Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-06-24
MONTPELIER MAN
STATE CHAMPION
DIR. c. H. Burr Leads All in
Registered Tournament of 900
Targets-Three Tied for First
Place in Race for Handicap
Championship

DR.. 6. n. Burr of Montpelier captured
the vermont state championship in tran
smoothing IN the 18th annual registered
tournament OF the Vermont State Tran
shooting association, which closed it's
TWO daN shoot here yesterday. This was
n 3W-tarGet shoot, with $50 targets each
day. Or. Burr broke III out of the 200
Fl. b. Moulton Of Montpelier was runner
up for the State championship with a
score Of ac2 DR.. Burr thus retains the
Championship which he has held for the
past year.
In the race for the state handicap cham
pionsnip. with 100 targets, 80 each day.
n. Nj. Loudon Of Burlington. n. r.
Moulton of Montpelier and G. w. Harris
OF burlington we're tied for first place.
with score Of ST each. In the shoot of
for the State handicap championship.
II. NJ. Loudon won, breaking IS out of %
targets. In this event, Loudon shot
from the 1s yard line. Moulton from the
10 yard line and Harris from the IT yard
line.
At the annual meeting Of the Vermont
State Trapshootng association, officers
were elected for the coming year and it
was voted to give Rutland 30 days to
decide whether the Gun club there would
run the State tournament next year on
the same dates. IL Rutland decides not to
| try to handle the proposition. the tourna
ment will probably be held in Montpelier,
as that city has the next best bid for
the honor
! officers elected for the coming year are
President. w. r Twigg of st. Adams
| secretary Harry B. Moulton of Mont
pelier (re-elected); zone delegate. Harry
r. Mouton of Montpelier. The zone dele
gate will represent Vermont at the meet
| ing of the eastern zone. Of which Yer
! mont is a part, to he held in Lancaster
Pa, July n. The United States is divided
into five zones for the purposes of the
American Trapshooting association. 1r
each Of these zones. at the annual meet
ing. a delegate is elected to represent thai
zone on the board of control. This boarc
Of control. made up Of five amateurs from
the different parts of the country. man
age the American Trapshooting associa
ton. IF Mr.. Moulton cannot go as dele
gate to the zone meeting at Lancaster
the alternate. who is DR.. Guy e. Louder
Of Burlington. will attend in his place.
The shooting of yesterday was, on thu
whole. very much better than that of tn,
first day. owing largely to the weathe
conditions, as the wind on the first da!
was destructive to good shooting.
Or. Burr. the champion. had al
exceptional run yesterday, straight ru'
of s., without dropping one. -. d. Gross
one Of the professionals in the meet
made a nun of "a. without dropping
target.
Miss Alice Doerken, the young woman
from Paterson. N. J.. who did such goo
work the first day Of the shoot. made al
even better record. Her total score wa
25 Her father. Edward Doerken. VIII
shot just before her in the tournament
: is an excellent shot. but at one time dur
ing the shooting Miss Doerken beat he
father by breaking "a out of o targets
while nc broke only q out of D. Onl
four men besides DR.. Burr finished ahea
: Of Mr.. Doerken in the total score
Doerken's score being 2s4. w. G. Hill o
Portland. Me-, broke 27s targets; ID. I
| Gross of Wilmington. Del. 27S: J. F. Dodd
( 'of Los Angeles. Calf, 26o: F. S. Tomb
of Glassboro, y. j.. 267. These last fou
named are all professionals.
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