Evening journal., 1916-09-16
EASTERN Guns
WIN At THE Shore
Western Team Defeated in
Championships OF
Westy Hogan
WINNING SQUAD BREAKS
2419 OF $500 TOTAL

ATLANTIC CITY, sept. 10 Last
ern trap-shooters beat the western
field in the team championship at the
Westy Hogans yesterday. The win
ming squad won by sixteen targets in
the 25o0-bird race covering the last
three days. smashing the grand total
OF 24l9. The westerners collected
2a0S breaks" Each member shot at
500 hluerocks. Fred Harlow. Of New
ark. Ohio, winner today OF the At
lantic City Cup, was high i'm both
teams with his aggregate Of 49l-
Eastern high scorers were. G.. N.
Fish. Of Jindenylle. n. v, iS9: Allen
He'll. OF Allentown. 4S6; Frank 5.
Wright. OF Buffalo asa Charles H..
Newcomb. OF Philadelphia, 4Sl. and
r L. SPOTS. of New York. AL. West
ern totals were; Harlow. 49i c. d..
Coburn. of Mechanicsburg. Ohio. ASH,
Voolfolk Henderson, Of Lexington,
Ky. AS: r. ". Bruins. Of Brookeville,
Ind. and n H. Smith. Of Columbus,
Ohio. 475.
Roswell Douglas Morgan. popularity
known as 'lNlondike' Morgan, set up
another new Wcsty Hogan amateur
straight run record by knocking down
23S consecutive targets The old mark
was set by Jay Graham, OF Chicago,
who broke 100. si1 years ago on
Noung's Old Pier Morgan had an
unfinished run last night Of 217 and
continued this morning under the
handicap Of heavy rain He missed
his second target in the second event.
Harlow, winner of the Grand Amer
ican Handicap in 1908 al Columbus.
O.. won his FIRST leg on the Atlantic
City cup yesterday i'm smashing l4S
in his century and one-half "clays"
under most adverse conditions. Frank
S. Wright, Of Buffalo was second high
amateur. smashing 147 In the full
DAYS program Wright has already
won the trophy twice and his success
Yesterday would have meant perma-
uent possession Edward Hellyer. OF
Alexandria, Pa. was third amateur
yesterday and Morgan fourth.
H. S. Welles. OF New York City.
vas high professional gun for the
three days. He smashed an aggre-
gate Of 4s7. four less than Harlow,
IN the amateur division. ] NOVEL;
Hawkins, OF Baltimore. Md, broke 4S4
in the total. and Lester S. German.
OF Baltimore, 4s1. T. n. Fox, Of
Lynchburg. Va, was high professional
ln today's events
In the doubles. H. n Smith. of Co
lumbus, O., won in tho second shoot.
off He led the thirty entrants in the
original event with A. l.. Chamber
lain OF New Haven, Conn. each chip
ping as in the % pair. Both broke
is in the 10 extra pair. Smith smash
ed 10. as against 16 by Chamberlain
IN the next match.
Edward Hellyer Jr., won the No. I
trap trophy. breaking 9S out Of the
possible 100. Harlow won on the
next trap, losing only one in the
century bluerocks. J. 3. McHugh, Of
Wilmington. won on the third. 80 out
of hundred l.. G. Richards. Of
Roanoke. Va. took the trophy at the
fourth also smashing 90. Fred Tom
lin Of Penrsgrove n. j., went straight
on the Nth for the award there.
The Wcsty Hogans will again re-
turn to Atlantic City for their 1917
tournament. II will probably be held
at Venice Park. either the second or
third week in September Neaf Ap.
gar the first and only president the
Wcsty Hogans have ever named was
reelected for his tenth term today 1T
the annual meeting The other ofi,
GERS reelected are: Vice.president. J
NOVEL; Hawkins, Of Baltimore; sec
retary. Bernard Elsessor. of York,
Pa and treasurer, J. Leonard Clark.
Of New York city. Henry Winches-
ter of Wilmington. Del. p. r. Calvin,
Of Wilmington. Dell !. r. Carrahor.
OF Fulton ~ Y, and r. o. zealey. Of
New York City, we're admitted as new
members.