Evening star., 1941-08-10
Deyoe in Triple
Deadlock for
Skeet Title
D. c. Stur Also Shares
2-Mon Honors;
Rebel Five Second
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. e.-Thres
of the Nations topnotch marksmen,
one from the East Coast, one from
the slopes Of the Pacific, and one
from Texas, recorded scores of 200
today to pace field Of 305 into the
final stage of the 25-target shoot-
off for the national skeet cham
pionship.
AT the peak, without miss after
two days of firing, were Alex Kerr,
28-year-old Beverley Hills (CalifD
sporting goods store owner who tied
for the crown year ago; George
Deyoe of Washington. D. c., winner
of the recent Lordship Comm clss-
sic, and C. H. Poulton, San Antonio
(TexD automobile salesman.
Poulton and Kerr hit the sans
pace last year with 200, Poulton
missing twice on the final so, and
Kerr once.
On the trail of the leaders. watt
ing for them TO muff a target in
Sundays 50-clay finale. were seven
Is others with 1913. and a dozen with
1877. In the 1913 class was Dick
ShaughneSsy of Dedham, Mass, l9-
year-old defending champion and
1886 winner, who missed twice to-
day after going straight in yester-
days opening century.
Pro Scrap Hot. Too.
race, which the old-timers classed,
as the best in history. was the scrap
for the professional laurels. In that
sector, big Grant Ilseng of Chicago,
still blazing away with mail order
house ammunition, was out front
with 1879 after a perfect century
today. That gave him one-target
edge over A. r. Crosby of Detroit
and Graydon Hubbard of Elwood,
Ind. the defending king.
In the women's race the leader
was Mrs. M. L. Smythe of Aurora,
Ohio. who skidded to e6 today after
an opening SO. for 1875 total, two
ahead of Ruth McCutchan Of
Evansville. Ind, and Jane Hoff-
man of Lakeview. Ohio. Mrs. Barr
Patterson of Chicago was next
with 1872.
Miss Patricia Laursen. Akrons
19-year-old blonde beauty, and win
ner of the women's championship
the last three years. was five tar
gets off the pace with 100 after
disastrous 90 today.
Patterson Race Close.
In the father-son race, Otis Bald
ridge of Terre Haute and Otis, jr,
were pacing the pack with 3el OF
400, target ahead of DR.. J. Wray
and son John of Rochester, N. Y.
and H. F. Brown of San Antonio.
Tex.
New York's Westbrook Cardinals
led the 5-man event with 988 Of
1000, getting back into the fight
after being ruled out and then re-
instated The members came from
four different States, but they signed
statements before a notary that all
were members of the Westbrook
Club. so the committee decided
the squad could compete.
The National Capital Rebels OF
Washington. D. c., were next with
986. and DetroitS Michigan State
squad third with 954.
Deyoe and r. Watson of Laurel.
Md. put together 399-of-400
count to pace the two-man teams,
with C. Poulton of San Antonio
and w. Perdue of Mobile, Ala, and
H. Hecker and Henry Joy of De-
troit tied for second with 398.
Wins without Contest.
The veterans race. for shooters
over IS, was in the bag" for j. M.
Kerr of Detroit, the lone entrant
in the event. He tackled together
an IS and a 81 for 176 and could
take the championship If he missed
all of the final so.
Back of Poulton. Deyoe and Kerr
in the battle for the big amateur
prize, with scores of l99 of 200,
were w. R. Ragsdale of Boston.
Junior Baldridge of Indianapolis,
r. H. Hecker and Henry Joy of De-
troit. r. Watson of Laurel, Md: A.
Zuggates of Indiana. Pa. and F.
Missildine of Sea Island, Ga.
Missildine. who entered as a pro-
fessional due to his position as
shooting instructor at Sea Island,
was designated an amateur by the
committee today following q pro-
test by other professionals after the
Southerner had broken 100 yester-
day. Another protest, against the
shift. was to be taken up Sunday
by the committee, but Missildine
STAYED in the "Simnn nIlre" class