The Washington herald., 1917-06-17
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by PETER p. CARNEY,
Editor National Sports Syndicate.

The only State trapshooting cham
pion who has repeated to ibis time Is
R. A. King, of Colorado.
Just to prove that 1t isn't the high
priced piece of mechanism that breaks
the targets Frank Troeh, the Cham
pion of champions" carries around a
295 out OF 800 targets in the Washing
ton State shoot. and just by way Of
diversion opened the California State
shoot by breaking 1873 out of 200. He
had a run of 2d in the Washington
State shoot.
r. D. Morgan, Of Washington, D. C..
who made the high run of 81 in the
Westy Hogans shoot last fall, likes
shooting so well that he took the trip
tc Tulsa for the Oklahoma State
event
There Is some agitation for a pro-
tessional trapshooting championship.
There should be such a thing. The
tional events. and 1t would be fitting
to have State and national champion
ships for the professionals. Some
states now have professional cham
pionship races. 1t would be a wise
move on the part OF every State as
sociation to put on its annual program
professional and woman's champion
ships events; to have the Interstate
Association approve of these events
and to conduct the national cham
pionship in connection with the Grand
American Handicap.
The Oklahoma State shoot was the
greatest two-day trapshooting carni-
val ever held in the United States.
Two hundred and twenty-five shooters
were at the traps in the State titular
event.
The Coal Creek Country Club, of
Country Gun Club, of High Bridge, N.
j., were the organizations that re-
ceived Interstate Association trophies
for newly organized gun clubs" dur
ing May. To this time twenty-eight
clubs have been awarded trophies by
the Interstate Association.
c. A. Nash, runner-up in the Cali
fornia-Nevada State shoot this year,
was the runner-up last year. too.
A movement is under way to inau-
gurate an intercity trapshooting
league in the East. 1t Is the idea of
the promoters to get the league under
way by next fall. The success Of the
Philadelphia Trapshooters' League,
the team SnoOtS OF the New YORK
Athletic Club, and the various other
leagues throughout the East has
caused no end of comment, and It is
the feeling that a league with Syra-
cuse, Buffalo and Wilmington would
prove a great success. Such a league
would stimulate interest in the sport.
Fifty-eight clubs were awarded
trophies for team competition by the
Interstate Association during April
and May, and ten more clubs were
given trophies during June. They are:
Elkhart Und.) Gun Club VS.. ST. Joe
Valley Gun Club, of South Bend, Ind. ::
Capital City Rod and Gun Club of
Saleg, Greg, VS.. Woodburn (Oreg,)
Gun Club; Harrisburg lPa.) Sports
mems Association VS.. West Fairview
(Pa.) Sportsmen's Association; Min
neapolis (Minn.) Rod and Gun Club
vs. st. Paul (Minn.) Rod and Gun
Club: York (Pa) Gun Club VS.. Lam
caster (Pa-) County Gun Club.
There is no bar to age or size in
trapshooting-in fact, the restrictions
are very few. In the Grand American
last year w. e. Phillips, aged II. and
]. H. Breitenstein, aged 81, shot in
the same event. In the recent Pacific
Coast Handicap Mrs. Ada Schilling,
weight 80 pounds, was at the firing
line with George ]. Tuckett, weight
$50. Mrs. Schilling broke 90 targets
and her heavier opponent broke IS.