Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
TARGET TROPHIES
WON BY ENGINEERS
National Guard Tournament
Draws Largest List in
History of Meet.

The annual automatic rife and pis-
toll tournament of the District of Co.
lumb.a National Guard, which was
held yesterday at Camp Simms, Con-
gresS Heights, by order Of Mai. Gen.
Anton Stephan, commanding general.
brought out the greatest number of
competitors in the history of the meet.
Company A, 121st Engineers, aver
aged zoos per cent to outclass 10 three
man teams and win gold medals in the
pistol team championship, while Com
pany E, same regiment scored 779
points out of a possible 1000 to lead
five two-man aggregations and retain
the Victoria Trophy offered in the au-
tomato rifle contest.
Pair Run Neck and Neck.
Staff sergt. Harry B. Parsons Com
pany E. and Capt. William A. Mushake,
Company B, led the field of SO COM
petitors and ran neck and neck for the
individual pistol title, each averaging
94.67 per cent. Parsons was awarded
the gold medal, however, because of
higher score at IS yards rapid fire, the
stage last in order in the prescribed
course of fire. The bronze medal went
to Maj Clarence S. Shields, l2lst En-
gineerS, for his "a tally.
Following the example set by his cap
tain, Pvt. Harold P. Davidson. Company
b led the list of novices and COPIED
gold medal This event was open to
those who had never before fired on
pistol team representing the District OF
Columbia National Guard or any part
thereof. Sergt. Maurice L. Rogers,
Headquarters Detachment. Special
Troops, 29th Division, won silver honors
with 8489 per cent, and First Sergt
7 p
Coast Artillery, took the bronze prize
with 80.55.
Ordnance Group Second.
Second place in the pistol team cham
pionship was taken by the Ordnance
Department, State Staff, which aver
aged 1857, the bronze badges going to
the Headquarters Detachment, goth
Division, with 8489 per cent.
All firing in the pistol events was
over the qualification course prescribed
by the Wa Department for dismounted
officers and enlisted men armed with
the Colt .45-caliber automatic pistol.
1t consists Of ten shots, slow fire, at a
5-jnch bull's-eye IS yards away two
5-shot strings. first in IL seconds each
at Is yards and then in Is seconds each
at IS yards, and three 5-shot strings
from IS yards at the 'bobber," an olive
drab silhouette of soldier in the
kneeling position, which is alternately
exposed and hidden for 3-second in
tervalS
Engineers Get Good Score.
Scoring 758x1 900, Company A, 121st
Engineers, was a good second in the
automatic rife event, which consisted
of 10 shots at a 20-inch bulls eye,
slow fire, first from the sitting posi-
ton at 200 yards and then from prone
at 800 yards; 40 shots in 70 seconds,
sitting, 200 yards, at prone silhouette
target, and 40 shots in 80 seconds,
prone, 300 yards, same target. Com
pany c, 121st Engineers, finished third
with $50 points.
The members of the prize-winning
teams and their individual scores are as
follows: Pistol champions and gold
medal winners, Company A, 12lst En-
gineers-Second Lieut., Edward D. An
lin r. Brickles, 91.50, and First Lieut.
James r. Quade, 1888.
other Medals Awarded.
Silver medal winners, Ordnance De-
partment, State Staff-Staff Sergt Alex
j. Thrill, 1851; Capt. Just C.. Jensen,
$3.50. and Sergt. Theodore L. Harrell,
so.
Bronze medals, Headquarters Detach-
ment. Goth Division-Staff Sergt. Dom
aid A. Falk, 91.83; Sergt. Maurice L.
Rogers, 84.89. and Second Lieut.. David
W. Milne, 1874.
Automatic rifle champions and win
ners of the Victoria Trophy and gold
medals: Company E, 121st Engineers
Sergt. Baxter Smith, who is holder of
the course record of 419x500 and who
was high gun for the day with Ali
points, and Corpl. Leo c. Streitberger.
1853.
Silver medals, Company A-Sergt.
Walter E. Jessop, 403, and Staff Sergt.
F. r. Brickles, 355.
Bronze medals. Company C-Pvt
William H Barnes, 80, and Corpl. Al
len Peck, 249.