The Alaska daily empire., 1922-10-31
CHANGE IN SCORING PREVENTS RECORDS
 IN RIFLE MATCHES
By PETER p. CARNEY Editor National Sports Syndicate.

While the failure of Congress to provide sufficient funds to care lor civilian marksmen in the NA'iOnal Rifle Matches this year kept many riflemen away from Camp ferry, there were some 49 teams in tie competitions, and the number of in dvidual shooters totaled close to 800.
 There wasn't the sensational runs of last year nor any of the record breaking feats which made the 1921 rifle matches stand out from all others. The new bulls eye usel in the National Rifle AssociatiOn Matches, in which shots in the Inner circle counted for a V, decided ties and prevented announcement Of such feats as 101 bulls eyes straie # a. 600 yards, etc This year if two .leA made perfect scores the shO0tei With the greatest number of V'5 would win This is fine from the stand quickly but it certainly takes inter- est away from the matches, for it does away with record-breaking per formances. With the new bulls eye no one will ever hear of such per formances as 176 bulls at 800 yards as made by Adkins last year, and others of a similar nature.
 Some Real Shooting
 The Marine Corps didn't show IS much superiority in the individual matches this year as they did in some years gone by The Infantry so did the Coast Artillery. The best shooting of the tournament was made by an Infantry team that wasn't el igible in the Herrick match. As only one team was allowed to enter a competition representing an organiza ton, the team known as No. In fantry shot in number of matches for practice and in the Herrick al 800. 900 and 1000 yards established the best record ever made for an eight-man team, and at 500 yards no; a man got out of the bulls eye in any one of his record or sighting shots.
 In this Herrick match worlds record was made at 1000 yards by the K M. A. team, made up of w H. Richard Guy Emerson, Frank Kahrs, Don Preusner, Col. Mumma and his son. Grove Wotkyns, and Al Van Amburg. They scored 592 out of a possible GOO All of these shoot CTS used the Winchester Sniper's Rifle, brought out just prior to the matches. This team wasn't eligible to win the Herrick match, either, and the team that was third, the Massachusetts National Guardsmen, which was also better than the exist ing worlds record, won.
 The Marines won the National Team match, and Ray Coulter, Ma rine. of Mt. Stirling, Ill.,, scored 296 out of a possible 300-the best in dividual score ever recorded in this match. The Massachusetts team won the National Guard championship and the Civilian title was taken by Illinois. Otto Bentz of the Coast Artillery won the National Individual championship. The two-man cham pic .ship was won by Rothrock and Mollerstrom of the Infantry. Guy Emerson, civilian, won the Wimble- don, his third victory in this match in 10 years. and L. N. Felt, civilian from Illinois, won the Leech cup.
 The small-bore national champion ship was won by Lieut.. J. F. Hauck of Indiana; the N R. A. pistol cham pionship by J. H. Shook of Ohio, the National pistol championship by Lieut. E. C. Andino of the Infantry and the National team championship by the Marines