Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-10-24
REAL INDIANS WHO ARE
GREAT TRAPSH0OTERs
iicnder, Wheeler, Little Bear. Nc
Daniel and McSier Different
From Rest of Redskins.
BY PETER y. CARNEY.
Editor National Sports Syndicate.

'"''or NHtipnab SpoTtS syndicate.
lndiana are not considered accurate
shots with the trapEun or riGc. but
we are acquainted with n numbc.
a. honest to goodness red" mon who
can hold their own Ia inc fast est
company when Il comes TO shooting at
tho trans or in Tho field
Most Indians have knowledge OF
woodcraft and animal habits and their
"bii!ty to stalk their game enables
mem 70 get close and secure pot"
Hhootcrs as n nut is fuil OF meat For
meat. but AZ wing shooting Indians.
as class, have never been considered
however. TO al ;nles. and VIVA, few
a-e ~ eaccptionaily ine Shots.
only THO yea Elmer = Wheeler,
g fuu-biooded Usage, won ths trap
"a state :hat Is as fun % good trap
shoots az nut Is fun or meat For
st ". McNier has on u NUN her of
oec:.i.ons son the trnpahoo;ing, cham
pionah!p OF Texas. THE year he was
runner-up. HIS consistent shooting
caused him to DO selected as a mem
T.apshooting team. McN!er is proud
OF HIS Cherokee blood. NJ W. Me-
Dnntei. another Oklahoman, and also
.n Usage. won the Western Handicap
Years ago. and Hayes Little Bear. OF
the Same tribe as jim Thorpe. Sac
.NHu y Oa, manages 10 nOiu ms tiQ
up with the shooters of Oklahoma
and States In that region.
Last but not least among thn Indian
i 5Tam.noa' sno Is G 5a chasiGI a.
liayei as ore Of the greatest pitchers
,hrt ever stepped on the mound. His
nftHcn gears scrY!ce, with the rh ia
gotten. fer the record will always re-
main In baseball history Render
shoots equally as ven as no pitches.
Tor he ls still n high-clnss pitcher.
lav!nG won hfty-four games in tho
last two seasons. and his brain work
!S proven by his winning two PEN
aants.
Indians Are Wealthy.
Baseball has tied Bender up in the
summer go that he does practically all
nf mis- shooting In the winter months
For number OF years he has shot In
as member OF the rennsyivainia
Railroad y. VI. G. a. team. lie es-
tabl!shcd severai records in tho
league last year, breaking tbs pro-
ccssive months.
With the exception OF Bender the
indians mentioned are wealthy.
Wheeler Mcdaniel and Little Bear
on 'heir lands. Mcdaniel was so
happy in winning the Western Hand
leap that he contributed $4,000 TO
The American Red Cross. That was
iN LIt t'AsH " me We HSHt DER the
pond. iMcNicr il An architect in
Houston. BENDER IS OF the Chippewa
ribc, and learned the tailoring trade
At Carlisle. lie has never worked at
his trade.
There Will be n lot of Indian tran
shooters one of these days and they
Will be just as skillful with the shot
gun a" their ancestors were with the
bow and arrow. We make this state
lnent because the Tipi Order OF
.Nncricn, an Indian organization
founded by Indians, on the Yakima.
wash. indian Reservations, have
;prncd the TiDi Indian Gun Club of
White Swan-named after the last n,
their famous chieIs--and they arc
making an effort to get all or IN,
indian tribes TO follow their example
1t goes without saying that rho ,rjni
Indian Gun Club Is the frat rnai
American gun club.