Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-09-13
SHOOTING CARDS
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SP0RTSMEN meet
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Winthrop. Sept. 12.-Exceptionai
shooting featured the second day of
the Maine Sportsmen's Fish & Game
Association meeting at Tallwood Inn.
The threatening weather of Friday
| morning kept large number of the
members from attending, and the con-
testants in the various events were not
so numerous as usual. only the simon
pure enthusiasts taking part.
The matches were held at Tallwood
Farm, where very fine hundred yard
| range had been laid out, and the first
. match of the day was the Re-Entry
Qualification Match. which was won by
| l.. w. Somers of Bangor. shooting a
| Springfield Neidner. He made a score
of 96x1O0. as did S. r. Bonsey of San
gor. Shooting at a two-inch bullseye
| at 100 measured yards. this calls for
fine holding and the very best OF
| equipment Vernon Somers was third
| with "a in this match.
The Guides and Wardens' Match was
| defaulted owing to the fact that there
! were not sufficient guides and wardens
present to make up the teams, and the
| real classic of the day, the Chisholm
/ Cup Match. which carries the State
| championship with it for one year. was
won by Vernon Somers of Bangor. This
match calls for five shots offhand and
| five prone. and Mr.. Somers' score OF
80 is the highest that has been made
! in the several years during which this
match has been held. S. Il. Bonscy
was second with sc. l.. w. Somers
third with SO and Merton French OF
Bangor fourth with 81.
/ The Rapid Fire Match calling for
! FIVE shots offhand in 20 seconds, was
won by Bonsey with 33, Aver with 20
and X. f. Lee of the Hussey Hardware
Co. with %
| In the Ladies' Rife Match Mrs Aver
and Mrs X. F. Lee finished in first and
second places with 46 and As. Mrs
Charles Gilman of Oakland and Mrs
French of Bangor We're third and
| fourth in this match. and the shooting
was splendid throughout.
| In the Prone Re-Entry Match l.. w
! Somers won with 90. Bonsey being sec
| ond with 90 and Vernon Somefs third
| with "a.
An ofhand rifle match was then held
i the winners being l.. w. Somcrs. S. X
| Bonsey, Vernon Somers and Aver.
The shooters then adjourned to the
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F., on the boat wharf under the super
! vision of Kenneth Lee of Augusta ant
| Mir. Otterson of the Dupont Powder Co
| The clay biddies were sent diagonally
across the firing line. presenting diff
. cult targets to the shooters on shore
! Twenty-Five bird events resulted in {
| win for John Stobie of the Watervillt
! Gun Club. who first went into Il til
| with John Ot'erson. Duffy Blaisdel
also shooting 20x25 with them. In the
shoot off Mr.. Stobie went nine straight
with Mr.. Blaisdell's seven and Otter
| sons six.
| In the Revolver Re-Entry George
J Stobie of Waterville. who is one of thu
best trap-shots in Maine. made the
phenomenal score of 4Sx50. one poin
better than the fine score of AZ huns
up Thursday by DR.. Edward Paine OF
! WaterviNe Bonscy of Bangor and Is
Lee of Augusta tied for third will
43x50 each.
| Mr. Patterson provided splendid
banquet for the guests and everyone
present had 4 splendid days sport
The judges on the rifle ranges were I.
w. Somers of Bangor. Frank G. Ward
well of Portland and Kenneth Lee OF
the Hussey Hardware outfit.
1t is planned to hold the meet a
Tallwood July l. and next year.