Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-11-01
THE CHAMPION SHOOTER
Distinction Belongs TO a York COun'
ty Man.
EXPERT WITH ALL SMALL FIREARMS
Son Of D. A. Lee Of Fort Mil, and BE-
cause of His Wonderful Ability With
pife Is Known as "Tackhoie" Lee
On Special Duty at Camp SEWER

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on ope''''
Grccnvillc Piedmont. "
Meet Capt l. n i"e' ''''
most famous shooter ana 'ou''
carollnian 1T that, whose prothcr' i'e''
vile for good many !ed'"'
champion all-round shot ot 'h' "'''"
has during the past le" "'S" W.
signed 10 special du'y "i'h ''e "'
tieth division At camp HeNicr'
hole" Lee. as ne Was known u IL"
tive of this state was porn anu ''''t'"
in Fort Mill, YORK county i ie" H"'''
east OF here. his "r"''''r' NV
q. Lee. moved from ''r'e'Hh'' o'''s q"
week or so ago at'cr rcSi"iiis "''' t''
II number OF years. lie mas o'hc' i'''-
lives in this section ana ''ithouSh "'S
present home when IN clNli Ill" II j"
Birmingham. Ala. South CarOiiha Is
his native state. and he's glad I" bc at
Sewer. where he is assigned as ri'le
and pistol instructor.
Below is an article clipped from the
Atlanta Constitution. 1t appeared IN
dailics all over the United states
Written by an authority IL loii""S'
By Peter Is. Carney.
U.ditur uf The National Sports Syhdl-
cite.)
"TackhOle" Ice, the champion all
round shot of the world, now Is zap
tain T.. X. Lee, u. 5. y.
CAPTAIN Lee has been assigned tu the
small arms firing 1T Camp Perry, ONO.
Al this school soldiers are TO he in
s,ructcd I'm the use OF small irins
arms. one of the instructors will be
CAPTAIN Lee.
Lee differs from many champions in
the fact that he is Il capable instructor.
THAT ne knows something about fire.
arms /. proyen by his title, the cham
pion all-round shot of the world" This
is no cmutv title. Tho world is u
mighty big place-and there are many.
MANY excellent shooters with every
kind of 4 iirearm-so when this young
man of 70 wears tacks on the cham
r;onsbip title following his name it is
,,roor nnsi,iyc that he has something
an all IN. rest of lis
IIo,y Ic t,nm,. of Ills Name.
wbcr.v,r firearms are handled they
rrou ,r "T,ckhole" Lee. Maybe you
would be interested in Knowing how
he came to be known as "Tackhole".
Brush up your memory and go back to
the days Won went out In the fields to
harm. or TO a tree, with q tack IN the
center of the bullseye. The fellow
who could hit the head of the tack was
regarded as some shooter" The head
of the tack was too big Il mark for
Lee. He could hit the hole the point
of the tack made. and. therefore. nc
became known rs TacKhole Ice
Lee would be Il pretty good man 10
turn loose in quest of the kaiser. he
invariably bags what he goes attcr'
and il he could get within sight or the
kaiser it wouldn't take long To end this
war and make the world free for all
people and put an end to German
domination. If we were commanding
the United states army we wou'" iN'
TO have lot of fellows in our front
line who could shoot with the same
accuracy as Lee. Generals would DC
more or less excess haEGagc--the same
eS managers are to high-class base
ball teams.
Lee is such Il good shot with the RI
flc, revolver, pistol and shot gun that
we DO not feel like dclving into his
records for fear that you Will think
We are trying To put some thing across
that isn't just so. While nc has been
shooting since ne was IL years oil age
Lee did not 20 into official competition
until 1912. and the following year ana
every year since. excepting 1916
when he didn't compete. he has won
the rifle championship OF the United
States. In l9li-15 and 1918 he scored
1000 out or possible 2'"""' ana III
1913 ana 1871 II" scored l''s' out OF
2.OOO-for total OF S'''H out OF pos
sible 10000 In five years. rms WY JUST
give you faint idea or how Closely ne
gets To the hullSeye.
Beat the Worlds Best.
He wont the Martin invitation rifle
match in l9l+-with three of the best
small bore men in the world compet-
ing-with the score OF 9ss out OF l.o"o
possible. This wi's win i"o shoo'ers'
In the international riiie match III
1914. with hfty picked men from Eng
land. Canada Australia ana the 'ni'eo
States. Lee scored the possible aoo'
These and many other notable per-
formances are credited to Lee with the
rifle.
He is lust as proficient q shot with
other arms. He is the present revolver
and pistol champion Of the United
States-with 4S2 out OF n possible 500
with the pistol-a worlds record. and
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