The sun., 1919-05-03
PLUM, CHAMPION
GUNNER, IN FRONT
Wins Preliminary Shoot to
Claybird Title Tourney
at Travers Island.

Fred Plum OF Atlantic City, N. j.,
Of the New York Athletic Club.
winner OF the amateur championship at
clay birds last year. took the prelirai-
nary shoot to the fourteenth annual title
race at the Travers Island traps of the
New York Athletic Club yesterday. He
a field of 119 gunne-s from all
sections of the country by tho excellent
score OF 1914 out of possible 200 tar
gets.
The winner finished his first 100
birds" in the morning without making
a single miss. After luncheon a wind
came In from the southwest Mat sent
nasty manner. Plum hit the first 1871,
but fell down on his 1921 target.
In addition to the individual shoot
the frst leg OF a team race between the
New York and the Chicago athletic clubs
was contested. To the surprise Of the
gallery. the Western marksmen won
by $50 TO 945 targets. Ten men were
on each team, the best i've scores to
count The defeat of the Winged Foot
may be chalked up to Tracy
II. Lewis and Ralph L. Spots. two OF
the best gunners in the East. Both fell
down yesterday.
Tie for Second Prize.
There was tie between ]. Clarke.
Worcester. Mass, and c. II. Newcomb.
for second prize. Each had
1913. The shootoff went to the New Eng
land crack. Three gunners tied for
fourth prize. with totals of 1872 targets
each. On a match the trophy went to
Ben Donnelley. Chicago. Then came
oh nttHo mil NJ
State championship on Thursday, and
G. s. Mccarthy. Philadelphia.
Four gunners tied for the seventh
prize They all had 1870 targets. On the
first shootoff G. L. Becker. Ogden, Utah.
and Chan Powers. Decatur, Ill, again
tied with straight scores OF twenty tar
gets. On the second shootofY. Becker
teat Powers by 10 to IS targets. Ninth
prize went TO w. II. Patterson, Buffalo,
and the last cup was taken by II. ].
Pendergast, Phoenix, y. Y.
The Scores.
Preliminary Shoot. 200 Tsrgets-Fred Plum.
100. e4-i04 J. Clarke, Jr. %, 9e-le3: G. ".
94-i92. r s. Wright, 90, oe--i92; b. 8. Don
nelley' %. eo-lo2 g. l. Beeker 90 eco
h's ron SS PenSoIs @ II u.s. Soo
Mark Arie OF. 92-is9 J. b Fontaine GA e5-
lse: g. A; Smith. %. 9e-lse: J. L. shaw, %.
Durmei;;teT; 90. s.a1s7; y; soyiestCn, o. es-
5s7 a. L Burns ~ else ks + u Laygsne e.
Mcvoy 95 po-Is5 +. = Tomlin, %. p3-ls5
II. II. shannon, %. pl-ls5; ID. |. Bradley.
90, 95-ls3; q. N'cholai eS. so-ls5 G. Roll,
All winkier. %. 9l---1s5; 4. p, Bennett, es,
asis M N[0 III ss,m.s g. 9so2sa
&. Y. Vaughan. o.. al Isl: o. e. Grinnell.
%. e2-is4; G. ". Blake. sy,e4-ls3 r. Nc
H. s pS o. i M a. r. R.nSey "a
staples So, a5-is5: W; wolstencroft, %, So
90 % -is2; J. y. Mclaughlin. %. ss-lsl
=. Healey. IS. 9o-isl. J. 2. Donovan. 81.
r, Q. Williams, 50; e2-lsl; D. NJ. Barclay.
c. l.. King 80 el-iso; y. L: Culver. SO.
DR.. II. J. Thielman, 81, s2-i7a: b. Z: Etred
g. S2.lI9: L. =. Emann, 90 SEE: NJ ).
saet77: f. e. o! Aiyn. 90 s7i ssnHsS w.
50. SIT 9; y. bn ii s. s $ $:
Il + Martin. S. ssIi7e; 4 +, tenlsy, 8
g Ala z, " p Philips IS s5. a r. Q:
Sc. s7--I75: ". W. Peabody, 81, ol-l7a;
L; II. Page, 50, s4--i7a; F. A. siebert. SO,
W. II. Beers, 81, still; II. A. Gait. SO,
SILL: G. NJ. Haskell. 81. si--l7l: W. Posey,
81. Still: d. Wadsworth, SO, S4-l70: W. q
Allen, 81. SOTO; +. Ii. Morse, SO, s4-l7O;
W. b. Ogden, 81, S3--i70; V. Blake. 81, Sc
l7O: W. II. Mathews. SO, S3--l69 +. b.
Stephenson. So, s3-l6e. W. Z. Crane. 81,
S2-l69.
PRIZE WINNERS.
First Prire-Fred J. Plum, Atlantic City
y. J.
SHOOT OFF FOR SECOND PRIZE-2O
TARGETS.
J. Clarke. Jr.. Worcester, Mass, 10: {. ii
Newcnmb. Philadelphia Pa. Is.
MATCHED FOR FOURTH PRIZE.
Ben s. Donnelley, Chicago. H.; +. 8
Wright, Buffalo. y. y. and G. 5. Mccarthy
Philadelphia. Placed In order as given
SHOOT OFF FOR SEVENTH PRIzE-2C
TARGETS.
NJ. l.. Becker. Ogden, Utah. 20, Chan Powers
Decatur. III, 20: ". H. Patterson, Buffalo
n. Y. 10; II. J. Penderga,t, Phoenix. y, Y. Is
SECOND SHOOT OFF FOR SEVENTH
PRIZE-2O TARGETS.
Becker. 10: Powers. Is.
TEAM sHOoT--2o TARGETS A MAN.
Chicago A. CD. $. Donnslley, 1872; MARI
Arie. 1872; G NJ Powers 100; q. L. smith
lse; q. l. Becker, 1870. Total, $50
New York A. &C. II. Newcomb. 1893
p 7. Bradley, 1881 Fred Plum, 1924; A. l.
Burns. 1856: W. II. iue. is7. Total. 9i5.