Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-01-16
FINE PROGRAM FOR
LOCAL SHOOTERS
Several Good Features for Weekly
Shoot of Wilmington Associa-
ton, Saturday.

rho Wilmington Trapshooting Asso-
citation will hold its regular weekly shoot
ON Saturday afternoon at Bellevue. and
have arranged a program which VIII no
doubt please all, The Hotel du Pont
trophv. which VIM. Foord holds, will be
nut IN open competition ON Saturday, and
as all classes of shooters have an equal
chance of winning 1t, large entry no
doubt will be ON hand. In addition TO
the Hotel du Pont challenge trophy, the
club will give suitable prizes 10 high men
in each class At the annual meeting of
the Wilmington Trapshooting Association
IL was voted that the club should try and
have suitable prizes for the shooters to
take home with them each week and the
club hopes tn bc able TO live up to this.
Following are the conditions on the
Hotel Challenge Trophy; 80 target events
Class 4, ) added targets; Class b, added
targets: Class c, Is added targets; Class
-, added targets;
First winner To be determined by open
shoot Winner subject to challenge not
sooner than one week after, win. All
challenge matches TO be ut so targets
Challenger to paw for all targets il he loses
match. II challenger wins match each
contestant pays for own targets. Each
winner to have name engraved on trophy
Challenge must be accepted and contested
FOR within two weeks. II not challenged
for within four weeks. trophy will be put
up in open competition. Ten different
winners to complete shoot Final shoot
for final ownership 10 he 100 targets,
distance handicap, determined by club
handicap committee. Club will name
date for final shoot, and notify all con-
tcstants eligible TO compete at least two
weeks in advance, and any contestant
failing 10 appear forfcits rights.
Class Cups Unless Class A. G. and u
mcr who are now holding class cup are
challenged before Saturday, these cups
will 60 INTO open competition again VIM.
>wayne is holder of Class 4 cups. G.
Walker holds Class Il cup, A ID Dart is
holder Of Class c. cup and W. Mousley
has Class ID cup.
On the following Saturday, the Will
mIngtop Club will shoot the sixth match
Of the Philadelphia Trapshootors League
against the : :. White Gun Club of
Philadelphia Years ago the White SoX
were known as the HItless Wonders be-
cause they were able to win their games
with only few hits The s. s Whites
are working along the same line this year
To date they have only lost one match and
tins Is a remarkable record when ono
considers that they only turn out from
fourteen "a twenty men Tor caCn Fn3teh. |
\ team that can win matches with this |
Kind of = turnout can boast of having a |
collection Of sterling shots.
Rumors have spread around this city |
that the Pennsylvania II. r. Gun Club Of |
Philadelphia would wager a large amount |
cf money on their match against VIII /
mlngton when the two clubs meet in
Apnl, and these rumors In some wav or
other got 20 the ears Of their most con-
genial secretary, a. j NacDowcll Mr.
MacDowell felt very bad over the matter
snd said there was not word Of truth IN
the statement Mr.. MacDowell stated !
be thought his club had an equal chance
Of dcfeating Wilmington but that he
thought betting on the club would kill the
sport Officials OF the Wilmington Club
concur with Mr.. MacDowell and it IS
hoped that the matter viii be thrown in
the discard and not mentioned again.
The Wilmington Club received letter
from the secretary Of tho American Trap
shooting Association acknowledging re
-eipt Of their application for the Eastern
and advised that every consider
alton would be gwen same Wilmington
has a club and shooters which could stage
the affair IN a satisfactory manner, but, OF
course, if another club outblds Wilmington
hat club would be apt to be awarded the
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