The Washington herald., 1917-06-11
RCVS WHO CAN SHOT
By PETER p. CARNEY.
Editor National Sports Syndicate.

Getting around the Phil;G, lph,;, d.
trict. the Quaker Cijy fu.h- rayr
great respect for the ability Uf Crci-h-
ton Armstrong. l3 years old, who
shoots on the team of the ClearYiew
Gun Club in the Philadelphia Trap
shooters League. He averaged better
than 80 per cent in the league shoots.
From Philadelphia to San Diego is a
long jump, but We had to make ii to
get in Archie Julian, a native son, IL
years Of age, who on several ocCa-
siOns of late has broken &c and 81 out
of 100 targets, in one tournament hav-
ing a run of 81, and in two days
tournament breaking go out of 800 tar
gets.
From the sunny coast of California
We travel to the Sunny South, and
here find some more real good boy
shooters. Joe Racini, of the Norfolk
Portsmouth 'FG) Gun Club, is l6
the combined clubs. In thA Virginia
state SHOOT last year he. b <<&e 126 out
of 80 taegets and 81 out ODD for the
State title. He has an average of 70
in the club shoots. Jennings Hard
ing: Of Columbus, Ga, II years Of age,
tied for third place in the Southern
Handicap at Memphis two years ago,
and ]. d. Cummings, a Nashville,
, Tenn, boy of Is years, broke 92 tar
gets in the same event.
Russell Richards, of Redwood, w.
Va, is the Oldest Of our list of youth
ful trapshots, being q years. He had
a run of 66 in the West Virginia State
shoot last year: Richard L. Beck is
years old and lives at Martins Ferry.
which is pretty close to Wheeling, w.
Va. This lad has broken IS out of so
targets and is equally as proficient in
handling all other firearms. In a re-
cent Tournament of the Hill City Gun
Club, of Vicksburg, Miss, Ted Brad
held broke Al out Of so targets.
Getting back to cooler climes, we
md Kirk Shearer, in Carlisle, Pa, Is
l3 years old, the son of former In
Shearer. Young Shearer is a live
bird shot, tooA He ms a challenge
out to meetaahy boy in the Middle
Atlantic Staes to a shooting match.
Wilmington, Del. boasts Of a lad
who shoots above the average. He
is w. E. Springer. jr. His father
and mother are trapshooters, also.
Mrs. Springer recently tied with Miss
Harriet Hammond for the womari's
championship Of Delaware.
Ralph SPOTS, jr., son of the former
amateur champion at 200 targets, has
recent shoot at the New York Ath-
letc Club he broke twenty-five
straight. Kendall, N. Y, claims the
real gun bug In Edward Lacy. He
Is 10 years old, secretary OF the Ken
dali Gun Club, the best shot in the
club. and hopes to be the American
champion before he votes. He re-
Gently broke ninety-three out of 100
targets in the tournament of the
N. Y.
Other youths who aspire to fame as
trapshooters are Clarence Martin, 13
years old, who recently broke forty
two OF fifty targets at the Parkton
md Gun Club, of the PENNSYLVANIA
hailroad Company; Vruce Steele, jr.,
OF birmingham, Mich, who Is 13
years OF age, has a record Of forty
eight straight and ninety-four out Of
lOOi Dan Jackisch, jr., of Gasconde,
MO-, who at Is years broke 14l out
OF l5O targets in a tournament at
Chamois, Mo-; Wesley McCausland,
ten years old. Of London, Ont, has
averaged 30 per cent for two years,
Ihese boys are the stun from
which champions are made. 3