Evening journal., 1917-08-25
WISCONSIN BUTCHER
wins ANNUAL Shoot
Charley H. Larson, of Wa
paca, Defeats Arie in
Grand American Final
HOMER CLARK is
PROFESSIONAL WINNER

CHICAGO. Aug. 25-In the most
successful trapshooting tourney ever
held IN this country and one in
which records were made and which
win stand for years the Eighteenth
Annual Grand American Handicap,
held ait the South Shore Country
Club traps. closed yes erday when
Charley II. Larson. a butcher from
The little Town Of Wapaca, WIS, won
the feature event by defeating Mark
Arle. OF Thonasboro. H., in the
shoo.-off. Both tied with scores Of
9s
In the FIRST shoo.-off at twenty tar
gets from the original handicaps they
tied with scores OF 10. In the sec
0nd shoot-off the Badger expert won
l8 10 16 larson shot from the
twenty-yard rise and Arle from the
.wenty-two-yard mark
Although the weather conditions
were anything but conducive TO good
shooting because Of n strong west
wind. which caused he targets TO
fall. and the drlzzling rain, some re-
markable scores were made. Even
tho women broke the targets with
undue regularity and the profes-
sionals made good scores consider
ing the large were thrown from
sixty 20 seventy yards.
Larson, who is only twei,y-lour
wears of age. and who has two
brothers who took part in the
tourney gave a remarkable exhibl-
ton of nerve When the shooters
foed tho mark 20 shoot a twenty
birds In the first shoot-On the Badger
missed his FIRST bird II nen ap-
reared TO most Of the spectators that
Larson had lost his nerve and hat
Arie would be an easy winner. Con
trary to these expectations. arson
buckled down 10 work and broke the
remaining nine cen targets In a man
ner 20 leave no doubt as saying they
were killed
In the meantime Arie went along IN
his usual manner and broke his first
einht birds before the targets he'd
scarcely left the trap. lie lost he
ninth bad. which was sprung from q
dificult angle, and then went straight
Tor the remainder of the event.
After a brief rest to let their guni
cool off they again toed the mark FOL
the second string Of twenty birds e
decide the event. Larson was the
first TO lose a target. dropping his sec
ond bird Each dropped their thir
teenth targets, which gave Arie q
slight advantage.
At this time &C started TO rain, but
the contestants decided TO shoot just
as II the sun were shining After
eaching this decision Arie was the
hrst 70 miss. losing his fifteenth tar
zef. A beyy of sparrows then few
across the traps and the Illinois mar
ost his next target In the meantime
Larson broke his targets IN perfect
Fashion. Arie killed his seventeenth
target. but lost his eighteenth while
Larson went straight
Homer Clark won the professional
hampionship with "a breaks. an'
AIRS l.. G. Vogel. of Detroit. by rea
son of her being the top score
among the women In the Grand Amer
can Handicap. wi ] be considered th'
T0men's champion for the reward III
women champion shoot event thi
year. In the special women's event
Mrs Harold Almert of Chicago, wa
aigh.
The score OF Philadelphia and near
By shooters in the two handicaps are
Grand American. w. C. PriVhard
Lancaster. Pa. 16l 81; J. II. Wins
low. Vineland. n. j., u6l ~, W.
simonton Wilmington. Del. C8) 81
n. r. Beauchamp. Harrington. Del
f2f) SO, c. B Plstt. Bridgeton. \. J
KID 90. r. S. Tomlin. Pennsgrov'
~ J.. f2fl go; Fred Plum. Atlanti
City. (22) 90; r. +. Willis. Penn
grove. ~ j. 00 SS
Consolidation handicap. II " in
low. Vineland. y. j.. O6) IS. ].
McHngh. Wilmington, Dell C9) 9C
IL r. Beauchamp. Harrington. De
tzD S3 Fred Plum, Atlantic City
J., l22l 81.