Evening star., 1941-07-06
Two G-Men Set Pace
In Eastern Pistol
Championship
Walsh Of D. C., Adams
OF Newark Are Even
At HoIfwoy Stoee
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
CASCADE, Md, July 5.-A pair
of F. B. l. agents led the race for
the Eastern regional pistol cham
pionship as the halfway point was
reached on the Camp Albert c.
Ritchie range today.
The two G-men, Walter Walsh Of
Washington and Henry Adams of
Newark N. j.. we're tied at the end
of four matches with scores of 1853
of a possible 900 points. Two points
behind with 867 was Phil Roet-
finger of wyoming. Ohio.
Walsh, a heavy favorite to retain
his title, trailed Adams most of the
day After both scored 1895 in the
opening 22-caliber SloW-flre matches
yesterday. Adams went four points
up in today's first two events. the
.22-caliber timed and rapid fire
matches. The District Of Columbia
shooter made up the deficit over the
% national match course. the days
last match. Roettinger trailed the
leaders closely all the way.
Berkheiser Rife Leader.
The final four events of the re-
gional pistol aggregate will be fired
with .38-calibers tomorrow, closing
day of the Eastern small-bore rife
and pistol championships.
The rife program. washed out
Yesterday. still lacks six matches in
the regional aggregate, These Will
be fired tomorrow
r. D. Berkheiser of Lebanon, Pa,
took the lead in the first Of two rifle
events completed today over the
50-yard course. but his margin
hardly was noticeable. Ernie Pade
Of Sellersville. Pa. and John Wark
of Kenmore. N. Y, fired the same
score as BerkheiSer. 400-3lx. They
lost out on the positions OF shots.
Rifle Champ in Fettle.
The defending rife champion,
Bill Schweitzer Of Hillside. N. j.,
showed that he meant to repeat by
trouncing the field of more than
200 Eastern riflers on the 50-meter
range. His score was 399-33x and
it put him back at the top in the
race.
Other ID. c. Entrants Score.
Five Washington pistol shooters
beside Walsh won prizes in TO-DAY $
matches. James B. Prutt finished
third in the % caliber time fire and
Dr. William Cook was high expert
in the same match.
Wilbur Slack won the % rapid
fire event with l98X200. while
George Stewart in that match was
high expert.
John Layton finished second to
Walsh in the % national match
course. He fired 290; Walsh, 2el.
Summaries:
Pistol. .?.-cahber timed fire Second
match Of n r. A. regionsl asFTesate4- Ie e.
nerJ; Philip Roettinser. Wyomins Ono
I9s isecond) ;: James B, PruItt, Vienna
Va, 10; third: Dr.. William Cook Wash
Rs5on shosEeT D. YORK 60 So pa hsh ae hsh sharp
% %shooter5: BENJAMIN Rosen, Carlisle. Pa.
, 1al thlsh msrksmanD-
Twenty-t,vo-ealiber TsDid fire nhird
Wilbur Slack. Washington. D. c. los win,
nerl; Mark Walsh. New YORK City, l9s
/ second: Thurman Barrier Annapolis
Nd, l9. thlrdl; Georse Stewart. WASH
ington. D C. 1876 ,hish expertl. Norman
Studt. Dearborn. Mich. 1?6 th;sh sharp
shooter: Eusene Freeman, Carhsie, Pa .,
ISL thieh marksman).
Twenty-Five csliber national ma ch course
Walsh. Washington. d. c, @a1 winner;
ondl: Philip Roetyineer, Wyoming., OHIO
300 ,thrdI: John N Marquis. Becklev. W
Dearborn Mich 2s4 high sharpShooteri
J H. Sohuler, Warren, Pa, - thieh
marksmant.
Rife short-rsnse metallic match 80
( YARDS FIRST match OF y. r. A regional
asgresstel-R. D. Berkheiser. Lebanon
/ Pa, 400x31x winner: Ernest Psde. Sell
lSrsyille Pa, 4oo-3lx tsecond!: John R
william Katowski, Allentown. Pa. 4O0-3Qy
Pa. 399-:.x thigh shsrpshooterl: James
Harris. Paterson. N. j., %aa-c4x high
markSmanl
Metric Metallic match 81 meters 'Sec-
ono match OF n r A. regional assreestel
Bill SchweitZer. Hillside. N. j. 399-32x
Ivlnnerl: Edwin Ackley, Philadelphia, 329-
FAX tSecondl: William Katowsil, Allen
town. Pa. 39a-2:x third: c. J. Walter.
Perth Amboy. N j.. 39t"1x thieh sxpert>: {:
Adams. ir.. Madison. ". j.. 3a5-"5x
.hish sharpshooterl: A. NJ. Bland, Sparks,
Nd. 39s-e4x thtgh marksman).