Norwich bulletin., 1918-09-02

Clark, professional shot, broke 412 tar- gets in succession, S75 the first day of the tournament and 62 the second day before missing. S75 straight is the best one-day record.
 During 1918 a number of big league pitchers staged more or less spectacu- lar comebacks. Among them were Earl Hamilton of the Pirates, now in the navy. Griner of the Robins, Slim Love and Vean Gregg.
 Orvie Overall, the former Cub pitcher, has developed into crack trapshooter. In the California state shoot, he won the Ford medal for the doubles championship, and tied for flrsts place in two other events. Both Hughey Jennings and Lee Fohl are wondering why they let Mar | ty. kavanaugh get away from them. Since he has been with the Cards the homeliest man in baseball has been swinging the wickedest bat of his ca l reer.
 The passing of both Terry Me Govern and George Munroe last spring recalls the fact that Terry won his | first fight of prominence when he slipped the kayo to Munroe in the | twenty fourth round of their bout in l Brooklyn in 1898.
 1 G. F. Preston. aged 52, wrote to the | Greenville, s. C., draft board and of | fered to take Joe Jackson's place either | in the shipyard or in the draft. He
 said he didn't know there was man | in South Carolina such coward as | to dodge the draft.
 1 rthur Irwin put across something l in Rochester this year which while
 admittedly good theory has never been made a success of heretofore by a 1 minor league manager, namely, putting
 up strong fight for the pennant with l a bunch of youngster.-
 | Fred Merkle's wonderful playing with the Cubs this year has been the sur prise of the season. Merkle was kept only because Mitchell could find no one to take his place. He was thirty years 1 old last December and is playing his eleventh season in the majors. W. T. Gentry of Atlanta who has only one arm is reported to have accom- plish the following golfng feat. He holed out in one putt on each of the first eight greens and at the ninth dispensed with the putt altogether by ho1ing an approach with his masFie. Jack Johnson now in Madrid, Spain, has written Capt E. H. aGuardia rep resentative ill Congress from New 1 York asking him to secure for the ne gro pugilist the right to fight in the
 army as a soldier. Johnson save he Is
 as good an American ais ayone and that they will have some job to take away
 his right to fight for his country.
 | Fred Plum,, of Atlantic City, N. J.,
 the national Amateur champion at 200
 targets, has the honor of being the first
 shooter to win 9S per cent. medal of
 the American Amateur Trapshooters' Association. Shooting at the 1000
 trgets required Plum had an average of
 99 per cent.
 Any pigeon in the air may be caF-
 rier pigeon flying from a loft under Government supervision. Its destruct- ion may be a serious loss to the Ameri- , can army. All persons therefore. are
 urged to refrain from shooting pigeons and to discourage the practice oi , hunters and of children.
 The best tra apshooting since Lester
 German bowled over 349 targets at the . Westy Hogans three years ago was , done by Harry Lorenson. of Newman Cal. at the Los Angeles Club tourna- 345 straight. Later in the California State shoot MT. Lorenson had a run o1 , | 204,
 In point of numbers and in targets s thrown the Maplewood shoot was al g that could be desired. There were 12( 5 shooters in competition during the ]. week and 99.275 targets were thrown e.i Four of the six days were ideal; il , fact, they couldn't have been better i r made to order for the occasion Maplwood is an ideal place flor ( r ! trap pshooting tournament.