New-York tribune., 1922-12-24
Troeh's Remarkable
Work Is eature
OF Shooting Season

Trspshooting as . sport enjoyed
highly prosperous season In the year
now fast rushing into history. ItwasnN
a better year than several others We
know Of, there were, no performances
OF n sensational nature, the outstand-
ing features being that the high aver,
age amateur for the first time averaged
better than % per cent, and that the
American Trapshooting Association Of
fered 10 turn the management OF trap
shooting over 20 the amateurs and the
amateurs committee accepted and now
have In the works definite plans Tor
the managing Of the association in
1923. -
Dave Fauskee, the Worthington'
Mimi, tinsmith, won the singles cham.
pionship Of the Great Lakes zone, and
then won the championship OF the
United States and Canada, after q
shoot-of with Frank Troeh. Troeh
internationally Is the outstanding trap
shooter OF the year. For the last ten
wears Troeh has been considered one
Of the best three trapshooters In the
world, and day in and day out, year
in and year out, ne Is Just about the
best clay target breaker IN the word.
He has won every open champion
ship at clay targets and live birds IN
the United States, Canada and Eng
land, and all he needs Is the olympic
title 10 complete his string. In 1924
ne expects 10 win that.
Troeh, with the old Winchester ne
purchased for Si9 in 1912, averaged
.esss on $3.50 targets, or, In other
words, he missed i0i targets in ten
months Of shooting. This Is the hrst
time in the history Of trapshooting
that an amateur compiled an average
better than 9s per cent for the season.
The best previous average was the
.a7s6 by AIT Risser in 1921. This Il
the third time Troeh has been high
average man. He topped the amateurs
in 1918 with .9722 on e,s45 targets and
In 1920 with 9752 on $500 targets.
His record over q period Of ten years
IL remarkable.
Troeh also made The longest run OF
the year-344-in the prairie zone shoot
az Coheyville, that Is, the longest run
for an amateur. The best run Of the
year was 345, by Fred Tomlin, in the
Pennsylvania State shoot. Homer
Clark, a professional. had a run Of 622
straight, carried through three shoots,
200, 200 and %. Art Kellam, OF Sc
Louis, won the professional trapshoot-
Ing championship for the second year
In succession.
Bart Lewis, professional, averaged
.ssi3 and led the professionals. He
only shot AZ 1900 targets, and In
a way his shooting doesn't com-
pare with the marks Of Spencer, Dun
can and Taylor, who shot az twice al
many or more targets and averaged
within a fraction Of 9S per cent Twice
before has the professional high aver.
age man marked up 98 per cent oI
better, by Homer Clark In 1916 and
Rush Race In 1921. Fifteen amateurs
scored runs Of 200 or better during
the year.
Mrs. g. Z. Groat, Of Long Beach
Calf, for the second time topped The
women trapshooters in the averages
With .o38S on 1.l75 targets, nosing oui
Mrs. L. L. King, Of Winona, Mimi. the
womsn's champion Of the United
States, IN the last tournament Of IN,
year. From the standpoint Of shoot
Ing, as a team, one Of the beat per
formanees Of the year Is credited d
the Winchester team Of Taylor, Dun
can, Spencer, Tomlin and Hawkins
Taylor averaged .37ss on forty-ons
tasgstL Duncan .oT7i on S,e2S taFgsta