Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-03-23
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NEW HANDICAP IDEA FOR
SHOOTS TO BE TRIED
MA OUT AT LAKEWOOD
(Bys Peter:P. Carney.)
Editor National Sports Syndicate.

Keeping company with the far
famed mid-winter trapshOoting tour
nanent at Pinehurst and the mid
summer trapshooting carnival at
Maplewood. is the spring tournament
at Lakewood.
Eleven years ago birth wa given to
the Pinehurst tournament. The
Maplewood carnival first saw the
light of day three years ago. The
Lakewood shoot was in~augurated two
years ago this spring. Everything
that Pinehurst and Maplewood has
done Lakewood hopes to do-and
more: rs
The program Of this years tourna-
ment,. which by the way takes place
on April 8, 4. s and s, is the most
progressive ever presented to trap
high gun shooters and it also takes
care of, the mediocre shots. Real
Icompetition il provided In an up-to-
the-minute classification Of shooters.
Furthermore, the system OF handicap
ping which will be in vogue in this
shoot Is being tried out for the first
time. and the handicapping of trap
shooters is a subject that one a get
an argument on at any time or place.
Approaching !. that proficiency
should he rewarded by the test the
trophies will be classified as we'll as
the shooters. Trophies in Glass A will
be more valuable than the ones in
|Class b, and the Class r trophies will
he Of better value than those award
ed In Class G., and so on down the list.
Shoot for 10 Yards Title.
Besides the 100 targets practice
event on the opening day. the Is
yards Championship Challenge
Trophy will be up for competition.
iTrh> ~unA>~k h@lL~n "a. Enad Too1t~
Of Pe%nnsgrove. N. ]. He won it at
the Westy Hogans' shoot last Septem-
Der. The shoot for this trophy will be
at 100 targets thrown so yards, and is
open to amateurs.
This trophy was first shot, for in
1895 when live-bird shooting was all
the vogue. In 1911 it was put up for
competition among amateur clay
target breakers. One dollar of the en-
trance money goes toward an ac-
cumula ton purse and when this fund
and the shooters who have won the
cup since the last accumulation purse
was shot for are eligible to shoot for
the 5000. while all other amateurs can
shoot in the same competition for n
trophy and title.
Those eligible for the accumulation
purse r Allen He'll of Allentown.
Pa: George n. Fish or Lydonvllle, ~.
y: William Foord of Wilmington.
Del. and the present holder. The late
A. B. Richardson Of Dover, Del. also
had a leg on the cup. The best o
made in this competition was 81, by
Foord. in 1914. He'll in 1915 and Rich
ardson in 1915.
New System OF Handicnpping.
Following the 18 yards champion
chip IN successive days will be shot
the "Maplewood 1907 the Lakewood
championship at 1S yards. and the
Lakewood Handicap. This event will
be Handicapped on the 1917 averages
Of the t~rapshooters on a scheme de-
vised by ]. Leonard Clark. Here is
how it goes
Those having an average Of ?5. aS
or 81 will shoot at 100 targets: a "a
average mar will shoot at 101 tar
gets: a. 90 average man at 102. 90
at 1es..e1 average at 104: 80
average at 1905; SO average at 106: IS
average at 107; So and 81 at 10S: 81
and IS al 100: 81 and SO at ITO: 80
and 81 at III: IS and - at 112. As
the figures indicate. the mediocre
shooter is thrown " more targets
than the good shooter. and therefore
has a better chance to make a score.