Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-11-18
TRAP FIELD AND
THE RANGE
BY PETER s.. CARNEY

Editor National Sports Syndicate
There are a great many heople who
do not quite understand the diff
ence between the amateur and the
professional in trapshootinsys Ia Briefly
as possible we will give o some in-
formation on the SUBS, ct that may
clarity matters.
" The professional, II nine cases out
Of ten. is a. representative of y gun.
shell, target or powder company and
travels through Z certain section
shooting. with the IDA of demonstrat-
his company manufactures are the
best, and otherwise assisting the trap
shooting clubs in handling their tour
Ea;nents and making himself generally
useful. The professional as Il rule
a been in the sport a long time. He
is supposed to know how things
should be done and trap-shooting
clubs in general are CAD to have pro-
fessionals in attendance.
or d professional tfap-shooter at a
shoot was a big thing. That was when
the professional shooter, had the edge
on the amateur. That time has pass
ed. The average professional hasn't
a thing or the amateur today, in fact,
fessionals in the United States could
defeat the best five amateurs.
Nowadays when a professional goes
to a club shoot he usually finds sew
eral amateurs who are just as good
and in many instances a little better.
The amateurs like the professionals
in ths club shoots. They like to dem
Eteurs who surpassc the professionals.
Times Have Charged.
A score Of years agohwhen,eL Lester
German gave up pitching for the New
York Giants to.take up professional
shootings and Fred Gilbert came out
of The west unheralded and won the
worlds championship on his first APP
gave these shooters unlimited space.
Nowadays, the professional seldom
gets mention. This rs not as it should
be. The professional is entitled TO
whatever credit is coming to him.
In most sports, if a mar is a pro-
fessional once.&he remains a profess
sional for the rest Of his days, unless
ifessional through error. In trap
shooting, a. man can shoot as a pro
,~fess.onal and afterwards to return to
the amateur ranks. Some of our
leading amateurs today were profess
SIGNALS in thu past. IF a shooter has
an average above 80 par cent and
wishes to return to the amateur fold
ne must Walt tnFee VedTS-LQTeo year:
/ Of idleness before he can again shoot
as an amateur. II his average is UNI
ders 80, per cent he has to wait one
year. Shooters on the whole cannot
see anything fair in either of these
rules. They cannot understand if a
man gives up his position why he
should. have to wait n or three
years before he can. again shoot in
competition as N. amateur. But nc
ono makes an effort to have the rule
Changed and until the effort is made
the rule will remain as 1t is written
,Afnateurism Is something that has
been gwen much concern BY the scat.
! tergun enthusiasts in'arecent years
Riflemen pay no attention tosthe ques'
ton. at is something that doesn't in.
terest them. A year or setback some
one tried to establish a profession.
al class among riflemen, the idea be.
ing tothave the representatives of the
gun. powder and ammunition compa'
mes in the professional class barring
the mfrom competition, with the anna.
tours. The rank and file of rifle
shooters voted this down. because the
average rifle shot wants to defeat
more than anyone else.s..the expert en-
ployed by the rifle or ammunition
IA any. so the idea Of the profes
sional class in rifle shooting passed
away.