Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-05

Tie Grand American Handicap al
clay targets was first staged in 1900,
n. Interstate Park. Queens. LII. and
continued there in 1901 and 1909,
] each time with less than 100 entries.
II was then moved to Kansas City
and the entry list more than dou-
bled. and each year after this the
entry list has mounted even though
the shoot has been switched from
! city to city. The middle west SEEM
ed to be the place to get out the
shooters and Chicago was hit upon
as the central spot to stage the tour
nament. In the last fifteen years
Chicago has conducted the event
oftener than any other city.
Eastern shooters for a number oil
years have been demanding a chance
to handle the tournament. and At
lantic City has been bidding on II
for several years. Now that the
shoot is to be held in h East, 1t is
up to Eastern shooters to show they
appreciate the return of the tourna-
ment and come out in large numbers.
IL there isn't 1000 shooters at Allan
tic City the Westerners will make a
determined effort to hold the tour
nament on the West Coast in 1928.
IL there are 1000 at Atlantic City
Il wouldn't he surprising il the tour
nament remained in the East an
other year.
Mil Use Sixteen Traps
p Mayor Bader and Director of Pub
lie Improvements Steinbrucker, OF
the Jersey coast resort, are strong
for the shoot. and they have arrang-
cd for the tournament to be held on
the Absecon Boulevard. between
- VI. 49,, o,1 tha Ihnanna
Canal. The Boulevard will be clos
ed to traffic for one week. Sixteen
trans will be erected, the traps and
pullers stands being placed on the
boulevard. Eight traps will be plac-
ed in a line. then the tents. scoring
booths, and all the other things that
are necessary at such a tournament
as the Grand American, and then
eight more traps. The ground space
occupied will be 1000 by 1,920 feet.
The program for the shoot Is now
being made up by George McCarty
of Newfield. n. J., Stoney McLinn
and J. Leonard Clark, both of New
York. They have decided on a num-
Der of things, one of them being that
there will be no 1S-yards champion
ship at single targets. This is as 1t
should be. Having championships
at 16 and is yards is confusing. The
only championship at single targets
will be at 16 yards and this will
be open to the world, instead of
only state champions as in the past.
We believe that the Champions OF
Champions event was a good one,
the event that built up the G. A. Fl.
1t was real class-the Champion
trapshooter of every state, compet-
ing for the National Championship.
The event this year will make o
greater numbers but will not have
the same punch to it as the cham
pionship that has been discarded.
There will be an 1S-yards event,
but not a championship. The dou-
bles championship will be at 200 tar
gets and the Junior championship
at 100 targets. There will be class
championships and we have an idea
these class championships will be
the favorite events of the shoot. h
Grand American Handicap event,
which to most shooters has been the
big event. will be much in the back
ground this year, the championship
events being featured. However, as
long as long as the money is in the
Grand American handicap that is the
event that masses will shoot in. That
is the event in which they all think
they have a chance to win.
1t is more than likely that the
Westy Hogans shoot will be held on
the Boulevard in June.