The Washington herald., 1918-06-25
MATCHES
END; SUCCESS
SUPERLATIVE
Saunders Event Results In
Main Victories to
Washington.
~ HORACE STEVENS.

Saunders. Nd. June 24.-The an
nual rins matches under the au-
spices Of the National Ride Asso-
ciatioh clubs of Maryland and the
District OF Columbia closed last
evening. the two-days' shooting
tournament being pronounced by
participants one Of the most sue
cessful they had ever attended.
More than 5000 entries weresmade
In the fifteen events scheduled. and
while many Of the shooters re-regis-
tered under the terms of the con-
test, thereby swelling the entry list.
II Is positive that upward of 1000
individual expert rifiemen took part
: in the game.
Owing to the large number Of
contestants. IL was found impossi-
BILE to complete the record of all
the various scores before wednes-
day, with the exception Of the three
team matches decided-Division
Team Match. Ships Team Competi-
tion. and Primary Team Match.
washln<ton Club vletorious.
OF these latter the Washington
Rifle Club won the Division Team
Match, 200 yards. twenty shots slow
fire and four strings of changing po-
sitions. eight men in team; the Pri-
mary Team Match, over the navy
primary team course. 800 yards,
twenty shots slow fire. five prone,
dve kneeling. i've squatting. and
dve sitting, and four strings Of
changing position FIRE; and came
second in the Ships Team Compe-
tion Match, being narrowly beaten
by the Mount Pleasant Navy Rifle
Club. of Mount Pleasant. s c.
Twenty-Five teams competed in
the Division Team Match. regarded
as the event of the meeting. Both
II and the Ships Team Competition
Match furnished exciting sport, fif-
teen teams being entered in the lat
ter. There was close competition
all the way through between the
Washington Rifle Club, No. !, the
Mount Pleasant Navy Rifle Range
team, virginia Beach Navy Rifle
Range team, and the Peekskil Navy
Rifle Range team, of Peekskill,
n. Y.
Washington had three teams entered
m this match-Washington Rifle Club.
No. /; Washington Rifle Club. No. :,
and Washington Rifle Club. No. B
and for a time the latter led the field
oaElnB lho slO" hES SOuiSS Dy SSNeIdi
points.
At this stage II was predicted that
Washington would win both first and
second prizes in the match. but a gale
began blowing across the sights over
the 500-yard course, having the effect
Of lowering all the scores to a ridicu-
lous figure, and causing the element
of luck to play an important part.
At one time Mount Pleasant had
forged ahead to such an extent that
II led Washington. No. 1. by s. points.
Gradually, however, the Washington
crack shots wore this lead down ana
by degrees attained a lead for them
selves of 9 points over their nearest
competitor.
Their joy was short-lived, however,
as the navy boys from Mount Pleas
ant, s. C., made a Garrison finish"
down the stretch and nosed out the
Washington champions. winning by n
score of 1.s97, against 1.SS2 for Wash
ngtOn Rifle Club. No. 1, out of 2,4Oe
possible.
The Washington Rifle Club, No. ],
not only won the primary team match.
in which sixteen teams competed. but
Washington Rifle Club Team, No. :,
came in third.
The winning team in the latter
match was composed of Alpheus Win
ter, G. B. CornweII. Benjamin Harri-
son Corbett and Ralph c. Stokes, its
total score being 733. Corbett had the
highest individual score-96 out of 100
possible at slow fire. and 80 for
changed positions, or a total of 1874
out of a possible 800. He is first
sergeant in the United States Marine
Corps, and is stationed at the main