Evening star., 1927-10-23
Engineers WIN
RIFLE MATCHES
District Guardsmen Hold An
nuaI Shoot at Camp
Simms' Range.

Company E, 121st Engineers. made
a clean sweep in the annual r1fie
matches of the District of Columbia
National Guard yesterday, by winning
the company team championship and
the automatic rife event. The
matches took ulace at the Camp
Simm's rifle range in Congress
Heights.
Piling up a total of .9O3 points out
of a possible 2.100 with the service
rifle, and SOC points out of a possible
1000 with the Browning automatic,
Company E experts captured both
events for the second consecutive
year. Headquarters and Service Com
pany, 121st Engineers. Eioving up q
notch from last year, finished second
in the rifle match with score of
1908 points. Battery A, 260th Coast
Artillery, winner Of the silver medal
last year, dropped to third place with
an aggregate of 1.741 points.
Ends At Twilight.
The shooting yesterday did not con-
clude until late in the afternoon when
craftsmanship was handicapped by
twilight.
The order of finish and the score
of the remaining entries was as fol-
lows: Fourth place, Company c, 121st
Engineers, 1873; fifth, State Staff.
District Militia. 1899: sixth, Company
B, 1872, and seventh. Company ID.
1,451. Company F, 121st Engineers.
could not stand up under the stiff
competition and withdrew from the
match at the final 600.yard range.
Shooting perfect scores in the ZOO
yard sitting and kneeling stage, and
the 200-yard prone rapid fire stage,
Second Lieut.. Henry c. Espey, Com
pany E. 121st Engineers, was high IN
dividual with total of 329 points out
of a possible $50. Lieut.. Edward A.
Mcmahon, Headquarters and Service
Company, was second high, with 327
points, while Sergt. George E. Votava,
Company E, 121st Engineers, took
third honors with 326.
Three Perfect Scores.
First Sergt. William H. Clements,
Company K, 121st Engineers. distin.
guished himself by shooting three per-
feet scores, more than was made by
any other marksman. His possibles
were made at the 200-yard prone, slow
and rapid fire stages, and at the 200
yard sitting rapid fire.
This excellent exhibitio gave Sergt.
Clements the honor o being high
"tyro" of the match, tyro being one
who has never before fired in a rife
match. Fifty per cent of the shoot
ing members of each team of six men
were required by the regulations to
be "tyros."
|. AS result of this victory, Company
E retains in its orderly room the
Soldier of Marathon Trophy, a bronze
statue. Individual shooting members
were awarded gold medals-copies of
the trophy.
Corp. James NJ Barry. Company
E. former George Washington Univer-
sity shG rpshooter. was easily high
gun with the Browning Automatic.
making All points out of possible
soc, which is 27 points above the War
Department rating of automatic rifle
expert.
His shooting partner. Staff S@rg.
Ea;ter Smith, finished second high
with a total of 3S9, only one point
behind expert. Both men received
gold medals.
Team Personnel.
The first two teams to finish in
each event were composed of the fol.
lowing men:
Service Rife Championship Team
Match. Company f. Second L,eu..
Espey. score 329: Sergt. Votava, 3?6:
First Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley, team
coach, 32l; First Sergt. William II.
Clements. $40; Corp. Malcolm r.
Galley, $40, Corp. Benson c. Brad
shaw, 29S. Capt. Clarence S. Shields,
team captain.
Headquarters and Service Company.
First Lieut.. Edward A. Mcmahon.
team coach, score 327; Technical
Sergt. Frank 3. Kaye, 315; Sergt.
Donald Faulk, 3O7; Pvt. Impie Rob-
ertson, 301; Technical Sergt. G. c..
Danforth, 287; Sergt. A. 3. Smith,
271: Capt. Walter s. Welch, team
captain.
Automatic rifle team championship.
Company E, 121st Engineers. Corp.
James NJ. Barry, Alt; Staff Sergt.
Baxter Smith. 3S9; Company B. 121st
Engineers: Sergt. Lloyd L. Gibson
305; Sergt. Milton e. Davis, 289.
Today the entire personnel of the
Capital militia participates in the in
dividual rifle matches. and the annual
turkey shoot and oyster roast. About
400 Guardsmen and their friends are
expected to turn out for the occasion.
Arrangements will be in charge Of
Capt. Just c. Jensen, Guard Ordinance
Department, executive officer, and
Capt. c. S. Shields, Company E,
Chief range officer.
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