Norwich bulletin., 1919-02-17
1919 TRAPsHooTING PLANS Not More Than POO Tournaments Will be gistered-Decde State Cham pionship Titles on 300 Targets.

Editor National Sports, Syndicate
 Sportsmen in general and trap shooters in particular are very much interested in the 1919 plans of the American Trapshooting Association formerly the Interstate TrapshoOting ASSociation), which we are able to present for your consideration at this time.
 It is the purpose of the American Trapshooting Association to carry on the work inaugurated by it's prede- cessor; to broaden the scope of it's activities, and, by giving the amateur tropshooter voice and vote in the affairs that directly concern him. to make the organization truly repre- sentative of all interests, all sections and all classes of the shooting body. New management brings new ideas. Therefore, the 1919 plans are vastly different from those of the l past few years. Take the registered l tournament proposition for example. l Heretofore there has ben no limit to the tournaments given registration. ! This year not more than 200 will be registered. Last year more than 400 were given registration and the year before more than 800.
 Why Tournaments Are Limited
 The idea of limiting the number of 1 registered tournaments we were in 1 formed, is to raise the standard of l these events. We were informed by one of the member of the executive com mittee of the A. T. A. that there was a great deal of complaint in the past | that many clubs without proper fla cilities for entertaining sportmen, and 1 without trap and clubhouse equipment were awarded registered tournaments. 1 This the committee says will not oc- 1 cur in the future. No club will be 1 granted registration unless it has | proper facilities for holding the events Application for registered tourna- ments must be filed on or before April with Stoney McLinn, manager American Trapshooting Association, No. 460 Fourth Avenue, New York. J Application for registration will only be considered when made by clubs which are members of their State Association. Such applications must be indorsed by one of the offic- CTS of the State Association. To each registered tournament the American TrapshOOting Association will con tribute one $25 trophy.
 The association is opposed to pro- longed tournaments, believing that too much shooting is harmful to the sport; therefore, one-day tournaments will get preference, then two-day tournaments. The programs at regis tered shoots shall not be less than 10C targets, and not more than 200 eaCf day, eXcpeting in the case of State Championship tournaments, when or the first and second days the program must not be less than 150 targets anC not more than 200 targets.
 State Championship at 300 Targets. At registered State championshir
 tournaments the classification ot
 shooters will be encouraged by offer, ing prizes to the high guns in eacf amateur residents competing there
 will be four trophies, under 50 there
 will be three triphies. The basis O
 classification follows:
 Four classes: A, 93 and over; B, g.
 Three classes: A, 90 and over; B
 85 to 89; C, under S5.
 The State Trapshooting Champion
 ship Tournament for five years ha been decided on 100 targets. Thi
 year the title will be decided on 3O
 targets, 150 on each of the first tw,
 days. How many targets these Stat
 champions will shoot at to decide tn , National Amateur ChampiOnShiI the plans do not say, but we take i : for granted that if the State title vii be decided on 300 targets, so will tn
 national title.
 y Instead of giving each State cham
 pion who appears at the Gran fl American Handicap $50 to aid in tn