El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-01-17

fUTE brought back the baconi Dur
W ing the year 1901 the All Amsri-
can Team OF WIngshots were sent
/ abroad BY the American people 10
I contest in international shooting
[ held IL London England and Gias-
/ Cow Scotland, those events TO be
I supplemented by events OF less i'm
tIWenty-six people composed our
party, judges. referees. reporters
scorers and guests inclusive. The
team was selected from the United
Of experienced "old timerss who had
seen trapshOoting service The choice
Of team members was based upon
their past trapshooting experiences.
come through under pressure. Men
who would shoot Just 3 little harder
Tor 81 than they would for 81.
Had Big Personnel.
The personnel OF the shooting AZ
gregation listed as follows. Col. E. II.
Trip, Indianapolis. Ind: William Il
Crosby OFallon. III: Richard Mer-
III. Milwaukee, Wis: Rolla o. HeiEes,
Dayton. o. caas. W Budd. Des
Decatur. III; Fred Gilbert. Spirit
Lake Ia James A. P Elliott. Kansas
City, No; John S. flaming. san Fran
cisco CAL Frank Parmalee, Omaha.
Neb-. Edward Banks, New York city:
~
E fietchell. Woons0cket, r. I: Le-
roy Woodland, Campello, Mass; Tom
A. Marshall (captainD kelthEburE. III
Judges, referees and scorers were
made up from selected timber: Paul
North, Cleveland. O.: Capt. A. Money,
New York city Emil Weriz, Cincin-
nat. o.; Frank S. Harrison. New
York city Fred Elliott, New York
city ". A Heilman, Peoria, III;
Fred Pride, Cincinnati
As captain OF this team. I am
courersanf with the inside his
tory Of this trip from start TO
finish. Ny department in this
paper viii run at intervals, ar
ticies (which are now appearing
for the first time In PRINT re-
citing many interesting and
amusing Incidents which occurred
during the invasion OF the
foreign countries By cur Unde-
feated An American team. We
were matched to shoot against
any ten men TO be found in the
H-lfish Islands. One hundred
targets per man. or one thousand
per team per dieDI a series OF
five races to be shot on five con-
secutiTe days for the Internal
tionnl championship, with a side
purse OF S10.O0. This first con-
test was staEed in London. Eng
land, on the grounds Of the Md
dlesex Gun club.
We shot over Eley traps at Eley
inanlmate targets Cboth manufac-
tured In America)- The first three
events won in the scheduled five TO
constitute the International champ
ionship- Results ] win announce in
subsequent articles. Britishers were
cCntesung under English rules for
trapshootlng, which accords them the
right 70 fire two shots, II necessary, I
al each target thrown. while Ameri-
can rules under which we were
shooting, permitted but one shot,
hence we were laboring under the de-
cided handicap OF firing one shot
vs. Two granted our opponents. This
condition invited unfavorable criti-
clsm prior to our departure II was
claimed We had over matched our
we were couversant with their for
mer scores and We knew we had a
marked advantage in our American
guns and ammunition.
Much newspaper publicity was
given the prospective contests be-
fore the articles we're signed As q
play OF pay clause was inserted and
$4,000 forfeit at stake, It was sure
clnch- We would not be pried iOnse
from that bunch Of money without
giving battle even though many we'll
wishers thought Il was a mistake TO
contest under our stated handicap. III
was claimed our powder would de-
terlorate u exposed TO salt air In
transit q fallacy long since exploded.
especially during the worlds war.
Taxing no unnecessary chances we
had every case OF our ammunition
eucased in tin containers and her
meticaliy sealed. necessitating the
'can-opener accessory" when we
reached London
Indians Are Experts
Every team member was affiliated I