Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-07
DISTRICT men WIN
IN RIFLE MATCHES
National Capital Rifle Club
Sets New National Mark
to Merit Trophy.
g 3ecial Dispatch to The star.

Il leciai Iisn3tcH 10 me STAR.
CAMP PERRY. Ohio, September Z.
--Corpl W. r. Herrick, u. s. NJ. c..
whose home Is in Rutland. Vt, shoot
Ing a score of 1873 out of 200. topped
q field of 1887 competitors and won
the Marine Corps Cup match. the big
gest event to date of the national
rifle and pistol matches.
This is the tenth victory of the
Marines since 1909, when the cup was
first presented by the officers OF the
United States Marine Corps for an
nual competition.
The second event OF the day, the
National Rife Association 6o0-yard
''any rifle" match. also went to the
Marines, when Sergt. A. W. Carlson.
home. Mellon, Wis. shot an IS V
possible"
Frazier Wins Medal.
Willis T. Frazier. $500 First street,
Takoma Park, captain of the Cen
trail High School rifiemen and mem.
her OF the civilian team. brought
honor to himself and to his city by
winning tenth place and a bronze
medal with a perfect score containing
Is VS..
One member of the District Guard
team, First Lieut.. Hugh Everett, ir.,
Company A, 121st Engineers, is be-
moaning the fact that his Is V posi-
Bile" in this match, best score he has
ever shot with a service rife, was made
when the use of telescope sights,
heavy-pressure barrel rifles and set
triggers was permitted. Every one of
the is individuals who placed above
him in this match used special
rifle:
There is another officer of the Cant
tai militia who has been requesting
every one he meets to give him
swift kick. Second Lieut.. Henry c.
Espey, Company E, 121st Engineers,
took eightieth place in the Marine
Corps Cup match with a score of 1913.
when in reality he shot 1913, a total
worth second place, a silver medal
and S55 prize money. The rub comes
IN the fact that at the 600-yard range
he shot at a target adjacent to his
own and made bulls-eye, which, &C.
cording to the rules Of the game, had
to be counted as a miss.
Other Capital Men Place.
Other District rif1emen who won
cash prizes yesterday are as follows:
Marine Corps Cup match-Second
Lieut.. Richard NJ. Cults, jr., u. S. Ma
rine Corps, Sl01 Thirty fourth street,
sixteenth place, score, 1876: Sergt
Hugh f. Riley. Company E, 12lst
Engineers, thirty fifth place, 1876; Gun
merry Sergt. Morris Fisher, U. S. Ma.
rine Corps. navy yard. seventy-sixth
place, 1874; Lieut.. Henry C. Espey,
eightietll place. 1913; David S. Nc
Dougal. 2601 Thirty-sixth street, West.
ern High School. 153d place, 191;
Capt. Just c. Jensen, Guard ordnance
department 154th place, 191; First
Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley Company Z,
121st Engineers, 176th place. 1911;
Sergt. George E. Votava, Company E,
211th place, 100; Staff Sergt. Barter
Arthur n. Thomas, III Massachusetts
avenue, Central High School, 224th
place, 1870, and First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett. jr., 245th place, 100.
In the 600-yard any rife" match
Gunnery Sergt. Morris Fisher, u. S.
Marine Corps, navy yard, forty-third
place, score, 90; Sergt. George e. Vo-
tava, Company E. forty-fifth place,
90. and Ralph Fl. MCCARTHY, 1892
Quincy street, civilian, eighty-fourth
place. 9S.
Today the eyes of over 1850 big
bore shooters are focused on the Presi-
dents and the Wimbledon Cup match
es, and an overcast sky indicates that
big scores will be rung up.
Club Sets New Record.
In the interclub long-range match,
the first small-bore team event that
has been held here, the National Capt.
tai Rife Club hung up new ma
tional record of 397 points out of q
possible 400.
Shooting . sighting shots and 20
record shots at a 4-inch bull's-eye 200
yards away. Leo Kasehag gen, Sd, 1913
Ollie NJ. Schriver. United States Ma
r.ne Corps coach of Central High
Schools rifle team both made per-
feet scores of 100 points. Ralph Nc
Clarity dropped one shot out of the
bun for 80 and Capt. Jensen, the re-
naming member of the team, pulled
through with SO.
The club received $40 prize money
and the beautiful Remington trophy,
while individuals were awarded silver
medals. copies of the trophy.
Additional laurels came later in the
day to Ralph MCCARTHY, when he won
the individual long-range match with
a possible 100. His efforts netted him
the Peters trophy, a gold medal and
SIS prize money.
Eric NJ. Newcomb 1854 Columbia
road. finished fourteenth in this match
with SO.
The largest small-bore event to be
fired. the individual shot.range
match. saw five Washington shooters
finish in the prize money. Lieut..
Everett, Capt. Jensen and Ralph Nc