The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1916-02-05
TITLE SHOOTS FOR
1916 awarded
Many Big Events to Be Held
This Season.
GRAND CLASSIC IN ST. LOUIS
Feature Gun Meet of the Year to Take
Place in August-Other Important
Programs In Memphis, Omaha and
Philadelphia.

Place in August-Other Important
Programs In Memphis, Omaha and
Philadelphia.
That the Interstate Association of
Trap Shooters used excellent Judgment
in its award of the 1916 trap shooting
classics is the trend of thought ex-
pressed at the gun clubs throughout
! the country.
| st. Louis has been a contender for
| the Grand American for many years,
| and the feeling is that the gun clubs
of the Mound City will Guido them
| selves in an effort to excel the work |
| Of the Chicago clubs last August. They
have a big task ahead of them, for the |
Chicago tourney was stupendous one. |
But st. Louis clubs have gone to work
with a willingness that leaves no room
for doubt as to their intention.
Memphis, Tenn, is for the second
| time honored with the southern trap
shooting championship, the first time
| that any city has secured it in sue
cessive years. Memphis also has ideas
about breaking a record. One hundred
and fifty shooters were at the traps in
| Memphis in 1915, which is thirteen
less than appeared at Roanoke, Va,
the year previous. Memphis is out for
an entry list of 200 this year
Omaha, Neb., is once more the scene
of the western trap shooting champion
ship. Omaha handled the champion
ship in 1912 and handled it well. That's
the reason it returns there in 1916.
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tournament this year, and if there is
! any way to get that number to the
traps they will be got there. Omaha
is doing the thing right by getting the
women interested, and there wiz be at
least fifty of the fair Dianas at the
traps in the tournament.
Philadelphia Scene of Journeys.
Philadelphia will be the scene of the
4 eastern championship tournament This
is the tenth running of the eastern, and
seven years ago it was held in Phila.
delphia. Trap shooting has made great
strides since then, and the keystone
Shooting league, which will handle the
> tournament, is positive that it will
have more than 500 entries. Many
members of the league are inclined to
the opinion that the entry list will be
as large as in the Grand American last
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This isn't the only championship
: | which will be conducted in Philadel.
. | phia. The Pennsylvania state title will
be decided in that city at the traps OF
G the Lansdale Gun club. Pennsylvania
has more active gun clubs than any
t other state in the Union, and they are
2, going to be more active than ever this
years.
OF course the real big notes.-the traI
q shooting classic, the windup of the sea
son of tournaments, is the Crane
,. American handicap, to take place in st
Louis in August. This is the seven
I teenth running of the Grand American
8 and the eleventh annual southern ant
4 western tournaments. The southern
comes in May, just previous to tn
I Pennsylvania state championship tour
ney; the western takes place in June
1 the eastern in July and the Gram
American in August. The sections
championship will hold forth for tire
days, while the national tituIar meet
ing will last for five days.
There viii be no Pacific coast o
q AOA Nlltl1l fIOuolllp IlIlS yea
because the Portland (Ore1 Gun clu
@E did not put in bid. The Portlan
club is conducting the Oregon stat
championship and the tournament c
the Sportsmen's Association of th
-. Northwest and could not handle an
- other meetings In 1914 the PortIan
y club had the greatest number of shoe
- ers at its traps that ever assemble
west of the Mississippi, and therefor
the trap shooters are sorry to see tt
tournament go by the board.
70 1t win be impossible to announc
s& the complete list of dates for stat
championship shoots for some time We
as the Interstate association will n
send out its application blanks e
- planning its 1916 policy until ne!
week.
Some of Dates Awarded
However, these dates have been d
cided upon:
Jan. Is, 10, 20, H.-Ninth annual hano
cap trap shooting tournament of the Pr
4 hurst Country club, PinehurSt, N. c.. F.
May 9, 10, 11.-Southern trap shooti
tournament under the auspices of t
Memphis Gun club, Memphis, Tenn
May IT, II, Is, 19.-PerAnsylvaaia sta
championship trap shooting tourname
under the auspices of the Lansdale G
club, Philadelphia, Pa.
June 10, H. 15.-Western trap shoot
tournament, under the auspices of
Omaha Gun club, Omaha, Neb.
July IS, 10, 2.-Eastern trap shoot
tournament, under the auspices of
1~~s Keystone Gun club Holmesburg Juncti
- Philadelphia Pa.
Aug. p, %, %, "A, 25.-Grand Americ
trap shooting tournament, under the a
pices of the St. Louis Trap Shooters