Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
CAPT. c. S. SHIELDS
PISTOL CHAMPION
Wins National Guard Honor
Shooting in Rain, Beat
ing Mcmahon.

Shooting in the rain, Capt. Clarence
S. Shields. Company e, 121st Engineers,
had the glorious feeling of coping the
individual pistol championship of the
District of Columbia National Guard
and of leading his company to victory
in the annual pistol team championship
event, which was inaugurated yesterday
at Camp Simms, Congress Heights.
First Lieut.. Edward A. Mcmahon,
Headquarters and Service Comapnay,
l21st Engineers, who was in the lead
with an average of 96.17 per cent when
Shields went to the barrier, was nosed
out of the title by Ol6 per cent and
was awarded the silver medal from the
field of So competitors, the largest
entry list since the World War.
Mcmahon also earned another silver
prize when the Headquarters and Serv-
ice Company finished second In the
team event with a COLL average, just
OBI per cent behind e Company.
Last years champion. Capt. just G.
Jensen, Ordnance Department, slipped
back to third place yesterday with
94.67 score. Shooting AZ a member of
the State staff, he won second bronze
medal when his team took third with
an 1857 per cent tally.
Over Qualification Course.
All firing was over the qualification
course prescribed by the War Depart
ment for dismounted officers and enlist
ed men armed with the Colt 0.45-caliher
automatic pistol 1t consists of two
5-Shot strings, slow-f1re, at 5-inch
bull's-eye 25 yards away; two 5-shot
strings, first in Is seconds each at IS
yards, and then in IL seconds each at
is yards; and three 5-shot strings from
rs YARDS at the "bobber," an olive drab
silhouette of a soldier in the kneeling
position which is alternately exposed 3
seconds and hidden 2 seconds.
The team match comprised the scores
made by three men from any company
or detachment; an individuals team
score also counting for the champion
ship event. The team results are as
follows:
Gold medals, Company E, 121st
Engineers.
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Team average NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s5.S7
Seven other Teams.
The following seven teams also fired:
Company D, 121st Engineers, 1885;
Headquarters Detachment, goth DiV-
sion, 1880; Company B, 12lst Engineers,
1851; Battery C, 260th Coast Artillery,
1898; Company A, 121st Engineers,
66.48; 29th Military Police Company,
64.46, and Headquarters and Combat
Train, 26Oth Coast Artillery, 55.05.
Since all competitors fired over the
regular qualifying course the following
we're awarded insignia appropriate to
their skill:
Pistol expertS-Shields, Mcmahon
Jensen, First Sergt. William G. .Nichol-
son, Company e; First Lieut.. James r.
Quade, Company A, 1857 per cent; First
Lieut.. Hugh Everett, jr, Company d,
same score; Corpl. Donald A. Falk,
Headquarters and Service Company,
9283; Staff Sergt Alexander Thrill, State
Staff, 9233: First Lieut. Walter r.
Stokes. Medical Detachment. 121st En-