Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-08-05

GRAND AMERICAN
OPENS MONDAY
!" 'Trapshooting Classic to Be
Held This Year at South
%" Shore, Chicago

or the 80 registered trapshooting
tournaments scheduled for August in
the United States and Canada, one
stands out more prominently than the
rest. That is the Grand American
Handicap Trapshooting Tournament.
This shoot is on the books to take
Aplace in Chicago. ILL.,, August IL to
Is, inclusive. 1t will be held at the
South Shore Country Club.
On August 26th the Canadian ma
tional exhibition will begin four
day tournament in Toronto. The Ca
= madam shoot is getting to be bigger
every year. 1t attracts the crack
shots of the United States as well as
Canada. Fred A. Godcharles. Deputy
Secretary of the Commonwealth. was
in this shoot two years ago.
In trapshooting circles the Grand
American handicap tournament out
shines everything else. 1t is not only
the biggest event in trapdom, but Is
the greatest of all sporting events.
No other sporting event can be COM
pared with it in the amount of in
terest displayed by those interested
The entry list runs into the hun
dreds-in fact, they are talking of
L. 600 entries for this years shoot One
thousand contestants is lot. This in
itself gives you an idea of the bigness
of the event.
Shooters Go Early
While the Grand American Handi-
cap doesn't begin until the morning
of the 11th, there will be number of
trapshooting events at the South
Shore Country Club prior to this. on
the 9th the Hercules all-around cham
pionship trophies will be shot for.
This will be the final competition for
trDnhinS There is amateur
event as we'll as an open race in
which only previous winners may
shoot. There is likely to be a contest
for the Hazard trophy, emblematic of
the doubles target shooting cham
pionship of the world on this day,
too, for B. +. Ebert, of Des Moines,
Ia, has been challenged by j. S. Day,
of Texas.
On the 10th the South Shore Coun-
try Club will conduct a registered
tournament. One of the main events
on this program will be a team shoot
between the New York Athletic Club
and the Chicago Athletic Association.
At the New York Athletic Club shoot
in the spring these teams met and
the New York team won $50 to 945.
Ten men shoot on each team. each
man shooting at 20 targets. The high
five scores count.
Tournament sportsmen and sports
women from every State in the Union
and most of the Canadian provinces
enter and shoot.
More Championship Events
The tournament this year will diff
fer greatly from the blue ribbon
events of the past. The only handi-
cap will be the one from which the
tournament derives its name. There
will be more championship events
than usual, including boys under Is
yards, the national amateur cham
. pionship from 16 yards and the wo-
mems championship. There Will be
two traps in operation all week for
the benefit of people who have never
shot before. Ten traps will be used
y for the tournament.
The IS yards trapshooping Cham
\ pionship of the United States and
Canada will take place on August IL.
Here are the names of the previous
winners and their scores:
1915-W. S. Hoon, Jewell. Ia, 1876.
19l6-Harve Dixon, Orongo, Mo-,
1877.
1s17-F. NJ. Troeh, Vancouver.
Wash, 199.
191S-H. ]. Pendergast, Phoenix, N.
Y, 1913.