Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-09
D. c. M|L|T|AMEN
HIGH IN RIFLE MEET
Take First Place in Team
Championship and Third for
Rumanian Trophy.

special Dispatch to Inc star.
SEAGIRT, y. j.. September g.
Taking first place in the company
team championship match and third
place in the A. f.. F. Rumanian tro-
ply match, the District of Columbia
National Guard rife team had ban.
nAr day in the fifth days matches
held at the Eastern interstate rife
tournament yesterday. In one of the
most closely contested matches ever
fired on a rife range, the marksmen
of Company F., 121st Engineers,
fought their way to victory over the
best shots in the Marine Corps, Sth
Regiment of United States Infantry
and National Guard of the Eastern
States.
The Rumanian trophy, donated by
the Rumanian government at the in
terallied rifle competition in 1919. was
handily won by the United States Ma
rine Corps team with score Of 844
points out of a possible 900. Tying
the score of S32 of the United States
Navy, the Washington Guard team
was outranked for second place. but
they are proud that they finished first
among the National Guard teams for
which they will be awarded medals
Fourth place honors went to the
United States Infantry team with
score Of S14. Some idea of the cla So
Of shooters the Guardsmen are up
against may be had from the fact
that last years national individual
rife champion. Staff Strct. Charles
Hakala. is member of the infantry
team
Jensen Has High Score.
Tie match consisted of Is shots for
record in the standing position at 200
yards and Is shots for record in the
prone position at 500 yards. Team
Capt. Just c. Jensen. Guard Ordnance
Department. was high gun on the
local team with a score of 143 points
out of possible $50. His excellent
Inland score of II out of possible
rs was high, not only for his own
team. but for the entire list of entries.
Other members Of the team and their
scores are as follows:
Capt. Fletcher f. Bernsdorff. q. NJ.
c., 1879: Sergt. Hugh E. Riley, Com
pany f. 121st Engineers. 1873: Corp.
George E. Votava. Company T., 121st
Engineers, 1873: Capt. Clarence S.
Shields, Company K. 121st Engineers.
1913; Lieut.. Edward A. McMahon
Company A, 121st Engineers, 1856
Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley. Company
r., l2lst Engineers, alternate
The members of Company f. 121st
Engineers. on the championship com.
pany team are: Capt. c. S. Shields.
team captain; Lieut.. T. A. Riley, team
coach; Sergt. II. +. Riley and Corp.
George E. Votava. and Pvt William
II. Lane, alternate.
1t is particularly noteworthy that
all Of the above Company T. experts
nave at one time or another fired with
the George Washington University
championship indoor rifle team.
Eleven years ago the varsity riflemen
were captained by Clarence S. Shields,
last year by Thaddeus A. Riley, and
this year they will be led by the other
red-headed twin, Hugh E. Riley. An
other George Washington University
and ex-Central High School rifleman.
Richard W. Radue, is attending the
matches as an unattached civilian
Had 80 Out of 100.
The local Guardsmen were glad to
note the success of their former team
mate, Sergt. Marcus w. Dinwdde. in
capturing second place today in the
historic Wimbledon cup match. His
score of 80 out of possible 100 was
right on the heels of the perfect
score made by the winner Second
Lieut.. Lewis A. Holm. II. S. Marine
Corps. stationed at Quantico. Va.
Sergt. Dinwiddie represented the
District National Guard at the
Olympic rifle matches held in Paris
In 1924. and the same year won the
individual small bore championship
Of the Washington high schools. At
the present time he is attending the
University of Virginia and shooting
under the colors of the Virginia Ma.
tional Guard.
Col. Lagarde, former adjutant gen.