Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-21
GREAT SHOOTING
BY TEAM Of TEN
Quinnipiac Marksmen Turn in
Score of 1913 Out of Possible
200 Bullseyes.
Bye. s. HUT.

Leading all of its 210 rivals represent.
ing rifle clubs from all over the country
in the National Rife Association indoor
championship the Quinnipiac Rifle and
Revolver Club team OF New Haven
Conn, recently established remarkable
record on the 75-foot range which has
never been equaled in the history Of the
national indoor rifle championships OF
ten members OF the team, nine turned in
perfect scores in the sixth of the ten
matches shot during the winter for the
championship while the tenth member,
who has already had several perfect
scores to his credit, dropped two shots for
a total of 19S out OF 200.
10 is rare feat for a team TO turn
in q perfect score for match which
requires perfect scores to be registered by
the FIVE highest shooters on the team
Yet the Quinnipiac shooters not only
turned in five perfect scores but nine. all
but one of the entire team membership.
The conditions of the national indoor
matches allow ten members Of team 10
shoot, the scores of the FIVE highest being
the scores of record
Three times in the first seven matches
shot by the Quinnipiac team this winter
have perfect team scores Of | 900 been
made, new recrord. for team for any
one season. Two Of the other six matches
shot have resulted in team scores of 900
while In two matches the mark set was
o97, a mark which would ordinarily be
considered an excellent one to turn in
As result of the shooting the team has
done it is well i'm the lead Of all the team
in the tournament and has an excellent
chance Of winning the seasons cham
pionship with but three matches remain
ing TO be shot.
WHAT SUCH A SCORE MEANS.
What this record means is more clearly
seen when It is understood that each man
must make twenty consecutive bullseyes
on a half-inch bull at 75 feet Further
more five different targets are used and
the shooter himself is required TO change
his targets by reaching up and pulling
control lever after each four shots. In
making the phenomenal record Of nine
200 scores and one laS the ten shooters
on the Quinnipiac team shot 19S bullets
into the bullseye out of 200 bullets fired.
In two other matches the Quinn'piac
team has made q perfect score of 1000,
there being five shooters each time who
achieved perfect scores. But in no other
match on the records of the association
so far as known have more than five per-
feet scores been shot in a single match
under the championship conditions.
In their first seven matches the Quin-
nipiac club team has scored total Of
6,992 out of 1000.
The shooters who have made the
remarkable record in which nine perfect
scores were turned in are A. A. Clouot,
captain; W. O. Breuler, Capt. ". II.
Il II \ l.
in the national outdoor matches, +. f.
I.itt!chalc, J. II. J. Adams, III. j. Gussnlan,
Virgil Richard. G.. Wilcox and A. Klocker
while +. j. Hass scored l9s in this match
but has hung up several perfects himself
in other matches.
An interesting feature of the record
which the Quinnipiacs are making this
winter IS the fact that they are using a
new small-bore rife, the % calibre Win
chester box magazine bolt action which
was used by twelve of the twenty shoot
ers on the American international Small
Bore team which defeated England by e4
points at the national matches at Cald-
we'll last summer Such q record with
new rifle IS all the more remarkable be-
cause of the feeling of so many shooters
that they will not be able TO make such
good scores with a new rife as with one
they are more familiar with.
The Quinnipiac team is being pressed
hard by the Denver Rife Club team Of
Denver. Col. winner of the championship
last year .nd which recorded q nerfect
score for five men in the closing match
of last season. But with the shooting
which is being done by the New Haven
double quintet it is doubtful if any team
will be able to overtake them. They have
jumped into strong lead and are setting
a fast mace