Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-02
RIFLE CHAMPIONS
KEEP TWO TITLES
Company {, 121st Engineers,
and Sergt. 7. L. HarreII
Win at Camp Simms.

Two champions successfully beat Of
I'll attacks yests rday IA tie annual riff
matches ~ the District Of Columbia
National Guard AZ Camp Simms. Con
rreas he .glts. when Company z. i2isi
Engineers copped tho rife team cham
pionship fer the sixth consecutive year
END Sergt Theodore T. Harreii Ord
rance Detachment made It two years
IN row for the individual champion
FtiD
Company n. scoring s5s points out
81 . possible ? 90 points 20 retain DOS
fession of the Soldier Of Marathon
Trophy had a tough job on its hands
10 keep Company marksmen from
bobbinR 20 the surface and lust did
manage 90 beat them cut by nine
points.
Taking four point lead at 200 yards
prone. Company F experts dropped
three points TO the silver medal winners
81 the sitting and kneeling stage. then
tied them ofihand, gained three points
on them in rapid IRE beat them I'VE
points In the 300-yard sitting and
kneeling stage, and pushed" with them
at 500 yards
Wins Cup by Single Point.
Third place and bronze medals were
won by a dark horse Company +,
12ist Engineers. former cellar" cham
pion OF all rife contests, which scored
1913.
In capturing the Senators Cup and
gold medal. SerRt HaTrell fell six points
shy Of his last years 34l-point record
total but nosed out First Lieut.. Walter
r.. Stokes. Medical Detachment, l2lst
Engineers, by a single point. The bronze
badge was taken by Sergt. Henry M.
Boudinot, Company e, l21st Engineers,
with a 1871
All three Of these yoteless citizen
soldiers have been members Of cham
pionship George Washington University
indoor rife teams OF past years. The
individual championship event repre-
sented the aggregate of the scores made
in the experts, 300-yard and 600-yard
competitions.
Riley Takes Gold Medal.
The 300-yard event, consisting of five
shots sitting and five shots kneeling
at a lO-inch bulls-eye, was won by
First Lieut. Thaddeus A. Riley Head
quarters, 12lst Engineers, with 48
points out OF a possible so. Sergt
Herrell shot 40 for silver medal hon.
ors and Pvt. First Class Milton r
Kurland, former Central High School
star, scored a high ranking as for the
bronze prize.
A Appoint tally in the 600-yard
match, comprising two sighting and 10
record shots at a 20-inch bulPs-eye,
meant another gold medal for Lieut..
Riley. Lieut.. Stokes also shot g 4S,
but was tied and outranked into sec
ond place Sergt Harrell won the
bronze badge and clinched the individ-
ual championship with AZ.
Team Scores Listed.
Members of the various company
team prize winners and their individual
scores are as follows.
: Company T., l2lst Engineers, gold
medals and trophy; Stad Sergt Harry
b. Parsons, high gun OF the match, 1928
points out of a possible $780, Sergt.
Henry M. Boudinot, 3I9; Second Lieut..
William r. Lane, team captain and
coach, 3l8; Pvt. (First Class William
A. Copeland, whose possible so at 200
yards prone was the only perfect score
IN slow fire during the day, $40; Pvt.
CFirst Glass; Sterling Z. Chambers, SOC;
Pvt. (First Glass; John S. Batman, PIT,
and Pvts. (First Glass; Richard G.
Weigle and Milton r. Kurland, alter
mates.
Silver medals. Company Ascend
Lieut. Edward d. >Andrus, 1926; Sergt
Walter f. Jessup 500; Pvt. First Glass
&uHlIc ~. MibCitAt olot Obdil DeiBb.
Franklin r. Brickles. team coach, 3l3;
Pvt. First Glass; Wallace M. Hales,
1855; Pvt. Albert G. johnson, 2S4, and
First Lieut.. James r. Quade, team
captain.
Bronze medals. Company Pvt.
John Brightenberg, 800; Staff Sergt.
Leon NJ. Smith, $40; First Lieut. Ed
ward A. Mcmahon, team coach. 3l7:
Second Lieut.. Edward O. Hamilton,
294; Sergt. Ernest M Hatfield, 291
Pvt. (First Glass; Ural S. Fisher, 276,