Arizona republican., 1921-04-03
Candidate for the Rogues' Gansryl

Candidate for the Rogues' Gallery!
 When the All-American team of wing shots arrived in the Land of the Thistle to compete against the
 Scotch contingent in 1901, we had just defeated the team of Great Brit ain, in London. They had paid up the purse of s10.o00 in Bank of Eng
 land 100- pound notes, which We found It necessary to have changed into smaller demoinatiorf before our divi- sion. Visiting a Glasgow bank. ac- companied by Dick Merrill and Billy Crosby took out this bundle Of money, slipped a few hundred pound notes from the bank roll and asked for change. The cashier disappeared with my bills. was absent fully 10 minutes; returning. he handed me back my money, asking at the same time for Identification. He agreed my money was good but refused to make change. AS we left the bank. Crosby informed me that the cashier had ko-
 daked me while l was waiting his re- turn; that my bright face was no doubt headed for the rogues' gallery at that time. Our money was re-
 turned by several banks with the identification request Returning to our hotel, I delivered learned and lAOSl 6LlRudl4C 01oSS4t tdllOI OCOlCN
 banking methods. The hotel pro- prietor then came to my rescue. He accompanied me to the first bank we had visited, introduced and identified me. When kidded the cashier about heading me for the rogueS' gallery, he confided to me that few tourists vis- ited his bank with such bundle of nice clean money tied up in notes of such large denomination. The incl dent had been reported to the police with description. The joke was so
 good, it was passed along the line by
 the Scotchmen. at my expense
 Capt. C. I. Amen, representing the Scotch team, showered the Americans | with attentions; his entire team were especially gracious to us. The day we shot was perfect. An immense crowd had assembled to see the race l We were late in arriving. but rous-
 ing welcome awaited us. In this race both teams were permitted to ''uss both barrels, when necessary Lon' i don conditions were reversed, We sho up the side hill. We had little troubl. getting the race under way. Franl l IZzard of London, member of tn | British team, was chosen referee. Th' Americans jumped Into the lead iron | the beginning of the race. The loves
 score made by any member of ou
 team. tied the highest score made b.
 any Scotchman. The aggregate SCOT
 of the Scotch was ss2; Americans 96 1 in a possible 1000. It will be seen VI
 missed but 31 targets, winning tn
 cham pionship by liberal margin O | ST. Richard Merrill and Fred Gilber
 did the lot" turning in perfect score | of 100 each. A revelation to ou
 Scotch friends. Those thrifty Scotch ] hoping to regain some of their los coin. challenged any man on tn
 American team to shoot against F
 Faulds, member of the Scotch team,
 race for S1.o00. event to be shot i'm
 mediately. at 150 targets per mar
 Ono hundred to be shot from groun ] tower. We had never seen a par ! fridge tower. much less shot fror
 one, but that made no difference an
 the race was made. Our team select
 ed Billy Crosby. our representative
 as he had been showing the best a
 around form. MT. Faulds, his oppo ] nent, was Scotland's recognized tray
 shooting champion. In addition | r the main wager, we had side bet galore scattered around, until ther , was a tidy bit at stake. The par tridgc tower. was about 16 feet higl two expert traps were set on tn platform top, keyed up to throw rigt ? and left targets a distance of 65 i f 70 yards, parallel with the score. Us of both barrels was accorded. W ] expected Crosby to lead his opponer ? on the first 100 targets from th . traps, more than enough to offset an 1 advantage that Faulds might hay 8 from experience in tower shootin
 At the close of the first 100, the scol ] stood, Crosby 97, Faulds 92, lead . only four targets. On the 50 birC 2 thrown from the tower parallel wit
 the score. Crosby had occasion to u. ] his second barrel 29 times, finishin s with F. Faulds used his secor 7 barrel but Is times and scored 4 . Crosby won the race and saved ol coin by a margin of five birds. Clo.
 enough to keep a cold perspiratic coursing up and down our spin columns. At one stake of the ra' . MT. Crosby was but one target 2 the good. Past experience was tht , | ( nos sAI l.S-