Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-06-12
SPORTS
TALK
Speaking of skeet-

Speaking Of skeet-
This form Of trap shooting Is
relatively new but is taking a firm
hold on the sporting element in all
parts Of the country. 1t was orig
mated some ten or twelve years
ago. A group Of gunners headed
BY the late Charles +. 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 i'm actual hunt
ing. They evolved a plan whereby
two traps were employed and i'm
which the gunners changed their
positions. In this manner all types
Of angling shots are obtained. The
traps are located al the opposite
ends Of the field. "A round Is shot
at single traps and then both traps
are released simultaneously. Gun
ners have to be quick and accurate
20 get the two birds" travelling in
opposite directions across the field.
There r now four skeet clubs
TN the Valley and two more are
contemplated. There Is one at
Donna. one al Brownsville and
two at Point Isabel. Ranges for
Harlingen and Roca Chica are
contemplated. Corpus Christi
now has a club IN operation.
These ranges are springing up
ever the country. A skeet Organf-
ration was placed I'm operation
al Abilene last Sunday. This
form Ct trap shooting Is one es-
SeDtially for hunters. They meet
the same conditions here that
they meet In the field.
Professionals and the old guard
o. regulation trap shooters are in
clined 70 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
afternOn and some expert puIver-
ling Of clay pigeons was done.
Bob Wade made two scores Of %
ont Of possible 25s. Glowing
throughout his performance. ".
r. Walker. a visiting farmer from
the vicinity OF Harrington. also
broke %. In two other attempts
Walker made 2Os and ISIS. Jim
my George was in good form.
turning in cards OF 81, % and II.
Harry Richardson. a. usual.
showed the bows how to speed up
the game with his rapid fire
double shots. He shot three
rounds. breaking is. Is and rs
birds"
NJ. Verduso, Matamoros customs
official. participated in the shoot as
the guest Of Vincent Stephenson.
The pair al 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 i'm the
same boat. He declared that II his
score was printed he would declare
a boycott on Brovnsville's best
evening paper. We cannot condone
suppression Of the news. however.
and will 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 BatScll is such a shark al
skeet that he has abandoned the
regulation 10 gauge and taken to
n .4i0. He came I'm for quite a
bit Of good natural raiIeries az
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 even.
The chief drawback 10 skeet
seems to be its 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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