The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-06-06
Gillet-KellY Shoot-off Mi
Highlights Skeet Meet
Bitter Battle
Wdged For
Second
BY Lillian RIXEY


woes lOOx1O0 to win the individ-
ual open-bore title at the North
South skeet championship yeSter
day at the National Capital Club
off Bradley Boulevard, for after
all what could be better than per
feet, but the real shooting match
was the nip-and-tuck battle staged
by Frank Kelly Of West Orange,
New Jersey. and Charles Gillet of
Baltimore, for second place in the
same event.
Along about 7::30 last night, it
looked like the spectators were 60
ing to be treated to a new version
of After Dark. or Neither Miss,
All Tied and No Dinner" when
Frank and Charles went into the
third shoot-off, each with perfect
scores.
NIGHTOWLS
While the two nightowls were
blowing the birds to dust, some
prankster sneaked up and set a
lighted candle on top of the post
at station eight. Nevertheless
Fire" said Frank and Pull,
said Charles, and they wound up
the third row of 25's without an
error.
Again they made the rounds.
This time on the third station
someone let out a Whoop just as
Gillet drew a bead on single
from the lighthouse and he missed.
NO bird" shouted the referee and
Gillet had another chance. They
ended the fourth Shoot-off each
with a perfect score of 100x10O
and Frank gave feeble Indian
war-cry.
AS one of the contenders from
the Ager Road Club in Maryland
said:
They've got Class AA, Glass
A. Class B and Class C. They
ought to have a special class for
these guys who can shoot in the
dark"
ON AND ON
Having tied George Deyoe's
score too late to have it count,
but under far worse conditions
than existed earlier in the day,
Gillett and Kelly were obviously
firing and the nerve strain was
beginning to tell on them as they
entered the fifth shoot-off. 1t was
then 7.45 and not quite as black
as pitch.
Kelly missed on a low-houSe
single from station six and it
looked like home and chow. But
up stepped Gilet and missed
loW-houSe double from the same
station to tie the score again, "a
to "a.
BY this time no one but Kelly
and Gillet could even get a glimpse
of the birds until after they had
exploded in a cloud of clay dust.
Still emitting a feeble war cry
now and then, Kelly shot through
to a spectacular "a to Gillet'S %,
and won second place in shoot
off that would have done credit
to a national championship at
Tulsa.
ALL KINDS
George Deyoe'S team of Ma
tional Capital Rebels took high
open all-bore championship and
also first in the Geographic shoot.
No more widely assorted occupa-
lions could be found than those
of the winning team members:
George Deyoe is a detective on
the District vice squad; R. E.
Stuart sells Fords; Fred Ramsdell
has a wine and liquor shop on
Connecticut Avenue; H. G. Wal
tiers is an insurance salesman;
and V. Frank is a florist. Next
to Deyoe, the insurance salesman
was high man on the team with
a SO.
Thus closed the most successful
North-South shoot ever held, with
entries we'll above 200. The two
day event ran a full IL hours both
days and, from spectators point
of view, furnished just as much |
excitement and confusion as a |
Touring circus.
With shooters dashing madly
from one of the four shooting
fields to another all day long, it
was difficult to keep track of and
identify the different contestants.