The Washington herald., 1918-03-02
GIVES
FINAL RESULTS
OF MARKSMEN
Home Defense Rifles Learn
Result Of Competition in
Small Bore Matches.

Col. M. A. Winter. commanding
the Home Defense\ League Rifles.
yesterday announced the results Of
the small-bore matches conducted
by the organization for the five con-
lsecutive weeks ended February 20
last.
| For the intercompany team match
the grand aggregate score of the
five high scores for the series of
live matches determined the small
bore team championship, and was
won by Company K, of the Home
RIFLES, with a grand total of 4,367
iout of 5000 possible. The next four
lcompanies, with their relative
standing. follows: Company C.,
4,24O: Company H, 4.t47, and Com
pany l, S,2S7.
| Winners Get Trophy.
The winning team will be pre-
scented with a trophy and the five
members of the team with the five
highest total scores for the series
will each be awarded a medal. The
members of the winning team who
will receive these medals are:
Walter r. Stokes, S93 out of 1000
possible; Sam Houston. S73 r. NJ.
Morris, S66; Ralph c. Stokes, S53; j.
B. Cooley, S63.
The ten high Individual aggre-
gate scores for the individual grand
aggregate match resulted as fol-
lows, the three first named being
entitled to medals:
o. NJ. Schriver. Company c, s11
out of 1000 possible: Walter R.
Stokes. Company K, S93; F. c. John
ston, Company c, SSS; Sam Houston,
Company X, S73; R. NJ. Morris, Com
pany K, S66; r. H. Mccarthy. Com
pany E, SCI: Ralph c. Stokes, Com
pany X, 85S; C. E. Groome. Com
pany H, $50; H. Z. Dove. Company
w. S55; J. B. Cooley, Company X.
S53.
! The ten highest individual scores
in the standinff offhand match re-
suited: o. NJ. Schriver. Company c,
176 out of 200 possible; Ralph c.
Stokes. Company X. 175; J. B.
| Cooley, Company X. 172: Walter r.
Stokes, Company X. 1863: G. B.
Cornwell, Company c. 166; r M.
Morris. Company K, 1855; F. c. john
ston, Company C. 1853; Sam Hous-
ton. Company K. 157: H. f. Dove,
Company w, 155; J. C. Bum, Com
pany K, 1852.
The ten highest individual scores
in the kneeling position match are:
II. Z. Dove, Company w, ISL; ]. c.
EWheate, Company c, 179; sam Hous-
ton, Company X. IT'S; o. NJ. Schriv-
er, Company c. III: J. c. Bum.
Company X, III; F. c. Johnston,
Company C. 174; r. H. MCCARTHY,
Company E, 173; r. II. Clauser,
Company H. 172: r. NJ. Morris, Com
pany X, III; J. B. Cooley. Company
X, III.
Squatting position match: o. NJ.
Schriver. Company c, 1873; walter
r. Stokes, Company K. IFS; F. c,
Johnston. Company C, 176; T. II.
Mumford, Company II. 10; r. NJ.
Morris, Company K, 173; Ralph c.
Stokes, Company X, 173; Sam Hous-
fton. Company X. 172; C. f. Groome,
Company n, IT.; T. P. Gary. COM
pany l, III; J. C. Bum, Company
! X. III.
sitting Winners.
Sitting position match: Walter r.
Stokes, Company *. 1S9; r. II. Nc
; Garity. Company L, 1S7; F. c. John
/ ston, Company c. 1S; c. f. Groome.
! Company H, 1S5; o. NJ. Schriver. Com
pany C, 1874: r. NJ Morris, Company
! X. 1S1; G. B. Cornwell. Company G.,
| l79; ]. c. Wheate, Company c, 119:
f. D. Morris, Company H, III; Sam
| Houston, Company X. III.
Prone position match: r. H. Nc
Farity, Company f, 1871; o. NJ SChri-
yer. Company C. 191; Sam Houston,
Company X. 1S9; Walter r. Stokes.
! Company X, 1S9; F. C. Johnston. Com
pany c. 1SS; G. L. Eichorn, Company
II, 1856: E. d. Norris. Company H. 49,
J. B. Cooley. Company X, is; c. f.
| Groome, Company II, 1SS; G. w. God
win, Company H, 1S3.
| In accordance with the rules gov
erning these matches which prohibited
! contestants from winning more than
enc medal in the individual contests
! according to a prescribed order of
imination, the following are medal
inners in the above matches:
Individual. grand aggregate match
- NJ. Schriber, Walter R. Stokes, F
| e. Johnston.
Standing off-hand match-Ralph c.
Stokes, ]. B. Cooley, G. B. Cornwell.
Kneeling position rlatch-H. E.
Dove. J. c. Wheate. j C. Bum.
Squatting position match-T. H.
! Mumford, r. II. Morris, T. P. Gary.
! Sitting position matcn-R. H. Nc
Garity. c. Z. Groome. E. D. Norris.
Prone position match-Sam Houston,
G. L. Eichorn, G. w. Goodwin.