The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-08-03
PATRIOTIC SHOOT
Army City Trap Shoot Draws
Big Crowd.
All Profits Will Be Turned to
Red Cross.
ARNOLD is THE CHAMPION
Captain Stark Won Officers
..tl.s.
Pvt. Schu1mann Won EnlisseS
Mems Event.

The Patriotic Kansas State shoot
under the auspices of the Camp Fun
ston Gun club for the benefit OF the
Red Cross, held at Army City Sunday.
Monday and Tuesday was highly sue
cessful in every way and attracted
trap shooters from all sections of the
country.
National Army Event.
The National Army event on Sum
day was won by Capt. Lucien Stark
of Fort Riley. in the officers class;
Pvt. Frank Schulma nm in the enlisted
mems class, and Henry Wetzig of
Junction City in the class for civilians.
The shoot was at one hundred targets
at sixteen yards. Captain Stark broke
81, Private Schulmann "a. and Henry
Wetzig 1000 in the civilian class. His
brother, H. H. Wetzig, came second
with SO, the pair giving a pretty ex-
hibition of shooting, with but ons
tare lost out of 200.
Captain Stark of Harrington, Neb,
altho formerly well known as a trap
shooter. had not touched a gun for
over two years.
Red Cross Event.
The Red Gross event Monday
was won by Roy Ainsworth of Larned
with score Of 100.
IN tho Trapshooters Oil company
event H. c. Hood and F. ]. Cairns tied
for first place with SO each. In
shooting off the tie they again, evened
up with Is apiece out of 20. On the
third shoot-off Cairns won with 10
against Hoods Is. Roy Ainsworth
was second with 81. This event vas
at 100 targets at sixteen yards. In
the professional class J. L. Head won
the Red Cross event with 90. In thu
professional class of the Trapshooters
event c. G. Spencer won with a score
of 81.
Roy Ainsworth holds the record for
long runs in the shoot having brok-
en- 172 targets without miss.
Amateur Champion.
In the amateur Kansas state cham
pionship. which shoot was held Tues
day, was won by E. w. Fatty Arnold
of Larned, Kan. In this event Arnold.
H. c. Hood of Pittsburg and H. Pen
nington of Sedewick tied for first
place with 81. In the shoot-off Arnold
got 30, Pennington Is and Hood II.
This is the sixth time Arnold has held
the state amateur championship. The
shoot was at 100 targets at sixteen
yards.
Preliminary Shoot.
In the preliminary shoot held Sat
urday afternoon between the different
organizations of the camp, the second
regiment of the 1874 depot brigade was
successful The trophy was a silver
medal to each member. The mem
bers of the winning team were: Sergt.
A. Maravels. Sergt. Joe Barlow. Corp.
H. Higley, Pvt. Dudley Dickinson and
Pvt ]. c. Van Alsdoff.
Gun Brought $125.
A feature of the shoot on Sunday
Afternoon was the auction of a gun
donated by E. A. Reilly of Hutchinson.
The gun added s125 to the Red Cross
fund. Tuesday afternoon a box of
toilet articles. which had been donated
was auctioned by Mrs. ]. L. Willing
of st. Louis, and Mrs. Rankin Of Kan
sas City. This brought $50.
All profits of the three-day shoot
will be turned over to the Red Cross.
ALI added money purses were paid in
liberty bonds, baby bonds and thrift
stamps.
That II takes the army to stage
events was shown by the economy
with which the shoot was arranged,
the total cost of shoot being less than
$40. With Captain Dick B. Foster at
the helm for the Camp Funston Gun
club and Sergt. Joe Barlow as an as
sistant with corps of volunteer en-
listed workers, tents and equipment
were borrowed and everything az.
ranged with a record for economy