The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-01-06
Frederick Hask1n's Letter
Making Marksrnen.

: lery competitions, teams OF sr.
snoot, with all scores counting n
ward the team record. These fas,<
matches are arranged TO cover
period of six weeks. The first wsa.
string" will be fired by eag
team member from the prone nov,
ton, and string from the siftin,I
positions string to consist Of ~
sighting shots and ten shots ia
record. The second week the team,
fire one string prone, and on
string kneel.ng: the third week :
prone string and standing string
the fourth week, a prone string any,
a sitting string; the fifth week !
prone string and kneeling strine
and the sixth week, a prone ana =
standing string.
The team winning this compefi.
ton is awarded the title of "Gailerr
champions for the year 1922" Ales
it receives the Indoor trophy tbI
be held for one year or until Won
by some other team, Certificate nj
Victory, to be retained by the riff
club, and each member of the spcy
cessful team is given a suitable
bronze medal.
State Championships.
II as many as five teams are an.
tered from one state, they are cor.
sidered also as shooting for n.
state championship, and tbaifI
scores are considered separatel
from this point of view. The team
from each state having the hieba,,
aggregate score at the end of inc
competition is given the title AZ
Champion gallery team" for its re-.
spective state, and the team mem.
bers receive bronze medal spr
cially made for this purpose e
There is a military unit com.
petition too, under exactly fila
same conditions. but open only ia
gallery rife teams from the mill.
tary class of clubs under the regn.
lations Of the National Board for
the Promotion of Rife Practice
The awards to the winning team
and it's members are the same
with suitable designation that it Isl
the military class of clubs inVOly.
ed. There is exactly similar CON-.
petition for the high school aud
military school clubs in the organ
ization. Similar matches in every
respect are provided for the fifty
foot galleries.
In addition to this series Of COLI
petitions, there is to be fired the
Aston Cup match. This competition
is open to rife clubs of the high
school, private, military and pre-
paratory school classes, and is
shot on a gallery measuring 50
feet from the target to the firing
point Any number of teams may
be entered from one club, but COM
petitorS are allowed to shoot on
but one team from any one club
Ten competitors make up a tsalva
in this match, the five best scores
to count toward record. The fir
ing is from the prone position, each
man being allowed two sighting
shots and ten shots for record. Ar
tifictal support of the rifle is per-
mitted, and any kind of sights not
containing glass may be used. This
match will be concluded in the
week ending May 9Th.
The prize for this special com
petition is the Astor cup and med
ais to members of the winning
team. The cup is held for one year,
or until won by another schonI
team. However, it is provided that
the cup will become the permanent
property of the school winning u
the greatest number of times in
20 years of shooting. Culver Mil
tary academy, at Culver, Ind, nov
holds the cup. The first winner, in
1909, was the Morris High school.
of New York City. Next it was
held by Dewitt Clinton high school
of New York City. In 1914 the
Salt Lake City high school, Of
Utah, was successful. The Stone.
ham high school of Massachusetts,
won it the next year. In 1919. Cen.
trail high school of Washington, D.
c.. won the cup. and the following
year st. Johns Military academy, Of
Delafeld, Wis, was the victor
The Iowa City high school. Iowa,
is in the lead for permanent posi-
session of the trophy, being the
only school team TO win the cup
more than once, and having been
successful in 1911. 1912, 1913, 1916
1917 and 1918 Two more victor
les for this sciICoI will make 1t In
possible for It to lose permanent
possession of the cup.