The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1931-06-12
STATE TRAP SHOOT.
Baltimore Marksman Wins
Doubles Championship

DOUBLES championship
F. N. Rosebery, of Baltimore,
earned the Maryland double target
championship at Elkton Friday after
noon by defeating A. R. Wetzel, of
Woodbine, in shoot-off in the
feature of, the annual Maryland
trapshooting championship of the
Maryland State Sportsmen's Associa-
ton on the grounds of the Elkton
Gun Club.
Major L. w. T. Waller, of Will
mington, headed the doubles field
with a 46, one more than Rosebery
and Wetzel garnered, but, being a
nonresident, he was ineligible for
the title.
Hugh Fall, of Port Deposit, walked.
off with the honors of professionals
when he shattered Al blue rocks to
lead Lynn Worthington, by three
birds. In the race for prize money
in this division, Walker gained the
award in Class /, while L. L.
Siegert topped Class A. H. C. Viii
liams grabben the spoils in Class 2
and S. o. S. Graham in Class 3.
Although Norm Wright, of Will
mington, rang up a string of 100
targets, H. C. Krout, of Maryland
Line, established himself in the lead
for the Maryland single target cham
pionship for amateurs by SCATTERING
SO claya to maintain one-bird
margin over DR.. O. T. Brice, of
Annapolis.
r. M. Lee, of Monkin, succeed
ed C. B. Osborne, of Aberdeen, as
singles champion after a stubborn
series of shoot-offs with H. C. Krout,
of Maryland Line, O. T. Price, of
Annapolis, and L. E. Chilcoat, of
Parkton, in the final 100 target event
on Saturday.
Lee, who missed his two-hundred-
tn bird, shot so extra targets before
gaining the title. Lew Abrahams,
of Port Deposit, and Sewell Dixon,
|of Galesville, were in the battling
until the end to turn in totals of 1913,
while the professional diadem went
to H. Lynn Worthington, of Balti-
more, for the twelfth time. Worth
ington turned in a 1872, one better
than Hugh Falls, of Port Deposit.
Falls added to his doubles title the
professional all-around crown, hav-
lug 316 out of $50 for the singles,
doubles and handicap champion
ships. This latter event went to Leo
Sehaab, of Elkton, under whose
direction the two-day event was
staged. Schaab cracked 81 clays to
earn his title. George Clark, of
Eastport, lied the amateurs in the
handicap in this division, shooting
from the 21-yard mark, and o. T.
Brice, of Annapolis, gained the
laurels in high over all with 326 out
of $50.
In the 16-yard singles, Lee, as
champion, heads Class A for 1881,
while The leaders of the other divis-
ions are: R. M. Boam, Belair, with a
1870 in Class B; L. L. Seigert, of
Galesville, with a 1873 in Class C, and
DIR. R. P. Bay, of Baltimore, with
1875 in Clasa D.
Numerous shoot-offs were neces-
sary to determine prize winners, the
most interesting of these being be-
tween Arthur "A. Armour, of Far
mingtou, and Ike Turner, of Viii
mington, for the Class A award in
Saturdays singles program.
After attempting to break the tie
twice with Is shots, the two compel
itors agreed to let the handicap title
decided the issue. In this also they
were knotted, so that third series of
Is was necessary. This time Turner
triumphed by single clay.
Norm Wright, of Wilmington,
who broke 100 straight Friday, back
ed it up with a 81 to be high man in
the singles, but being from out of
this State was ineligible for the