Evening star., 1939-05-30
Clay Bird Slaughter
To Be Heavy Here
Over Week End
Big D. c. Met Tropshoot,
North-South Skeet Meet
To Lure Star Gunners
BY LEWIS F. ATCHISON.

by LEWIS r. AlCHlSON.
A crack field of marksmen will
hoist sleek shootin' irons to we'll
padded shoulders over the week end
and blaze away in one of the largest
mass assaults on clay pigeons this
staid old town ever has witnessed
Two events abe listed, the 9th
annual amateur championship and
handicap shoot of the District Met
ropolitan area, to be fired at WASH
ington Gun Club. and the 9Th
annual North-South skeet cham
pionships scheduled at the National
Capital Club. All indications point
to record-breaking entry lists in
both attractions.
From Thursday. when practice
f1ring begins at Washington Gun
Clubs traps. through Sunday, when
the skeet finals will be held. the
gunners' old battle cry, "Puuhhull," !"
will resound over the countryside.
and the clay pigeon toll should be
terrific. This is one event wherein
the gent who gets the bird wins
the marbles.
Shoot for National Berths.
At stake in the District of Colum-
bia- metropolitan competition are
positions on the team to represent
this area in the Grand American
Tournament in August at Vandalia-
the biggest event on the trapshoot-
Ing program. All of the old guard,
which includes a number of former
champions and crew of youngsters,
have trained diligently for the race
and keen shooting is expected to
bring a bevy Of high scores
A committee, comprised of Her
bert M. Bingham, chairman; T. K.
Wynkoop, R. D. Morgan and Walter
S. Wilson, has seen to it that Moth
Ing will be wanting for the comfort
or convenience of contestants Par
ker Cook, 1888 champion, will be on
hand to defend his crown, but if
past events are a criterion a new
titleholder will emerge from the
smoke of two days extensive ping
ing. Double winners are rare in
this sport.
The Metropolitan singles crown,
i've classes ranging from AA to D
and firing at 200 targets at 16 yards,
will be up for competition Friday,
with doubles to be decided Satur-
day.
Skeet Meet Lures Stars.
Its fame spreading with each sue
ceeding year, the North-South tour
ney will attract teams from as far
North as New England and as far
South as Miami, with virtually every
outstanding skeet team on the coast
entered. Among the better known
clubs are Roseland and Loantanka
of New jersey. North Shore, Long
Island; Troy Country Club. Fire
stone Gun Club. Akron: Waltham
(Mass0 Gun Club, Twin Pines,
Richmond; American Legion Post,
Denver, Pa; Wilmington Del.)
Trapshooting Club, Providence
RID Gun Club and all Washing
ton and nearby organizations,
Larry Williams, sr., chairman of
the committee in charge of arrange
ments, is downright enthusiastic at
the list of skeet stars seeking honors
and he begins at home with George
Deyoe, who took top honors last
year with perfect 100 Dick Stuart,
sr,, Dick Frank. Fred Ransdell, DR..
Don Johnson, Mrs. Florence Walker,
Mrs. William c. Coe and Larry Will
liams. jr, are other Washingtonians
expected to finish we'll up on the
list.
Prizes Valued at $500.
The visiting delegation will in
clude Mrs. Nicky Smythe of Cleve-
land, Patricia Laursen of Akron,
Winifred Hanley, Stamford; Mrs. N.
B. Orr, Miami: Don Sperry, Flint,
Mich: Jackie Horton. Providence;
Dick Shaughnessy, Denham, Mass:
Frank Kelley and Ed Garland of
West Orange, Dave Sklar, BROOKLYN;
Joe George, Suddlerville, Md; Char
ley Gillette, Baltimore; Mac Hart
of Richmond, Judge Efrd Winston
Salem. N. c. and w. D. Thomas of
High Point, N. c.
Some rs prizes, with an approXi-
mate value of 81, 800 will be awarded
winners and runners-up in various
events. The club grounds will be
open for practice every day until
Saturday when the first event is
called up.