Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-02

r4f | sional broke 2s4 at Robinson. HI, Or June D, and in Sept en1befs broke 25f; at the Indianapolis Gnn Club and Rush broke 20t, straight at Ana conda, Mont July ITth
 Trosh's Shooting Was Brilliant.
 ;, While the performance of Mark. Arie at the Grand American Handicap tourl nanent made him the outstanding fig are Of the 1917 trapsfootins. season ! Prank Toeh and O. N. Ford do .nosz want to he sighted 4wlcn bouduets are
 being showered., APie won the A1'.
 Around Amateur championship, the
 National Amateur chaInpsonShip; WAS runner-up in the Natlpnal Doubles. championship and tied for, the Grand. American Handicap. He had "a run of
 116 from p wards and averaged bet
 ter, than S7 for the week He, did ev-- terything that was possible for one man
 to do fin a weeks time He was given
 credit for 1t Attention will now be
 be devoted to a few others, sr
 Troef4 i'll the Washington Stat 2,
 shoot broke 295 out of 300 targets, he
 broke Ss5, oilt of 4DNl Tn the Oregon
 State tournament and 492 out of @5D9 targets iuE the California State tourra .
 rnent, closing out with an unfinished
 run of 1S5 In this. tournament. too, he had a run of 242.s In the Oregon tournaments he had an unfinished rf1E of 147 anil at Portland. Ore, later ha compiled 5I62. In the Interna tionat shoot at Toronto he. broke 16t straight and i'll straight on succe Esive days a.t Chicago he made the, highest run during the Grand Afnerican--6t2. His victory in the South Shore 1ntroduc- tory, when he broke 1s9 sout Of 201 targets finishing with 107 straight iron; |, IS yards, is a. next door to bsing per feet. But for, the miss on the ninety second target Foef would have had d
 run of 271. I 4 fA Grand Finish. by Ford.
 70. x. Ford, the San Jose veteran l.trayele1 .213s miles to take In fire i.censecutive shoots, begiuaing at Los 1 Angeles. September, I6, and winding IT at PhoanixviIlc, Ariz., Octebsc 1S. and l this mileage, Gees .nottsinelude the re- turn trip to San Jose. Ford missed
 only 17 targets out of 600 in three ] days shooting at Los Angeles. four ir i 200 in one-day shoot at San Jose six in 400 in a two-days' shoot at Yer l non, ,t, Il in $50 in three days shoot 1 ing at Ray. AriZ.. and finished up bA I breaking, 200 straight at Phoenix. Be l sides the runs mentioned nrevious.S. h' 1.has A. better tllan@5o and 6 better thar it00. Of the last 2t25 targets Fora ] shot at he broke 2OS5, about sS pel feent. Ford,s fiye consecutive tourna i'ment mark is an amateur record. Fo the year Ford shotfat coco targets ant tayeraeede 9s.30. sz
 i Besides his 'hiSll-water score of 261 IPoston ..hroke sS4, out Of 6s0 target
 thrown for him in the Pacifis Coas
 EIandicap.. These were thrown iron
 all naarks--and the figures will ,s9un
 tdeubtedly stand as a record. He als
 lbrotes 3s7 out of 400 targets at Ray t.Ariz:. October g-1'0 l Lester German. of Aberdeen. Md. i
 another professional who did excel lent york; He had441 runs Of 30, Q
 fbetter.s 1s of them heinz over 100, tk
 highest one being fS1.
 Penaergast's Great Record.
 Some magnificent trapshooting wa
 done in the State championship event in four states-New. Jersey, Michigan New York and Pennsylyania-tlle win ner made 8 perfect score. This was tli third time in the same number [ years. that Pendergast made 8 perfec score in New York. Iii New Jerse : and Pennsyvania. it was necessary |
 make a perfect. score to win for tl1
 runners-up made 99. Eleven state | t:es were won with 99 scores. 10 wit | 9s3. and sswith 97. There were thte ] ties for the titles at 99,.s3 at}9s. ar 2 at%s7. @Es st.t.s Itwas in 1911 that the first record were kept or long runs and in that veg l107 shooters. bettered, 100 straight5sl 1gf2, 115 shooters exceeded 100. .s'I .191$, 13aa S shooters bettered 10U an ii14o raade .ScCreS ayay 4Jl straight an ,, f9s over 1903 straight in 1914. I'll 2 l figures. leaped 1in 1915 when 7 i, s22 2 shooters bettered 90, ;;533 ran bette {, than .. afifs195s bettered 1O6, 2 total si 2T9t with scores betIsrs than :! straight In, 1a16; the figures were , ; IRA, with a9G3 over 50. 557. over 75 an , 2S4 over 100. 4.E f3a $8 e iss These figures are the best proof til; . Americans are improving as mark n linen, s.The results will show "ov' Il 1 tllere'' t.