman's Mare Carries Top
Weight and Beats j. Lillis
and Carbide to Finish.
GRUMPY SCORES VICTORY

New Orleans, Feb. 5.-Panzareta
proved to more than 5000 patrons or
racing at the Fair Grounds today why
she is queen of the turf. Shouldering
40 pounds. the Newman mare came
from behind and captured the H. Well
lightweight handicap from J. J., Lillis
and Carbide, negotiating the distance
In 1O6 is. two-fifths OF a second behlnG
the track record.
Panzareta was away badly and finely
handled by Kederis. came with a final
rush and was going away at the emo.
A surprise was sprung in the Edward
W, MaCGill Memorial handicap when
Grumpy, a rank outsider in the betting.
won easily. Grumpy's time for the nils
and 20 ysrds-1:D 2-5.
FIRST RACE-SeIlinz; 3y-ar-olds and upward
six furlongS. Busy Joe. g II. Brown. 10 !, :
to l. to 5. won; Royal Tea, ll3 tKeoghl } to /.
even, to s. second; Preston Lynn, lis Ckeorner'.
! to l. Z To 5, / To ., third. Time, l:l4 Fausttns.
Miss Frances, Bas Blsncs and Lady Mildred also
ran
SECOND RACE-SelIing: 3y yesr-olds and upward
tx frlorss. T1fbolo, loS lHeoghI. to l. To s.
! to :. won; Blue Cap lOs Mott. Il to 5. 10 3.
! to 5. second: Linda Payne. liz lMcDemottl. II
to 5. even. to s. third. Tine, Is rs. Captain
Brn. Phil Unglr. Clint Birka and Between Us
also
THIRD RACE lightweight Handic1p: purse 500 /;
- sar-olds ard upward: Ave and one-baH furiongs
Panzsrcta. 10 tkeierisl. tn 5 to ), TO j.
Won; J. ]. Hills Gj tMCtcalO. to J, to ], !
to s. second: Carbide, lOS Hanover Is to !. to
J. to !. third Time. l 06 I 5 BelamOur. Lahora
ReybOurn. Marion GoOsby. Hester Prynne. Dr. Car
mon. Scar mcuch and WsshOe Belle also ran.
FOURTH RACE Z. W. MsciilI Memorial
handicap; purse $50; 3-yesr-olds and upward mile
ard twenty ysTd' GHmVE. 1ol u. MCTaSgartl. Y
to /. ; to l. to >. won; Rifle shooter, 81 tMc-
Atcci 10 to l. to l. to l. second: Eagle. is
KcoChl. to >, 10 5. to 10, third. Time
! - IS Equals track record. Ambrose. 'Clir
Fleid Or. Lsrrick greenwood Irdc'euce. Han
ova also ran. Coupled.
FIFTH RACE Selling: 5-yshr olds aHd upward ;
mile and twenty Yards. Guide Post, ll0 tkOer
ne-}. . 70 T. to ), , 10 s, won; Ask Ma, lOs
IHanoverl. 8 to J. to l. s TO s. secuni; BertO
dano. III Guy. IN /. . 10 I, even. third. Time
lIll-5. Thcodorita, Greenwood. Duke of Dunbar,
Juliet Aston and Mary II. asn ran.
SIXTH RACE-Selling; -,esr-olds and upward
mile and sixteenth. Fly Home. lOs Hanover.
ID TO I. I to l. 2 To l. won Ella BrysOn. 10 d.
McTaggart. II to 5. / to 5, IN }, secOnd; Miss
kruter lO5 Mott. to .. even. ! to >. thud
Time. In 2-5. Stanley S. Harry Lauder. Old Ben,
Yodeles Surs On and Counterpart also ran.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
New Orleans Entries for Monday.

FIRST RACE-The Trial Pure; maiden Hyesr-
ulds: three and one-haH furlongS Eden Park. De
Miss Rsplesent lO9; Bird Lore. los: Bon Otis. Cs
Little Dot 100: Our Netts. 100; Feint, loe; Lady
IeoDa lC1: Yellow Sally. lI2 Cash Up 1r2 Con
ovirro llo. Walter Duncan. 10: None such. IL
Sir Oliver ll2: George c. Love. lis,
SECOND RACE Selling; 3yesr-olds; dI fur
longs LIIzzi. los: Bsnlini. lOS; ExamineT. lp
Douglas, 100; GeItleNOmsu. 100; Politician. le
Do7rer ICo; Tzi Isl. IL: Alfsdar, liz; Frsky
-: Old Charter ll5; 'tiIomer. III: Panhandle lis
HIumins o. II6: ]. q. Wech. l6.
THIRD RACE Selling: 4-yesr-Olds snd upward
SIX iurlUr=s MeeI;ckl IO3; Smuggler. 100; Lady
Powers. lO6: Zin Del. Cs: Gold Cap. llo; Ina Kay
II; Doctor Kendall. III: Gsbrio. rs; Dew Drop
Ii3: Bruorns Egg. ll3; Carl. IA; Sir L. Joe. ia
Uncle Jimmie. rs; J. i. HaTell, l6; Salon, ll6
FOURTH RACE-The Missouri Purse; ]yesr
rlds and UpwarJ seven furlOngs. XSkeer Face, 90
1'eIesta lO5: ROso Marian. 81; Greenwood, %
CcItC. lOc Tokzy. lo4; KorfhasO. los; Lahore. lo6
Father Riley 105; Joe Finn. los; ReybOurn, lo8
ECd' and 10: Ed GrImp. III.
Nevada stock entry.
FIFTH RACE-Selling; 3year-olds and upward
0ne mile Kesetta 100: YenEhee III; 1ngot. %
LSuGora. 99; 'Iarkin. 50: La Mode. lOi; Miss
Thorpe. lO9 O'srllivan. l02; Matte o.. lW Jaw
borc. Ill: Richard Llngi0i. IL; CHh Edge. Ill
Aston Il2: York Lad. IA CoinOt. ia.
SIXTH RACE-Seling; tvear-olds and upward
mile and sixteenth. Mater lOs; CAdenza, lT
Dude lOs: Srrrassinz. lo9; Jessie Louise. liz;
AtabOy, lIc; PleasureVills. Ia; Inquiry, ll9.
Apprentice allowance ciaimed.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
CUBS BACKSTOPPERS.
Archer, Fischer and Wilson VIII
Comprise ChfcaEo's stan.

Chicago, Feb h-President Charlie.
Weeghman Of the local National League
team, announced yesterday that the Cubs
catching staff for next season will be
composed OF Jimmie Archer. Bill F1sch-
er and Arthur Wilson. This announce
ment will be disappointing to Barney
Dreyfuss, inasmuch as the president OF
the Pittsburgh Club sought to purchase
Archer.
Pittsburgh. as well as Boston. has been
angling for the services OF the former
Detroit backstop, and George Stallings,
who now is in the city. has failed to
wean Archer away from Tinker. Moth
ing definite has been decided on as to
what disposition will be made OF Glenn
ons, another Cub catcher.
'If Pittsburgh, Boston and other clubs
are hoping to get Archer l can only say
they are on the wrong track" Weegh-
man asserted. Several clubs have tried
to take this catcher off my hands, but
do not propose to weaken the Cubs in
any department President Hampstead
Of the Giants told me that McGraw hao
assembled the strongest New York team
in years, and was banking on coping
the pennant. All the other clubs In the
National League have been re-enforceo
and II Is up to the Cubs to watch their
step.
Archer. Wilson and Fischer, will con-
stitute our catching stafr, and / don'I
think another club in either major leagu>
can boast a more evenly balanced set OF
star backstops. I am looking forward
to the National League meeting in New
York next week and hope TO dispose o.
FIVE players at that time. but at presen'
cannot dwell on any deals.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
Many Famous Bouts
Won with One Punch

Many famous pugilistic bouts have been
won with a single punch. but the quickest
Knockout ever scored in contest be-
tween topnotchers was that of Matty
Matthews over Kid Mcfarland in
Brooklyn sixteen years ago tonight. Both
men were championship contenders, and
Matthews soon afterward attained welter-
weight honors by defeating Mysterious
Billy Smith and Rube Ferns. Matty Is
now a stage hand In New York, having
always had 4 fondness for the theater,
and Mcfarland is a boxing referee.
Both Matty and the Kid were at their
fghting best in 1900. They had fought a
draw the previous year, and both were
anxious for a return engagement. The
fight was staged in a street car barn,
and IL was filed with rabid fans. When
the bell sounded both men sprang toward
each other. Mcfarland feinted twice
with his left, and had just started to jab
when-bing! a right with every ounce of
strength in Matty's body behind It took
the Kid on the Jaw. It was all over, for
Mcfarland was unconscious for some
time after the count. Mcfarland and
Matthews fought again the following
month. but the Kid was wary, and he
stuck seventeen rounds before Matty was
hailed the victor.
The shortest fight on record is usually
given as that between Dal Hawkins and
Martin Flaherty at Carson City in 1897.
when the Californian landed a knock
out after four seconds of fighting. The
Matthews Knockout wasn't timed, but
sports who witnessed both battles are
inclined to believe that Matty made even
quicker work of 1t than Hawkins.
About tha shortest chsfnpionship battle
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06

was that between Terry McGovern and
Pedlar Palmer, the Engushman, at
Tuckahoe, N. Y, in 1899. This contest
was for the bantam-weight title, and the
spectators had barely had time to <heer
the little g!adiators on their way when
Terry landed punch that put the Brit
isher to sleep. 1t will be twenty years
tomorrow since Palmer fought his first
battle on this side. going six rounds to
a draw with George Dixon in New York
Three years later Palmer returned to
America to fight Dixon again, but was
induced to take on McGovern as a "pre-
liminary" to his m ain engagement Since
the war began Palmer has been employed
in the famous Woolwich Arsenal in Eng
land. helping to provide the men at the
front with munitions.
Another mighty funny title battle-if
brevity is wit-was that between Toe
Cans and Frank Erne in 1902 at Fort
Erie, Canada. The negro became light
weight champion of the world with one
punch. which stretched Erne out for the
count.
The battle at Langtry, Tex, between
Fitzsimm ons and Peter Maher, back in
1896. was another classic example of this
kind. There were two good punches
landed. however on that occasion. Peter
led of with a blow which Ruby Robert
declares was one Of the hardest he ever
received. 1t didn't stop Bob, and he al
most Immediately retal.ated with a punch
which sent Peter down for the count.
with his wide-open. staring. CLASSY eyes
seeing nothing but vast multitude of
stRrA
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06

molly. TO :, even. TO 2. third. Time, No45
Jane, CalethumIian, Paul Davis. Yellow Eyes and
RuEall McGill also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Hsndicap; 3year-olds and up
ward; five and half furlongs. Sir Edgar. lis
tTaPlD'. to ;, out. won; Othello lis CONNOLLY
to l. to 5. out. second; Aldebarsn, lO3 Young,
to J. to 2 out. third. Time. 0s Is. Onk
three starters
FIFTH Selling; 3year-olds and upward ;
fre furlongs. skects. I6 CTsplinl, 81 to l. 8 to
5, to S. won Parlor Boy, l0s (Sterrettl to l.
"a to l, 10 s second Sure Ciet 10 Dominica
6 to 5. TO 2 ] to Z. third Tm-. lo2l5 Otis
True. Chitrs, Shsdach, sordello and Duquesne
also ran.
SIXTH Selling: 3year olds and upward ;
five furlongs. Lord Wells I0s CPitzl 8 to l. } to
!. to 5. won Ruth Strickland % (wolste enholmD
! to !. to 5. TO s. scrond; The LARK 100 OUrqu-
hartl, to I. To 5 to S. third. Time Ns35
FeDruck, Palm Leaf, Cladbel. Bulgar. Frontier
and Fred Levy also ran.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06
SOUTHERN STARS
IN ARMORY MEET
Prominent Colleges to Enter
Track Teams in Games on
Saturday, February II.
LOCAL STARS ENTERED

Baltimore Nd, Feb. 5-When the
starters pistol cracks at the Armory the
night of February IL there will be eleven
prominent Southern colleges and univer-
stiles with teams on hand to compete
for the point trophy OF the South At
lantic Intercollegiate Athletic Associa-
ton. Four events are closed to the sth-
letes of this association, and special
medals and cups will be presented to the
winners of the races and of the big re-
lay which will wind UP the program Of
the evening.
mile run. ioo-yard dash, 1oo-yard
hurdles and 290-yard dash will be the
events in which the Southern athletes
will compete. For several years past,
the records In these races have been go-
ing lower and lower, and next week there
is the expectation that at least one of
the marks win be broken.
The most prominent contenders in
the South Atlantic championships will
probably be Virginia. Georgetown, Hop
kins and the Catholic University. Vir-
ginia and Georgetown have always been
the bitterest kind OF rivals on the track.
and in all branches of athletics. and
there is no love lost athletically between
Johns Hopkins and the others. II re-
lay is staged with these three in II,
beautiful race should result.
The rise of Catholic University on
the track has been one of the sensa-
tons OF the athletic world OF this
section. Two years ago. at the
Armory, the Hopkins second relay team
walked away from the best quartet the
Washington school could boast. But last
year at Homewood the Senators sprang
the biggest surprise of the day by win
ming the relay South Atlantic Intercol-
legiate Athletic Association championship
from the best teams of the other mem
bers. SO the Catholic University distinct
ly will bear watching at the Armory
at the meet.
Additional local interest will be added
to these closed events by the fact that
the Maryland Agriculture College will
compete, having recently been admitted
to the assOcla tion. The Farmers have
made their track team one OF their most
Important this year, and the result is
that reports from College Park say that
Curly Byrd's charges are coming to
Baltimore next week confident of taking
some places, at least, in the intercol-
legiate races. The other members Of
the association, all of whom It Is ex-
pected will send teams, are University
OF North Carolina. St Johns College
Virginia Polytechnic Institute Richmond
College, Washington and Lee and the
George Washington University.
The Washington herald., 1916-02-06

Trapshooting, gaining by leaps ano
bounds in the affections OF american
sportsmen, had its greatest year IN
1915.
In no other year were there so many
performances. or so many
noteworthy features. Every champion
ship tourney had more entrants than
in other seasons, and the S3s entrants
in the Grand American nearly doubled
the list OF contestants in any previous
American championship.
The Advancement of trapshootins.
however, was noticed in other ways
than besides in the increase in mem
bers. voolfolk Henderson. OF Lex
ington, KY, established new high
water mark for amateur shooters TO
try for when he amassed the remark
able average OF s7.53. and two gun
ners had runs Of over 900, the best
shooting in half-dozen years. in
passing 1t might be added that this is
the second successive year that Hen
derson has been high gun among the
amateurs.
In compiling this remarkable aver
age Henderson broke 2,731 of $500
targets No other amateur ever did
so we'll and only two professionals
have bettered these figures. William
II, Heer in 1910 averaged 97.75 and
william r. Crosby in 1872 averaged
$3.50. Both of these shooters, how
ever, were only charged with shooting
at 1000 targets. The best previous
amateur record was made by j. s
Day in 1910. He shot at 4,2so targets
and averaged sT.2S.
Twenty amateur shooters hailins
from all points of the United States
averaged better than "a per cent for
1000 or more targets and the profes-
sionals, as might be expected, did even
better, thirty eight of them averag-
ing over "a per cent. and twelve OF
the number lettering s6 per cent.
= Charles A. Spencer's average of $3.50
is remarkable, as he shot at more than
5000 targets-5620 to be exact. This
average is really better than the
marks of Heer and Crosby, for II must
he remembered that Spencer shot at
nearly three times as many targets
Lester Germans run of 372 conseo-
utiye breaks in the Westy Hogan's
tournament in Atlantic City last fall
was the largest straight run of the
wear. The next best was 312, by
n ]. Holland, the amateur champion
of Missouri. He made this run in the
Missouri State tournament last Au-
gust.
and was MADE py Sharies A. spencer,
this years high average professional
champion, in Illinois, in 1909. The anna
teur record for consecutive breaks is All
and was made by Jay R Graham In Chi
caso. Ill, In 1910 While the runs Of Ger
man and Holland are not records one
cannot deny that they are exceptionally
good.
When Guy Deerlng, OF Columbus, Wis,
averaged 80 on doubles. he set the best
mark that has ever been made by an
amateur during the eight years Of COM
petition.
A brief review of the year brings to
mind many interesting things. Louis b
Clarke. Chicago banker, won the Grand
American handicap after four-cornered
shootoff with M. f.. Dewirc. of Hamilton,
Ind; J. J. Randall, of Greensburg, Kan.
and c. c, Hickman. Of Ysonaan. Ind