Evening star., 1928-09-10
CAPITAL MEN AID
j. S. RIFLE VICTORY
Americans Retain DeWar
Cup With World Rec
ord Score.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

| CAMP PERRY, Ohio, September 10
The United States retains possession OF
the Dewar Cup by winning the inter-
national small bore team match yester.
day with the world record score of e.
$50 points out of a possible 5000.
Great Britain's unofficial score of T.
$50 was q points over the record set
| here last year by the United States.
Two Capital riflemen, David S. Nc
Dougal, 1746 K street northwest, West
ern High School phenomenon, and Capt
Just G. Jensen, Guard Ordnance De-
partment, State staff, materially aided
their country'S victory by shooting 395
points out of a possible 400 and 394
points, respectively. They received silver
medals.
Although eligible, teams of Australia
canada, South Africa and India did MOI
compete.
Fired on Home Ranges.
The match is fired on the home range
OF the competitor and results are ex-
changed by cable Great lyritain's Of
ticial observer here was Col r. j. Bird
whistle, secretary of the Dominion of
Canada Rifle Association.
Firing OF the whole team must take
place on one day, each man shooting
20 record shots at each of the 5O-yard,
0.89-inch bull's-eye and the 100, 2-inch
bull's-eye.
Ralph H. Mccarthy, 1882 Quincy
street northwest, National Capital Rifle
Club, was appointed an assistant coach
and Gunnery Sergt Ollie M. Schriver,
United States Marine Corps, 1414 v
street northwest, coach of Central High s
markSmen, served as alternate
1lyy a.
International Railwaymen's team was
first Lieut.. Hugh Everett, jr., Company
d, 121St Engineers, Southern Railway
employe, who finished sixth among the
20 shooters with total of 388. The
Dewar course was fired.
Since scores from the Canadian rail-
waymen. who also fired yesterday, have
not been received and since England
Goes not fire until September %, it is
not known how the United States total
Of 7,709 points will compare with the
| others. Col. BirdwhiStle was also the
foreign observer in this competition.
Lose East-West Match.
! Four members of the National Capital
Rifle Club fired in the East and West
Match, an eight-man team event calling
for 10 shots each at so, 100 and zoe
yards. The East team, scoring 1929 out
of 2,400, finished IA points behind The
West.
Leo Kasehagen, Sd, 1248 Irving street
northwest, led his team with 287 points
out of possible 800. Other scores were
Richard G. Radue, 1912 Monroe street
northeast, 281; David S. McDougal, 1746
< street northwest, 279, and Ralph Nc
Garity, 269.
In the morning the unoccupied rifle.
ViCifOrC
messed a demonstration of fancy pistol
rifle and shotgun shooting by Capt a
H. Hardy, Los Angeles. His most diff.
cult trick was ejecting a .22-caliber bul.
let from repeating rifle and shooting
1t before 1t hit the ground.
Demonstrate Compensation.
Col. Richard M Cults, 3101 Thirty.
fourth street northwest, Ordnance De.
partment, United States Marine Corps
and his son gave practical demonstra.
ton OF their invention, the Cults com.
penSator, that il being put to field test.
In Nicaragua. 1t is device that wher
screwed to the muzzle of an automatic
rifle or machine gun counteracts the
upward kick and at the same time re.
ouces the reco1l to such an amount tha
either weapon could safely be fired with
the butt held against the pit of one!
stomach.
Most of the local markSmen were eye.
witnesses at about o'clock to the trag.
edy that spoiled the afternoon program
given by the Air Service The larges
crowd OF visitors that had ever come
out to Camp Perry were lined up alon;
the shore of Lake Erie when a group O.
six pursuit planes, flying in squadron
formation, passed less than 100 feet owe
the crowded shore diVed hawklike will
tremendous speed at paper target ii
the lake and zoomed up with one plan,
missing. The latter evidently could no
stand the terrific strain, shot straigh
into the water we'll within $50 yards @
shore, exploded and disappeared in TIN
312 feet of water.
The pilot, j. c. Soper, Selfridge Field
Mich. was extricated in about 20 min
utes in an unconscious condition, bu
did not live until the ambulance reached
a Port Clinton Hospital.