Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-05
|D.C. MARKSMENW WIN
|LONC-RANCE MATCH
National Guard Team Main.
tains Supremacy in Camp
Perry Shoot.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

pTenlaCN III the SIilait DOIe lleIu DN VIII
ming the interclub long range mattel
shoot here yesterday as part of TIL
| second days program of the nationa
| rifle and pistol matches,
Not satisfied with the national recort
of 396 points out of a possible 400 TO
| four-man teams established here las
September by the National Capital Riff
Club on a finch bulI's-eye. 200-yart
range course. the % calibre experts o
| the local militia proceeded to run up
| total of 674 points out of a possible
| 800 on the new 226-inch bull's-eye in
ternational target. which was formal.
| introduced to this country in this event
The new bull's-eye counts TO- whereas
the old was valued 5,
Credit to Capt. Jensen.
To Team Capt. Just G. Jensen. Guarc
ordnance department. State staff, really
goes much Of the credit for this victory
because. although low man on the team
with 1853 points out of a possible 200
his coaching ability prevented the shift.
ing mirage and varying winds from
carrying the well aimed shots of his
hard-holding teammates too far from
the center of the bull's-eye.
First Lieut.. Hugh Everett. jr. Com
pany D. l2lst Engineers, runner-ur
Monday In the Wimbledon Cup event
continued his good work and scored
ITS points, the highest individual total
in the match
The other two markSnen who rcceiv-
ed silver medals, cash prizes and who
helped the District of Columbia retain
possession of the Remington Trophy
were First Lieut.. Edward A. Mcmahon
EJna rfnftn ~ ,~xy
l2lst Engineers. champion rife ano
pistol shot of the District Militia, 1863
and Capt. Clarence S Shields. Company
E, same regiment. los.
Other Prize Winners.
Second place and bronze medals were
won by the Desrfield Gun Club OF
Kings Mills. Ohio with 651 points
Fifth and last place went to the retiring
champions, the National Capital Rife
Club, with score of SAC.
In the 800-yard Wright memoria
match. CoXswain Harold E. Jenkins
United States Navy. chief storekeepe,
of the Presidents yacht, Mayflower
sent is consecutive bullets through thu
36-tnch bulls-eye and won bronz,
medal, cash prize and seventh plac,
in the entire field of Clio entries.
CElkIs U1lIkd&Il EECklSlkIIL
United States Marine Corps, navy yard
marine barracks. was another local ex-
pert to land in the prize money, hi
score of "A out of IS points hringins
him seventeenth place in the Regular
Service division of l6l entries
Ensign Charles c. Pyne. United State:
Navy. IT'S Eighteenth street northwest
was twenty-sixth, with the same score
Four militianen copied prizes In tht
National Guard class Of 26l entries
Capt Clarence S. Shields taking four.
teenth place, with a total of 70 points
First Lieut. Hugh Everett. jr., seven
teenth place, same score: Corp. Thomas
Reneau. Headquarters and Service Co.
l2lst Engineers, thirty-second. score II
and Capt Just C. Jensen, thirty-sev.
enth, same score.
Boy Wonder in Tenth Place.
David S. McDougal. 1746 X stree
northwest. the boy wonder from Western
High School, took tenth place In tbs
civilian class Of 1873 entries. with Z.
points, and Richard l.. Solyom. l6c
River road northwest another Western
High School product, finished thirty
fourth. with 10 points
Moving back to the 900-yard range
Sergt. william r.. Lane, diminutive
mon com" of Co. E. 12lst Engineers
led his teammates and captured cash
prize and sixth place among 22(
civilian soldiers. with a total of u
Consistent Dave McDougal. shooting
the same score. took cash and fourth
place among the l76 civilian entries.
Other Capital shots to place were as
follows First Lieut. Edward A. Nc
Mahon. twenty-fifth. 50; First Lieut.
Thaddeus A. Riley. Company E, 12lst
Engineers, thirtieth. same score; Stan
Sergt. Alexander j. Thill, Ordnance
Department. state staff, Camp Simns,
Congress Heights. thirty-third, same
score: Capt. just c. Jensen. Ordnance
Department. fortieth. score SO; Richard
l.. Solyom, civilian class, twenty-sixth
place, score 81. and Leo Kasehagen, 3D.
l248 Irving street northwest, same class
thirty-fifth, same score.
The final event on yesterdays large
bore program was the National Rifle
Association rapid-fire championship
match. consisting of 10 shots. sitting
from standing. at a l0-inch 200-yard
range hull's-eye. in one minute. and lG
shots, prone from standing, at the same
bull's-eye 800 yards away. In one minute
, and 10 seconds.
The best co-ordinators and the fastest
trigger squeeZers among the 52i Ma.
tional Guard and 493 civilian entire:
who hailed from the old home towr
were First Lieut. Edward A. Mcmahon
| tied with four others for fourth place
score, IS out of possible 100; Corpl
| Thomas A. Reneau. who placed In ths
| Wright memorial money. tied with
three others for ninth place, same score
Corpl. Philip Geraci, Battery A, 260tf
| Coast Artillery, thirteenth place. 81
Pvt First Glass; Eugene A. Ross. Com.
pany c, l2lst Engineers, twenty-ninth
| 92 Second Lieut.. Henry c. Espey, Com.
pany E, same regiment. tied with foul
others for fifty-second place. 81, ant
Sergt. William r. Lane, same company
eighty-first place. 90.
Only One Civilian Places.
The only Capital civilian to place ii
| this rapid-fire match was a stranger
Dave McDougal He shot 90 for nine
| tenth place and a cash prize
This same McDougal person ais,
placed second in the first Dewar team
| tryout, class A, and first in the Secont
! tryOut, scoring 396 out of 400 each time
| Cash prizes and a sure place on tn
| international Dewar team was his re
ward. Lieut. Mcmahon won fifth priz
money In class C with 379 points.
Today the experts strive for lette
autographed by President Coolidge an,
| for various other trophies and medal
awarded In the Presidents match Thi
event is credited with, injecting NOR
rifiemen with buck fever" than an
other competition.
The Crowell and the final stage o
| the Leech Cup match constitute the re
mainder of the days firing. This stor
| filed at 8 90 am,