Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-09-23
IS Remarkable SHOT
MARK ARlE PERFORMANCES
AT CHICAGO MOST UNUSUAL
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Two events stand out from all the
others IN the Grand American Trap
ehoottng Tournament. They are the
national amateur championship at i
singles and the grand American handi-
cap.
Shooters are Inclined to the opinion
that the national amateur championship
ts%ths event of the program, for it is
restricted to the winners Of State cham
ptonships, or the runner-up In case the
champion cannot attend. The grand
American handicap Is tho big money
event by reason of the great number OF
entrants who come in and take a chance
on the handicaps they receive to get
them In front.
Scores of ninety-nine have won the
national title each year. Not one Of the
three previous winners had to work as
hard to win tho title as Mark Arie. Of
Illinois. had this year. Henderson,, Of
Kentucky; Newcomb, of Pennsylvania,
n Troeh, of Washington. were alone
with ninety-nine. Arie was tied by Jay
Clark, tho Worcester, Mass. attorney.
n Roy Mcintyre, the Butler. Pa.
farmer.
Then was witnessed one of the great
est shoot-offs in history. Clark missed
his twentieth large on the first shoot
OF. and the break in his string elimi-
mated him from further competition, as
Mcintyre and Arie went straight. Twen-
ty.hve more were thrown to each
shooter, and neither missed. On the
third twenty Mcintyre missed his ninth
and t~wenty-hrst targets, and Arie again
broke every one-174 out of IFS to win
tho %natonial amateur title.
Arie Considered Great Shot.
Arie Is without question one of the
greatest shots that has ever faced the
traps. Cool and collected, with nerves
Of steel and eyes and finger hat work
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tho other always near the front. Pre-
vious to winning the national cham
pionship he won the Hercules amateur
lllround trophy, and had collected
S47:4o in the South Shore Introductory
on a 1914 score. He finished second to
Clarence B. Plat. Of Bridgeton. N. j..
for the national doubles championship,
breaking ninety-fvc out Of nifty pairs.
This score under ordinary conditions
would have won. but this was no or
binary shoot Eighty-nine won the
championship last year. and ninety is
q nne score at doubles. but In this
tournament Plat broke n~inety-siH-
equaling the worlds ~record-and ten
shooters broke ninety or more.
To top this off Arie finished with a
Of thirty-elEht In the preliminary
handicap and began the grand Ameri-
can with a run of seventy-an from
twenty-five yards. The best previous
record from twenty-five EardS was lOO
straight. He continued for a ninety
eisht score in the handicap, being tied
by c. II. Larson, the Wisconsin State
champion, who was shooting from,
twenty yards. Any young fellow who
Is good enough To win a State cham
pionship event must be r pretty good
shot. Larson demonstrated he was, for
after missing his first target in the
shoot-off he broke nineteen straight.
AS AYis nfgSed one. thew shot another
string. and in this Arie had his first bad
i've minutes Of ~ week, missing four
II his last seven.
Aries work IN the grand American
handicap netted him $7i3.30. Larson
received the same amount. In thu
three vents In which he qualified fol
money prizes Arie won Sss6.7o.
No trapshot ever performed as vel
in a grand American tournament a,
Arie did this year. II is doubtful II
his performance from twenty-five yard:
will ever be equaled.