Evening journal., 1921-09-24
DELAWARE 18TH
in RIFLE SHOOT
Civilian Rifle Team Wins
High Place in National
Matches
GOLD MEDALS FOR
SOME INDIVIDUALS

(AfAA@ "a - - ~ hA@N
Delaware's civilian rifle team
reached the highest mark ever at |
ained by a team OF that sort rep
esenting this State in the national !
rife matches when, 1t placed nine |
eenth on the list OF "a contending
cams at the annual matches con- /
Quoted by the government at Camp
Perry. Ohio. which came to close
on Thursday. Members OF the team
hnd OF the National Guards team, re-
turned home this morning and were
full OF enthusiasm over the wonder
ful showing which little Delaware
made. The Guardsmen who at
Tended the camp for instruction
mostly finished well down in the
list.
With the capture Of nineteenth
place, the civilian team made Class
b and was awarded a gold medal.
n the State representation Delaware
was about fourth or fifth, Pennsyl-
vania in eighth position, being the
eading state in the list.
The race for the national team
championship was between the Ma
rine Corps and the Infantry, the
FORMER winning by the narrow mar
gin OF fifteen points. The Infantry
started OF in front but the Marines
came from behind until the team
had taken the advantage at the 1000
.JGards.
The Delaware civilians put up
hot fight to gain their position, be-
Ing thirty-frst in the list at one
inc. At the start OF the race in the
- brhand 200 yard event. gale Of 25
br 80 miles was blowing and the
|rivilians finished in twenty-sixth
| place. They dropped back 70 thirty
- hrst in the 200 rapid fire when cllps
buckled in the Springfelds OF three
- members Of the Delaware team. Al
39 er that they began to gain and with
wonderful showing in the 300
Wrapid fire moved up to the twenty
~ bird in the race. In the 500 slow
81 are they advanced Z sixteenth.
When the 100 yard event was shot
another gale was blowing. After
hree pairs OF the Delaware men had
finished on one afternoon. the team
rom this state had dropped back
e again TO twenty-third. The next
[ morning, the other two pairs com
+ ,ieted the race and Delaware moved
e back to nineteenth.
Detailed scores were unavailable.
y: rhe score Of the Delaware team.
E however. was 1898 out OF posi-
& DE $500. ]. A. Julian and Bob
Fletcher comprised the leading Della
s. ware pair. getting 619 out Of pos
7- dbie 700. c. 3. Lister and F. r.
81 .esney we're second with 616.
81 The great work OF the Delawar-
''5 ,ans is indicated by the fact that in
only one event. the Wimbledon Cup
N match. did they fail to get a man
q n the money. Fifty-two events in
All were on the program and the ci-
B silians placed from one to five men
| n all but the one mentioned
= Numerous individual honors were
~ also captured by the boys from tho
u Diamond State. J. 3. Grier. OF
Rockland. brought home with him a
& sold medal for finishing tenth In
he national individual Every one
of the civilians placed in this event
we're awarded expert rihemer
medals.
Il Fred Mannion was picked from
~ The civilians OF the entire camp
81 numbering about 1900. as a member
1 D the civilian team OF twenty in ths
United Service match. In this event
there we're teams from the Marine
Corps. Navy. Infantry. Natsona
II Guards. etc. The civilians finishes
fourth and Mannion was awarded
l gold medal
The National Guard team from
* this State was composed mostly oi
green material. this being the frs
X year they have competed in the ma.
tional matches since 1916 when the,
{ finished thirteenth. 1t was mostl,
|z4 for instruction that the Guard team
3 was sent
Several OF the Soldiers did we'll in
& dividually. however. Among thesi
s. were Sergeant Herman Cook, Ser
E geant Henry X Roscoe and Sergean
Major william g.. Jackson. All o
< these men won medals for their in
dividual efforts.
The Delawareans competed in on
4. event for which they were not pre-
AZ pared but made a good showinni
- Just the same. II was the specia
~ Il. o. T. c. Of six men teams. 81:
- University OF Delaware men wer
<< present. four from. the civilian team
a. and two from the National Guards
and they decided TO enter the match
s They shot well and finished up Fl
the race although they we're withou
a coach. This team was compose
OF Sergeant Fred Baker and Sergean
Major William 8. Jackson. from tn
<yi Guards and Bob Fletcher. y. W
81 Terrill. c. n. Woodrow and Normal
Wade from the civilians.
IA The civilian team which mad
n such a great showing comprose
|ll6 the following: W. w. Terrill. cap
tain. II. n. March. coach; Ere
Manion and J. w. Lister. c. b. Lis
- ter and +. X. I,esney. J. A. Julia
and Bob Fletcher. n. W. Terrill an
w. o. Webster. J. b. Grier and +
NJ. Jones; aiternates. c. y. Wood
row and Norman Wade. Ten me
shot in the team matches and the
were paired as shown above.
The civilian team left for camp o
August % and received a weeks In
struction in the government scho'
Of musketry before entering IN
matches. Woodrow aided in IN
camp entertainment by fayorin
with several piano solos in the
n. c. A. tent gatherings.
The National Guards team va
composed OF the following. MajC
David NJ. Saiters. captain. First IAet