The Washington herald., 1917-09-09
ARE A REMARKABLE
MASTER OF TRAPS
Illinois Trapshooter Broke ia Out
of Us Targets to Win Title.

TWO events stand out from all the
others in the Grand American Trap
shooting Tournament. They are ths
National Amateur Championship al
singles and the Grand American
Handicap.
shooters are inclined to the opinion
that the National Amateur Champion
ship is the event Of the program for
1t is restricted to the winners of State
championships, or the runner-up in
case the champion cannot attend. The
Grand American Handicap is the 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 90 have won the national
title each year. Not one Of the three
previous winners had to work as hard
to win the title as Mark Arie, OF I'LL
nois, had this year. Henderson, of
Kentucky; Newcomb, of Pennsylya-
mia, and Troeh, of Washington, were
alone with %. Arie was tied by jay
Clark, the Worcester, Mass, attor-
neY and Roy Mcintyre, the Butler,
Pa, farmer,
Then was witnessed one of the great
est shoot-offs in history. Clark miss
ed HIS twentieth target on the first
shoot-off, and the break in his string
eliminated him from further compe-
tition, as Mcintyre and Arie went
straight. Twenty-Five more were
thrown to each shooter, and neither
missed. On the third twenty Mcintyre
missed his ninth and twenty-first tar
gets and Arie again broke every one
i74 out Of l75 to win the national ANA
teur title.
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 that work
In unison. he went from one event 10
the other, always near the front
Previous to winning the National
Championship he won the Hercules
Amateur All-round trophy, and had
collected $40 IN the South Shore In
troductory on 1874 score. He finished
second TO Clarence B. Platt of Bridge
ton, N. j., for the National Doubles
Championship, breaking 96 out of 30
pairs This score under ordinary con-
diuons would have won, but this was
no ordinary shoot. Eighty-nine won
the championship last year, and 90 is
fine score at doubles, but in this
tournament Platt broke sS-eouaIing
the worlds record-and ten shooters
broke % or more.
To top this of Arie finished with
run of 30 in the Preliminary Handi-
cap and began the Grand American
with a run of 70-all from . yards.
The best previous record from q
yards was 100 straight. He continued
for ss score in the Handicap, being
tied by c. II. Larson. the Wisconsin
State champion, who was shooting
from 20 yards. Any young fellow who
is good enough to win a State cham
pionship event must be pretty good
shot. Larson demonstrated he was,
for after missing his first target in
the shoot-off he broke 19 straight. As
Arie missed one, they shot another
string, and in this Arie had his first
bad five minutes Of the week, missing
four in his last seven
Aries work in the Grand American
Handicap netted him 1880. Larson
received the same amount. In the
three events in which he qualified for
money prizes Arie won $S96.70.
No transhot ever performed as we'll
in a Grand American Tournament as
Arie did this year. 1t is doubtful II
his performance from % yards will
ever be equaled.