Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-03
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NEWSPAPERS PROMOTING
 TRAPSHOoTING LEAGUES
Twenty Five Cities in Three States on the West Coast Are Engaged in Photographic Competition. Other Notes of the Sport.
By PETER P. CARNEY

Editor National Sports Syndicate.
 Three telegraph trapshooting leagues were conducted on the West coast last year, and were so successful that it wasn't difficult matter to get them going this year.
 These trapshOoting leagues are pro- noted by the leading newspapers of Spokane Wash. and Portland Ore, and the interest taken in the promotion of the trapshooting leagues by these newspapers had placed the patriotic sport on the same plane as baseball with regard to local interest.
 In the Northwest League these cities are represented: Boise and LewIstol. Idaho; POmeroy Spokane Coifax, Pal house, Seattle, Beiiingham and Ia coma, Wash; Portland and Kalispel, Ore.
 The Inland Empire League is made up of Spokane Yakima, Palhouse Col fax, Sunnyside, Groville. Wennatchee Wash; Wallace and Kellog, Idaho and Pendleton and Heppner, Ore. The Columbia Willamette League is comprised of Pendleton, Heppner, As | toria, Woodburn, Albany, Mccoy, Ore; Aberdeen and Vancouver Wash 1 Trapshooting leagues are being sup 1 ported more and more by the news | l into the number of participants in l trapshooting events this is readily un- l derstood.
 The season of these telegraph lea 1 gues lasts about eight weeks. and each week about 500 tTapshooters face the | traps. The recording of their scores is the means of getting publicity for l their cities that they could not pro- cure in any other way. Trapshooting is a great town booster. LeaGsle com petition interests every one in the city There are 35 active trapshooting lea gues in the United States.
 The report of Joseph Kalbfus, secre- tary of the Pennsylvania Game Com mission, shows that 1725 deer, 36S bear 3 5G0,00O rabbits, 1S7,OOO squirrels 139,959 racoons, 295O wild turkeys 112.2S7 ruffed grouse, 1412 ringnecl pheasants, 26,S23 quail 29,320 wood cock, 107 wild waterfowl and 17,64 shore birds of various kinds were killed during the 1917 hunting season. Thi; represents 3950 tons of meat. For the benefit of gun clubs holding registered tournaments, and other in. terested parties, the Interstate Trap shooting Association booklet contain. ing the annual review and 1917 trap shooting averages, is now ready. Book.
 
 Interstate Association, Pittsburgh, Pa
 Lester German. high average profeS
 sional trapshooter for 1917, is direct
 ing the police of Wilmington, Del, il
 the use of riot guns.
 Unless her offer to the Government is accepted Annie Oakley will conduc
 a trapshooting school at Portsmouth
 N. H., during the summer season.
 Trophies have been awarded the RiC
 Grande (O.) Gun Club and the Salin;
 (Kan.) Ladies' Trap pshooting Club, re gently organized, and to the DeadwooC
 (S. D. and Spearfsh (S. D) Gun Clubs for team competition, by tn
 Interstate Trapshooting Association. It is estimated that more than 100 900 trapshooteTs are now in the ser vice of the country. Many clubs hay
 been almost put out of business, bu the Learn to Shoot program is bring ing in many new devotees of the spor-
 The duPont Company has worke out an average chart for trapshooter on the same principle as the baseba percentage table. This chart is in , valuable to gun clubs. The chart ca
 be had upon request.
 A M. Poindexter, of Denver Col, ! ! the new president of thSUnited State l Revolver Association.