The Washington herald., 1918-01-21
HYDE CLIMBS
TO TOP NOTCH
IN RIFLE TEST
Registers Score Of l89 Out
Of 200 in Defense
League Shoot.

The military service rifle range a
the Eastern Market is attracting q
great deal of attention these days
from members Of the Home Defense
League Rifles, many Of whom have
qualified there recently In the diff
ferent shooting classincations undel
its rapid-ars system.
Up to a few days ago Walter r,
Stokes. holder Of the small-bore reg
mental championship Of the organ
ization, held q commanding lead In
the race for first honors on the East
ern range. but now he win have to
take a back seat, temporarily, n
least. as John C. Hyde. the Oregon
rifle shot, registered a score Of is
out Of q possible 200 at q trial the
other day. thereby attaining a two
point advantage over Stokes.
Last night Col. NJ. A. Winter, COM
manding the Home Rifles, announc-
ed the qualifications during the past
week over both the small-bore and
military service ranges of the organ
ization. Those for the Eastern Mar
ket follow:
Expert qualifcations-John C. Hyde
Company A, 1Ss; Robert v. r. Rey-
nolds, 1S. and Thurman r. Graham,
lA. both Of Company c; ]. H. Rob-
ertson, 1H. Company E; Walter r.
Stokes, 1S, Company K.
Sharpshooter qualifications: Frank
L. Wagner, l62; W. c. Robertson. 164
Lieut.. r. G. Fletcher, 16s: all of Com
pany E; Charles ]. Kropke. 100, Com
pany X; Moritz A. Cohen. IT'S, Com
pany L; John A. Markle. It's, and
George w. Hall. Isl, both Of Company
N; Edwin G.. Speakman. ia. Company
o; Lieut.. Alex Nee. Ashley, 165, Com.
pany T; Horace Browning. 166. and
James I. Lee, 176. both of Company Y
Workmanship qualifications: Nor.
gan Cilley. 154. Company c; Harry J.
Saers, $50. Company E; Harris M
Lyon. 142; John E. Heating, 14s, and
Salvador Oliveri. $50, all of Company
N: Lieut.. Frederick c. Lucas, IN
Company T. and James E. Howell, l40
Company u.
Qualified as rifiemen at Eastern
range: Karl F. Bopp, Company A;
Robert L. Boyd and William E. Boyd
both of Company c.; Arthur F.
Reaney. Company E; W. D. Crane
and Virgil Allen Eberly, Company G.
Glen c. Leach and Raymond Evans
both of Company L; d. W. Hall and
william NJ. Lynch, both OF Company
N: William ]. Rodgers and Capt
John d. Simpson, both of Company P;
H. N. vinall. Richard N. Mullican
Jesse ]. Harvey and Walter L Van
sise, all of Company @; H. A. Wayne
and Eugene NJ. Wayne, both OF Com
pany s; ]. NJ. Hiscox, Company T
and Phil B. Parke, Company Y.
smaII-bore Report
Col Winter announced the fol-
lowing qualifications over the
small-bore rifle ranges:
Sharpshooters-T. H. Mumford
1s5, and E. P. Knapp; 162, both OF
Company H; Robert NJ Morris. 175
and Frederick W. Heine, jr., 1862
both of Company K; Morris is only
Is years old and bids fair to develop
into one OF the best rife shots IL
the country.
Marksmen-George v. Balkeney
15s, Company A; Allen Eugene Doe
jr, $50. Company H.
Rifiemen-F. W. HeinEe. Company
E; C.. +. Baters and H. C. Town
both of Company H: Howard Gould,
ting, William II. Mellen, Philip A
Miller, Thomas P. Gary. Paul W
Smith and Daniel Letham, all Of
Company J.
The latter company. Just organ
lied, is composed Of employees of th'
Ordnance Bureau of the War De
partment, and is in charge o.
Thomas p. Gary, who ranks as al
expert rife shot. 1t will hold drill:
every Wednesday night at the Bust
ness High School. in conjunction
with Company T, made up from tbs
Department of Agriculture, the cap.
tain of which, Joseph e. Eldridge
will be drillmaster for both com,
Danies