Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-24
RECORDS ARE'MADE.
/ At PISTOL MATCH.
Lieut.. Hugh Everett, Jr., and
n Company E Make High
Co., Scores at Camp.

Two records were made yesterday in
The annual District Of Columbia National
Guard pistol matches at Camp Sirnms,
Congress Heights, when First Lieut..
Hugh Everett, IT., Second Battalion
Headquarters, 121st Engineers, scored
In the individual Championship, and
Company e, l21st Engineers, averaged
cas- per cent to outdistance IL Coast
Artillery and Engineer teams in the
team championship event.
In shooting his record score, Lieut..
Everett made 90 at slow-f1re, 95 at
rapid fire, and hit IS consecutive bob
hing targets at quick-f1re. First Lieut..
Edward A. Mcmahon, Headquarters and
old record Of 97.33 in 1927, shot 94.5
yesterday for the silver medal, and STAFF
Sergt. Alex j. Thill, Ordnance Depart
ment, State STAFF, hit $3.50 per cent for
the bronze medal. Sergt. Thill was also
winner of third place honors in the
recent individual rifle championship
event.
Out Of the IA participants in the
novice match, which was open to those
who had never attended the national
matches at. Camp Perry, Ohio. or who
had never represented any part OF the
District Militia in local team compete
lions, Pvt Gilbert L. johnson, Company
e, 121st Engineers, was best with 1871
per cent, while Pvt. CFirst Glass; Louis
A Barr, Battery G. 260th Coast Artil-
lery, was practically as good with 1896
per cent They were awarded gold and
silver medals, respectively, the bronze
going to First Lieut.. Percy o. Huff, also
Of Battery G, who garnered 1857.
Company E Goes Ahead.
nv winning the team championship
Company z not only increased ttA last
years record of 9092, but, having won
the automatic and service rife cham
pionshipS last month, earned the right
to the all-around sma1l-arms cham
pionship for the second consecutive
Capt. Clarence S. Shields, the only
members Of the 121st Engineers to hold
the War Department rating of dis
tinguished pistol expert" led their COM
pany to victory with scores Of $40 and
o1.83, respectively. Sergt. Harry B.
Parsons was good third with 91.67.
A team from the Ordnance Depart
ment, State staff, consisting of Pvt.
Hermann T.. Harris, who scored 92.s4:
Sergt. Theodore L. Herrell, $3.50. and
Capt. Just c. Jensen, 86.77, averaged
1914 per cent for the silver medals;
and team No. 2, State staff, comprising
v.
master Corps, 9317; STAFF Sergt. Thill,
Crandall, Quartermaster Corps, 7i00.
averaged $3.50 for the bronze badges
The following teams also competed:
Battery 3. 260th Coast Artillery, SAIL
Headquarters Detachment, 29th Dfyi-
sion, 1916; Headquarters and Service
Company, 121st Engineers, 1872; Com
pany B, l21st Engineers, 7759; Battery
G, 260tf. Coast Artillery, 7l.79; Head
quarters Detachment and Combat Train,
260th Coast Artillery, 65.76; Battery Z.
260th Coast Artillery, 62.81; Battery A,
260th Coast Artillery, 1918. and Com
pany C, 121st Engineers, 57.96.
Course Is Prescribed.
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-caliber
automatic pistol. 1t consists Of two
5-shot strings, slow-fire, at a 5-inch
bulls-eye IS 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-sl1ot strings
from Is yards ut the "bobber," an olive
drab silhouette of a soldier in the
kneeling position which Is alternately
exposed and hidden for s-second
intervals. - - as ~ ~
Inasmuch as all competitors shot the
qualifying course, the following become
entitled to wear the insignia appropriate
to their skill: y.
Pistol experts--Lieut. Everett. s7.6T:
Lieut.. Mcmahon, o4.5; Stan Sergt. Thill,
1888; Sergt. Harreli, % 90: Pvt. Harris,
$50; Capt. Shields, o2.5; Capt. william
]. Mushake. Company B. 121st Engi-
neers. who helped the metropolitan po-
lice team a week ago, 81 o; First Lieut..
Walter r. Stokes, Medical Detachment,
121st Engineers, 1898: Sergt Andrls,
90.06: Capt, ,Bernsdorff, S9.5: Serst.
Franklin R. Brickles, 89l7; First Lieut..
Thaddeus A. Riley. Company z, 13fst
Engineers. 1878; Sergt. G. L. johnson,
winner of the novice event. 1871; Pvt.
(first class Barr, 87.56; Lieut.. P. o.
1851.
Pistol sharpshooters--Corp. Robert
Mooney. Headquarters Detachment and
Combat Train, 260th Coast Artillery,
S4.1l: Pvt. William r. Colbert. Head
quarters Detachment, 29th Division,
S3S; Staff Sergt. William F. Edmonds.
jr., Battery A. 260th Coast Artillery,
S3.11; Sergt. Harry B. Parsons, Com
pany E.. 12lst Engineers, 1881; Second
Lieut.. oswald II. MlInore, baJJery d,
260th Coast Artillery, 8256: Pvt Eugene
A. Ross, Ordnance Department. State
Detachment, $3.50; Corp. Walter E.
Jessop, Company A, 12lst Engineers,
Gill; Pvt. John w. Eckersley, Com
pany b. l21st Engineers, 1922; Corp.
Philip G. Geraci, Ordnance Depart
ment, State Detachment, 1857: Master
Sergt. Thomas p. Baxter, Headquarters
Detachment. goth Division. 1917; Pvt.
Donald A. Falk. Headquarters Detach-
ment. Goth Division, 1898. and Capt.
William T. Roy, 29th Military Po-
lice Company, 1922.
Others Are Qualified.
Pistol marksmen-Staff Sergt. Baxter
Smith, Company E. l2lst Engineers,
7794; Corpl. Edward E. Borlick, Com
pany z. l2lst Engineers. 77.89: Corpl.
Clarence A. Rhoden. Battery B, 260th
Coast Artillery. 1867; Corpl. John F.
Burns, Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery,
1922; Pvt (First Glass; John M. Gran
dali, Quartermaster Corps. State De-
tachment. 1888; Corpl. John A. Iyerson,
Battery A, 260th Coast Artillery, 1906:
Second Lieut.. Clifton w. Royston. Bat
terry A, 260th Coast Artillery. 1851 !;
First Lieut. Willard L. Hammer, Head