Arizona republican., 1922-03-27
So TITLE TRAP
MEETS WILL Be
HELD THIS YEAR.

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With the coming OF April showers
ana warmer winds, nimrobs OF North
america will be ready for the cham
pionship shoots of the 1922 season
Not that showers are desired. but
because, despite the unpIeasantness
or rainy day at the traps, the trap
shooting championships, like the
championship races in organized
baseball, always begin in April. But,
unlike baseball trapshooting mag
mates are able to pick the spots for
the openings. All OF the early cham
pionships of the clay target game are
scheduled for the Sunny South, where
the big league ball teams now are
Dasking in the warm sunshine and
RIDING themselves of muscle kinks
developed during the winter.
AND, while the big leaguers have,
peen limbering up on the diamonds,
the southern trapshooters, likewise,
nave been ridding themselves Of the
KINKS in trigger fingers and sharpen
ing their firing eyes. Ever since the
Lirst day of January. Southern shoot
ers have worked out at least once a
week at the traps and now are going
along smashing the clays in mid
season style. This is especially true
OF Alabama shooters, whose cham
pionsfip is the first on the list.
The Alabama State Championship
tournament will be staged at the Gulf
City Gun Club OF Mobile, on April
8. and s, being preceded only by the
title competition in Bermuda which
Will start one day earlier. But Ber-
muda is the infant Of the game, so
far as affiliation with the American
Tfapshooting association Is con-
cerned, and her shooters are bit
green at the sport. Alabama, how
ever, has many veterans Of tried
and-true calibre, who will compete
for her championship.
AS usual there will be four cham
pionship titles at stake at Mobile
mems singles, doubles and all-round,
and the women's singles. The man
who will defend the singles crown,
Lee Moody of Bessemer, broke 1875
out of 200 last year to win the honors,
but even then he was unable to claim
the American Trapshooting associa-
tion's medal until he had defeated j.
a. Blunt, Of Greensboro, in shoot
off.
The present doubles champion of
Alabama is +. X. Lee, of Birming-
ham, who missed only two targets of
the % pairs. And one would not
wonder at his skill if it was generally
known that he is called "Tack- hole"
Lee because he shoots a rifle well
enough TO drive tacks with his bull
lets.
The all-round champion is also Mr..
Lee. so he will have to watch his
step. But Lee is very capable fell
low with the shotgun, and always will
bear watching in anybodys competi-
tion.
Mrs. o. L. Carl. one Of the most
consistent Of the women trapshoot
womcn's championship, and is
capable of making all contenders or
challengers go some.
Arizona State Shoot
The second championship tourna- |
ment scheduled for April will be held
at Kingman, and there the national
champion, Mic Arie. will hold forth. |
This shoot is scheduled for April IA, |
10 and IS. Strange to say Moody |
outshot Arie in winning state laurels, |
for Mic broke only 1914 to capture the |
Arizona title last year, but when the |
Two met at the Grand American to
fight it out for the national singles
championship, Moody broke only 175x
ZOO while Aria broke 1898.
T. l.. Fsdens, a veteran shot, whose
steady nerves under fire have won
him quite a reputation at the traps. I
vas runner UP to Arie in the 1921
Arizona championship. Edens has
worn the crown and he will be right
after Arie again this year
w. r. 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.
North Carolina will swing into line
next. staging her championships at
the beautiful Pinehurst Country club
on April 20 and 21. The present
Of that state are:
Singles-H. A. Morson, Charlotte.
Doubles-R. c. Pittman, Whitta-
kers.
-round-H. a. Morson.
Championships in all states are de-
cided on the same number of targets
as follows:
Singles-20 200 targets, rs yards rise.
Doubles--50 targets, 25 pairs.
All l-round-350 targets, zoo singles,
25 doubles. 100 handicap.
Womens - 200 targets, 16 yards
rise.
The state championships definitely
scheduled so far are: