Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-01-01
High Lights On 1918 .
(By Peter p. Carney, Editor of M.
tional Sports Syndicatt.) r..

tional Sports Syndicatc.) ~
What 1919 will produce Is of. more
Importance than what 1913 has pro-
duccd in the field Of sports, but at that
some Of the accomplishments of the
1918 season are worth ~chronicling.
The year was marked by conditions
unlike any of previous times. The
worldwide lull in public maneuvers
extended to all lines Of sport and held
many lines Of sports ceased before the
armistice was signed and several
others were hanging on the ropes
when the Huns CAV in.
Trapshooting was not in either
class. 1t was the one sport developed
by the war. This, however. was only
natural. When the United States got
active in the scrap many who never
before had handled firearms took up
trapshooting to- learn to shoot" and
this caused trapshooting to become
known as the patriotic sport" and the
sport with a purpose"
Was Big Shooting Year.
All things considered, trapshooting
had a big year. There weren't as
many targets thrown as in some other
! years, not as many shoots were held,
but that was to be expected. Trap.
shooters by the thousands went of
with the colors, many clubs were
wrecked, but in the shoots that did
take place the average was beyond
any year in the history of the sport,
excepting one.
The Interstate :Trapshooting. associ-
alton registered AIS tournaments, Of
which 365 were held. The Interstate
association is to trapshooting what the
United States Golf association is to
golf, what the A. A. U. is to amateur
athletics, and what the Lawn Tennis
association is to tennis. 1t con-
tributed to 1853 tournaments to the
extent of s24,850. In the 365 tourna-
ments, 5,164,949 targets were thrown.
an average of 1880. These tourna-
ments do not take in club and league
shoots, in which as many more targets
are thrown. and in addition the gov-
eminent purchased 1000, 900 clay
SO that the number Of targets trapped
last yea ran into huge figures.
Over 1000 Contestants.
The number Of contestants in the
registered tournaments was 1857,
averaging 46 amateurs and six>profes-
SIGNALS. State championship tourna-
ments were held in IS states. Ten
tournaments were held in Canada.
The number of entrants in the Grand
American Handicap was $50. The
largest special shoot was the Westy
Hogans, with 314 entrants. The larg-
est resort shoot was the one at Pine
hurst, with ia shooters.
More targets were trapped in Penn
sylvania than any other state-57S,-
$50. Pennsylvania also had the great
est state shoot with 201, residents and
a total entry Of 231.. Kentucky had
the greatest number of n~on-residents
in its state, with 81. New Jersey
averaged 90 amateurs in its shoots
and North Carolina averaged IA pro-
f%essionals. Iowa led in a humble: of
shoots held, with 81. Illinois col
lected the most money from the
Interstate Trapshooting association to
conduct it's shoots, getting $1,000.
Nebraska formed the greatest number
of gun clubs, 4. In the state cham
pionship events two perfect scores
were made. by amateurs; Bair, in Cali
fornia, and Osborne, in Massachusetts,
and by two professionals Lewis in
Illinois, and Hawkins in Pennsylvania.
Frank Troeh Of Vancouver, Wash,
stands out as prominent in the trap
shooting armament as a sore thumb
on the hand of a riveter. Every place
you look Troeh has been there and
cashed in with his SIS gun. He
| SIdTLeQ Dy winning the NamDlOnSnlD
OF, washington. then annexed the
doubles championship of the United
States, then the doubles champion
ship Of Canada, the international
doubles championship, tied for the
international. singles championship,
won the amateur and open all-round
Championships Of the United states,
was. second in the Chicago Overture,
tied for high average in the Grand
lAnerican tournament. and was high
average amateur Of the year with
6.S65 breaks in 6.S45 targets shot at,
a mark of 1922. He crossed the
county three times to take lin. the
! shoots, travelling more than "a, 900
miles
Homer Clark Of Alton, III, won the
professional championship, made the
longest run Of the year for a profess
sional,, 247, and was high average
professional with 3.22s breaks in