Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-03-23
BIC SHOOT
At LAKEWOOD
Bill" Foord of This City Eligible
for Championship Event
Locals to Compete.

Keeping company with the far-famed
! mld-winter trapshooilng tournament nj
pinehurst and the midsummer trapshoot-
ing carnival at Maplewood, is the spring
tournament at Lakewood
Eleven years ago birth was given to
the Pinehurst tournament The Maple
| wood carnival first saw the light of dav
three wears ago. The Lakewood shoot
was inauguratcd two years ago this spring
Everything that pinchurst and Maple
wood has done Lakewood hopes to do
and more.
The program of this years tourna-
ment. which by the wav takes place on
April =, I, 3 and 6. il the most progressive
ever presented TO trapshooters. II is a
good one for the high gun shooters and
IT also takes care of the mediocre shots.
Real competition is provided in an up
to-thc-minutc classification OF shooters
Furthermore the system NJ handioappne
which will ,be in vogue in this shoot Is
being tried out for thc first time, and the
handicapping of trapshootefs is a subject
that one can get An argument on at any
time or place.
Appreciaiing that proficiency should
be rewarded by the test the trophies
will he classified M well rs the shooters.
Trophies in Glass \ will he more valuable
than the ones IN Glass II, and the Class
y trophies will he of better value than
those awarded in Class G, and so on down
the list
SHOOT ron Is YARDS rrrIF
Besides the 100 targets practice event
on the opening dav, the Is yards Cham
pionship Challenge Trophy will be NJ
for competition The present holder
j. ..F ~ I
He won il II the Nestv IIoeans' shoot
last September The shoot for this
trophy VIII he Mt loo targets thrown SO
yards and is open 80 amateurs
This trophy was FIRST shot for in 1905
when live-hird shuoting was all the vogue
In lAl II was put up fnr competition
among amateur clay-target breakers.
One dollar nf the entrance money gnes
toward an accumulation purse and when
this fund reaches 5000 the trophy is called
in and the shooters who have won the cup
since the last accumulation purse was shot
for are eligible to shoot for the 5000. while
All other amateurs can shoot in the Same
competition for the trophy and title
Those eligible for the accumulation
purse are Alien He'll Of Allentown, Ia
George \ Fish Of Ivdonvllle. n y,
William Foor,t, of Wilmington, Del. and
the present holder The late II
Richardson. of Dover. Del also had
leg on The cur The bcet score made
IN this composition was o., hv Foord. in
1914, He'll IN 1915 and Richardson in
1916
NEW SYSTEM ~ HANntc ArFISG.
Following the Is yards championship
on successive dave viii hc zhnt the Ma
plewood 100. the Lakewood champion
ship at rs yards. and the Lakewood
Handicap This event will 30 handi-
capped on the tnt1 averages ~ the trap
shooters on 4 scheme devised by J Leonard
Clark Here is how It goes
Those having an average of a5. A6
~ ~ will shoot az 100 targets, a "a
average man VIII shoot at lnl targets
a q3 average man at l02, ~ average At
i03. 81 average at l0l, 90 average AZ
l05. 80 average at lOn, s. average AZ
i07. 81 and ~ ~ los 81 and 81 AZ 100.
- and 81 AZ 10. so and s. Al 1T. IS
and - nj li2 As tho figures Indicate
the mediocre shooter is thrown - moro
targets than the good shooter and there
fore has better chance tn make score
Rosldcs this handicap arrangement the
class system viii 10 IN vogue and So that
tho high guns v II not l,e eliminated there
will bc ~lx trophies Tor the shooters who
do hest al 100 targets
The usual number Of trophies will hc
given to the shooters with the best aver
~os on the program oi 400 l6-yard tar
gets
NEw YoRk 4. c. vs. BOSTON >.
Ono 81 tho features If tho tournament
will l,c a team competition between
the shooters of tho Bnstou Athletic
Association and the New J lork Athletic
Cub Il viii be necessary for The teams
to nausa their i've men previous to the |
6rst DAYS shooting The scores made IN
the rs wards events will nc counted
Diamond medals will be gwen each mem
ocr Of the winning team and the club will
be awarded 5000 trophy. which must Ice
won three times to retain possession