Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-09-07
DELAWARE TEAMS UP
AGAINST BIG GAMES
Continued from page IL.
Teams Reduced In Size.

The rctrenchment policy OF Com
gress has hit the national matches
rather severely as 1t was necessary
to cut the size OF teams from the
various States to n minimum. Work
ing under this handicap. however. the
1 National rifle Association has re-
j markahle evidence Of the popularity
of rifle shoting In this country i'm the
fact that with about three-fourths of
the total attendance in camp by this
/ time, there are In the vicinity of 300
rlfiemon here preparing for the match-
IS and taking the course which will
enable them to return 10 their home
towns and instruct others In the In
tricacies OF hold" Squeeze" cali
Ing your shot" etc. One-half OF these
men must be newcomers at the
matches, so that the steadily growing
number of disciples of rifle shooting
Is apparent.
In addition to sc events at various
ranges from 200 TO / 900 yards for the
military Springfield. the national
match program this year includes q
school of instruction in the use of
the shotgun with a shotgun champion
ship match at the. end of the school,
81 small bore matches for the follow
ers OF the 20 rifle and a half dozen
pistol ard revolver matches. The pro-
gram for the current week includes
the historic Leech cup match, which
has been fixture of the national
match program since 1874. when the
magnificent Leech cup was presented
to the rifiemen of America for per-
petuai competition by Capt. Arthur
II. Leech OF the Irish rifle team. |
which visited this country and was de-
feated by the Americans In that year, |
The Marine Corps cup match, an event |
that always calls forth n shooting
match of the nerve raclting variety. |
is also on the program this week. The |
officers of the marine corps presented |
this trophy to the National Rifle As |
sociation in 1909 and since that time |
no one rifieman has had the honor of |
winning the big silver cup more than |
once. The course of fire is 20 shots |
at 600 and 90 shots at 1000 yards. a |
long course and one which calls fer
dogged determination, perfect physical |
and craftsmanship Of the |
"leatherstocking" variety.
on Friday the Port Clinton trophy |
match. open TO teams from civilian |
rifle clubs only, will be shot and the |
Wilmington cracks expect to enter |
one or possibly two teams in this |
event. Finally. at the end Of a |
crowded weak will come the Wimble- |
don match. The Wimbledon ranks
with the Leech as the oldest fixture
nf the national match program. II
calls for 90 shots at 1000 yards and
Is known as the long range cham pion-
ship OF America Major *. X. v
Casey of Wilmington is one of the
'ew men who can claim the honor
,f winning the Wimbledon more than
,nce. Major Casey carried off the
lonors in 1909. 1907 and 1905 The
National Rifle Association Of Great
Britain presented the Wimbledon to
he rifiemen of America for perpetual
in 1874.
This year TO date has witnessed the
breaking Of nearly every record for
remarkable rife shooting that has
been hung UP in the past and before
he conclusion of this week, with its
array Of matches, whose names are
words to coniure with among rifle
men, the standard for future genera
ions of crackshots TO shoot at NAV
be set 70 tho highest point ia his
-ory. Dan Morgan. Davey Crockett.
Oanisi SocCs AMI Misunderstanding"
BILE mark srs7en that they were. y