Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-08-02
Throw 100000
Targets In Year

No sport has done as much for the
American Red Cross and kindred war
charities as trepshooting-
No sport fits the young men of the
United States better to wage war on
the Hun than trapshooting.
Trapshooting is the most patriotic
of sports and trapshooters are the
most generous and patriotic of sports
men.
Two ambulances that are doing
noble work at the front and more than
a quarter million dollars is the con-
tribution of the trapshooting fratern-
ity to the Red Cross and allied inter-
ests.
Practically every trapshooting tour
nament In the United States is being
conducted in behalf of some war char
ity. This brings US down to the meat
of the story. The Grand American
handicap Trapshooting Tournament,
which takes place in Chicago. ILL.,. on
the grounds of the South Shore Coun-
try Club the coming week, will be a
patriotic shoot in everything the term
implies.
We have often times told about the
e~laborateness of the Grand American
Trapshooting Tournament, about its
being the greatest of all sporting spec
| tacles, even greater than the world 5
baseball series, which so many of US
have raved about. but all of these
things are passe this year. There are
more important things to tell about.
For instance, in making this a patri
otto shoot II was decided to give every
state trapshooting champion a 500
Liberty Bond instead of cash This
amount of money has always been
given each state champion TO help pay
his expenses. Then the Interstate
Trapshooting Association decided tina!
one half of all prize money under
5000 would be paid in War Savings
Stamps and one-half of all priz'
money over $500 would be paid In
Liberty Bonds.
The Red Cross event of August 4 &
one that trapshooters have been talk
ing about for years and now the op'
p~ortunity is provided to settle a much
mooted question. Ten shooters of tn
East and ten shooters from the West
led by Charles II. Newcomb of Phila
delphia, Pa. and Frank Troeh o
Vancouver, Wash. present ~trapshoot'
ing champions OF their respective
states and former national amateur
champions. will engage in conflict and
decide which section of the country
produces the best trap shots. The
scores Of the high 1--WE shooters or
each team will count. Each man will
shoot at 100 targets.
No prizes will be given for the event
the targets will be donated by the. tar.
get company and the Red Cross should
benefit materially, ~ the scoring
Judging and refereeing privileges vii
be auctioned OFF and members of tn
Chicago Chapter OF the Red Cross will
distribute souvenir score cards.
hTe Red Cross event which tax
place during the week will be on thu
two traps in front OF the shooting
lodge. Their will be no restriction a.
to angles, height or distance. Tn
payment of 81 will get any amateur
three chances TO break tenstraight
Professional shooters and womer
members of the South Shore Countrl
Club will sell the tickets. Ties on ter
straight will be shot of on August
and the winner will get a 800 Liberty
Bond. Targets and help are being do
mated so that every bit of money goe:
to the Red Gross.
The tournament opens on August
with the South Shore Introductory, ar
1s-yards classic at 200 targets. Thu
professional championship will taxi
place at the same time. The Chicag'
Overture, the National Singles and
Doubles Championship events, tax
place on August 6. Tho Preliminar,
Handicap will be staged on August Z
the Grand American Handicap oil
August 8 and the Consolation Hand
cap on August Q.