Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-04
By PETER P. CARNEY Press Representative of the Interstate Trapshooting Association.

Statistics are great to wade through, especially statistics that pertain to activities in the line of sports There Is much more to them than mere fig ures.
 ! There are thousands of persons who 20 through all the published averag es and who in this way become walk Ing enclopedia's on the ability of those who are of rational importance in the world of sports. Those who have a penchant for fig ures will find vast amusement in the 1917 trapshooting averages, now being issued by the Interstate Trapslooting Association As has already been an nounced in these columns, Lester German, of Aberdeen, Md. led the professionals in the averages and William H. Heer, of Gurthrie, Okla, topped the amateurs.
 The statistics show that 152 anna ters averaged 90 per cent. or better on 2800 or more targets, against S1 pro- tessionals; IT amateurs and Is pro- fessicnals. Four amateurs bettered 97 per cent. against three professionals; IT annaturs and IS professionals aver aged better than s6 per cent, and 31 amateurs and 25 professionals averag- ed more than 95 per cent. These fig ures indicate that the amateurs have the bulge on the professionals.
 sho. at se2o Targets.
 Charles W. Hymer of Davenport, To-, shot at more targets than any other shooter He blazed away at 80 less than 10000. His average was .9206. The only other shooter, and a professional, too, who shot at more than 5000 targets was Jay R. Graham, of 1Fgleside, III. He shot at 9115 and averaged .9471. Graham won the trap shooting championship in the Olympic games in Stockholm in 1912.
 Three amateurs shot at more than 5000 targets with Al Koyen, of Free mont, Neb., leading with 6400. His average was .9343 Linn Beauchaump, of Harrington, Del, fired at 6350, and averaged .95O2, and o. N. Ford, of San Jose. Cal, fired at 6025 anc averaged .95le.
 Homer Clark. the professional champion, was quite a ways down in the averages, shooting at 3100 tar gets for a percentage of .9609. Mark Arie. the amateur champion, didn't shoot at 2000 targets. and therefore isn't listed in the averages. Neither is. Mrs. Ad. Topperwein. the champion woman professional shot. &
 One Armed Shot Always Good,
 George Maxwell, the one armed pro- fessional, continued his remarkable shooting. He fired at 4360 targets and averaged .9356. Year after year Max well fires at 4000 or more targets and has always averaged better than 93 per cent.
 H. W. Cal6walader, of Decatur. H., who lost hiS right eye while fixing a trap a coy,ple of years ago. finished the seasS wish an average of 91S6 on 66S5 targets. Cadwalader put ar extr2 i-ib on his gun and now sightS wt. the left eye but shoots from the ht shoulder as he did before the &C., dident.
 Shooters Who Made Long Runs.
 With trophies being. awarded for long runs-50 straight or better-it is interesting to note that S33 amateurs and A professionals had at least one run of 90; 2S2 amateurs and 17 pro- fessionals had two runs of SO; 21t amateurs and 20 professionals, three runs: 12S amateurs and 12 profession- als, four runs; 77 amateurs and pro. fessionals, five runs; 59 amateurs anG professionals, six runs; 43 amateurs anu pIOiesSiOHdlS, seven runs, ol amateurs and professionals, eigh runs: g amateurs and Il profession als, nine runs; 26 amateurs and pro- fessionals. 10 runs; '21 amateurs and [ professionals, II runs; 16 amateurs and professionals, F runs; 20 ama- teurs and 2 professionals, 13 runs; 1t amateurs and professionals 4runs; z3 amateurs and 4 professionals, 1; runs. From this point the pro fes. sionals had it thsir own way, one ol moer having Is or more runs up tc 25. at which mark four men are listed
 It Is worth mentioning again tha Lester German had Al runs of 50 ol better.
 The highest run of the year was 2S4 h.g Frank Troeh, an amateur, of Van. covver. Wash. The highest run for . professional was 261. by Hugh Poston ofkSan Francisco Calf.