FOREST AND STREAM. 
fJULY 4, 1903. 
W. p. T. L. at New Castle, 
New Castle, Pa., June 27. — The eighth tournament of the 
Western Pennsylvania League of Trapshooters was held in New 
Castle, Pa., June 24 and 25. The attendance the first day was 
fair, and not quite so good the second. From the location of 
New Castle, it was expected that the banner shoot of the season 
would be pulled oflf, as the town is easy of access for nearly all 
the clubs in the League, while quite a number of more or less 
expert shooters, who live north and west of the place, and within 
a few hours' ride, were expected to attend; but for some reason 
did not. 
Loyal old Youngstown, O., sent her quota, and some of 
Sharon's experts drifted in about noon of the second day; but 
Erie, Cambridge Springs, Greenville, Titusville, Oil City and 
Meadville failed to send a man. Can it be' possible that we are 
getting too swift for these inland village shooters? Perhaps it was 
too long after pay day. 
Papa McKary, of Greenville, with his cheerful, wrinkled old face, 
was not present, and great was the disappointment among his 
many friends. It is the first shoot he has missed for years, and 
the thought as expressed by one of his old friends, that "I'm 
afeered the old feller is all in as a shooter," found echo in the 
hearts of many. The Sharon boys say, however, that it's noth- 
ing of the kind; he couldn't come because his town was holding 
a big celebration in honor of his seventy-eighth birthday. 
Tuesday evening Ed Rike's coat drifted into town. When it 
was unwrapped, Harry Watson, of Sewickley, the "Boy Wonder," 
stepped out. During the shoot he kept up his reputation as the 
"wonder" all right, being a very close second for high average 
each day. Jim Denny, of Ligonier, with his giant nephew, Tom 
A.scum, came in Tuesday night. Jim play^ golf better than he 
shoots. He raised a shout of laughter when he stepped up to the 
score in the first event and, instead of calling "pull," yelled 
"fore!" This so surprised Chester Devonde Klingensmith, the 
trap puller, who is not up in golf lore, that he forgot to allow 
the lever to fall back, and in a moment the air was full of flying 
rocks; Jim banged into the flock, and the referee called, "Lost" 
in a matter-of-fact voice, that left no hope of a chance for a 
protest. The jjuller, with an indignant glance at Denny, turned 
to the writer and said: "I think, b'gosh, he'd better practice on 
one at a time instead of four!" 
The weather conditions were favorable; bright, sunshiny, with a 
little wind, not enough to hurt. The trap "bucked" as usual, 
and always at a time when we were due to get 'em all, and a 
great many birds were "dusted hard, " and one could frequently 
hear the statement that "for some unaccountable reason I 
'flinched' on that last bird," etc., etc. Now the truth of the 
matter is, at any and all shoots — especially where the contest is 
close — that mysterious "yellow" which the boys speak about gets 
up, and somehow is mighty hard to swallow; but we hunt for 
any kind of an excuse, and know in our souls we are lying when 
we make it, and we know the other fellow is lying too, and he 
knows we know it, and yet there is a strange fascination about the 
game, too. The hope that "springs eternal in the human breast" is ' 
with us that some day we will get them all, and have our names 
coupled once at least with such champions as Heikes, Crosby, 
Gilbert, Farrner Moore and Elliott. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. Squier, Grubb, Sergeant, 
Stevens and Lawrence. The squad hustlers were Grubb, Lawrence 
and Sergeant, and very • well they acted the part, keeping the 
shooters promptly to the score. Lawrence and Sergeant appeared 
in a new role, that of singers. They have a beautiful duet which 
they render with marked effect. It is said they sing better than 
they shoot, but as they didn't shoot any, it is hard to arrive at 
a conclusion as to how well .they can sing. 
A rather mean trick was played on Charley Grubb; he had 
been telling the crowd about some wonderfully large and venom- 
ous snakes he had killed at various times. Some one found and 
killed a small garter snake; this was placed in a shell box and 
covered with field flowers. Lawrence presented the box to him 
with a few well chosen remarks, telling him that it was a slight 
token of the esteem in which the assembled shooters held him as 
a brave and fearless snake killer. Grubb received it with one of 
his Chesterfieldian bows, and proceeded to open it. When he 
.Haw the small snake coiled up in the box he dropped it like a 
flash, and springing two or three feet in the air, gave vent to a 
yell of terror so loud that it startled some sheep in an adjoining 
field, and sent them off on a wild, aimless run. So fierce was it 
that Frank Snow, who was on the firing line, called "Pul-1-1-1" 
before he was ready. Silent Jimmy Atkinson lost his reputation 
for being "silent." The cause of it all was this: The man who 
was to furnish the lunch sent one of his employes up about 11 
o'clock with a statement that he would be unable to furnish any- 
thing to eat that day. Then Jimmy broke loose. Jimmy, you 
must know, was general manager of the shoot. He may be a 
Qiristian, but his language on this occasion wouldn't indicate that 
he was. Wh^n he got through, some one sniffed the air ^nd 
asked who was shooting Jack Fanning's Gold Dust powder. 
Atkinson won high average the first day and tied Kicked for it 
the second day. Watson was second both days. Fleming and 
Shaner tied for third on the first day, and Snow was third on 
second day. The Milvale team won first in the cup race; North 
Side second. The following scores were made, each contestant 
shooting at 50 rocks. For Milvale: Hickey 49, Lutz 47, Bess 40, 
Ray 41; total 177. For North Side: Fleming 45, Kelsey 43, Watson 
44, Andrews .38; total 170. 
The club's president, E. I. Agnew, acted as official scorer, and 
Will J. Harlan was referee. Both gave perfect satisfaction. The 
score follows: 
Braby 
Miles 
Fitst Day, June 24, 
Events: 1 
Targets: 15 
Atkinson 14 
Squier ,. 13 
Shaner 15 
Farmer .:' 14 
Stevens 14 
Denny 5 
Lutz 12 
Sizer 12 
Watson 13 
Wilson .' 14 
Snow 13 
Andrews 12 
Pontefract 13 
Fleming 14 
Kelsey 13 
Osborne 12 
ThomiJson 10 
Ray 12 
Nutt 10 
Hogan 9 
Bess 9 
Lippert , 
Alatthews 
Cochran 
Staph , 
Grandy , 
Tully 
2 3 4 
20 15 20 
18 13 17 
20 12 15 
17 13 20 
16 14 15 
18 14 17 
11 5 8 
19 14 16 
18 13 18 
19 15 18 
16 15 17 
20 13 16 
13 11 18 
13 12 16 
17 15 18 
16 13 17 
13 11 13 
16 11 16 
17 14 20 
13 13 12 
16 8 15 
18 12 19 
5 6 
15 20 
14 19 
12 15 
15 18 
13 19 
13 15 
13 16 
13 16 
14 16 
13 IS 
12 16 
14 17 
13 11 
12 17 
14 19 
13 18 
11 17 
11 15 
14 18 
11 17 
11 .. 
13 17 
7 8 
15 20 
12 20 
13 18 
12 17 
11 14 
15 18 
10 15 
14 18 
14 15 
15 18 
12 18 
14 18 
9 15 
12 17 
11 18 
14 19 
13 13 
11 19 
13 19 
8 12 
.. 14 
14 19 
11 
15 
9 .. 
12 15 
12 13 
9 8 
.. 20 
14 16 
9 10 
15 20 
14 20 
12 14 
15 17 
12 15 
13 17 
10 15 
11 18 
11 16 
14 17 
12 15 
13 18 
12 17 
13 15 
14 19 
14 20 
12 15 
13 19 
13 18 
12 17 
8 16 
12 17 
6 .. 
12 .. 
12 15 
Second Day, Jane 25. 
Events: 1 
Targets : 15 
Atkinson T4 
Squier 13 
Shaner ." 12 
Moore ., 15 
Stevens 13 
Kelsey 13 
Andrews , '. 10 
Pontefract 14 
Fleming .' 12 
.Tefl- -Jl 
l^ay 13 
Lutz 1.5 
Bessemer 12 
Watson 14 
Wilson 13 
Snow 13 
Denny S 
Hickey 12 
Jessop ^. 14 
Hennon 
Helms 
Lippert 
Tulley '. 
Carley 
Nailor 
Wallace 
Armstrong 
2 3 4 
20 15 20 
19 15 19 
19 9 
17 15 18 
15 15 19 
:I7 13 19 
IS 12 19 
20 14 
17 8 
15 14 19 
18 12 15 
16 15 19 
IS 11 20 
17 12 14 
19 14 18 
13 14 15 
19 15 17 
17 11 16 
18 14 20 
19 14 IS 
15 13 
17 
17 
11 
12 
9 
8 
9 
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6 
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FIenry p. Shaner. 
IN NEW JERSEY. 
North River Gun Club, 
Edgewater, N. J., June 20.— The North River Gun Club held a 
Wanderers' shoot to-day. The main event was the contest for 
the L. C. Smith gun, donated by Mr. E. Banks and recently won 
by him at the New York State shoot. The conditions governing 
competition for it are as follows: 
To be shot for by the Wanderers. Eight shoots on eight sepa- 
rate days at 25 targets per man, handicap allowance of misses 
as breaks; entrance price of the targets only; entrance fee to go 
to the club op. whose grounds each separate competition takes 
place; four best scores to count. Each member of the Wand- 
erers will receive ample notice of each succeeding competition. 
All competitions will be held within easy reach of New York city, 
in order that all members of the Wanderers may have an equal 
chance to win the prize. 
There were eight Wanderers present, namely: Messrs. Floyd, 
Apgar, Engle, Herrington, Goetter, Banks and Dr. Gardiner. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Events: 
Targets: 15 20 15 20 10 15 15 Targets: 
Dr Gardiner. 12 12 10 14 Engel 
Dudley 14 IS 14 15 Reynolds .. 
Eickhoff ....10 14 4 16 5 11.. Banks 
Morrison ...12 12 10 13 Newkirk .. 
Merrill 13 13 9 10 10 10 .. Goetter ... 
Herrington.. 9 13 11 15 Edwards .. 
Richter 13 10 10 16 ' Schneider 10 15 
Harland .... 6 9 9 9 Hearne 12 16 9 13 12 
Apgar 12 14 11 17 Allison 14 14 6 11 . . 
Glover 14 19 9 13 8.. .. Merten 1112 5 12 5 
Truax 13 14 11 13 5 .. .. ,, , 
Team races, Nos. 1 and 2, 25 targets: 
Dr Gardiner 20 IS Morrison 19 17 
Floyd 22 22 Glover 20 18 
Apgar 21 19 Engle 14 18 
Banks 24 17 Herrington 17 20 
Schneider ■ , 16 14 Truax , 21 17 ' 
Merrill 19 15 Edwards IS 21 
Hearn 19 18 Allison ....21 19 
Mertens 18 15 Richter 21 20 
Goetter 17 20 Reynolds 19 14 
Harland 15 13 Eickhoff 16 14 
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 
15 20 15 20 10 15 15 
14 16 13 15 
S 13 12 17 ..... . 
13 16 10 17 
5 9 4 7 
.. 15 11 11 7 . . . . 
.. 13 11 15 6 . . . . 
6 10 
191 171 186 178 
The Wanderers' contest for the L. C. Smith gun was shot in 
the team event and resuffed as follows: Floyd (1) 23, Gardiner 
(3) 23, Apgar (1) 22, Engle (3) 17, Herrington '(4) 19, Goetter (4) 
24, Schneider (4) 20, Banks (0) 24. J.^s. R. Merrill. 
11 
9 
10 
10 
9 
4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
15 15 25 15 15 15 15 
10 12 18 12 11 10 12 
11 11 20 12 
13 13 19 14 
9 13 20 14 
21 
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10 
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11 12 18 .. 
13 10 20 15 
.. .. 19 .. 
12 
Edgewater, N. J., J une 27. — Event No. 6 was the handicap prize 
shoot for a solid silver cup, valued at $25. Competition for it was 
open to members only. It is to be shot for once every week. 
The scores : 
Events: 12 3 
Targets: 20 15 15 
Eickhoff 14 S 7 
Richter 15 8 S 
Glover 14 11 13 
MorrLson 13 11 10 
Reynolds 11 
Harland 8 
Munsey 2 
Edwards 11 
Merrill 
Truax 12 
Schram 9 
Allison '. 8 
Newkirk 
Kinskern 
Hearne 
*ReynoIds 9 . . 
*Ed wards 12 
* Re-entry. James R. Merrill, Sec'y. 
Hell Gate Gun Club, 
June 23. — The Hell Gate Gun Club held its June shoot on 
Tuesday of last week at Outwater's grounds, near Carlstadt, N. J. 
There were twenty-two entries, and of these Mr. L. H, Schorte- 
mcier was the only one in the club event at 10 birds to kill 
straight. The scores follow: 
8 
10 
4 
11 13 19 11 11 7 
11 10 16 6 10 11 
12 IS .. 
10 14 .. 
13 22 14 
4 
8 11 
ii 13 
14 
Col J H Voss. 
Dr Davis 
Meckel 
Poster 
Baudendistel 
Lang 
Albert 
Muench .... 
Dannefelser 
30 
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28 
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28 
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5 
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7 
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Weber 
Doherty , 
Dennis 
Five birds: Sands 5, Baudendistel 5, Albert 4, .Belden 3, Meckel 
3, Schlicht 3," Muench 2. 
Emerald Gun Club. 
J. C. Henry had his eye with him on Tuesday the 16th, and 
killed 10 straight at the regular monthly shoot of the Emerald 
Gun Club, held at Outwater's grounds, Hackensack River, N. J., 
and with his handicap of 6 points added another 4 for the yearly 
averages. Schorty, Rierson, Wilson, Baron Von Valkenberg, 
Shcrt, Moore, Fischer,. Whitley and Colquitt scored 9 each. 
Catton, Schoverling and Dr. Hudson followed with 8 kills. 
Following the club event a 5-bird sweepstake was in order, with 
two moneys, Rose system, in which Schorty, Von Valkenberg, 
Schoverling and Capt. Dreyer killed straight. Miss-and-out 
matches were also shot. The birds were a fine lot, and good 
flyers. Scores follow: 
L IT Schorty 
*J A Belden... 
*\W G Wilson. 
B Von Valkenberg 
T Short 
W Catton 
A A Schoverling. 
*F, W Reynojds. 
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6 
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28 
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28 
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2000210111— 6 
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'*' Guests. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., June 28.— Following are the scores made by 
the members of the Hudson Gun Club. This was the second 
shoot of the month. 
Good shooting was done by Carl Von Lengerke, Mr. Reynolds 
and Mr. Van Dyne. 
The regular monthly meeting will be 
Newark avenue, Jersey City. The next 
July 12: 
Events: 1 .2 
held on July 3, at 642 
shoot will be held on 
Targets 
C V L , 14 13 15 15 
Reynolds 11 13 12 12 
.Gillie 7 6 7 9 
Malcomb 7 S 5 10 
Van Dyne 12 11 11 12 
Kelley ' 14 11 .. .. 
Whitley 12 7 .. 
Headden ^' 8 6 
456789 10 H 
15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 25 15 
14 13 13 15 
13 10 15 .. 
10 9 7 9 
11 6 4 .. 
13 12 14 13 
12 
14 
10 
7 8 
11 
10 
Pearsall 14 12 13 10 10 10 12 
Van Valkenburgh 10 7 13 13 12 8 7 19 .. 
Han.sman 12 8 12 13 9 10 16 .. 
Edwards 13 13 
No. 10 was match; No. 11, re-entry. 
ON LONG ISLAND. 
Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club. 
There was a ^ood attendance on Thursday last at the monthly 
shoot of the Sheepshead Bay Rod and Gun Club, at the Cedars. 
The day was an ideal one, and the sport was enjoyed by all 
present. Charles Cooper, who does not like crowded cars, won 
the club medal with a handicap of 6, making a total of 10 points. 
S. J. Berry was second with 9 points. Schorty did not compete 
in the club event. Following the medal shoot, team matches, con- 
sisting of six-man teams were shot, which resulted in a victory of 
three straight for Capt. Montanus. Preceding the club event 
several sweeps were shot, with Schorty, Montanus and Cooper 
higla guns. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 0 Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
P Suss 6 9 4 J J Pillion 6 0 1 
S J Berry 6 14 9 LA Schorty... .. 22 .. 15 8 9 
I McKane 13 20 8 E Voorhies 10 15 6 
E Carolan 6 9 4 4 7 7 A Montanus.... 15 21 7 9 6 6 
Phil Suss 8 10 3 W Berry 11 
C Cooper 6 15 10 11 7 7 A Kneeble 15 
H Kracke...... 5 4 0 0 1 1 Dr Goubeaud 3 4 1 
No. 2 is the club event; No. 1 is the handicap of it, and No. 3 
the points. Nos. 4, 5 and 6 are sweepstakes. 
Team matches, three in number, were as follows: 
Team match No. 1: 
ilontaiius 7.. Cooper 3, Phil Suss 2, Paul Suss 4, Carolan 5, 
Kneebel 10; total 31. 
Schorty 9, Vqorhis 4, S. Berry 6, Pillion 5, Krack 2, W. Berry 
2; total 28. . 
Team match No. 2: 
Montanus 8, Cooper 3, Phil Suss 6, Paul Suss 4, Carolan 8, 
Kneebel 5; total 34. 
Schorty S, Voorhies 7, S. Berry 7, Crusen 4, Krack 2, W. Berry 
3; total 31. 
Team match No. 3: 
Montanus 8, Cooper 7, P. Suss 7, Phil Suss 8, Carolan 4, Kneebel 
5, Dr. Goubeaud 4; total 43. 
Schorty 10, Voorhies 7, S. Berry 3, Crusen 4, Kracke 0, W. Berry 
6, P. Bill 4; total 34. 
Amateur or Professional? 
New York, June 27.— Noticing that at the New York State 
shoot, recently held at Ossining, Mr. S. M. Van Allen won the 
diamond medal for amateurs, and the gold medal for high amateur 
average, I thought I would ask, through the medium of Forest 
AND Stream, the opinion of trapshooters in general, and amateurs 
in particular, as to the standing of Mr. Van Allen as an amateur. 
Just before the shoot, I understand there was considerable 
opposition to the acceptance of Mr. Van Allen as an amateur, as 
he had previously been employed by the trade, the consensus of 
opinion being that once a professional always a professional 
should prevail, as a man could easily take a week off without pay, 
buy his own shells, and become a simon-pure amateur on short 
notice. 
I do not wish to intimate that Mr. Van Allen did this; but con- 
sidering the great precatitions taken against just svtch a case as 
this in other sports, I would advocate the ruling, "once a profes- 
sional, always a professional," in the interest of amateurs. 
Trap Shot. 
Ciocinnati Gun Club, 
June 27. — At the shoot for the Troisdorf medal and the cash 
prize to-day at the Cincinnati Gun Club grounds, some good 
scores were made. Block carried off the honors of the day by 
breaking 93 out of a possible 100. The following is a list of the 
contestants and the scores they made: 
Troisdorf medal: Ahlers (20) 48, Block (18) 47, Jay Bee (17) 
41, Sunderbruch (16) 41, Barker (20) 41, Captain (17) 40, Jack (16) 
40, Willie (16) 40, Gambell (21) 39, Trimble (21) 38, Faran (18) 38, 
Corry (17) 36, Linn (17) 35, Shattuc (16) 35, Falk (18) 34, Ackley 
(16) 33, Medico (18) 32, Williams (18) 23, Cottingham (16) 22. 
Cash prize shoot: Jack (16) 47, Block (19) 46, Sunderbruch (16) 
44, Trimble (21) 43, Gambell (21) 43, Randall (20) 42, Ahlers (19) 
42, Linn (18) 41, Shattuc (16) 41, Medico (20) 38, Willie (18) 36, 
Captain (17) 36, Miles (17) 36, Jay Bee (18) 35, Williams (18) 34, 
Corry (17) 34, Faran (19) 32, Ackley (16) 32. 
