The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1920-05-12
BIG DELEGATION
AT GUN SHOOT
Many COlumbians Attended Big Shoot
At Clarksdale This
Week.

Travelling in a special Pullman
chartered for the occasion twenty-five
members of the MaGowah Gun Club
of the prairie section left Monday
morning for Clarksdale where they
are attending a big Delta shooting
match this week.
Several of the members were ac-
companied by their wives.
The Clarksdale shoot is one of the
biggest ever held in Mississippi and
the prizes run up into the thousands
of dollars.
Members of the Lowndes county
club went to the Delta city with the
determination of bringing back some
of the honors of the occasion if not
the sweepstakes prize. Some Of the
best shots in the South are members
of the MaGowah club, and they are
confident of a good showing at the
meet this week.
The party will return home Friday
The Commecrial-Appeal of Sunday
had the following about the matter:
Clarksdale will be host of the trap
shooting world on May IL, IL and 13,
With the prospects for over 500 en-
tries, including the stars of the am
ateur and professional ranks, the
tournament promises to be the big
gest trapshooting event ever held in
the south, and one of the biggest ever
held in the country. The thriving
Mississippi metropolis has made every
arrangement to make the event sue
cessful one in every feature.
The tournament will be held under
the auspices of the Clarksdale Gun
Club, of which F. P. Fitzgerald is
president, s. L. Dodds, ice-president,
and M. B. Blouin, secretary and treas
urer. 1t will be known as the Missis
sippi state shoot.
When Clarksdale secured the an
nual state shoot this year sid"
Dodds, one of the most influential and
progressive men in the Mississippi
delta, determined to make the affair
one of the greatest ever attempted
in the south, and early indications are
that his ambition will be realised Mr..
Dodds is manager and promoter OF the
tournament and has spared no time or
money in making the event one of the
most attractive during the 1920 sea-
son.
One of the most attractive program
mes ever arranged for tournament
in the United States has been arrang-
ed for the Clarksdale tourney. About
$1,000 in cash prizes will be offered,
in addition to various trophies. Co
operating with the Clarksdale Gun
Club is the Memphis Gun Club and
every other shooting organization in
the delta.
One of the features Of the meet
will be special prize offered for COM
petition by the big Five" amateurs
of the country, comprising Frank
Wright of Buffalo, N. Y; Voolfolk
Henderson, Lexington, KY; Mark
Arie, Champaign, H.; Frank Troeh,
Vancouver, Wash, and Bill Heer,
Guthrie, Okla. For the high amateur
of last season, on something like L.
600 targets, Arie beat Henderson by
one target, winning the amateur title.
Shooting at 1000 targets for $4,000
worth of Liberty bonds, which were
donated to the Red Cross during the
war. Heer defeated Troch by two
birds. At the Grand American in
\ Chicago last year Wright won the
amateur title. 1t will be the first time
these stars have been seen in the
same squad shooting under the same
conditions.
There are prizes for the stars, for
the beginners, for the women, for the
boys and for the professionals. The
events have been so arranged and the
shooters so classed that every entrant
will be afforded an opportunity to win
something, to take home in rememb-
rance of the tournament.
I Another feature will be special
team match of three professionals
from each of the ammunition compan-
les. The most prominent professionals
in the country will represent their
various companies.
The Winchester people will be rep
resented by Mrs. Ad Topperwein, Sar
Antonio, Texas, the greatest woman
shot in the world; c. G. Spencer of st
Louis and Tennessee's native son
Boyd Duncan of Lucy.
The U. NJ. c. people will no doubt b'
represented by Rush Race, from Ne
braska, who made worlds recort
last year for high average; one arm