Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-03-26
SHOOT IN RICHMOND
SANCTIONED YNATIONAL BODY
West End Gun Club Host to Old Dominion Marksmen
July and 5-Nor,h Carolina Championship at
Pnelurst April 20 and 81

NEW YORK. March 25.-With the
coming OF April showers and warmc:,
winds rimrods of North America.
VII! be ready for the championship
shoots OF the 1922 season. Not that
showers are desired. but because
despite the unpIcasantncsS OF a rainy
day at the traps. the trapshootinS
championship, like the cham pionship
races in organized baseball. always
begin in April. But, unlike baseball,
trapshootinS magnates are able 10
pick the spots for the openings. All
OF the early championships OF the
clay target game are scheduled for
the sunny South, where the big
league ball teams now are baskinG
in tho warm sunshine and Kidding
themselves OF muscle kinks developed
during the winter.
And, while the big lcaguers have
been !imbering up on the diamonds.
the Southern trapshootcrs, likewise.
have been Kidding themselves OF the
kinks In trigger fingers and sharpen
ing their firing eyes. Ever since the
FIRST day of January. Southern shoot
,ers have worked out at least once
IA week at the traps and now are
going along smashing the clays in
m!d-season style. This is especially
true of Alabama shooters, whose
championship is the first on the list.
Alabama shoot April q.
The Alabama State Championship
Tournament Will be staged at the
Gull City Gun Club OF Mobile. on
April 6. and S. being preceded
only by tho title competition IN
Bermuda which viii start one day
earlier. But Bermuda is the infant
OF the game. so far as ahiliaiIon
with the American Trapshooting AS
ISOLATION is concerned, ana her shoot
ers are bit green at the sport.
Alabama. however. has many veterans
OF tried -and-true calibre. who will
compete for her rpionship.
AS usual there will he four cham
pionship titles at stake at Mobile
mems singles. doubles and alI-ruund,
and the womens singles. The man
who Will defend the singles crown.
Lee Moody. of Bcssemer. broke 1875
out OF 200 last year TO win the honors.
but even then he was unable to claim
the American Trapshooting Associa-
TONS medal until he had defeated
j. y. Blunt. of Greensboro. in "A
shootoff.
The present doubles champion of
.N4uDiiIst - l. ~. Let, OK iplTUlinE
ham. who missed only two targets
OF the twenty-five pairs. And one
would not wonder At his skill il 1t
was generally known that he is
called Tack hole" Lee because he
shoots rifle well enough TO drive
tacks with his bullets.
The ail-round champion is also Mr..
Lee. so lie Will have to watch his
step. But Lee is Il very capable fell
low with the shotgun. and always
will bear watching in anybodys COM
petition.
Mrs. q. l.. Carl. one of the most
consistent of the women trapshoot-
crs of this hemisphere. holds the wo-
mems championships. and is capable
of making all contonders or chal-
lcnScrs go some.
The second championship tourna-
mcnt scheduled for April will be held
at Kingman. Ariz., and there the ma
tional champion, Mic Arie. will hold
forth. This shoot is scheduled for
April "A. Is and i6. Strange To say.
Moody outshot Aric in winning State
laurels. for Mic broke only 1874 to
capture the Arizona title last year,
but when the two met at the Grand
tional singles championship. Moody
broke only 17jX200. while Arie hroka
l9S.
II. l.. Edcns. veteran shot. whose
steady nerves under fire, have won
him quite reputation at the traps
was runner up to Aric in the 1921
Arizona championship. Edens has
worn the crown and he Will be right
after Aric again this year.
w. l.. Mullen is the doubles champ
OF Arizona, and he also holds the ALL
round title, so when opposition for
arie is mentioned. no one can AFFORD
to overlook this entry.
Ta~heels shoot mt Pinehurst.
North Carolina will swing into line
next, staging her championships at
tho beautiful Plnehurst Country Club
on April 90 and 81. The present
champions OF that state arc:
Singlcs--fl. a. Morson. Charlotte.
Doublcs--R. c. Pittman, Whit
takers.