South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-04-06
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The Survival OF the Fittest, Give
the top notcher in the shooting game
a run for his money. Wingshots arc
made, not born. To become a rec
ognized expert in the use OF fire
arms requires intensive and continU-
Gus training along the lines OF in
telligent practice. Show me the
marksman who today ranks as an
expert, YOU will meet man !nfatu-
ated with the sport ne has devoted
his money. energy and requisite time
TO mastering. The sport Alluring is
recognized as the most seductive,
patriotic and beneficial outdoor
sport in the American arena. Much
has been said and written about
equalization of ability through the
different systems of handicapping,
also the fifty-fifty division of monies
between the expert and semi-novice
in the shooting game. There haint
no SIGH animal as equalization" yea
soning from cause TO effect and ulti-
mate results. Naming a few of the
experts, we have Donnelley, Airy,
Powers, Newcomb, Heer, Troeh,
Ford, Wright, SPOTS and many 9TH
ers of the same category. Men who
are consistent shooters under any
and all conditions. ranking well up
into the 80 percent averages, &C
knowledged cracker jacks" / have
personally known the major portion
OF the men enumerated since their
advent in the game and have
watched their many trials and vicis-
STUDIES in the shooting arena, prior
to the time they broke into the spot
light and were branded danger
GUS" Then the clamor went up and
demand was Immediately made for
penalization, based on ability. to the
extent they were proposedly haEdi-
capped out of the running.
A little biography of their shoot
ing careers. Ben DOnnelley, of Chi
cago, was for years easy money"
yet he did not belong in the quit
ter class" he hung on like a pup to
root" until he was able TO care for
himself. Mark Arie, of Thomasville.
ILL.,, was a patient and consistent
"donater'' for years; he would strug-
gle through a tournament when it
was a 'circh" he would not break
even. Chan Powers. of Decatur. III.
the best known amateur in the trap
shooting game, broke into this line
of sport, when three monies (50-3O-
! 20), high guns, was the distribution.
all tournaments were open TO the
world and every person invited.
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all ties were shot to a finish. This
policy made game shooters and was
/ the eliminatOr of weakllngs. AT
| tournaments one met Andy Meaders,
| Fred Erb, Jim EStice. Fred Kimball,
Capt. Bogardus. Charley Budd ROlla
| Heikes. Billy Crosby. Jack Brewer,
| Frank Parmalee, Ed. Fulford. They
we're all factors TO be defeated be-
| fore the purse rested safely in ones
| pocket. 1t was in this school OF
old timers" that Powers was educat-
ed, spending a small fortune before
he was a st-graduate. Charley
Newcomb. of Philadelphia, was q
money from home" shooter for at
least five years after his advent. o.
| n. Ford, Of San Francisco, was
blessed with an ancestor who
wished upon him landed estate in
northern Iowa. He was pried loose
from the money representing this
farm before he became an expert
! Billy Heer. OF Guthrie. Kan, was {
coal miner, working steadily TO &C
quire sufficient '1ong-green" to pur,
chase ammunition and pay entrance
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boys" He was a fish or sucker fol
years. Frank Troeh, OF Vancouver
Wash. bounced into the trapshoot
ing arena like a meteor. He was
sure enough shooting star, a winner
on his first appearance. He haC
stood the gaff Of adversely at hi
home club. Frank Wright, of Buff
falo, y. ", was a reported gluttoI
for punishment before nc Launched
his boat into outside shooting wa
,ers and was listed for handicai
penalizinG. Ralph SPOTS, OF NeT
York, was a consistent producer.
The "harpoon of justice" was sho
into him at every meet until h,
drifted into the care for himsel
class" when he was marked for ;
back in the brush" handicap.
Every expert dates back 10 tn,
liberal expenditure of money an,
time. He is blessed with those re,
blood corpuscles which rush through
the veins of game sportsmen. II
has stood the necessary punishment
and come up smiling when tn,
shooting gaff was inserted. has re
fused 10 lie down and roll over whel
outclassed. They are the brand o
spOrtsmen who make winners. Civ
them a run for the money. Max,
more liberal division Of purses
numerically-lettin a greater mum
Der OF men in for division. Don
force contestants who have acquired