The border vidette., 1927-05-21
Between the Nogales civilian

CLUB and the 10th Infantry near
ly all the trophies of the 1927
annual rifle contest at Ft. Hua
chuca were brought back as a
result of their excellent shooting
on Saturday and Sunday.
The Greenway cup for the
best 1000 yard score, was won
by 1t. Clauson of the 10th Cav.
airy with run Of II bulls eyes
while 1t. Sargent of the N25th
was second with run of ten
bullseyes, and Sgt. James, also
of the 25th, taking third place
with score of 40 out of fifty.
The first team match vas won
by the Noeales r fle club with a
score of GIG followed by the 1st
Battalion of the 25th stationed
at Douglas with a score of 675.
This was the Secretary of State
match. in which the three high
est individuals were given me.
dals as follows: Capt. G. r.
Peck of the 25th, 140;H H. N. Ren-
shaw, of Nogales' 1873; Tom I'm
Ter of Phoenix, 1873. The scores
of the Nogales boys in this
match were as follows: H. N.
Renshaw 1873, II. r. Renshaw
137, G. G. Cheshire 1876, Bob
Palms 1873, Hugo Miller 1873.
The second team match of the
Adjutant General match, was
won by 25th Infantry enlisted
mems teams with a score of 667
and second by the 25th Infantry
team No. 2. score 66l, third place
going to 10th Cavalry with score
of 653 and the Tucson civilian,
fourth. with score 642. Ia this
match the Nogales club encoun
tered bit of hard luck with one
of their men firing on the wrong
target thus losing a possible 80
points at the first range.
This match also carried with
it the DR.. Schnabel trophy for
the highest enlisted mems team
which has been each year 2
keenly contested cup between
the Infantry and the Cavalry.
The Infantry won this year while
the Cavalry won it last year.
The major match of the shoot
was fred Sunday being the Ros.
'kruge trophy and the team
championship of Arizona. This
was won by the 25sh Infantry of
Nogales by team consisting of
1t. Sergeant, team captain, Sgt.
James, Sgt. Seward. / Corp. Yer.
bal. and Corp. Rogers, with
total score of 1926 out of 1900.
The 10th Cavalry second with a
score of 1918, the 25!h Inf. 1st
Bn. and the Phoenix club tied
for third place with a score of
1905, while the 25th Infantry
team was close on their heels
with 1901, Tucson club 1895 and
Nogales 1892.
The state individual champion
ship was determined by the
highest grand aggregate score
of all ranges fire was won by
Kid Renshaw with a score of 600
out of $50 possible, giving him
the gold medal for 1927 while
Sgt. James of the 25th brought
back the silver medal with score
of 597. and Capt. G. r. Peck Of
the 25th Inf. at Douglas. third
with a score of 500 took the
bronze medal. Tom ImIer of
Phoenix was 4th with 595, show.
ing the Kid had to keep his eyes
open for every point. Sgt.
James was a victim of circum
stances when a whirlwind inter
cepted the last rapid fire string
in the last match causing nearly
all shooters 10 this run to make
very low scores, otherwise his
place and Renshaw's would have
been interchanRed.
Young Renshaw also won the
Sextnn trophy for the best off
hand shot making 140 out of 14O
with Tom Imler second with 139.
The officers cup which was for
the best rapid fire scores was
won by Sgt. Spearman of the
25th Infantry, 237, and Captain
Whales second, 233.
The grand aggregate scores of
Nogales boys we're: Fl. N, Rem
shaw 600, Bob Palms 568, Miller
562, Cheshire 548, Dad Renshaw
628, Louis Bristol (alternate)533.
Fl. r. Renshaw was elected
president of the association for
1923, with J. Rasmussen of
Phoenix as vice president, DR..
A. G. Schnabel as executive of
ficer and Guy Monthan as secre
tarv. The association awarded
Guy Monthan a fine sporting rife