The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-28
.39 TRAPSHOOT|NC TOURNAMENTS IN TWENTY-TW0 STATES Championships to Be Set tied in Five States of
 Union BIGGEST WEEK OF
 SEASON TO DATE Interest Increasing in Trapshooping Game-14 Trapshooting Tourneys on First Three Days of
PAST AND PRESENT STATE CHAMPIONS
CALIFORNIA-NEVADA
By PETER c. CARNEY

Week by week the trapShooting tournaments throughout the United States anl Canada increase in sumbers. Thirty-nine meetings are scheduled to take place in 22 states during the week at hand, which is the greatest number in any one week thus far this season. now at an end; 30 in the week before, 25 in the week which preceded that one and 21 in the real opening of the spring trapshooting season in April. Thus far the Interstate association has registered AIS shoots, which is nearly 15o more than were listed in 1915. The number of registered shoots is the weather vane which shows that the sport is booming in popularity. Four championships will be decided during the week, and one of them is 2 dual titular competition. The Califor- nia- Nevada titular event will take place at San Jose, Cal; the Utah champion ship at Springville; the Iowa champion ship at Waterloo, and the New Jersey titular match at Little Falls. While New Jersey, Iowa and Utah all have
 
 vada tournament will be the biggest o1 the week The Utah and Iowa tourua ments will continue over two days; the New Jersey meeting over three and tn dual state, tourney on the coast ove four days.
 FORMED FOUR YEARS AGO The San Jose club was formed only fcul years ago by O. N. Forl, one of the best shooters on the Pacific slope, an6 | is now the best equipped of the many well established gun clubs ir that sec ton. Since San Jose Blue Rock cluE was born, hundreds of other clubs have been formed in California, Nevada Washington and Oregon, and right al this time trapshooting is one of the main sources of pleasure in the far west According to one of the greatest shooters in the world today, Charley Newcomb, trapshooting is the sport of kings and the king of sports. There are thousands throughout the country who are thoroughly in accord witt Newcomb.
 On the San Jose grounds the sun Is always at the back of the trapshooters and the Lick observatory is always ir view. It is expected that 150 shooters will participate in the tournament. On the opening day besides 100-bird event, there will be 50 singles and 50 doubles championship events of the dual states. Ten events, at 20 targets will be shot at on the second day; eight at 9 birds on the third day, which will include six championship events and the Lorrenson diamond trophy, ano on the final day the dual state cham pionship match will be shot at 100 tar gets.
 PENN. LEADS IN SHOOTING
 Pennsylvania leads in the number of shoots scheduled with six, and Minne- sota is next with four. Illinois, New York and Missouri are next, with three. Iowa, Wisconsin and Kentucky each have two. These states have one each: Montana, California, Oklahoma Ohio Virginia, Massachusetts, Washington, Michigan. Utah, New Jersey. Nebraska Indiana. South Dakota, West Virginia.
 On the first three days in June there will be A trapshooing tournaments and as the dates and places have not here tofore been published thAy are herewith given
 June 1-Shelbyville (Ky.) Gun club; Ambia Qnd) Gun club; Bradford 0ll) Gun club; Detroit (Minn) Gun club; Henry iS. D.) Gun club; New Jersey State Sportsmen's association at Little Falls, N. J. This tourney continues for three days.
 June 2-Robinson Gll.) Gun club: Wisner (Neb.) Gun club; Huntington (W. va.) Gun club.
 June 3-Green Bay (Wis) Game and Gun club; Wabash (Minn.) Gun club; Riverside Gun club at Brainard, Minn.; North End Rod and Gun club of AL lentown, Pa.