Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-23
REED AND MORGAN
PROVE BEST SHOTS
They Starred at the Bellevue
Shoot Last Saturday
Afternoon.

Harry Reed and Harry 10y" Morga n
nrnyc5 ,o hcsthe stars of the day at the
Relevue trans last Saturday, both break
inr aS Of their 50 birds. l.. X. Beauchamp
,nrned in n score of 4Sx50. As keed al
rcadv had a leg on the Glass y cup, which
was IN open competition, Morgan was
given the leg. The two shooters thcn tos-
sed coin M decide who would take nome
The class trophy and Reed was the winner
Of n steak set.
Can't. Simonton won the leg on the
Glass A cup, those making higher score
than the captain already won legs on the
cup. Price Jackson took home hand
soine penknife As his trophy for being
b;gh in Glass 4. John Anderson won the
Lnifr offered for high score in Glass { and
/ StcIn finished far ahead of all Glass ID
mon for the leg on Glass ID trophy and
Also for the take home trophy. For the
mast few weeks, Stein has surprised HIM
self and friends by the high scores he has
bccu turning in. Jimmy Winchester and
lefty" Williams tied for the leg on Glass
{ cup and will have q shoot-oif shortly.
Harvey White, a new member of the
Wilmington Club who is hardly out of his
'tecns and who has only shot over the
traps twice. pulled the surprise of the day
bv breaking one event of 20 targets with
out miss. !.
The prize for high score on II pair of
double targets went to William C'Bili J
Swavne who was tied by Price jackson,
both breaking 20x24. Swayne defeated
jackson in the shoot-off. Harry Reed and
+. j. Holmes also shot very well IN this
event, breaking 10 OF their II pair.
Harry Reed won the sliding handicap
event, working back to the 3o-yard mark.
"Zed" Iohand shot with the club for
the last time. as he Is leaving the city TO
locate in business elsewhere. lie has the
best wishes OF all Wilmington shooters.
At THE GREENHrII. CLUB.
Ii. Bovce and Capt. Simonton led the
field Of Greenhill shooters in the regular
5O-target event. each breaking 46 birds.
7. II. Simonton and I. G. Marshall were
rr1nners-up and only one target behind the
leaders. l.. l.. Boyce secured the ninth
leg on the Philip du Pont Fox Gun
trophv. Capt. Simonton won a plum
pudding from Boyce. Other plum pud-
ding winners were W. Minnick, f. X.
simon. w. b. Martin and Hathaway,
"Zcd" Lofand WAS IN evidence at his
testimonial shoot. but his shooting WAS
altogether off his usual form and In the
regular event the best he could do WAS a
score of ;3Sx50. Boyce, Kaiser and Syl-
vester were each after long runs and each
missed at 50-straight by narrow mar
gin.
Several keystone shooters were on
hand and Bruce Smith finished high gun
with l4y25 score. A. +. Curlett ac-
counted for l3 dead birds and Is fast
rounding into shape with the purpose OF
leading the keystone members at the
next shoot.
In the double event, Jack Sheppard
proved the best man with an lSx24 score
and secured the second leg on the double
cup.
The Greenhiil trophy committee is on
the Job and have already promises OF
several specal trophies for the spring
season and have also arranged for special
trophies for the Thursday afternoon shoots
These shoots proved to be very popular
last year and will shortly be started once
more, bigger and better than ever.
The club has been more or less hsndi-
capped during the winter weather but
with the new clubhouse. which will be
started as soon As the weather permits,
third trap and the usual GreenhIIl good
time spirit, both the Thursday and Satur-
day shoots will draw record crowds and
good sport for all.
The p. b. & W. Gun Club held . spoon
shoot on the club grounds at Todds
Cut Saturday. Ryan won the Class A
spoon. breaking 46x50. V. Willis the
Glass b spoon, with 44x50. A WorthIng-
ton won the Class c spoon with 41x50.
NJ. Clark got the spo, n for the high visitor.