The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-22
MARINES CLEANUP
In RIFLE MATCHES.
Take Pistol Championship, Service
Team Match and Many Others.
(By Peter p. Carney.)

(By Peter p. Carney.)
The National Rifle Matches of 1920
were unquestionabIy the greatest ever
held, not only in point of attendance
but in exception ii shooting perform
ances.
We know of no better place for the
purposes of rifle shooting than Camp
Perry and conditions were ideal the
greater part of the month Under
conditions that are next to perfect one
expects high class performances, and
the shooters made good.
They came through with a few
worlds records and a few other per-
formances that were most crediitable.
There were more high scores made
this year than in any other previous
National Match. The Marines were
out to win everything, and there were
few teams and individuals on hand
for the express purpose of checking
the leather necI1s.' When it comes
to shooting the 80 calibre rifle, or
any kind of a fire arm for that mat
ter. the Marines are second to none.
All the Marines did was to win the
United States Pistol team champion
ship, the United Service team match.
the Enlisted Mems team match, and
had three in the first five teams in
the Herrick match. Sergt. I. B.
CrawIey won the Members and
Leech Cups and had the best score in
the four big matches for which he
won the Grand Aggregate trophy.
Sergt. Andrews won the Marine Corp
cup. Sergt. Thomas won the Pistol
Championship and in the preliminary
pistol matches Sergt. Thomas and
Lieut.. Wahling won most of the
events.
Hessian's Fine Shooting.
These victories indicate how pro-
ficient the Marines are in the shoot
ing of firearms.
John w. Hessian of the New York
Athletic Club was the greatest civil
Ian winner, taking the Catrow and
Adjutant Generals Cup matches. The
Catrow cup match was shot at 500,
900 and 1000 yards. Hessian made
35 bulls eyes in succession, a posi-
BILE on each range and IA over. In
the Adjutant Generals match on the
800 and 1000 yard ranges he scored
a possible on his 10 shots on each
range and carried 81 bulls over-a
worlds record. There were four per-
feet scores in the Adjutant Generals
match Another bit of shooting quite
out of the ordinary took place in this
event when Mrs. E. c. Crossman, of
Los Angeles, made a possible at 1000
yards
Sergt. Crawley won the Members
Match with a perfect score at 500
yards and nine additional bulls. Hes
sion scored eight extra bulls. There
were IA possibles in this match. There
were three possibles in the Leech cup
event. with Crawley the winner as he
scored IL additional bulls. Crawley
scored a total of 1876 in the Grand Ag-
gregate event, two points better than
w. r. Stokes of Washington, d. c.
Never in the forty years of shoot
ing for the Wimbledon Cup was
perfect score made until this year,
and then as fortune would have it
there were two. w. r. Stokes made
the first possible and got a three on
his 21st shot Lieut.. Yancey of the
NAVY scored the second possible and
got four on his 21st shot. Stokes
was given a gold medal for making
the first possible in this event.
The Presidents match was won by
Lieut.. Fody of the Cavalry; the Ma
rines match by J. ]. Andrews of the
Marines; the Governors Cup by Capt
c. j. Van Amburg of the Small Arms
Firing School and the Rapid Fire
match by Lieut.. James of the Infan-
try. There were 16 possibles in this
event. Major r. d. La Garde of the
District of Columbia won the event
for Adjutant Generals.
The National Individual Rifle Cham
pionship was won by Sergt. Whit
aker of the Infantry and the Infantry
-eam won the National Championship
cam match. The Massachusetts Civil
an team proved that it was the best
cam of civilian shooters by taking
bird in the National team match and
'irst in the Herrick trophy match. The
team scored 1875. three
points better than a Massachusetts
cam scored at Sea Girt in 1914. ThAs !
S a worlds. record.
w. H, Spencer, of the Missouri CIV !
liam team, won the Camp Perry tro- |
INV. the Arizona Civilian team the /
BORT Clinton trophy. the National Cap
toll Rifle Club, the Civilian. Interclub |
match and the First Philippine Infantry |
md the Regimental Team match. /