Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-11-27

.u governing body Off tho Ameri-
Al Irapshooting Association. Will
held on December and 2. at
no Pennsylvania Hotel. New York
ity. and even now, the members OF
iis board of control are on their
ay to New York, for there is some
rciiminary work TO be done before
pc magnates go into formal ses-
Ions.
This committee, which Will doctor
no rules and regulations OF the
rcat clay target sports. IS com
oseu OF ten members--the five mem
ers OF tho amateur committee and
10 executive committee. which has
10 Same number. President Elmer
shaner. OF Slippery Rock. Pa.
ice-Prcsident Tom A. Marshall, OF
hicago. ILL.,: Secretary : Stoney Nc
Inn. Of New York, and Treasurer
ON "A Davis, OF New York, also
aYo tho right 10 Sit In with this
ommittee. 50 II all arc present
purteen experts OF the scattergun
port will answer the roll Gull.
Tho members of the general COM
'ittee realize there is much to be
one before tho 1922 trapshoo Ting
enson opens. And tho time Is
hort for even now there arc clubs
~ the Pacific Coast and in the South
nat are merely waiting for this
nnual session to formulate new
olicies so they may open their reg
stored target campaign.
The four big tasks which confront
ne general committee may be. tersely
ltiined as follows:
Election OF the chairman and gen
ral organization OF the amateur
Jmmittee.
Decision ON the employment OF
me managers. or field secretaries.
Revision OF rules. s~
Awarding OF the Grand American
nndicap Tournament.
The men who have these import
mt duties to- perform are:
Amateur Committee.
Sam S. Foster, Mason City, In.
presenting the Great Lakes Zone
George s.. McCarty, Newneld, y. j.
.prcsentlns the Eastern Zone.
Fred Etchen. Coneyvtlle. kans.'
,presenting the Prairie Zone.
U. IL Brooks. Columbia, s. c.. rep
.senting the Southern Zone.
Frank d. sloop. Spokane. Wash.
.ptescnting the Pacific Coast Zone
ExccutIYc Committee.
Frank G. Drew, chairman New
Pycn, Conn.
r. H. Kellcr, New York. n. Y.
G. W lIymcr, Wilmington. Del
]. Leonard Clark, New York. y. Z
T. r.. calvin. Wilmington. Del
The members Of the amateur com
i,tee were elected to Office ID! w
nhteur trapshootcrs, ana nave pruc'
cilly all OF the ulc-makinH powSI
n the executive committee acts oHiS
an advisory capacity.
Members Of the general committed
e expected to be in Kew York or
oycmber 30, for on that day there
iii be short session OF the eaeru
ve committee. aud In the evening
,cretary McLinn viii act as host a
duck dinner at the New York Ath'
tic Club.
on the following morning the cleo
on OF chairman OF the amateur
,mmtttee VIII be the first business
be transacted. No rumors regard
q a choicn for this position have
ached headquarters In sew YORK
I'm s. Foster. the present chairman
nd Frank d.. Stonp are the hold'
Eers. Brooks Kitchen and McCariy
,tnv now members of the commit
ate @. Zone Managers Problem teal
The fate of the zone managers GER
finly vii! be quickly placed IN 'ns
10 FIRST day. For two years they
I've attended the big shoots through
Mp tho country and acted as man
.Srs. nrbiters and organizers "hilt
ltcir wOrk mas Dcen ScieiHiiS ertio
Glory, especially In giving service
the clubs, the plan OF carrying
I'D operatives at this time Is very
:pensive Whether or not the zone
anagers are too eNpensive Tor tht
noun, Of good accomplished Is fol
TO decide. Judging from re-
,rts that have reached headquarters
is annual meeting Will sound the
ath knoll OF the zone managers.
with tho important decision made
nj announced, the members of tho
neral committee then will turn their
trntion 20 the rules and regulations
nd like the football doctors OF 4
" years ago. the nimrods have much
consider. but 1t Is almost inpos-
BILE to hazard guess as to what
m be accomplished. In genera
az IL is known that the scoring
les Will no changed to some extent
II the reform will not he Of revo-
ttonnry character. For instance, II
believed that one emergency rui-
q made last season by Secretary
rL,nn will be ratified and added to
list. This ruling was made neces-
pc by n peculiar error on the part
n scorer who failed to make n
nrk showing the result OF Il shoot
~ inning, It Is likely that the re-
onaibility will be placed upon the
ooter. ms Secretary McLinn already
!. done, because 1t la the contest
10 duty TO watch tho scoring and
tcr protest IL IL is not correct.
1'his question may also involve the
cscnt form OF protest and the time
which II is made. The present rules
rm,t n shooter to protest against
scoring before he hns shot two
sdt,ionnl targets. This rule may
frightened so as TO rend before
a contestant has fired another shot
Hold Fewer Tournaments.
II is also known positively TINT
Gro is II demand for fewer tourna-
ents, the slogan being Quality
thor than quantity" The register
tournament had grown so rapidly
nopularity that practically every
ob in the country. whether large OF
,a1l wants to entertain visiting
ooters, and the fact of the matter
that some OF the clubs have not a
mcIentIy strong Organization to
ccessfully stage n tournament. The
II OF freely granting registration OF
tournament variety has been
,nrdcd against during the past
IN must be taken to prevent clubs
am chcapening what are regarded
stellar events of trapshooting.
lust how the number OF t0urna-
Snts Will be lessened is not known
I. several methods have been ad-
need and all will be discussed. One
commendation would base the num-
OF tournaments IN u State upon
number OF affiliated shooters In
at state. Another suggestion Is to
ant registration for q tournament
Iy when club can prove n large
,nohor of active shooters, And there