Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-09-18
DAY
Is Big SUCCESS
New Style of Guns Attract
Attention; Close Scores
For Target Practice

Trapshooting, a popular sport in
Harrisburg, received a big boost yes
terday. The promotion team for the
Winchester Company was the big
attraction and introduced some new
things of interest to trapshooters
and sportsmen. or course the one
big part of yesterdays event, was the
appearance of Mr.. and Mrs. Topper
vein, of Texas, the greatest rifle
and gun shooters in the world. The
same can be said of the men form
ing the Winchester team.
Harrisburg folks turned out a big
crowd and those who were not at
Second and Division streets missed
the treat of the year in a shooting
exhibition. 1t was not all profess
sionals who figured yesterday. There
was an interesting 100 target race
that had some thrills. On the whole,
Winchester Day in Harrisburg will
go down in the history of the Har-
risburg Sportsmen's Association un-
der whose auspices this event was
staged, as a memorable occasion.
Humer Is High Gun
The 100-target race started the
program. C. E. Humer, of Marietta,
who has been missed from the shoot
ing game for a time came back with
high honors, scoring SO out of the
100. He nosed out Harry B. Shoop,
one of Harrisburg's popular shots
who had 81. Scores were good.
Humer and Shoop each had two
straight runs of 25 each. ]. G. Mar
tin, Neidgamer, H. Confer, Mrs.
Topperwein, Roberts, Stevens, Wag-
ner, Alleman, Stewart and Shaeffer
each made rs straight.
The Winchester part of the pro-
gram inclu(s,d the Introduction of
two new guns, the one known as
the 410, and the other the ribbed
gun. The former is likely to bring
many young shooters into the sport.
1t is a miniature scatter gun, not
yet on the market but ready soon.
1t opens up opportunity to boys and
girls, young men and women and
others to get into the trap shooting
game. There are special shells and
targets. This gun will do nearly
everything a big gun will at short
range. 1t will meet requirements
in the woods and mountain and will
bring an army of junior trapshooters
into this popular sport. The other
guns tried out were used for the first
time here. The Winchester aggre-
cation was given a great introduce
ton by Fred A. Godcharles, Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Winchester shooters first gave
an exhibition in a 25-target race.
Next came shooting at doubles, and
then the small guns were brought
out and there was lively competi-
ton for honors. This team is made
up of men who won many cham
pionships and who hold titles now.
The leader is j. NOVEL; Hawkins of
Harrisburg, who never misses q
match when at home.
The Big Show
OF course the big part of the
exhibition came from the Topper
veins. What they cannot do with
a rifle, revolver or shot gun no per-
son in this wide world has ever done.
They hit marbles, blocks of wood,
iron rings, potatoes, bricks, eggs or
anything thrown in the air. They
shoot with their backs to the mark,
using a looking glass, knock empty
shells and other articles from their
fingers, and many other different
proved a popular entertainer. show
ing remarkable skill with revolver.
AS the closing feature Mr.. Topper
vein, who Is a cartoonist, made a
drawing of Uncle Sans head on O
plate of tin, using bullets for the
drawing, and making the picture
in very short time. This was the
second time these wonderful shots
have been in Harrisburg in five
years.