Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-16
D. c. GUARDSMEN
WIN IN RIFLE MEET
Take Hilton Match and Get
Fifth Place in
Finals.
snecial Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September Is.
Topping all National Guard, civilian,
G. M. T. C. and r. o. T. G. teams, the
District National Guard today won NTH
place and the Hilton Trophie national
rifle team match with score of 2.62O
out of possible 1900 points. =,
The hard-hitting Marines walked
away from the Navy. Infantry, cavalry
and Coast Guard, winning the national
trophy with the fine total OF 2,133
points. :.
310l Thirty-fourth street, runner-up
in the national individual event last
wednesday. was the only local expert
to make the service teams. He shot
272x300.
Mcmahon Scores.
Inspired by the 49x50 standing
score made yesterday by First Lieut..
Edward A. Mcmahon, Headquarters
and Service Company, 121st Engineers,
the local militia marksmen plugged
shot after shot into the bulls eye and
the four ring, finishing the offhand
200-yard rapid, 300-yard rapid and
the 600-yard slow fire stages a full 80
points behind the Washington National
Guard and California civilian teams.
Confident of their holding ability and
of the proWess of the team captain, JIG.
Jensen, in doping the wind" the
Guardsmen retired last night hoping
against hope that Saturday would bring
forth a gale.
Firing the first shot this morning at
the 1,00O-yard range in a wind that
plaved havoc with most of the teams,
Second Lieut.. Henry c. Espey, Company
F. 121st Engineers "lead-off" man, took
a 12-foot aiming correction and went In
for bulls eye.
With Jensen behind the telescope the
first pair, Espey and Mcmahon, each
scored 85xlO0, and gained points on
every one of the 95 teams except the
Devil Dogs.
When the smoke cleared away early
this afternoon, the field bulletin board
showed the Capital aggregation to have
totaled $50 points out of possible
| 900 at this over half mile range, two
more than scored by the United States
Infantry and % more than the United
States Cavalry
In the face of this display of marks
manship the crack washington State
Militia slipped to eighth place with
2,606 points, the Organized Reserves
took seventh with 2,615, and the Cali
fornia civilians sixth with 1920, the
latter being tied and outranked for
fifth honors by Capt. Jensens pupils
Receive Badges.
AS a result of this victory the follow
ing citizen soldiers of the District OF
Columbia will receive gold "distin-
guished marksman" badges from the
War Department, each one having
earned the necessary three legs.
First Lieut.. Hugh Everett. jr., Company
D, 121st Engineers; Second Lieut.
Henry c. Espey. Company E, same
regiment: Sergt. William r. Lane, win
ner last Wednesday of the citizens
military rifle championship, same COM
pany; Sergt. George B. Campbell, Com
pany C, same regiment, and Corp
Thomas A. Renau, Headquarters and
Service Company, same regiment
Capt. Clarence S. Shields. Company
E. was already distinguished. Will
First Lieut.. Thaddeus A. Riley of tbs
same company earned his last leg
Wednesday in the national individual
competition.
Today's victory is the biggest evel
won by either civilian or District OF Co
lumbia National Guard rifle team since
the national team match was instituted
by Congress in 1908. In that year the
militiamen took fourth place, but only
Is teams competed.
The members of the District OF Co
lumbia National Guard team and their
scores are as follows
Lieut.. T. A. Riley, 273x300: Lieut.. Ed
ward A. Mcmahon, 270; Lieut. Henry G.
Espey, 266; Capt. c. S. Shields, 265;
Sergt. Ge.-.-e B. Campbell, 1852; Corpl
Thomas A. Renau. same score; Sergt
w. r. Lane. 1858: Pvt. First CLASSY
Eugene A. Ross, Company C. 121st En-
gineers, 257; Corpl Phillip Geraci. Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery. 255, and
First Lieut.. Hugh Everett. 252
The teams captain is Just c. Jensen,
ordnance department. State staff. and
the team coach. Alex j. Thrill of the
same department.
The alternates are: First Sergt. Will
liam G.. Nicholson, 10Th Military Police
Company, and Capt. Jensen.
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