The sun., 1919-05-18
JERSEY TRAP TITLE
FOR G. B. PLATT
Bridgeton Man in Fourth
ShootOff Defeats Fred
Tomlin, 1918 Star.
STORM MARS THE SPORT
Special Dsspasch TO The Sun.


PLAINrrELD. n. J.. May 17.-Shooting
under weather conditions never before
faced In 4 championship tournament c.
b. Platt Of Bridgeton, ". j., won the
trap shooting crown OF New Jersey over
the traps OF the Arrow Head Rod and
Gun Club here to-day. The new cham
plon defeated Fred Tomlin OF Glassboro,
n. j., the former title holder. in a most
exciting shootoff. The shoot. which was
for 500 targets, was decided in strings of
$50 targets q day.
the field with ia targets Plat finished
second with 143 targets. To-day the
latter marksman broke 147 blue rocks.
As Tomlin had a total OF las targets
the gunners tied for tho title with 2S9
targets apiece No less than four 20
bird" shootoffs were needed before the
title was won.
On the first shootofr each gunner
missed one bird" They each fell down
again on a target in tho second string.
The third string resulted in a straight
score for each nimrod. In the fourth
time at the traps Plat again ran
straight. Tomlin. however, missed his
sixth target. II gave Plat the shootofr
and the title by a score Of IS to II tar
gets.
The shoot was decided In a driving
thunderstorm that broke early in the
day and lasted until late in the after
noon. The shooting grounds soon resem-
bled bit Of No Mans Land. The
shooting traps were flooded and the trap
boys were compelled to stand almost
knee deep In wafer
After luncheon. a cloudburst put an
end to the shooting. II was resumed late
In the afternoon. although many OF the
special events had to be forgotten.
The scores:
NEW JERSEY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP
SECOND DAY-iso TARGETS.
Plum. ltS; @. g, Mccarthy. lts; f. b.
isS iva i9sn. Iss 'i Do.siIn. f lss
r ,Plercy,, lst; \. !. Aumsok, 1888; |.
s siinSs' H. g. a G Gs:RH.0' 49, ii + +
Thompson. las; e. l. Klota, jli: J. II.
winslow.. Ial; C., c: Randoiph.( l2l;. A.
Plat, IIs; 4. HotheimsT. rs; q =. Oar
kin. s5; p. d. Hsnslins. lao.
VIM, Vaughan 3o I,' p Il ss!"ss. ~;
ru%. $50: a. ' sshr!mp eP SG 1as; a M /
Antilles. Jr;, 100 H. HiEgs. IaSj G; stefH7
lii c. T. Foster. u.s. J. p, Hampton. I2s;
H. Parent, i2i; B. Davidson. l22: J. c.
W, q. Crane. 1877: II. German. 12s; II. l..
ls3i ]. b. FontAine. ls2i r. Muldoon, lSS
L +. Emann, l9s; r. II. Foster, l2s; T.
Birmingham. 1871; w b. StillwaEen, III;
j. y. Terry, l36: J. +. Delehanty. 80; A.
GetE, 100: c. L King. 1913; L. l.. King.
1879; T. II. Lewis, 1873; A. Kleslck, 40. T.
sideeoth1m. IA; L. J. Belior. lsa; C. II.
PROFESSIONALS.
N. ApEar. ilS; T. II. Keller. IA; Z.
~; 4 + scar S i iss II '' wincss.tsT iss
p. II. ApgAr, $50; T. Davis, l22'
WINNERS OF SECOND DAY SHOOT.
Class A-c. b. Pratt l47; Fred Plum.
it6; +. Tomlin, l45.
class BE. a. Woodruff, 1N: II. d.
Smith. 40; A. Klssick. lao.
Class CT. Muldoon, lSS; +. G. Bassett,
lS7; John Philip Sousa, 1876.
Class DE. l. King, 1870; 7. Ia EmmAns,
iss; L. ]. Belloft. ls2.
TWO MAN rA TNAM < Sh AHE.
CAMDEN SHOOTING CAMDEN SHOOTING
ASSN NO, l. ASSN. NO. 2.
c. B. Platt....... 90 Fred g. Tomlin.... %
Fred Plum ......., q O, s. Mccarthy. 90
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Total .........,.... lss Total a.,.;,......Iss
LITTLE FALLS GUN CLUB. =,
II. n. elndle ...,......,''......''''''' 70
Il. Doerhn ......,.,.''''''''''''''''' "
1ohi '''''''''''''''''''''' 400
INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIP TOTAL
FOR TWO DATS-s00 TARGETS.
Class A.