Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-07
BY WHEELER JOHNSON
Outdoor Editor

last days of the recent North
South skeet shoot at the Ma
tional Capital Gun Club on
Riffleford road, but 1t couldn't
dampen the enthusiasm Of the
old-timers among the shooters.
Most Of them had finished
earlier and they we're busy
telling stories. Such as Ed Mat
suki, Of South Natick, Mass,
who had just wrapped UP the
seniors championship for those
in the S. to so age bracket
with a creditable 81 out of 100.
He was recalling the time he
and George Deyoe, the veteran
skeet expert Of the Washington
area, who has at one time or
another held most Of the titles
around, got locked UP in q
shoot off.
ut was in the Great Eastern
All Bore championship at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, in 1884,"
Matsuki related. There were
six of us in the shoot off after
breaking 100 straight.
Finally 1t came down to
George and me, and I won with
125 straight. George went out
at 1874"
Eyes. but I came back Is
years later and took that same
title" Deyoe declared. THAT
time there were Is who had
100 straight. won with $50
straight In the shoot off"
Then DR.. Charles Metcalf of
Sudlersville. Md, joined the
group. He was complaining that
the rain hadn't helped him any,
although he took the North
South seniors championship for
those over 70. DR.. Metcalf is
70. He was disappointed that
the best he could do on this
rainy Sunday was an 81.
Too much rain," he said.
There were drops on my
glasses and was seeing two
birds most Of the afternoon"
Got Him Up Early
'Deyoe, who was having one
Of his few moments of respite
he was the chief referee with
all the troubles attendant
thereon, including problems
caused by the downpour and
several balky traps-then told
q story to illustrate that this
81 was really q bad day for the
doctor who has done so much
for skeet shooting In this area.
"A week ago." Deyoe related,
"the doctor was scheduled to
shoot In the Mason-Dixon at
the Loeb Raven Club In Balti-
more. They got him I'D at 4
am. because one Of his patients
was hemorrhaging.
He took care Of the patient,
drove from Sudlersville to Bal
timore, and then shot 90 x 100
in the veterans. Didn't win,
though. Someone else had 100
and he had to settle for second"
Then there was Wilbur Pc
tiers, Of Mechanicsburg, Pa,
who ct 76. is o skeet shooter 3
years senior to DR.. Metcalf. He
makes most Of the shoots in
the Pennsylvania, Maryland and
Delaware area, although he
says he doesn't expect to show
up too well as far as scoring is
concerned.
Younger Shooters Also Star
ct took the game up only II
years ago." he said. IT can't
expect to compete with some of
these fellows who have been
shooting for years. But I am
always hoping to improve my
score"
But he shoots a lot and esti-
mates that he has gotten In
around 5000 rounds since he
has been at It.
In case it sounds like the
North-South was a senior citi-
zen's paradise, 1t might be
pointed out hastily that q cou-
pie Of younger skeet shooters
were the stars In the field.
The 28-gauge co-champions
we're two young Californian
Peter Candy Of Inciano. and
James Hooker Of Woodland
Hills. They both had 100
straight and 1t was only the
fourth time that q two-man
team has broken 200 straight
In the division.
Hooker High Over All
Hooker, the younger Of the
team. also won the 20-gauge
division with 100 straight. He
also was high over all with
494x500 In the three-day shoot.
:. v. l.. Marcum Of Arlington
took the aH-bore title with 100