The Washington times., 1929-09-05
CIVILIAN TAKES
MARINE RIFLE
TROPHY
BY HOWARD G. MAYER


CAMP PERRY, Ohio Sept. IL U.SE
/ Richard W. Ballard, civilian. DEN.
YER, Colo, Yesterday won the Marine
| Corps Cup matches against q field
Of ] ,3A5 opponents. His score was 80,
over a course which called for firing
at 500 and 900 yards.
| This Is the first time since 1918
| that this match has not been won
by military man. The other nine
high men finished In the following
order:
sergt. James Moseley, Alabama
| N. g.. of Tuscaloosa; Capt. Jacob
LIenhard, Marine Corps: Victor
HessleP. Marines; Lieut.. Van r. Rath.
bun. Navyl Lieut.. T. aE. Gallbreath,
29th Y. 8. Infantry; Sergt. III. p.
Grove, Marines; Lieut.. A. p. Will
liams, Pennsylvania n, G., of Upper
Darby; Capt. w. b. Wilson. Infantry;
and G v. Nordhus, civilian, Of High.
land Park, ILL.,.
The first three who followed Bal.
lard all fired 80. but he won on the
centering Of his SHOTS within the
bulfs.eYe. The Fenaining six all
fired sS. These scores were among
the highest ever fired in this match
Eight Perfect Scores
Eight entries out Of IT'S firing
over q 900-yard range for the Scott
| Trophy managed to fire perfect
scores. The award of the trophy,
however. was made to Lieut. A. d.
Kramer. of the y. s. Navy. He had
the greatest number Of shots in the
center of the buIl's-eye.
| II
match were: Seaman M. NJ. Crider,
Navy. Is: Corp. A. 3. Laurence,
Marines. Is. r. Y. Brown, civilian,
Little Rock, Ark. Is; Corp. J. I.
! Laine. Marines, IS: G. V. Schmitt
civilian, Minnea polls. Mimi. IS;
Lieut.. A. p. williams Pennsyivania
National Guard Of Upper Darby, rs;
Lieut.. J. II. Michael. Arizona Ma.
! tiHnal Guard. OF Tucson. Is: First
Lieut.. w. r. Biddle, Cavalry. II; Sec.
ond Lieut.. J. J. Tavern. Marines, ~;
rOxswain Leo Mlynczak. Navy, a;
! Ensign u. y. Rittenhouse. NAVY. "A:
Capt. J. B. GrieT. Delaware National
Guard. Of Wilmington. "a: Lieut.. d.
J. DER. Nebraska National Guard,
Of Lincoln. ~. and Sergt. G.. Mar.
chiidon. Maine National Guard, Of
Augusta. ~.
OliiOan Il Victor
A. A. Smith OF Toledo, Ohio. won
tie Civilian Club members match
with score Of 81 out of a possible
| 100.
| In number Of points made, Smith
tied two other marksmen but won
after an examination OF the targets
| showed thai his shots were all
closer to the center of the bulls.
eye than taoEe Of his opponents.
The high 10 in the order in which
they finished are: L. f. Wilson.
Cashmere, Wash. score. S6; z. o.
swanson, Minneapolis Mimi. Ss.
W. l.. Wilson Erie. Pa, S5; f. H.
Harnois, Lynn, Mass, 95: r. r.
EuffalO. KeDosha. Wis, -: l. w
Ellis, Muitnomah Ore, -: w, l..
Bruce, Cheyenne. WyO., %: O. r,
Wuesterberg. Eidridge, Iowa. "a;
=: M. Andersen Des Moines, Iowa.
Medals for Winners
The course called for 10 shots slow
fire standing and 10 shots rapid fire
kneelinE or sitting from standing at
200 yards. with any military rifle.
The winner received a gold medal,
second a silver medal The others
who finished In the first 10 were
awarded bronze medals provided by
the National Rifle Association.
There were 3O2 competitors. They
included the foremost civilian marks.
men OF America. W. L. Bruce. who
finished eighth. returned a few DAYS
ago from Stockholm, Sweden, where
ne fired on the United States Free
Rifle team which competed In the
International free rifle matches. The
United States team finished a close
second to the Swiss. who won the
/ match
Thaner Hill. of the ST. Louis, Mo-,
police department. won the indi,
Vidual pistol championship of the
National Rifle Association with a
score of 2S1 out of a possible 800.
Arthur Sackett, of the New York
city police department. was second
and First Sergt. Nj. Huff. of the
| United States Marines Was third