The sun., 1916-01-24
BURNS LEADS LIST
AT TRAVERS ISLAND
Makes the Only Straight
score in Competitions at
y. Y. a. c. Traps.
FIRST IN THREE EVENTS

T. NJ- the turn OF A. l.. Burns to
,,r A. tue Traverr Island traps OF the
Tew York Athletic Club yesterday. In
,Se nigh scratch shoot he led a field Of
..xf,eu gunncrs with the excellent total
,g o. out Of a possible 100 targets. tie
olso nts the only marksman to register
a .,r, ght score. Burns took the accu-
,rni,tiou and then the Travers Island
up with a perfect string OF 20.
Tho high handicap gunner was II. D.
Knight lie was the only shooter who
made a full score f 100 targets. Con-
.,d Stoln won the high scratch prize
,ith . card of 70. The Haslin trophy
resultc,i IN the usual ties. The gunners
Knight, {. J. Stein. +. L. Williamson
.nd e. 4. Brown. All were credited
win 4 leg. Although there were no
,,raighi scores In the shoot for the tour
ns,ncni cup, 81. II. Knight was the only
marksmsn TO win a leg. He had a full
score Of IS targets.
NIw ROCHELLE. Jan. 23.-J. n. Nc
t,oughlin and J. =. Donovan we're the
LADDERS to-day at the weekly shoot OF
tbe Sew Rochelle Yacht Club. Four
zen men faced the traps and McLoush-
i'm in addition TO winning the fifteen
bird scratch event captured tho high
scratch prize with a score Of IS. The
winner OF the handicap trophy was J. p.
Donovan. who returned a card OF s6 on
his hardlcap OF AZ. lie also was the
winner OF the leg on the monthly cup
and q the take home trophy.
IAscHMoNT, Jan. 23.--W. Il. Short
~ss high scratch man at the Iarchmont
Yacht Club traps to-day. His score was
A out OF the possible 100, lie also
captured tho take home trophy In the
match at 80 birds with - breaks, The
winner OF the high handicap prize was
r. NJ. Wilson. with u score OF SO on his
handicap Of 20.
OF the fifteen men who competed for
prizes at the keystone Yacht Club traps
Yesterday DR.. Sauer proved high scratch
man with a score OF 80. J. l.. Phipps
look the first handicap prize with 80
and George Kelly the second handicap
trophy with -.
LITTLE FALLS. N. j.. Jan. 23.-Soven-
toen members OF the Little Falls dun
Club participated yesterday in the first
SCOT of the year. T.. B. Case and I'd
pard poerken tied in the 50 bird handi-
cap with scores OF ~. but the former
por the shooton. Garret A. Hobart, q.
Seebass and y, Lands each made ~.
In the added bird handicap E. l.. Klotx.
+. Jacobus and Edward poerken tied At
30 and finished In the same >rder in the
siooton. with |. w. EnglaVe and q. A.
Hobart tied for fourth with IS.
FORT WAsHiS1ToN. l.. l., Jan. a3.-1n
addition to beirS high gun w. 5. silk
worth won the three handicap events at
ne traps of the Manhasset Bay Yacht
cub this afternoon. To win the first
leg on the monthly cup, he had to
break 90 straight, being hard pressed by
II. y. v. Ftlnke, VINO broke 40. The
went was at twenty-five targets and
cight OF the ten contestants returned
ull scores on their handicsps. Silk
gorth also returned u perfect score for
he leg on the yearly cup.
The gun team OF tho Milirose A. A.
ourneyed to Jersey city yesterday for
match with the Hudson Gun Club. The
Nllrose gunners wor. 40 to 81. Two
members OF the winning team, Capt.
foutchey and Gilmore, each made per-
feet strings Of 20.