Evening journal., 1917-09-17
n iSTERh WOMAN
LEADS Shooters
RS. Dalton Skaters 4S Out
of so Targets and Wins
Westy Hogan Title
SIMONTON WINS
AMATEUR TITLE

ATLANTIC CITY, Sept. lT.-Mrs. ID.
J. Dalton, Of Warsaw, Ind. won
ladies' championship III the farewell pro-
gram Saturday afternoon at tho annual
shoot Of the Westy Hogans at Venice
Park. Against most trying conditions
Mrs. Dalton smashed IS IN the 5O-target
title race in the most brilliant exhiDi-
lioa OF the day.
She faced a high wind and shot in
slight rain. The western woman really
should have broken 40. A broken target
was thrown in the first event, end it
disconnected her. and she missed the
next. Tho other target got away in the
last ten. Mrs. Dalton had no "near
misses" and pulv6rized every target.
Mrs. l. G. Vogcl, Of Detroit, was last
years champion, with q score Of a.. She
was not here 10 defend the crown.
Mrs. Dalton beat the second high gun
by six targets. Mrs. Harry Harrison,
o. Rochester, dropped A. Mrs. Harold
Allert, who has won championships IN
tho west. was third Mrs. Alvin Moul-
ton. Of Philadelphia, was a competitor
and broke ~. y. T. Chipley. of Green's
horo. 6. c.. holds the straight run record
Of the tournament. lie smashed LIZ
targets in n row.
W. A. Simonton. of Wilmington, Del,
won the Westy Hogans handicap for
ara-eurs. Simonton tied with Franl;
Bil,mever, OF Cumberland in the regular
competition Of 100 targets with 96
breaks considered excellent scores with
The wind and rain TO contend with. both
shot from the l9-vard mark They
10th smashed i6 targets out Of 20 j.
60 afnaN fM IL a
against Il bv Billmever in the next
hatch Of 20 targets.
Al Ivens. ef Red Bank. was Second
li0h run This afternoon, breaking o. ir
the century rice a T. Chamberlain. OF
New Haven Conn. a~d z. i uiueiine NJ
Camden. wore nee HIGH punners. wifi
scores a. a. BY winning prizes here IN,
quintet hecawe Ineligible for othei
trorh'es in this ovoHt.
Awards were given for the division
among shooters. T. IT. Heck. az Pit's-
'Hrgh was high gun from the 1G-
-rd mark. II. $ Crawford OF
1ver Del. 'onned the amateurs a
17-vard mark. J. Y IT, Free.
III was awarded the trophy amone
entries at the 1S-vari-mark, al
thoueh H'neline had the better score
but WIS among the winning higi
guns. for The day. A'herton OF Chi
cago. was the winner a. the 19-yar,
mark when Ivens and Chamberlain
were minated. ]. C. Grif.h. o
Philadelphia; c. D. Cohurn, OF Ne
chanicsbUrg. o.. and Voolfolk Hender
son Ot Lexington, KY, led their di
visions.
r 2. woo'en. of frankfort. wo,
the Westy Hogan special 70
amateurs. averaging IS rer CEN
Wco-en tiei with J. II. Francisco
of little Falls. n. v. and +. a
Baker OF Anityvilie. l.. l., IN tn
regular string OF 100 targets wit
scores OF "a and look the chic
tronhv in the rhoo'-off. The Phils
delphian smashed Is in the extra
targets ard the other two droppe
is each for another lie. Franc'sc
broke IS and Baker II i'm the mex
batch OF 20 blue. rocks.
Shoe. ers N this set shot far abov
their usual averages and totals car
ried many surprises. W. l.. Jel
man. OF Richmond; 7. T. Todd. {
Coronaca. S. c.; J. d. Clay, {
Houston. Tex; A. B. Burris. {
sal bury. Nd; z. II Heck. of Pitts
burgh: c o. HeisirOm, Of Por
land Conn. and ]. d. Rauch.
Iansdale, Pa. had scores OF 80. The
drew for later prizes and took u
awards in the order named.
The eleventh annual shoot whic
concluded today. was the biggest an
most successful in the history OF u
Wes'y Hogans. There were 300 al
ferent shooters on nand for the nm
program and more than 200 entri'
other hnvs Of the tournament.