New Britain herald., 1922-10-13

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 Prone-Body extended upon floor, head towards the target. No portion Of the arms except the elbows, shall rest upon the floor or other support. Scoring: After shooter has finished
 his course, his target shall be taken by Range Officer direct to scorers,
 who only shall handle same till close of match, In no case may targets be handled by others than Range Officer.
 or scorers. Willful violation of this
 rule will permit the Range Officer to
 declare any target or bull so handled forfeited. Scoring shall be done with Camp Perry scoring tool only. Match targets shall be preserved by local range officer for at least ten days, who shall in case of protested match, present said targets to govern ing board for examination and adjudi- cation.
 In case of tie match, each captain shall choose two men who shall shoot decide. If sHll tie, the same procedure shall apply, except that new men may be chosen if the captain sees fit. If postponed, match shall be con cuded as early as possible by ar. rangement between League Delegates Any team having delayed match be- cause of non-appearance of oppon- ents, that is, not shot off within thirty days of date for such shoot, may by applying to the League Secretary be authorized by Secretary to arrange with any team in the League to shoot a match on home or foreign grounds as originally provided for, the score of said injured team only to count. In case of any team actually dis banding, and so notifying the League Secretary, to that effect before the finished date of its schedule, all the scores of said team, and the scores of their opponents in any games shot shall be erased from the counting.
 The team having, at close of sea son, the highest number Of points shall be declared winner of first place.
 If two or more teams are tied for first place at close of season, the League Delegates shall arrange for shoot-off on neutral grounds, under above rules, except that the Range Officer of neutral club shall have supervision, and he shall decide all disagreements between clubs, subject only to appeal to governing board
 Trophies: The officers of the Gov erning Board may purchase a suit able trophy at cost not to exceed s20.00 to be awarded to team in first place for the season. Said officers may also give such other small prizes to teams or individuals, as they see fit, for high standings.
 Any point not covered by above rules shall be decided so far as pos sible. by rules laid down for N. R. A. matches.
 The constitution of the league as adopted on October 6, 1921. at 9 meeting held in Cromwell, Conn.,, is | as follows:
 Article This association shall be known as the Nutmeg Rifle League.
 Article 2-The object of this or ganization shall be to promote and | foster the sport of rife and revolver | shooting under the rules of the Ma tional Rifle Association. and to de- l Ntlop NDI hidl- sOCldl anu DuSlItSS Tt- l lations between the clubs which may | become members, and to work unit l edly in the support of all proper l movements for the betterment of the l sport of shooting generally.
 Article 3--Section i: The affairs | of this league shall be managed by l a governing board comprised of one l representative of each member club. and this governing board shall elect its own officers
 Section 2: All members of the governing board shall be elected for a term of one year. or until a successor is elected, and each member club shall send the name of their mem Der to the executive secretary at least five days before the leagues annual the first week in September.
 Article 4-Section 1: The officers of this league shall be a president, vice president, secretary and treas urer.
 Section 2: The duties of the off cers shall be those usually prescribed
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