Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-09-03
CAPITAL MEN WIN
HONORS AT SHOOT
Two Medals and 18 Cash
Prizes Gained at Camp
Perry Meet.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The star.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September g..
-Ritlemen of the District of Columbia
gave good account of themselves
yesterday as they took away two
medals and IS cash prizes in the open
ing days events of the national rifle
and pistol matches.
Outclassing a field of / ,056 competi-
tors, Second Lieut.. Richard M. Cults,
United States Marine Corps, 3101
Thirty-fourth street, won first place
and q gold medal in the National
Rifle Association rapid fire champion.
ship match, with q score Of SO out of
a possible 100.
Second Lieut.. Henry C. Espey, Com
pany L, 121st Engineers, District of
Columbia National Guard, tied 10
others for thirtieth place, with score
Of 96, while Marcus w. Dinwiddie,
2O12 A street, present time civilia n
and former Olympic representative of
the local militia, took sixty-ninth place
with a score of 95.
Finished i'm Money.
Others to finish in the prize money
were as follows: David S. McDougal,
26Q1 Thirty-sixth street, Western High
School, 151st place, score, 80; Sergt.
George e. Votava, Company E, 121st
Engineers, 169th place, score, go, and
Capt Clarence S. Shields, Company
E. 121st Engineers, 205th place, score,
81.
This match required that 10 shots
be fired in 60 seconds at a 10-inch
bull's-eye 200 yards away and 10 shots
in 20 seconds at the same bulIs-eye
800 yards away. AT the 200-yard range
= - tho sitting nnGitiOn
from the standing. when the targets
came up and at 800 yards the prone
position from standing.
In the 600-yard members match Mr..
McDougal again stepped into the
limelight and topped the local shots
with a perfect score of so, but took
only twenty -second place, because 4
of his 10 shots were inside the inner
12-inch V ring of the 20-inch bulls
eve, while the winner, Corpl. Ray A.
McAllister, 9Th Engineers, Camp
Lewis, Wash, ran IL consecutive VS.
Thirty-Eight Perfect Scores.
Some idea of the class of shooters
participating in this match may be
had from the fact that 3S perfect
scores were made from the field of
1867 entries. In addition to Nc
DOuSal, three local GudrQSmen
weathered the onslaught of the ex-
perts and finished in the prize money
as follows: First Lieut.. Thaddeus A.
Riley, Company Z, 121st Engineers,
103d place, score. 40; Second Lieut..
Henry C. Espey. Company E, 1S9th
place, score, 4S, and First Lieut..
Hugh Everett, jr., Company A, 203d
place, score, 4S.
In the 2OO-yard "any rifle" match
M. Dinwiddie repeated his rapid-fire
score of 95 out of a possible 100 and
took eighth place and bronze medal
from a field of STA entries.
Other local prize winners in this
match were Mr.. McDougal, sixteenth
place, score, "a; First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, jr., forty-ninth place, score,
80; Sergt. Hugh E. Riley, Company E,
121st Engineers, fifty-third place,
score, go; Sergt. Prescott j. Blount,
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
seventy-second place. score, 81; Leo
Kasehagen, Sd, 124S Irving street,
National Capitol Rifle Club, seventy
seventh place, score, 81; Sergt. Votava,
eighty-eighth place. score, 81, and
Capt. Clarence S. Shields, one hundred
and fourth place, score, 81.