Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-12

TALK

Speaking Of skeet-
This form Of trap shooting Is
relatively new but Is taking a firm
hold en- the sporting clement in all
parts Of the country. It was orig
mated some ten or twelve years
ago. a group Of gunners headed
by the late Charles II. Davis. looked
about for some form Of wing shoot
ing practice that would permit the
use of their favorite brush guns
and offer a series of shots similar
to those met with in actual hunt
ing. They evolved a plan whereby
two traps were employed and III
which the gunners changed their
positions. In this manner all types
OF angling shots are obtained. The
traps are located at the opposite
ends Of the field. A round is shot
al single traps and then both traps
are released simultaneously. Gun
ners have 70 be Quick and accurate
TO get the two birds" travelling III
opposite directions across the field.
There are now four skeet clubs
in the Valley and two more arc
contemplated. There is orc az
Donna, N at Brownsville and
two at Point Isabel. Ranges for
Harrington and Roca Chica are
contemplated. Corpus Christi
now has a club in operation.
These ranges are springing Up
over the country. A Skeet OrganT-
zaticn was placed i'm operation
a Abilene last Sunday. This
form Of trap shooting Is one cs-
sentiany for hunters. They meet
the same conditions here that
they meet in the field.
Professionals and the old guard
Of regulation trap shooters are in
clined to scott at the new game
They stick to their Decline gun
merry and run up amazingly accu-
rate scores. But when they are
lured into a skeet shoot they usually
find themselves beaten by some
old time duck hunter.
The local club was out Tuesday
Afternoon and some expert puIver-
izing Of clay pigeons was done.
Bob Wade made two scores Of g
out Of possible 25s. Glowing
throughout his performance. w.
B. Walker. a visiting farmer from
n vicinity Of Harrington. also
broke p. In two other attempts
Walker made 20s and Iss.. Jim
my George was in good form,
turning in cards Of 81, 90 and Il.
Harry Richardson. as usual,
showed the boys how to speed up
the game with his rapid fire
dolble shots. He shot three
rounds. breaking Is. is and Is
birds"
M. Verduco. Matamoros customs
official. participated in the shoot as
the guest Of Vincent Stephenson.
The pair ran nip-and-tuck battles
but judging from the way they were
missing, wild game life in the VAL
ley Is not seriously menaced by
them. Cleve Tandy was in the
same boat. He declared that if his
score was printed he would declare
a boycott on Brownsville's best
evening paper. We cannot condone
suppression Of The news. however.
and viii emphatically state that his
score was under Is. Cleve had
been trying out his new 4-cylinder
cupboard motor at the Point earlier
in the day and excused himself on
the grounds Of "seasickness."
Hurt BatSelI Is such a shark al
skeet that he has abandoned the
regulation ~ gauge and taken 10
a .410. He came I'm for quite n
hit of good natural raiIeries as
the result. After a long streak Of
hits. the other skeeters began
suggesting that he use an air gun.
One even limited that he should
use a niger shooter" to make
things more e
The chief drawback 10 skeet
seems to be It's popularity. More
and more names are being added
TO the clubs rolls. The more
names the more shooters. The
more shooters the slower the game.
Four men can keep in action over
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