Evening journal., 1920-12-07
NO chance THIS
YEAR FOR TITLE
Wilmington Loses Three of
Four Starts in Trap
shooting League
MEAN TO STOP
QUAKER CITY

The defeat handed the Wilmington
Club by West Chester last Saturday
was the third deStat recorded against
the Wilmington Trapshootlng Asso-
citation in four starts this season, The
poorest showing ever made by a VII
mlngton club in the Philadelphia
Trapshooters's League Whether
Wilmington defeats can be attributed
10 over-confldence or TO a slump no
one can say, but President Ike Turner
feels certain that THO Wilmington
team will make a better showing
The Wilmington Club won the PEN
nant three consecutive years, and N
that time was defeated on one occa-
sion IL now looks as though the
other teams got tired OF Wilmington
always being called the champs,
and decided that some other club than
Wilmington would win The bunting
this year as every club Wilmington
has stacked up against has been rep
resented by their strongest lineup.
Camden started Wilmington down
hill when that club defeated the
locals I'm the first match OF the season
al Bellevue and when one looks over
! the names Of the shooters that inVad-
ed Wilmington there Is little wonder
why the locals were defeated. Camden
never was represented by such q
strong team, and 1t is not believed that
/ they will ever get such a combination
| together again. They were defeated
at Lansdale last Saturday for the FIRST
| time this season. but II Camden could
| have mustered the same team thai
| shot Wilmington II Is not believed
that the Pennsylvania team could
have won the verdict.
! After the Camden match Whining
I .on went 10 Philadelphia. 10 shoot the
Clearview Club. That. club had alsC
made arrangements to have II:
strongest team, but the locals man
aged 10 NOS them out. The local.
| defeat at the hands Of the Meadow
! Springs Club can be attributed TO N,
small attendance. but this cannot bl
/ said OF last Saturdays match as tn
locals outnumbered the West Chester
team, West Chester came here las
Saturday with the best team that eve
represented that city. and 1t is ques
tlonahle whether they ever will ge
such a strong team together agaii
this season.
The oflclals OF the Wilmington Clul
realize that the chances OF Whining
ton winning the pennant again thi
year are very slim, but say that I
l win the match next Saturday in Phil
adelphia against the Quaker. City Gu
Club. The only club In the leagu
which has not been defeated this veal
will be a great lot OF satisfaction, an
their members are doing everythin
in their power to take up the strone
est team which has represented Wi
mington this year. All eyes VIII b
ceHtered on this match. II Wilminf
ton fails 10 stop the Quaker CIT
Club 10 Is a foregone conclusion ihi
they will go through the season will
, out a defeat as they have alread
downed the West Chester and Penn
sylvanla r. r. Clubs. II Wilmingto
can win the match next SATURDAY
there is apt 10 be a great finish "a
high honors this season for othe
clubs.
l.. D. willis, who has heretofoI
been barred from shooting In lare
matches on account OF representing
she'll company several years ago .hl
been granted permission TO shoot
! the league. His services are expecte
TO help the Wilmington Club greatl