Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-09-15
GODCHARLES Is
PRIZE WINNER
Leads in Shootoff at Atlantic
City; Other Local
Scores

Fred A. Godcharles, Deputy Secre-
tary of the Commonwealth, will come
in for one of the ten championship
prizes in the westy Hogan shoot. On
Thursday he was ued up in the 9S
, class. Yesterday he led in the shoot
off. To-day will wind up the big
tournament at Atlantic City. Har-
risourg shots continued their good
work.
Going straight in his last hundred
targets, Frank s. Wright, of Buffalo,
emerged out of the classy field of
more than ESQ shooters as high anna
teur in the Westy Hogans' tourney.
He grassed 14S out of $50 targets and
won permanent possession of the At
lantic City cup, together with q neat
gold purse. The trophy was set up for
perpetual competition in 1910, to be
won three times before it becomes
the property of the shooter. Wright
won it in 1911 and again in 1915.
Voolfolk Henderson was second
high amateur, breaking 147 in going
down the traps in the days shoot.
Ed. Hellyer, of Alexandria, Pa,
smashed LAG and Beauchamp 145.
Henderson was high amateur for
the three days, with his scores aggre-
eating ASS out of 47O, and he won
the Continental trophy. C. d. Co.
burn, of Mechanicsburg. Ohio, and
r. w. Smoots, another Ohioan. were
second with 456 scores. Frank H.
Huseman was high professional in
the regular program. breaking 313
out of 800. H. S. Welles, of New
York, broke $40; Lester S. German,
of Aberdeen, 308, and T. H. Keller,
of New York, 307, in the same total
number of targets.
Local scores in 152 target events
were:
Harrisburg Scores
Grover Martin. 1876; ]. I. Miller,
130; ]. G. Martin, 14O; o. K. Eshe-
nour, 140; j. H. Freefand, 1876; H. P.
Shoop, 1873; E. w. Shank,-124; F. A.
Godcharles, 143; S. S. Hoffman, 1922;
Ed. Hatfield, 1879; w. E. Hoover, 1872;
w. A. Miller, 140;. Mrs. Roy Boyer,
121.
The West wrested the intersec-
tional championship from the East
in the three days race which con-
cluded yesterday. The western team
smashed 2273 targets in the grand
total of 1850. The eastern squad
broke 1851 and were defeated by
sixteen targets after gaining an early
lead on the opening day. The East
won the championship last year with
| grand total of 2419 in $500 targets.
b. S. Donnelly. of the South Shore
Country Club. Chicago, who won the
! Westy Hogan championship yester-
day. captained the winning team.
! voolfolk Henderson, of Lexington,
KY, was high gun of the quintet
with his score of 45S. Charles H.
Newcomb led the fasteners on the
field. L. r. Beauchamp, Delaware
state champion, topped this squad.
The Westy Hogans at their an
nual meeting yesterday voted unani-
mously to return to Atlantic City
next year. An effort was made to
secure accommodations along the
beach front or on a pier, and there
may possibly be shooting ground
established here by the leaders in
he sport. There has been talk of
an Atlantic City field for years.
Neal Apgar, who has headed the
Hogans since their organization in
1907, was reelected president yes
terday. Other officers are: Vice.
president, ]. NOVEL; Hawkins, Har-
| risburg; treasurer. ]. Leonard Clark,
of New York, and secretary, G. r.
Benjamin, of New York. Benjamin
succeeds Bernard Elsesser. of York,
who resigned.