Evening star., 1932-11-07
WINS RIFLE TITLE
|AT GUARD MATCHES.
State Detachment Team
Scores 1858 Points Out
of Possible 1900.

Guard which were ordered by Maj.
Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding gen.
e1al, terminated yesterday at Camp
| Simms, Congress Heights, when the
State detachment team, comprising
members of the ordnance and quarter
| master departments. scored 1853 points
out of a possible 1900 and won the
service rife championship over eight
competing teams
| Although extremely handicapped by
| not being armed with the service rifle
| and not being entitled to sing'e round
| of ammunition under existing Militia
| Bureau regulations, the State detach-
/ nlent aggregation finished So points
ahead of its nearest rival, Company e,
| 121st Enginee:s, and waS awarded the
i Soldier of Marathon Trophy and gold
! medals. Company F. same regiment,
totaled 1,626 for the bronze medals
The event was open to one team of
six shooting members and one team
captain from each company. battery or
| separate detachment, it being manda-
| tory that at least three of the shooters
! be novices Fifty shots per man over
! the 200yard qualification course and 10
| shots at 600 yards comprised the course
| of fire.
Field Is Restricted.
! The automatic rife team champion
| ship was only open to one team of two
| men from any unit armed with that
| weapon and was handily won by Com
pany F. 121st Engineers, with score
of 773 points out of a possible 1000
Corpl John w. Brightenburg, George
Washington University star. helped
Company F to win the Victoria Trophy
, and gold medals by reason Of his 39l
tally. the highest score of the match. |
Corpl. Brightenburg and several others |
| experienced a new sensation in their |
shooting careers when they were forced |
to sight the targets through clouds of !
steam during the latter part of their |
rapid fire strings Fcrty shots through |
a rifle barrel in 10 seconds liberate con-
siderable heat, and no small number |
of yesterdays rainorops sputtered into |
steam upon striking the redhot barrels |
of the automatics.
Silver medals were awarded Com |
pany B. which rang up 739 points, and |
the bronze medals went to Company c
with 724
The individual scores of the partici- |
pants are as follows: Company F, 12lst :
Engineers - Corpl Brightenburg, 391, |
and Corpl. George Mcmahon, 387; total, !
773.
Campany B, silver medals - Pvts |
and Frank j. Romph 364: total 739
Campany c = Pvts. First Glass; !,
Richard A. Hamilton, 367, and William
j. Hill, 357; total, 1874
Company E Corpl Leo c. Streit- /
berger 377, and Pvt Carl Pohlig 3l8; !
total COS |
Company D-Pvts John S. Hoffman,
325. and Egbert J. Ice. 3l6; total. Gal. |
Company A-Corpl, Gilbert S. Wild, |
Y
Andres, 24l total 576.
Capture Gold Medals.
Service rifle championship State de- /
tachment, gold medals-Corpl Eugene !
A. Ross 295; Sergt. Theodore L. Har-
rell, 287; Pvt George F. Kern, 1885, Pvt. /
Edwin Staubus. 278, and Pvt. Jack H. |
Young, 273, all members of the Ord
nance Department; and Sergt Harold !
A. Mayer, 269; team total, 1858.
Company E, l2lst Engineers, silver |
medals-Sergt. Henry M Boudinot, who !
also enabled his company to win sec
| ond place in the pistol team champion
| ship last Sunday, 288x300; Staff Sergt. !
Harry B. Parsons, 279; Corpl Thomas
G.. Oyster, 273; First Lieut.. William r.
Lane, 272; Corpl. Martin L. Green,
268; Pvt. Carl Pohlig $50; Corpl L. c. !
Streitberger, team captain, and Sergt. !
Baxter Smith, team coach; total, 1880 !
Company F, 12lst Engineers, bronze
Mahon. team coach, 292; Corpl. Bright !
enburg, $50; Second Lieut.. Donald A. !
Falk, 274; Corpl. Joseph S. Greco, 265 |
Pvt. Allan r. Groom. 259 and Corpl |
George Mcmahon, 256; Capt George
w. Johns. team captain; total, 1926. !
Company A. 12lst Enginesrs-Sergt |
Walter E. Jessop, team coach. 285; First |
Lieut.. James r. Quade, 279; Sergt. /
James r. Mitchell, 277; Corpl. G. S. !
Wild, 275; Pvt. First Class j. E. En- |
dres, 264. and Pvt. First Glass; Steph- |
en- Rcskos, 240; Capt George L. Evans, |
team captain; total. 1920.
Company C. 121st Engineers-Second
Lieut.. Franklin r. Brickles, team coach,
$50: Pvt. James A. Bladen, 272; First
Lieut.. Luther B. Hall. 262; Team Capt. !
| William F.. Jorgensen. 26l; Pvt. Roger
Beales, 259, and Sergt Nicholas Smedile, |
258; team total, 1892
Headquarters and Service Company, !
12lst Engineers-First Lieut.. Hugh
Everett, jr. team coach, 277; Technical
Sergt. Frank B. Kaye. 275: Technical
Sergt. Charles Dunn. 268: Sergt. Caesar
A. Carballo. 268; Pvt. Jose j. Carballo, !
! 260; Pvt. First Glass; James v. Fall
very, 218, and Capt. Walter S. Welsh,
team captain; total, 1866.
Stand Watch in Rain.
Company B, 121st Engineers-Corpl
Harold Davidson. 273; Capt. William
/ Mushakc, team coach. 269; Pvt.
Frank R. Harper, 262; Second Lieut.
/ Edward o. Hamilton, 256 Corpl. Will
liam 2. Barkes, 252; Pvt. Fred T.
Haines, 238, and First Lieut. Cooper B.
| Rhodes. team captain; total. 1850.
Company D, 121st Engineers: Sergt
Raymond L. Taylor, 267; Staff Sergt.
Chauncey H Patterson, 255: Sergt. Ed
ward M. Morris, 242; Second Lieut.
John j. O'Neill. 240; Pvt. Richard P
Graham, 235; Corpl Louis Gallun. 1876,
and Capt. Samuel r. Turner, team
captain. Total, 1,424.
+ The ambulance and several snappy
oorpmen of the 260th Coast Artillery,
Medical Detachment, under the super
vision Of Maj. Stewart M. Grayson,
medical officer, stood watch in the rain
for 10 long hours over the citizen SCI
diers. waiting for the unexpected to
happen. which didn't.
Other officials of the competition
were: Capt. Just c. Jensen, Ordnance
Department, State Staff, executive Off
Ger and chief range officer; Lieut..
Thaddcus A. Riley, Headquarters, 121st
Engineers, statistical officer; Lieut..
David W. Milne, Special Troops, 29th
Division, chief pit officer and Lieut..
Henry B. Cockrell, Quartermaster Corps,
State Staff, mess officer.