New-York tribune., 1920-05-07
Gunner
Adds Doubles
To Victories
Amateur Champion Breaks
20 of SO Pairs ofDoubles:
Gross High Professional

Frank S, Wright. holder of the ANA
teur national and New York State trap
shooting championships, added another
title to the string: at the Travers
Island traps of the New York Athletic
Club yesterday, when he took the New
York State doubles title from field
that included some Of the best shots in
the country
Shooting at fifty pairs of doubles,
the champion, who halls from Buffalo.
N. Y. annexed the crown with a card
OF 7s. He led the amateur field by
birds the second high gunner
being M. McVoy jr, New York Athletic
Club, who finished with score of "a.
ID. d. Gross, Kansas City, Mo-, was the
high professional gunner, with a re-
markable total of Sc.
After the shoot, the champion stated
that it would be impossible for him to
defend his national title in the big
shoot which is to be held at Travers
Island tomorrow.
Prior to the shoot yesterday the gun
ners attended the annual meeting of
the New York State Sportsmen's Asso-
citation. Upstate nimrods were elected
to practically all of the Offices The
new president is Herbert w. Smith,
Syracuse. A. W. Meager, Syracuse, was
chosen vice president. w. A. Barry,
another Syracuse gunner, was chosen
cretary treasurer
The New York State shoot came to an
end with a distance handicap at 100
targets. The event ended in tie be-
tween A. P. Bennett, New York A. c.,
and E. l.. Bartlett, Baltimore, Md.
holder of the Maryland State cham
pionship. Each had 93 out of a pos
sible 100 targets. On the shoot-off, the
New York A. c. gunner, shooting from
the nineteen-yard mark, defeated the
Orole nimrod, shooting from the
twentyyard mark by % to 18 targets
The New York Athletic Club takes
hold of the management of the shoot
ing at Travers Island to-day. The first
shoot is the annual preliminary to the
national championship. The latter title
viii. be up for competition tomorrow
The scores made yesterday are as
follows:
NEW YORK STATE DISTANCE HAND1-
CAP-l0o TARGETS
a. T. Bennett N9). 93; y: l.: Bartlett
(2o), 90: r.. Sinclaire Gs). 81; J. l.. Tai
cott U9), 90; II. Clarke (22), 81; s. Hop
kins I9l, 50; Z. Won Boeckman t20), 80
IS; d: ". Wadsworth (20), SS; F. a. Sic
bert GS, 81: r. j. Pcndergast (22). 81
NJ n = MeToy Noa, G99 81 " f. Dennis Dennis G5} S.
(20),. So; j. b. Fontaine Ns), 50; G. s
Smith SHY l29' 81 " P9sey. (2p. s.: H. J
So ". r. Delehanty UD, 81; NJ Wind
hausssn GS),. 81; R. G; Smith Q0. 81
Sncd r. coy W;1 Il: Go s. borr1ck +: u liz, Lay ~
II. L. Gillespie Gs). So; J. Healy GS)
ST. H. a. q; JsSksGn %, s.; Thomas Null
r. Il. Cole N9), 81; II. Sanford Us) 81
!. p. Graves Q7j. 80; c. f. Tompkins Us)
SO; ]. r. Bonner uS); 50; y. $: DonnelM
Finch G6). 10; G. F. Harding GS). 70; II
J. Thielman GS), 70, II. t. Beers G9)
5@o j. Fries uO, 7s5; A. W. Meager l2o)
(23). 75; II. G. Vogel Ns>. 7s; c. \. He'd
strom G8). IS; q. w. Blake 90, rs
z G; Gunther GW; IS: c: +. seely 90
G9). 70; N. Apgar Ga>. is; W H. Peabod.
Brickwedde G6>, rs; II. schormeler 17).
y: E. } Eshelman N6). rs; J. r. Rowland
90, "a: J. Il. Plum 90, "a; f. II. Huse
man (22), "A; r. l.. SPOTS (22), "a, n. w
Ief1rie9 Us I), r. W G Eawards G6); =
20; j. V. Henninger Q9), 10; J. |. Bran
denherg Ne). 70; J. G. s. pey 90, SO; J
\. =. Sloan (i7}, eS: T. s slater as, 81
W. Bauer 90, 81; II. Y. Aiken G6), 80
c. f. Bonner G9), 81
NEW YORK STATE DOUBLES CHAM
PIONSNIP-50 PAIRS OF DOUBLES
T. $. Wright; IS; n Mcvoy. -; a
Il. s Donneily. 60; o. l.. Becker. So 7, II
Lawrence. G5; T. O. Williams, Ga, G. O
HeGstrom, GA; H v Aiken. g.. G. y
Smith, 62; e. l.. Bartlett, 61; O. {. Grin
nell. 50; +. S. slater 5s j. Fries, So
c. f. Brown, 81; w. f. Beers 81; n. b
Sloan. 81: r. B. cole. SO; $ NJ. Hodkin
son, SO; j. p sousa, as; f. u. Anderson
4G; f. \. Siebert. ii: r. l.. SPOTS, A.
PROFESSIONALS
H. d Gross Sc f. S Tomlin. "A; II
Clarke, 76; f. II. Huseman, 70, 6. w
Wheeler. 30.