Evening star., 1927-10-24
SHOOTING H0NORS
CO TO M'MAH0N
Wins Individual Champion
ship of District National
Guard Contestants.

Keen competition marked the clos
ing events of the annual District of
columbia National Guard rifle matches
when 100 marksmen We'd for honors
yesterday at the Camp Simms range
IN Congress Heights.
First Lieut.. Edward L. Mcmahon,
Headquarters and Service Company.
i21st Engineers. demonstrated that a
pick and shovel expert could be
equally proficient with the service
rifle by winning the individual cham
piOnShip of the Capital militia with
+ the gold medal total of 1913 points out
of possible $50.
The two most consistent ritiemen of
the Guard, Second Lieut.. Henry G.
F,spey, Company f, 121st Engineers,
and Sergt. George F.. Votava. same
company. fought tooth and nail for
silver medal honors, the former win
mig with a tie score of 33l.
Votava Has Bad Luck.
After running six consecutive bulls
eyes and close four at the final 600
yard range, Sergt. Notava. who won
the championship last year, had the
match in his grasp, but defectN"
cartridge or careless marker caused
his eighth shot to be siGnaled miss.
n quirll of luck that cost him a we'll
deserved victory and caused him to be
outranked for second place az well.
Sergt. Notava had some consolation.
however. when the bulletin board
showed him to have tied and out
| ranked First Lieut.. Hugh Everett. il.
| Company A, 121st Engineers, for the
gold medal offered in the experts
match. 1t is quite a coincidence that
| last wear in this same match Lieut..
Everett took second place with the
| identical tied score of 2i2 out ot Il
| possible go. Third place and
| bronze medal went to Lieut.. McMa-
! hon with 340 points.
Over ?OO-Yard Course.
The experts match was fired over
! the 2OO-vard qualification course pre-
scrihed by the War Department and
| consisted of 10 shots. slow fire. IN
| each of the prone and standing posi-
| tions. shots each sitting and kneel-
| ing and 10 shots each. rapid fire. in
| the prone. from standing and the
sitting from standing positions.
In order to encourage the particpa-
| ton Of those sharpShooters who prlc-
ticed with frequency and earnestness
during the past year, the guard otti-
Il
which could not be entered by any of
the more experienced national match
experts.
Corpl. Malcolm +. Bailey. Company
f.. a "tyro," who was instrumental
in his company's overwhelming vic
tory in the team match on SATURDAY,
captured the gold medal awarded in
this event with the score of 232. Pvt.
Phillip c. Geraci, Battery A. 260th
Coast Artillery. won second honors'
with 229, while Pvt. A. 3. Smith.
Headquarters and Service Company.
121st Engineers. outranking his team
mate. Pvt. Donald Faik. by reason of
perfect scores at both Tapid-ti stages,
gathered up the bronze medal with
22S points. The course of fire was the
same as that laid down for the en-
pert's match.
Mcmahon Wins Again.
Moving back to the 300 yard range,
where the 10-inch buil's-eye resembles
n pinhead, Lieut. Mcmahon won ad.
ditional laurels by ringing up
bulFs-eyes out of the 10 shots in the
sitting and kneeling positions for
AZ total and gold medal prize. Since
experts only could compete for first
honors in this event Pvts. Geraci and
Smith again ran second and third
each taking home another medal with
scores of 43 and IS. respectively.
First Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley
Company f, 121st Engineers. had more
than his share of luck in keeping the
aged 1917-lot ammunition in 20-inch
bulls-eye at the long 600.yard range
| and won gold medal honors with AZ
points out of so. Here again the ex-
perts were refused further spoils, and
as result Pvt. Geraci received his
third silver medal. Sergt. Luther +
Hail. Company d. finished one point
behind Geraci with a bronze medal 43
Other Events.
Remaining events on the days pro
gram and the medal winners as an
nounced by the preliminary bulletin
are as follows:
Novice match, open to those who
have completed their official target
practice for the year 1927 and have
failed to qualify as marksmen or bet
ter-Gold medal. Staff Sergt, George
A. f. Rheinbold Company f. 121st
Engineers, score, 1879: silver medal
Pvt. Arthur A. Tomelden, same com
| pany, 1T. and bronze medal, Sergt
William II. Mattoon, Company ID. l56
Instructors match. Glass A, open to
those who have never before qualified
as markSmen or better at any time
Gold medal, Pvt. George G. Danforth
Headquarters and Service Company
l21st Engineers. score, 223; silver
medal, Pvt. Thomas y. Renoau. same
company, 221. and bronze medal, Pvt
John NJ. Crandall. Quartermaster De
tachment, 21S.
Instructors match. Glass 3, open to
those who have qualified as marksmen
previous to January /, 1927, but did
not attempt the course this year-Gold
medal. Capt. James d. Eggleston, Bat
terry b. 260th Coast Artillery, score,
225; silver medal. Sergt. Morris l..
! Crater, Company D, 121st Engineers
212, and bronze medal, Second Lieut.
Alfred l.. Jorgeson, Company B. same
| regiment, 20S.
Mcdonald Wins Pig.
| In the intervals between the vari
Gus events, the competitors amused
themselves by participating in the an
nual turkey shoot and oyster roast
Staff Sergt. Edgar S. Mcdonald. Com
pany D, won the grand prize of the
| day, real live pig about the size of
the Marines former mascot, Jiggs.
| Sergt. Mcdonald seemed to have a
more difficult time carrying the squeal
| ing animal home than he did shooting
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