Evening star., 1927-09-06
D. c. R|FLEMEN WIN
HONORS ON RANGE
Local Contingent Takes 38
Prizes at National Matches
at Camp Perry.
Special Dispatch to The star.

| Special Dispatch to The star
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 6.
Winning two bronze medals and 36
cash prizes in the most strenuous days
program yet experienced in the ma
tional rifle matches, the District of
Columbia rinemen yesterday made n
| record that is the envy of all other
National Guard and civilian State
teams.
The honor of being the first District
Guardsmen to land in the coveted
medal class resulted in tie between
Sergt. Prescott J. Blount, Battery A.
260th Coast Artillery, who captured
seventh place in the Chemical Warfare
Service trophy match of 1913 entries.
and First Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley,
Company r, 121st Engineers. who
won seventh place in the Leech Cup
match of 1907 entries.
During the day six matches were
fired, the Navy Cup, the Leech Cup,
the Chemical Warfare Service trophy.
the Scott, the Crowell and the individ.
ual palm.
"COmical Warfare" Match.
The least popular, though most
spectacular. Of these matches was
| match. The competitors donned gas
masks Of the latest type and fired
10 shots for record slow fire in the
standing position and 10 shots rapid
, fire sitting at 10-inCh bulrS-eV
200 yards away. One minute only
was allowed for the firer to assume
the sitting position from the stand
ing. to draw the mask from it's case.
to adjust the mask. to the head, to
load the rifle and to aim and fire
10 shots.
Sergt. Blount proved himself the
| most nimble man Of the team by
hanging up a 46 out of a possible
80 in the Offhand stage and a A in
the rapid fire stage for a total score
of 80. Other adopts to win cash
prizes were Sergt. Hugh f. Riley,
Company f, 121st Engineers, score
81, seventeenth place; Marcus w
Dinwiddie, civilian. score &c. twenty
third place, and Second Lieut., Henry
G. Espey, Company T., and Sergt.
George r. NOtava. same company,
scores S5 each, thirty-first and thir-
ty-second places, respectively.
The Leech cup match, extending
over the 500, 900, and .00O-yard
ranges, was a. much different type of
competition and required steady, CON
sistent holding and accurate wind
doping consisting of two sighting
shots and seven shots for record from
each of the above ranges at a 36-inch
bull's-eye having a 20-inch inner ring
1t was possible to score total of 105
points with 81 bull's-eyes.
Nine "POssibIes" Score.
Out of the ! 1,007 entries there were
only 9 "possibles. Pvt. first class)
Roy +. SeitZinSer. United States Ma
rine Corps, won the gold medal, with
10 fhis II shots in the ring, while
Lieut.. Riley landed in seventh place
with =.
The third and most popular match
of the day was the 2OO-yard 2O-shot
off-hand Navy match of LOIS entries.
Twelve District competitors finished
in the prize money as follows: David
S. McDougal, 2601 Thirty-sixth street
northwest, Western High School,
score 81 out of a possible 100. twenty
sixth place; John A. Schricker. c16
Nineteenth street northwest, George
Washington University, score 81.
twenty y-seventh place; staff Sergt.
Baxter Smith, Company E, 121st En-
gineers, newcomer on the Guard
team whose 81 for thirtieth place,
represents his first crash into the
prize money: Second Lieut. Richard
NJ. Cults, u. S. NJ. c., 3101 Thirty
fourth street northwest, score 90.
thirty-sixth place; Marcus w. Din.
widdie, 2012 A street northwest, 80,
thirty-seventh place; Sergt. Hugh f.
Riley, Company E, 90. fifty-first place:
Willis T. Frazier, 6629 First street,
Takoma Park, retiring Central High
School rifle team captain, 90. sixty
second place; Capt. Just c. Jensen,
Guard Ordnance Department, 80,
seventh-fourth place; Sergt. Prescott
Blount, Chemical Warfare medal win
ner. S8, ninety-ninth place: Leo Kase-
hagen. Sd, 1248 Irving street north
west, SS, one hundred and sixth place:
Robert A. Leighey, 2l23 Eye street
northwest, George Washington Uni
versity. crack shot who celebrated his
second day in camp with a score of
81 for one hundred and sixty-seventh
place. and Second Lieut.. Henry c.
ESpey, Company T. 121st Engineers.
score Sc, one hundred and ninety-first
place.
Other Matches.
The remaining matches of the day,
the 900-yard Scott, the 1,00O-yard
Crowell and the individual Palma.
lar to the Leech Cup match. and COM
prised sighting and Is record shots
at each range. The Palma was an
aggregate of the S00-yard Wright
memorial match fired last Saturday
and the Scott and Crowell matches.
Those who were fortunate enough
to place were as follows: 900-yard
Scott match-David McDougal. v
possible, sixteenth place; Lieut..
Cults. possible" nineteenth place;
Marcus Dinwiddie, 10 "a. forty
fourth place; First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, jr.. Company A, 12lst Engi-
neers, "A, seventy-first place:
Lieut.. lIspey. same score, seventy
third place; Sergt. Votava. 10 73.
one hundred and third place: Capt |
Clarence $. Shields, Company +, 121st
Engineers, 73, one hundred and
ninth place.
1.OOO,yard Crowell match-sergt. |
Votava. 6 "A, twenty-ffth place: |
Lieut.. Thaddeus Riley. 6 73, fiftieth
place; Leo Kasehagen. 3D. 8 ~. !
seventy-sixth place; Lieut. Everett. 6 |
V ~, eightysecond place; David Nc |
Dougal II, one hundredth place; staff |
Sergt. Baxter Smith, II, one
hundred and fifteenth place.
The individual Palma match-Sergt |
Votava, 221 points out of possible |
225, 24th place; Lieut.. r. A. Riley. |
same score, 26th place; Lieut.. Everett. |
220 51st place; Lieut.. Richard Cults, |
same soccer, 57th place: Leo kase
agen. Sd, Els, oath place David Nc
Dougal, Els, 9Sath place. and Lieut..
Espey, score 21S, 11Gth and last place
in the money.
Contests Today.
Today there are / .220 of Nations
leading experts competing for the Ma
rine Corps Cup. the course of fire in
cluding 20 shots at each 500 and ! 900
yards. In the late afternoon the GOO
yard any rifle match is scheduled