Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-06
TRAPSH0OT|NG POPULAR
OUTDOOR PAS1IME.
Over 1000 Contestants Took Part
in Competitions During
the Year 1918.

All things considered, trapshooting had
big year in 1918. There weren't a.
many targets thrown as in some other
years, not as many shoots were held, but
that was TO be expected Trapshooters
by the thom aads went of with the GO lors,
many clubs were wrecked, but in tho
shoots TINT did take place the average
was beyond any year in the history OF
the sport, excepting one.
The Interstate Trapshooting Assncia-
tion registered 4l5 tournaments, of which
365wcrc held, The Interstate Associationi is
to trapshooting what the United States
Golf Association is to golf, what the A.
A. IT, is to amateur athletics, and what
the Lawn Tennis Association ia to tennis
1t contributed to 263 tournaments to the
extent Of S24 $50 In the 365 tournaments
5,l64, $40 targets were thrown. an aver
age Of Idl5O. These tournaments do not
take in club and league shoots, in which
NJ many more targets are thrown, and in
addition the Government purchased 900
600 clay targets every week during the
wear, so that the number Of targets trap
ped last year ran into huge figures.
The number OF contestants in the reg
istcrcd tournaments was 1857 averaging
&c amateurs and six professionals. State
championship tournaments were held in
IS States Ten tournaments were held
in Canada The number of entrants in
the Grand American Handicap was 62O
The largest special shoot was the Wosty
Hogans, with 3Ii entrants The largest
resort shoot was the ono at pinchurst
with ia shooters.
More targets were trapped in PenuRyl-
vana than any other rState--5-S $50. Penn
~vlvaria also had the rrestest State shoot
with POI residents, and total entry of
231 kentucky had the < catest number
Of non-resi,ients in ita State, with ri
New Jersey averaged g6 amateurs in it's
shoots and Moth Carolina averaged IL
professionals. lows led in the number Of
shoots held, with 81 Illinois collected
the most money from the Interstate Trap
shooting Association TO conduct its shoots
getting 81, $50 Nebraska formed the great
est number Of gun clubs, four. In the
State championship events two perfect
scores were made by amateurs; Bair, in
California, and Osborne, in Massachusetts,,
and by two professionals, Lewis, in H.
nois, and Hawkins in Pennsylvania
TRoEH's WONDERFUL SHOOTING.
Frank Troeh, of Vancouver. Wash
stands out as prominent in tho trapshoot-
ing firmanent as q score thumb on the
hand of riveter. Every plsce YOU look
Troch has been there and csshed IN with
his SIS gun. He started by winning the
championships of Washington, then annexed
the doubles championship of the United
States, then the doubles championship of
Canada, the international doubles cham
plonship tied for the international singles
championship, won the amateur and open
all-round championships of the United
States, was second on the Chicago Over
ture, tied for high average in the Grand
American tournament and was high aver
age amateur of the year with 6665 breaks
IN 6Si5 targets shot at, mark of 91S2,
He crossed the country three times tn
take in the shoots travelling more than
24,OO0 miles.
Homer Clark Of Alton, III won the
professional cha psionship, made the long
est run of the year for professional 241
and was high average professional with
322S brea = In 1910 targets shot at, q
mark Of 1882. O. y. Ford, of San Jose,
Cal, shot at more targets than any other
shooter. He broke a004 put Of 9410 for
the remarkable average Of q602. Ford
also travelled more than 10000 miles TO
shoot. The longest run made by an anna
teur Was 345, by II. G.. Lorenson, of New
man. Cal.
Frank Wright, of Buffalo, n. Y, broke
900 out of 1000 targets IN FIVE days shoot
ing at Msplcwood, \ H., which Was about
the best performance Of the year In
winning the cham ionship Of New York
for the fourth successive time, Fl. J. Pen
dergast completed run of 302 before be
missed in this event. An incident oo-
CURED in the New York State shoot that
Is worthy of mention. George N Fish
only missed wight targets, was the high
average winner yet he wasn't high man
IN any one event.