Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-25
Interstate Trap Shooting Tourney.


 New York, July The completed programme for the eighteenth annual Grand American Handicap as an nounced by the Interstate Trap Shoot ing association forecasts one of the best tournaments ever staged by that organization. The five day shoot will be held at Chicago under the auspices of the South Side Country club with more than S4,000, added money. The tournament will open on Monday. Aug ust 20, with the South Shore Intro ductory; Tuesday will witness the en- trants for prizes in the Chicago Over ture; the National Amateur Champion ships at singles and double targets On August 22, there will be a prelim- mary handicap while, the Grand Amer lean will be shot the following day and the meet closed with consola- tion handicap on August 24
 The winners and runners-up in the individual state championships alone will be eligible to shoot in the Ma tional Amateur championships while any amateur can enter the Grand American handicap which calls for one hundred targets at unknown angles to be shot from the Is to the 23 yard mark according to handicap. Entries will close on August 4, this season which is a week earlier than usual
 The first Grand American Handi- cap was shot at Interstate Park, N Y in 1900 and there were seventy four entries. The popularity of the event
 
 brought larger fields of entrants, the record being held by Chicago which attracted SS4 tra pshooters for the 1915 tournament. Chicago also figures in another record for it was during the 1910 tourney held in that city, that Riley Thompson won with a perfect score: i. e. 100 100.
 Fails to Establish New Record.
 Word has been received at the na- tional headquarters of the Amateur Athletic Union that Clinton Larsen. Utah high jumper, failed in his recent special trial to better the worlds rec ord held by Edward Beeson of Cali fornia. Larsen several weeks ago cleared the bar with the pegs Fegis- tering ft i'm The jump was made ing to A. A. '. rules could not be ac- cepted. As a result a special event was staged a few days later with AL ma Richards and several other good jumpers competing against Larsen but the latter was not quite on edge and the best he could do was 1t in
 Richards carried Larsen along to ft | in. where he was forced to retire | with sprained ankle. Larsen then | cleared the bar two inches higher and | had it placed at ft 8 in. at which | point he failed in three attempts He | had no difficulty in winning the broad | jump with a leap over twenty feet | however, and his admirers predict that | he will set a new worlds record in the | high jump before the summer is oyer [
 Revised Tennis Rules.
 The revised tennis foot fault rule | as promulgated by the national asso- | citation has. in the opinion of expert | players and tennis authorities clear ed away much of the uncertainty re earding the meaning and enforcement | of this regulation. According to the | latest code. service is delivered the instant the ball and racquet come into contact; it is a hop or jump if both feet are off the ground at the same time; the grounded foot may be turned plating the rule. provided 1t does not leave the ground.
 After preparing to serve there must be no movement of the foot that can be construed as a step but no step can be said to he completed until the foot is replaced upon the ground. The serV- CT must come to a comple<e stop be- fore serving the ball and both feet must be behind the line: furthermore one foot must remain upon the ground until the ball is hit by the racquet body other than the feet may. how ever cross the line before the ball Is hit
 Will Hold Try Outs in the East
 With the final determination of the St. Louis athletic authorities to hold the A. A. IT. championship games as originally scheduled a plan has been for the holding Of one or wo try out meets in the east for the purpose of selecting a team to repre- sent that section.
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