DANIEL W. VOORHEES, JR. 11/ 



Winning the Diamond Badge 



[From The American Field.] 



At the Illinois State Tournament at Peoria, Illinois, 

 June 10-14, 1918, there were 105 entries for the Chicago 

 Board of Trade diamond badge, valued at Six Thousand 

 Dollars. This was open to all shooters in the State of 

 Illinois, both professional and amateur — a handicap 

 event. The winning of this to demonstrate the cham- 

 pion shot of the State. There were 105 entries. No 

 likely winning scores were turned in until the eleventh 

 squad finished, when it was found that C. M. Powers, a 

 22-yard man, had broken 96, but it was also noticed that 

 D. W. Voorhees, Jr., of Peoria, in the sixteenth squad, 

 was only one down in his first seventy-five, and as he was 

 shooting in perfect form, a crowd collected to watch him 

 in the last event. Absolutely oblivious of everything but 

 the work on hand, Dannie kept pegging away until the 

 referee called "dead" for the twenty-fifth target, and he 

 went out with 99, as fine an exhibition of nerve and skill 

 as is seldom seen at the trap. He stood at 19 yards, a 

 handicap of 3 yards, thereby winning the championship 

 of the State of Illinois over both professionals and 

 amateurs. 



