The Washington times., 1935-03-30
OREGON j. WINS
SENIOR TEST IN
HEARST SHOOT
BY LIEUT.. COL. JESS KRUGER


University of oregon wins the
senior sharpshooting champion.
ship among the nations r. o. T.
c. cadets.
Greenbrier Military School, Of
LeWisburg, w. Va, stands first
in craftsmanship among the mil.
itary academies.
Canon City High School, Of
Canon City, Colo. brings honor
to this little-heard.of town by tax.
ing the national title in the hotly
contested Junior division.
500 Teams Compete
The above results of the 1885
national matches for the william
Randolph Hearst trophies were Of.
ficially announced by the War De-
partment yesterday. More than
500 teams, representing educa.
tional institutions in every sec
ton of the United States and its
possessions. competed.
Competitive firing was under
the strict supervision of Army of.
ficers. The matches are now Of
ficially part of the War Depart.
ment's training program and full
reports of the results are sent to
Secretary of War Dern and Gen.
Douglas Macarthur, Chic f-of.
Staff.
Simultaneous to the announce
ment of the results Of the Army
competition, the Navy completed
their verification of a special
match among units Of this class.
The Hearst Trophy among the
Naval r. o. T. c. was captured
by the Georgia School Of Tech
nology with Northwestern Univer-
sity, at Evanston, ILL.,, taking
second place and the Univer'
sity of washington, at Seattle,
third.
Perfect Score
Individual honors go to Hamp-
ton F. Weed, of Porterville Union
High School, Porterville. Calf,
who turned in an amazing per-
feet score of 200 points-the
first time this accomplishment
has been recorded in the IA years
history of the matches. Last
year Weeds expert marksman.
ship helped win the national
title for his school.
Earl w. Thomson. Of the Uni.
versity of oregon, won the in
dividual honors in the senior
class with a score of 1913 while
William M. Preston and Olin H.
Jennings, jr., both Of Greenbrier
Military Academy. tied for the
distinction in this group with
scores Of 1914.
National Report
A board consisting of Col. Har-
nv S. Grier, Col. George A. Herhst.
1t. Col. Arthur w. Lane and
Major Alan w. Jones, checked all
the targets submitted to the War
Department from the various
corps areas. A summary OF their
report includes:
NATIONAL TEAM WINNERS
University Of Oregon. Team No. /,
Eugene. Ore. Score sS6.
Personnel-Earl w. Thomson. Ken
meth E. Belieu, william X. Rice NoE-
ris H Perkins and Bernard j. Cross.
ESSENTIALLY MILITARY SCHOOLS
Greenbrier Military School, Team No.
I, Lewisburg. W. Va. Score. 96l.
Personnel-William NJ. Preston. Olin
H. Jennings, IT,; Benjamin H. Nc
Crackin. ir: Joseph NJ Campzzie. jr.
and Frank A. Ehrenford.
Junior Units
Canon city High School. Team No. I.
Canon City, Colo. Score. 977.
Personnel-O. J. Rundahl jr.: Edgar
Kyle. Geyer Jones. Glen E. Harley and
Nate Patton.
THIRD CORPS AREA
Baltimore. Md.
TEAMS
Senior Units
1. Lehigh University. Team No. 1.
Lehigh, Pa. Score, 925.
2 Lafayette College, Team No. 1,
Easton. Pa. Score. 9O4.
.. University of Pittsburgh. Team No
3, Pittsburgh. Pa. Score. Ss7
ESSENTIALLY MILITARY SCHOOLS
1. Fork Union Military Academy,
.. Fishburne Military School Team
No. 1, Waynesboro, Va. Score, 912
5. Massanutten Academy. Team No. /.
Woodstock, Va. Score, ISL.
Junior Units
Il. st. Emma Industrial and Agricul-
tural Institute. Team No. 2. Rock Cas-
tie. Va. Score. so; ~
So. " "
g. st. Emma Industrial and Agricul.
tural Institute, Team No. 3. Rock Castle,
Va. Score SS2