Evening star., 1926-09-13
GUARD TEAM 9TH
IN DRYDEN MATCH
Wins Place In Test for Noted
Trophy-Marines Make
Highest Score.
Special Dispatch 70 The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star
! SEAGIRT, N. J., September 13.-On
the closing day of one of it's most
successful weeks of rifle shooting, the
District of Columbia National Guard
sRif1e team had to shoot it's way to
victory, over two service teams and
all Eastern State Guard teams in
order to take fourth place in the
highly priced Dryden trophy match.
Entering two teams, the sturdy and
steady Marine Corps finished first
sand second with scores of 1,127 and
1.119 out of possible 1900 respec-
lively.
! The Navy first team, taking third
place with a score of 091, was fol
lowed by the local militiamen only
single point behind.
Massachusetts i'm Fifth Place.
After holding third place for two
stages of the match, the Massachu-
.setts National Guard lost ground at
the / 1,000-yard range and dropped to
fifth place with a score of ,081. This
was closely followed by a score of
i .079, made by a team from the Sth
Regiment of Infantry, Regular Army,
stationed at Fort Screven, Ga. The
other service team to be Inundated by
The District Of Columbia riflemen was
bthe United States Navy second team,
(which landed in eleventh place with a
score of 1859.
AS reward for being high National
Guard team, the local Guardsmen will
receive $50 In cash, individual medals
and framed photograph of the Dry
den trophy, which was presented by
the late United States Senator John F.
Dryden to the New Jersey State Rife
Association for annual competition.
The match consisted of two sighting
shots and ten record shots each of
Elhe 200, 600 and 200 yard ranges. 1t
was open to one or more eight man
teams from the various branches of
the service and from the National
Guard of the several States, with the
special provision that a Guardsman,
TO he eligible, must have performed at
least Is per cent of the military duty
ordered during the preceding year.
This insured teams being made up of
men who were conscientious soldiers
as we'll as good shooters.
District Team personnel.
The men who comprised the District
team and the scores made by each are
As follows: Team captain, Just c.
Jensen. Guard Ordnance Department.
l4l; Capt. Clarence S. Shields, Com
pahV Il, lZlSt Engineers. 140: Sergt.
Hugh E. Riley, Company E, 1879;
Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley Company
+. 1877: Corpl. George f. Votava, Com
pany +. 1876; Capt. Fletcher r. Berns-
dorff, Quartermaster Corps. 1874; Lieut.
Edward A. Mcmahon, Company A,
1873; Staff Sergt. Alex. J. Thill. Ord
nance, 131; and Technical Sergts
Frank B. Kaye and Whiting P. Light
foot. alternateS
British Team Takes Dewar Trophy.
Making a new world record score
of 1898 points out of a possible 5000
the British international small-bore
rifle team today defeated the Amer
leans and captured the Lord Dewar
trophy for the first time since 1912.
With only a limited number of East
eln small-bore shooters to pick from,
the 20 Americans chosen for the team
fell 60 points short of the British rec
ord. The District of Columbia was
represented on the team by two rifle
men of the first water Sergt. Ollie NJ
Shriver, L. s. Marine Corps. retired,
and Marcus w. Dinwiddie. both for
smer Olympic stars. Sergt. Shriver.
Snow coach of the Central High School
rifle team, was beaten two points by
Mr.. Dinwiddie. his former pupil, their