Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-22
o. BRIEN LEADING
IN STATE TOURNEY
Trap Shooters Make Good
Scores In Annual Contest
On In Portland

Making seven straights in the ten i5-
bird events of the first days regular
program of the annual state champion
ship shoot, now in progress on the Ever
ding Park traps Of the Portland Gun
Club, P. H. o 'Brien, of Butte, Mont,
former state champion was high man
with a total of 147 out of $50 targets.
Frank NJ. Troeh of Vancouver, Wash,
carried off second honors with score
of LAG.
Frank Van Alta of Portland finished
third with a total of 144. Frank TEN.
pleton of Portland and his brother, DR.
c. L. Templeton of Seattle, tied for
fourth place with scores of 143. j. L.
Morrison of Portland and Elmer Nick.
ersOn of Corvallis scored 141 and 140
scores were hung up by F. Newman of
Mccoy, Mark Siddall of Astoria, C. G.
Dodele of Albany and Lou Rayburn of
La Grande.
Frank Riehl, the veteran Tacoma pro-
fessional. was high among the powder
and shell sellers with the remarkable
score of l4S out of $50. He dropped one
target in the fourth event and one tar.
get in the seventh event. Hugh Posten
of San Francisco was second with LAG
ana C. ID. Plank of Portland, third,
with 14j Gus Peret of Yoncalla, Or,
finished fourth with 140.
O'Brien missed target in each of the
first, second and eighth events. while
Troeh missed one in the first two in
the second and one in the ninth.
High In Doubles
Charley Leith of Woodburn, Or, won
the first day S shoot in the state doub-
les championship event for the o. d.
Thornton trophy, shattering "a straight
targets, which is exceptionally wonder
full shooting. The next best score in this
event was %, +. M. Troeh, H. Il. Pos
ton, G. j. Schilling and Gus Peret. the
last three named being professionals,
hung up this total.
After the completion of the regular
program, Special handicap event was
staged, the proceeds of this event going
to the Red Gross fund. Twenty mine
shooters participated in the event and
five tied for high score. r. Il. Poston
winning the shootoff by smashing 25I
straight from the 22-yafd line. President
Downs of the Portland Gun club do
mated a gold watch for the winner of
this event. A sum Of $3.50 was real
lied for the Red Cross.
Rain Us Handicap
Some of the shooters were handicap
ped during the progress Of the l50-bird
race by the wind and rain.
Wednesday the state championship
event viii be staged and it is expected
that over 75 shooters will participate
in the event.
At the annual meeting of the Oregon
State Trapshooters association Monday
night in the Imperial hotel, L. n. kel-
Ter, vice president Of the association
was unanimously chosen president for
the ensuing year. Albert Bowker, of
Heppner, Or, was chosen vice president
and d. G. Bowman of Pendleton was
elected secretary-treasure to succeed W.
&. Ballack of Albany. James w. Seavey
of Portland is the retiring president.
Pendleton Gets Shoot
The old board Of directors, composed
Of G. r. Cathy, Portland; Mark Siddall,
Astoria; Charles Leith, Woodburn; p.
A, Young, Albany, Charles Brown, AS
toria and Horace Tillman of Pendleton
was reelected.
Pendleton was awarded the 1919 state
association championship tourney, the
Letter. Buck" city's bid being $3.50.
1t is planned to stage the tourney dur
ing the early part of May. Astoria dele
gates were on hand with bid, but
they did not present it after the East
ern Oregon town representatives put up
their proposition. Astoria plans to stage
200-bird registered target event July
4.
Vote of Thanks Given.
II. R. Everding John G. Clemson and
w. {. Bristol were given a vote of
thanks for their donation to the state
shoot and a vote of thanks was also
given w. G. Ballaek, the retiring secre-
tary,
The sympathies of the association
were extended to d. C. Bowman of Pen
dleton, whose father died unexpectedly
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