Evening star., 1924-06-01


rines. Walter r. Stokes. his brother.
Ralph c.. Joseph W Crockett and Mar
Gus Dinwiddie, all of Washington, and
Commander G. T. Osburn Of the Navy,
| Maj. J. X. Boles of the field artillery,
Lieut.. s. r. Kinds OF the infantry, Sergt
Dennis Fenton of the infantry. Sergt.
Raymond Coulter of the marines. J. u.
Grier of Wilmington, Del, and Paul
Landrock of Union Hill. y. ].
Two Youthful Members.
Two of the Washington members. Din
Widdie and Crockett, are the youngest
sharpshoOters ever TO be placed upon an
international rife team of the United
, States. Dinwiddie viii not be eighteen
years of age until August s. while
Crockett was nineteen only last Febru-
airy 10. To achieve such great distinc-
ton at such tender ages is truly re-
markable
Both Dinwddie and Crockett are
products of famed rife teams at Cen
trail High School. and both have cap
tanned shooting squads there. Dinwddie
was in charge of the squad this year.
and graduates with the class Of 1924.
He has been a splendid student, and
encountered no difficulty in accumuat-
ing sufficient credits FOR his diploma
without remaining until the end OF tho
school year. Crockett captained Central
rifle teams last year and the year before,
and graduated from the high school with
last February's class.
These boys gained their first knowl-
edge of the rifle with their high school
teams. and participated in numerous
scholastic matches Several times they
were members of Central aggregationS
that won national titles in interscholaS-
tic competition. AT present both are
connected with the District of Columbia
National Guard. Crockett being a cor
poraI and Dinwiddie a private.
AS guardsmen. they were sent to
the national matches at Camp Perry,
Ohio. last summer and won honors.
Both were members of the District
of Columbia team that won the Cas-
well national trophy, and Dinwiddie
scored wonderfully we'll for the Dis
trict of Columbia National Guard
squad in the militia ampionships.
According to expert ritlemen. Din
widdie promises to become one of the
three best shots Of the country with
in d couple of years.
stokes Brothers Prominent.
The Stokes brothers have for some
years been prominent in rifle shoot
| ing Walter twice has held the world
| championship with the military rifle.
| winning that honor at Lyons, France,
| in 1921 and at Milan. Italy. in 1922.
| Last year at Camp Perry he was
noSed out for the title by his present
! teammate. Fisher.
| AS boys in their native state of
| Florida. the Stokes brothers were
| fond of shooting and became quite
| expert with the .22caliber rife.
| Walter. who nov is twenty-Six years
| old, entered Central High school
about ten years ago and Immediately
| became active as a mark ksman. He
| won numerous individual champion
| ships. and more than any other boy
| earned fame for Centrals rifle team
From Central he went to the United
| States Naval Academy where he re-
| manned year, then began the study
| of law at George Washington Uni
versity. All the time he managed to
| pursue the sport at which he has be-
! come so adept, and was instrumental in
! organizing the formidable George
| Washington sharp shooting squad.
| Walter still is George Washington
student, having turned to medicine
since getting his law degree.
| Ralph Stokes. nearly two years
younger than his brother, also at
tended Washington high schools,
| going to Central two years and to
| Tech for two more. He did excel
| lent work with the rife for teams at
both institutions. He has had a year
at George Washington University,
| where, in addition to firing with the
team. he assisted at coaching it,
This Stokes family appears to take
to the rife like ducks to water. for
Walter and Ralph have sister who
can manipulate a fuSee much better
| than the average man. Helon NJ.
stokes, now at Wilson Normal school.
has made a number of great records
on indoor ranges, and while at
Central High School was with the
girls team that pointed the way 10
all others In country-w competi-
tion in which many first-claSS boys
squads participated.
Fisher a Renowned Shot.
Fisher member of that wonderful
organization which probably has de-
veloped more expert marksmen than
any other body in the world-the
United States Marine Corps-has been
a renowned shot for years. He was
with the United States Olympic team
that won at Antwerp in 1920, and, in
addition to capturing the champion
ship with the military rife. was the
best scorer in the team matches.
At Camp Perry last year Fisher
after great duel with waiter
Stokes, garnered the world title, and
established world records for firing
from kneeling and prone positions
His greatest mark was that of twelve
hits in a. 3 5-16 inches target hred
made on the 300-meter range, dis
tance of approximately S29 yards:
The world champion was not required
to participate in the Olympic team
final trials at Quantico last month,
but he did and Demonstrated that he
| was a real champion by outshooting
| all other entrants.
| Getting a berth on the Olympic
team this year was a difficult task.