Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-09-01
Frank Troeh's Marvellous
Shooting Was Feature of
The Olympic Trap Contests
Son Of Local Man Set Great
Record IN Contest Against
English Experts; All OPP
ponents Were Badly Out
classed.
By Peter P. Carney

Dditor National Sports Syndicate.
~ Notwithstanding in par.
tcular-the United States outclasses
the remainder OF the world.
This has been proven time and
again and the demonstrations will
continue as long as the United States
aH a nation or through IT'S individual
citizens-is invited to participate in
competitions in which shooting irons
play a prominent part.
You very vel; can recall h part
the United States played in what we
know as the world war, how the Ger
man lines sagged after the youth Of
America reached the line of fire, but
what we want to tell you in this mes
sag is of shooting events Of more re-
cent origin.
The pick Of the worlds athletes are
to be found in the Olympic games.
Nations that never turn out a good
track athlete or swimmer can be de-
pended upon to turn out good marks
men. Most every one can shoot
there are some who can shoot better
than others. The best shots in the
world are found in the Olympic
games.
What Our Shooters Did.
How the United States outclaased
the other nations can be summed up
quickly.
The lowest shot on the United
States team. in the Worlds Champion
ship team competition broke more
targets than the highest scorer of any
other team.
Each nation was allowed FIVE en-
ant in the Individual Championship
OF h World. The first five places
were won by Americans.
In the English ira pshooting cham
%pionships which preceded the Olym-
pic games the American shooters won
So of the II prizes offered in eight
events, winning seven firsts. The 9TH
err first place would have came to the
United States, but for a rule restrict
ing a shooter who had already won a
jfrsf from winning this vent That
is what happened. In the English
Championships American shooters al
SO gathered in five seconds, four
thirds and four fourtha
Ray took the United States Golf
championship to England but we are
even up because Frank Troeh brought
backsthe English Trapshooting cham
piorship. America has much better
championship back than England has
of winning back the trapshootins
championship. If Troeh doesn't de-
mend the championship next year,
Forest McNier will go to England pre-
pared to keep the trophy in the Unit
ed Statea-
When McNier broke 100 straight
targets in the English championship
events he performed a feat which
never before had been accomplished
in Great Britain. ~Englishmen didn't
believe it possible to make runs OF
that length. They yer skeptcal OF
the long runs made in the United
States. McSier's run carried through
three days. n event Of 40 targets
and two others Of thirty targets each
The last thirty targets decided the
championship of England. On this
string Troeh also broke so straight
and outshot McNier. OF the shoot off
Troeh's shooting was nothing short Of
marvellous. Most Of the vents IL
England are at 10 targets and there
are usually a lot of ties. They are
shot of miss and out. Troeh one day
broke 1873 straight ad another day
broke 119 straight in the events anC
shoot offs.
h longest run ever made in Eng
lane prior to this visit of the Amer,
cans was 40. f.