Evening journal., 1918-08-06
SHOOTING IN The
grand AMERICAN
Delaware Well Represented
at Target Smashing in
Chicago This Week
BIGGEST SHOOT
OF THE YEAR

The eyes OF all trepshooters are
turned toward Chicago this week, the
American handicap having opened
there yesterday. It IS expected that
ct least thirteen Wllmingtonians Will
tske part.
over a period Of is years the aver
age number Of entrants In the Grand
American Handicap-the premier event
Of the Grand American Handicap Trap
shooting Tournaments 405.
No other sporting event can be com
pared with the trapshootlng classic.
II has all the other big sporting fea-
lures backed of the boards.
No other sporting event OF national
importance can lay claim 10 an aver
age entry list Of 405 persons over a
stretch OF IS years. Furthermore,
every participant In the Grand Amer
ican Handicap foots his or her own
expenses, and as the shooters come
from every city IN the United States
and Canada, this is no small item OF
expense.
Following the Grand American Hand
leap Tournament last year IL was flg-
ured that the shooters left upwards OF
100000 with the railroad companies
and with Chicago merchants. And
when the cost Of shells and targets
are added TO this. the figures mount up
quickly. Yes. sir. It Is a big event.
The first Grand American Trapshoot-
ing Handicap Tournament at clay tar
gets was held on Long Island in 1900;
therefore, the tournament being held
at the South Shore Country Club. Chi
oago, H.. this week, will be the nine
teenth.
In is years, no shooter has been able
20 repeat. Ten previous winners par
ticipated in the 1917 handicap. but not
one Of them was even close to the
front. Maybe winning the event is a
hoodoo, but hoodoO or not there isn't
a trapshooter In the country who would
not like to put over a victory in the
classic event Of trapdOm.
Here IS the list OF winners Of preyi-
Gus handicsps;
i9OO-R. o. Helkes. New York. .22 q
i9Oi-E. c. Griflth, New York. .i9 95
1920. w. Floyd. New York....iS 81
i9O3-M. Diefenderfer. X. City. 10 81
i9Oi-R. D. Geytell, Indianapolis .i9 90
i9O5-R. r. Barber. Indianapolis.i SO
i906-F. 2. Rogers, Indlanapolis..tI 81
1907. F. Banks. Chicago.......iT 96
ieOs-Fred. Harlow. Columbus. ....i6 %
te09-Fred. Shattuck, Chicago. lis 96
i9iO-Rlley Thompson, Chicago..t9 100
t9ii-Harve Dixon. Columbus. 20 80
i9i2-w. z. Phillips. Springneld.i9 96
i9i3-M. s. HOFFMAN, Dayton.....tI 81
i9i4-W. Henderson, DaytOn.....22 9o
iei5-L. B. Clark, Chicago. 50
i9i6-J. F. Wuf, st. LOuls......--i9 90
1910. II. Larson, Chicago. .......2O gs
These figures indicate that 90 breaks
from 70 yards is a good combination as
1--WE winners have stood at ~ yards
and five winners have scored 96. Once
only has the perfect score been regis
tered.
Today the national amateur cham
pionship viii be decided Every con
testant in the national amateur cham
pionship event IS a champion. And the
winner might well be known as the.
champion Of champions. None but the
winners OF state championships are
eligible to participate In the national
titular contest. Every competitor Is
the representative OF n state. 10 Is the
only ou-snd-out championship event In
America. The winner Of the event Is
the national amateur trapshooting
champion IN every sense the word I'M
plies.
This will be the nth year for the
championship event. and two previous
winners. Newcomb Of Pennsylvania.
and Troeh, OF Washington. are again
among those who have a chance o.
take away the honor. Three Of the.
shooters in winning their state titles
broke 100 straight, seven others broke
90. ten broke % and eleven broke 9I.I
Every state championship was won by
a score better than 90.
William NJ. Foord Is representins
Delaware IN this championship contest
Charlie Newcomb. OF Philadelphia, we'll
known I'm this city. Is there, as Penn
sylvania's champion.
Among the Wilmingtonlans who are
attending the big shoot are T. Z. Dore--I
mus. E. r. Calvin. p. I. LaBeaume, Ed
ward Banks, Theodore Baker, w. A..
Slmonton. Edmund DoCemus, ID. s. Wood,
w. VI. Foord, J. r. Skelly, p. p. Carney,
L. w. Hutchlns and George "Stoney' "
Mel INN