Evening journal., 1919-01-06
TRAPSHOOTERS HAD
Big YEAR IN 1919
More Than Five Mil on
Targets Ihrcwu in Inter-
state Events
.365 TOURNAMENTS
STAGED DURING YEAR

All things considered. trapshootns
had a big year. There were not so
many targets thrown as In some other
years, not as many shoots were held,
but that was TO be expected. TrapshooI-
ers by the thousands went or with the
oolors. many clubs were wrecked, but
In the shoots that did take place hc
average was beyond any year In the
history OF the spot, excepting one.
The Interstate TrapshoOting Ass0cia-
ton 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. II contributed
/ to 263 tournaments 10 the extent OF
SPA $50. In the 3j5 tournaments, s.
i64.9i9 targets were thrown. an aver
age Of ii,i50.
These tournaments do not take n
club and league shoots, In which as
many more Ia gets are thrown. and In
addition the government purchased l.
10000 clay targets every week duging
the year, so that the number OF targets
| trapped last year ran into huge ngu-es.
The number OF contestants In The reg
isiered tournaments was 1901. averag-
ing forty-slx amateurs and six 3. ofes-
slonals. State championship tOurna-
ments were held In forty-ave States.
Ten tournaments were held In Canada.
The number OF entrants In the Grand
American Handicap was 620. TIE largest
special shoot was the Westy Hogans.
with $40 entrants. The largest resort
shoot was the one at Pinehulst. with
iii shooters.
More targets were trapped In Penn
sylvanla than In any other Staie-57s.-
$50 Pennsylvania also had the great
est State shoot with POI residents and o
total entry OF 23i. Kentucky had the
greatest number OF non-residents In the
State with 81. New Jersey ave aged 96
amateurs In its shoots and North Caro-
lima averaged "a professions. Iowa led
IN number OF shoots held, with ST. II
| llnols collected the most money from
the Interstate Trapshooting Association
10 conduct Us shoots. getting 5000.
Nebraska formed the greatest number
OF gun clubs, &. In the state champion
ship events two perfect scores were
made by amateurs. Blair In California.
and Osborne, In Massachusetts,. and by
two professionals, Lewis In Illinois and
Hawkins IN Pennsylvania.
Frank Troeh OF VancOuve-. Wash,
stands out as prominent In the trap
shooting armament as a sore thumb on
! the hand OF a rlveter Every place you
look Troeh has been there and cashed
In with his SIS gun.
He started by winning the champion
ship OF Washington. then annexed the
doubles championship OF the United
States. then the doubles championship
OF Canada, the international doubles
championship. tied for the lnternatlon-
al singles championship won the anna
ieur and open all around championships
or the United states, was second In the
Chicago Overture, tied for high average
In the Grand American tournament and
was htzh average amateur OF the year
with 6,665 b eaks IN 6.si5 targets shot
at, a mark OF .9722. lie crossed the
country three times 10 take In the
shoots, travelling more than 1900 miles.
Homer Clark, OF Alton. ILL.,, won the
professional championship. made the
longest run OF The year for a profes-
sional. 2il, and was high average pro
fessional with 322s breaks In 1910 "a
gets shot al, a mark OF 1852. O. ~
Ford OF san Jose Cal. shot at more
targets than any other shooter. lie
b oke 9,09i out OF $40 for the remark