The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-07-16
BIC TRAPSHOOTING TOURNAMENTS ID BE | HELD ON THE COASTS Eastern Handicap and Pa cific Indians Man Events
 of Week CHAMPIONSHIPS IN
 NORTHERN STATES Eastern Handicap Is Biggest Event on the Atlantic Coast-Indians
 to Hold Big Shoot on the
 Pacific Coast
By PETER P. CARNEY

Trapshooting champions have been made in 37 states, and two more will be added to the list this week when state championship tournaments will be con ducted in Rhode Island and South Da- kota. This is the first state champion ship tournament ever conducted In Rhode Island, as no state association was formed until this year. There will not be a state lacking as representative when the amateur championship event is called i'll St. Louis the third week in August.
 While the two state championships are important, there are two other tourna- ments that take place during the week that are also highly important. and will possibly attract more attention than the state tournament competitions They are the tenth annual eastern handicap, which takes place on the Keystone Shooting league traps, Holmesburg Junction, Phil adelphia, Pa, and the ninth annual pow wow of the Pacific Indians. which takes place the Manitou Park traps in Ta- coma Wash It would be difficult to get two such important tournaments any fur ther apart and still have them in the United States.
 To customers the eastern handicap is the biggest thing that comes down the
 pike" while to the shooters who live be- yond the Rocky mountain range the gathering and slaughter of clay birds by the Indians was held in Tacoma, and it has been growing in numbers ever since. Indications are that the eastern handicap will be second only in importance to the grand American handicap in point of attendance and interest. Every shooter who is anyone east of the Rockies will
 be on hand. and. with the Delaware river as background and with the sun always behind the shooter, the scores should be worth while.
 WILL SHOOT FOR TROPHY
 The IS yards championship callenge tro-
 phy will be shot for on the opening day of the Eastern handicap, July IT. The
 present holder of the trophy is Allen Heil of Allentown, Pa., the present Pennsyl- vania state champion. He is challenged
 by A. B. Richardson, champion of Della ware Anyone else who aspires for the championship can compete in the event A certain portion of the entrance money goes toward accumulation purse, and when this purse reaches $200 all the win ners will shoot to see which one keeps
 the trophy. It has been shot for seven times and the purse has mounted to $S435 The Eastern Introductory, tho Eastern Special and the Eastern Overture will be additional events in the tourna- ment this year. The Preliminary Handi- cap will be shot the day before the East ern Handicap. There will be special
 prizes in all events for the fair Dianas of the traps.
 The Pacific Indians are composed of men who are shooters because they fol- low the trail. not for slaughter, but for love of the sport. The object of the
 organization is to foster good fellowship among it's members and the world at large and to promote true sportsmanship toward higher standard of marksman- ship and the conservation of natural
 game, etc. XThe tournament this year will be of four days duration which is the best evidence in the world of the growth of the Indians.
 | Including the Eastern and Pacific In- dians' tournaments there will be Is tour l nament in l2 states, Iowa leading with | four and Pennsylvania being next with 1 two. South and North Dakota Okla | homa, Washington. Michigan, Ohio, Illi- nois New York Rhode Island and Min nesota each have one