Oct. 3, 1903.] 
FOREST AND STREAM. 
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Intefstate at Sctanton. 
Sept. 25.— The closing tournament of the Interstate Association 
series for the season of 1903 was held at Scranton, Pa., Sept. 23 
and 24, under the auspices of the Scranton Rod and Gun Club, 
and it was even more successful than had been anticipated. There 
were forty-eight dififerent entries the first day and thirty-two the 
second day, and over one thousand persons witnessed the shoot- 
ing the afternoon of the first day, the crowd being so large that 
it was difficult for the contestants to get to the firing, points at 
times. The second day of the tournament was • cold and- dreary, 
with every indication of rain, and" this kept' down the attendance. 
One set of traps. Sergeant system, was used, and the targets were 
thrown 50yds. The background was very poor, and some of the 
scores made do not look well in print, especially when you gen- 
erally see straight scores recorded for these same contestants. 
The first day, among the manufacturers' agents, J. A. R. Elliott 
was high with 163 out of 175 shot at. L. J. Squier was second with 
161, and J. M. Hawkins and E. D. Fulford were third with 158. 
Fred Coleman was high amateur with 155. Harris was second wi'tli 
150, and Shoemaker^ thii-d with 146. 
The second day Elliott was again high man of the manufacturers' 
agents with 163, Squier second with 157, and Hawkins third with 
154. The lijgh amateur was Harris with 140, Coleman second with 
137, and Fen Cooper third with 135. 
The trade was represented by Messrs. Frank Lawrence, J. M. 
Hawkins, Neaf Apgar, E. D. Fulford, L. J. Squier, Sim Glover, 
H. H. Stevens, J. A. R. Elliott, J. R. Hull, Capt. A. W. Money, 
Edward Banks, T. H. Keller, Geo. Benjamin and O. Stull. 
The scores of both davs follow: 
Sept. 21, First Day, 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 
Targets : 15 15 20 15 20 
Apgar 11 11 19 14 16 
Squier 12 14 20 14 20 
Hawkins 13 13 19 14 17 
Glover 14 15 17 14 18 
Stevens 10 12 16 15 19 
Elliott 14 15 19 15 17 
Hull 12 ]3 19 14 17 
Money 11 11 13 8 13 
Coleman 11 13 IS 13 IS 
Banks 13 14 19 13 17 
Fulford 14 14 18 14 16 
Mason 12 8 16 10 17 
Spencer 11 14 13 12 13 
Stroh 10 9 19 12 14 
Dally 10 12 15 15 13 
Bittenbender 13 11 17 9 13 
Langdon 7 43 19 13 15 
Shoemaker 10 12 17 12 19 
Harris 12 15 18 12 16 
Keller 11 12 13 9 17 
Cooper 12 12 17 13 16 
Cullen 11 9 18 11 15 
Wilnoski 12 12 15 10 16 
W H Brown 10 13 19 12 14 
Klipple 11 11 16 9 16 
McNulty 9 7 16 12 17 
Haight 12 14 11 17 
Gorman . . 10 
Jackson 14 . . 11 
Nichols 12 9 13 
Closs 12 .. 
Griffin 8 .. 
Stull 
Davis 
Robling 
Bower 
Cooper 
Weida 
Munroe 
.Seward 
A Brown 
Kain 
Jones 
Moser ,...4........ 
Sbotto 
Snowden 
Lewis 
Welles 
6 7 
15 15 
11 13 
13 13 
13 13 
13 12 
11 13 
15 14 
12 13 
11 12 
12 15 
15 13 
12 13 
13 13 
9 14 
11 10 
11 10 
9 14 
12 12 
13 13 
12 13 
12 10 
12 12 
14 11 
11 13 
14 11 
9 9 
10 13 
13 7 
12 9 
.. 14 
.. 8 
7 5 
11 .. 
3 2 
11 11 
.. 8 
.. 10 
.. 9 
.. 13 
.. 12 
.. 10 
8 9 10 
20 15 25 
15 13 23 
19 13 23 
19 14 23 
17 13 24 
15 12 22 
19 13 22 
19 13 21 
12 8 17 
15 15 22 
17 13 22 
20 12 25 
16 9 20 
17 .14 23 
11 9 .. 
15 11 16 
14 12 17 
12 9 13 
17 12 21 
15 13 21 
13 14 20 
15 14 23 
15 10 18 
19 12 22 
's id a 
14 .. 
15 6 
.. 12 .. 
8 .. 11 
12 
14 
13 5 
15 10 
13 
10 
15 
10 
12 
16 
13 11 20 
15 12 20 
15 10 . . 
17 11 . . 
14 12 20 
7 11 
12 .. 
11 .. 
4 .. 
.. IS 
Shot 
at. 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
150 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
115 
175 
135 
160 
30 
60 
145 
65 
50 
90 
50 
65 
50 
15 
75 
75 
50 
50 
75 
15 
40 
15 
15 
15 
25 
Broke. 
146 
161 
158 
157 
145 
163 
153 
116 
155 
156 
15S 
134 
140 
105 
128 
129 
125 
146 
150 
131 
146 
132 
142 
93 
116 
98 
109 
22 
33 
85 
51 
29 
45 
35 
24 
34 
8 
54 
56 
38 
40 
56 
8 
18 
12 
U 
4 
18 
Sept. 22, Second Day. 
Events: 1 2 
Targets : 15 15 
Apgar 14 13 
Squier 14 13 
Hawkins 14 12 
Glover 13 10 
Stevens 11 9 
Elliott 13 14 
Hull 11 13 
Money 8 9 
Coleman 12 10 
Banks 11 14 
Fulford 12 13 
Brown 12 13 
Dally 9 9 
Spencer 14 11 
Keller 10 9 
Bittenbender 9 10 
Mason 11 8 
Cooper : 12 11 
Shoemaker 8 13 
Harris 12 14 
Shotto 8 
Speicer 10 
Eoothe 9 
Von Storch 
Padden 
Snowden 
Griffin 
Featherby 
Rains 
I-.angdon 
Kelley 
Davis 
3 4 
20 15 
15 14 
18 15 
16 14 
19 15 
11 10 
15 14 
13 14 
12 9 
15 14 
12 9 
15 11 
14 .. 
5 6 
20 15 
16 12 
16 12 
19 13 
17 13 
13 9 
20 15 
15 11 
13 6 
15 12 
7 8 9 10 
15 20 15 25 
S 15 11 17 
13 17 14 25 
13 16 14 23 
15 16 12 21 
9 15 10 14 
15 18 15 24 
li 15 9 19 
15 13 12 19 
i7 ii 12 is 12 2i 
11 13 11 13 10 14 13 21 
16 13 13 10 15 16 12 18 
17 11 16 11 4 15 10 20 
9 7 13 11 12 14 11 21 
16 11 15 10 14 17 11 19 
13 9 12 
17 14 17 11 12 16 10 17 
11 i2 17 12 12 is i2 26 
12 12 13 10 9 13 7 18 
.... 16 .. 10 
10 
11 10 
8 16 11 21 
15 
16 
Shot 
at. 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
100 
175 
65 
175 
50 
30 
175 
175 
175 
175 
175 
85 
175 
15 
160 
160 
35 
15 
15 
35 
15 
15 
75 
25 
25 
Broke. 
138 
157 
154 
151 
111 
163 
131 
57 
137 
46 
142 
39 
18 
131 
131 
123 
117 
136 
55 
140 
8 
130 
103 
26 
10 
8 
21 
8 
4 
56 
15 
16 
Scranton, Pa. — Delightful weather and a large attendance of 
both shooters and spectators marked the opening day of the 
Interstate tournament held at Scranton, Pa., on Sept. 23 and 24, 
and the thousand people present enjoyed themselves from 
Manager Shaner's "little speech" in the morning till Fulford's 
hat disappeared in the dim distance in the evening. 
The trade representatives present were Messrs. Apgar, Squiers, 
Hawkins, Hull, Glover, Stevens, Elliott, Money, Fulford and 
Keller, with Frank Lawrence and Ed Banks on the side, the 
former to show the merits of the "patter gun." 
The scores were good, but not phenomena!. High average was 
made by Elliott. The entry of amateurs in the money events was 
large, and it was 5 o'clock before the schedule was finished, Cole- 
man carrying ofif the honors with a score of 155 out of a possible 
175. 
On the second day a gale of wind and a cold, raw temperature 
dampened the enthusiasm considerably, about half as many being 
present as on the first day: but those who did come saw some 
fine shooting by the professionals. No one could tell whether a 
target was going to skim along the grass or climb — the writer will 
make an affidavit that some of them did both— yet it made no 
perceptible difference in the scores of the visitors. Elliott again 
led with 163 out of a possible 175, the same score as he made on 
the preceding da^-, Squier and Hawkins, iij the order namedj 
being close behind. AmoJig the amateurs the entry was lightef 
than on the first day, and a number did not finish the events. 
"They couldn't hit em, ^nd what's the use." Mr. Harris was 
high man with a score of 1^0. The-i-egular schedule was finished 
at 3 o'clock, and the: balance' of the day devoted .to practice 
shoots. ■ 
This, was , the first Interstate sho.ot held .in this section", and 
aroused a great deal of interest. Not a hitch or delay of any kind 
occurred— probably there could'nt under Mr. Shaner.'s "management 
— and yet we'll know how to run the next one better. 
Peffy Cownty Tournament, 
Sept. 26.— The Perry County Shooting Association held their 
regular monthly .shoot at Duneanon, Pa.,- Sept. - 26. y\.bout forty 
shooters participated in the different "events. There were shooters 
present from Marysville, New Brunswick,. Newport, Loysville, 
Landisburg, and Duneanon. About eight hundred spectators came 
out to. see the shoot. The trade was represented by Mr. Frank 
Lawrence and Mr. J. M. Plawkins. . 
The individual championship trophy, emblematic of the cham- 
pionship of Perry county, was Won by Mr." W. L. Alexander, who 
shot a tic off with Messrs. Gwens.^n.d Diebpld. 
Dr. Morris and Mr. McKling tied with 14. each, for the Ithaca 
gc.n. In the shoot-off, miss-and-out. Dr. Morris won. The fi.ve- 
man team race scheduled to come off started so late but two 
teams could enter; other teams that expected to enter had to 
leave to catch their train. The two. teams that shot . were 
Duneanon and Marysville. . Teams of five men each, shot at 15 
targets per man, Marysville winning by a score of '63 to 49. The 
next shoot of the Association will be held at Marysville, Pa., 
date to be published later. 
Events : 
Targets : 
W H Wilson. 
E M Beck... 
M Bower 
J M Barnelt. 
10 15 10 
11 
10 
'9 12 
8 1 
5 6 7 8 
10 10 25 15 Broke. 
6 13 6 
7 10 S 
4 11 
6 12 
5 7 
8 11 
5 
9 
5 
13 
10 
9 
6 11 
7 . . 
8 
11 
8 
7 
10 
9 
10 
(3 
9 
3 
2 
15 
6 
0 
4 
8 6 
9 .. 
6 . . 
7 1 
8 11 
9 16 12 
7 16 12 
9 20 12 
S 20 .. 
8 18 13 
5 13 10 
6 16 8 
3 18 .. 
9 9 3 
85 
66 
12 
13 
10 22 
7 22 
8 16 12 
S 16 11 
6 
7 
7 
4 
6 
15 
19 
14 10 
16 
13 
12 
8 
7 
10 
14 
91 
68 
55 
84 
71 
69 
66 
72 
51 
2 8 
7 15 14 
3 14 17 
'7 i7 
6 11 7 
6 . . . . 
6 IS .. 
10 24 14 
.. 7 6 
"4 26 io 
99 
J R Hull 10 11 
.J S Magee - 9 10 
J G Martin 
"[ A E Rife 
R A McClure... 
\V L Alexfinder. 
C A McKling.. 
P. Owens 
F .Diebold 
F Beck 6 
T \^'hitmi^e. 
J A McGee. 
B F Kell 3 
F Wase 8 
R H Sherman 5 
R C Jones 4 
F Stephens 6 
Patrick 6 
J Plawley 3 
J L Eversol 8 
M G VVise 
McKelvin 
C A Jones 4 
G Young , 4 
Dr Morris 12 7 
LI Hartul 3 
T Reifsnider 3 
j J W olf 6 
Flurian 4 
C Shearer 4 
A Wolf 3 
Hawkins 10 14 10 
J Shuler 
Gunster 
A L Shearer 
Rhensmith .. .. 10 
No. 4 was a miss-and-out. 
Mr. Hawkins arrived late and was allowed to shoot up. Event 
No. 4 was a miss-and-out up to 15 birds. Kvent No. 7 was for 
individual championship of Perry county. Event No. 8, mer- 
chandise event for Ithaca shotgun. Event No. 9, team race be- 
tween five-man team for Dvmcanon and five-man team from 
Marysville, Pa. 
Milton Tournament. 
Mii.TO.\, Pa., Sept. 23. — The fall tournament of the Milton Rod 
and Gun Club closed with the live-bird events Tuesday afternoon. 
The weather was perfect and a large crowd attended the second 
day's events. Saturday afternoon the club entertained the visit- 
ing experts, who came to Milton from Williarasport in a practice 
shoot, where L. M. Hawkins was high gun with 74 out of 75 tar- 
gets, and Neaf Apgar, Luther Squiers and H. H. Stevens each 
missed but two targets. Capt. F. A. Godcharles was high for 
amateurs, with 68. In the 25-target event, with these five shooting, 
they broke 124 out of 125, 103 were broken before Squiers missed 
a difficult one. The trade was represented by seven of as fine 
gentlemen as we have ever met, and they did much missionary 
work for their firms among the spectators, as well as marksmen. 
Frank Lawrence was present for the fifth time at a Milton 
meet, and his popularity has made him manj^ friends. 
The first day, Monday, Hawkins and Stevens were high guns, 
with 164 out of 170 targets. Tuesday, Elliott won out with 99 
out of 100; Fulford second with 97. For the two days Elliott 
leads with 262, Hawkins 260, Apgar and Fulford 257 out of 270. 
For the three days, Hawkins broke 334, Apgar 330, Squires and 
Stevens 328 and Godcharles 263 out of 345 targets. 
Events: 1 2 3 4 5 6 
Tsrgets: 10 10 10 10 10 25 Broke. 
Apgar 10 10 10 10 
Stevens 9 
Godcharles 8 
Squiers 10 
Hawkins 10 10 10 
8 25 
10 10 10 25 
8 9 10 8 25 
9 10 10 10 24 
Geo Strine 8 9 
Rothe 7 5 
Dc Haas 7 7 
H Strine 4 9 
Koch 7 6 
Rangier 5 . . . . 
Fox 5 5 3 
Redcay 5 7 7 
Smith 4 .. .. 
Sticker 2 1 
Ptornberger 6 .. 
Harris 4 
10 
73 
73 
68 
73 
74 
First Day, 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 10 10 15 20 
Apgar 10 9 15 19 
SqSiers 0 8 15 19 
Godcharles 5 6 11 IS 
Hawkins ... 10 9 14 20 
Stevens 10 9 14 19 
Elliott , 10 9 14 20 
Fulford 9 10 lo 20 
Fleck 6 9 11 IS 
Hull ^ ••- 9 10 13 H 
Coleman 8 9 12 15 
Everett 9 10 13 19 
Dimmick .8 9 05 17 
Kauffman •, J !!•••• 
Fox •■• 6 9 9 11 
Stroh , 8 S -U IS 
5 6 
15 15 
13 14 
12 15 
11 8 
14 15 
14 15 
14 15 
15 15 
15 15 
13 14 
15 15 
13 13 
14 la 
8 .. 
.. 8 
7 8 
25 15 
21 15 
25 15 
21 11 
25 14 
24 14 
24 14 
22 14 
22 11 
25 12 
23 14 
23 13 
2214 
7 
.. 9 
.. 13 
10 11 
10 15 
10 15 
10 15 
7 12 
9 15 
10 15 
9 15 
9 13 
9 13 
10 13 
10 13 
8 14 
9 14 
Broke. 
161 
162 
124 
164 
104 
103 
160 
142 
155 
154 
153 
156 
Beacham 8 8 15 17 .. 12 , 9 .. 
Koch 9 e .. 8 .. 
Robbins 6 4 .. .. .. 
Dooley 5 5 14 9 .. .. 
Harris 9 11 7 . . 5 . . 
Dougal 12 13 10 .. 5 .. 
Rossell 9 .. .. 
De Haas . . ih 7 . . 
Rangier .. g 13 
Strine , , , 13 
Second Day, 
Event 1, 10 live birds: 
Coleman 1122221222—10 
.Fox 1122221122—10 
Beacham .....1111211212—10 
Longshore 1111122222—10 
Boyd 1112212220— 9 
Tovey ............. 1111221120— 9 
Ha\Vl ey 1122222220— 9 
Jones 221110122-1— 9 
Flock 1112120202— 8 
Herman 0122202222— 8 
Rothe 2200111122— 8 
Ferry ..-..1122212022—8 
H Strine 2220220222— 8 
Event 2,' live birds, miss-and-out: 
Beacham 121112111121112—15 Strine 220 
Herman 222122222112210—14 Charles 20 
Harris .21211211211120 —13 Floek 0 
Boyd 112220 — 5 ■ Hawlev 0 
•C W H...- 22220 — 4 
Godcharles ...220 —2 
Events: 
Targets: ■ 
Apgar 
Godcharles 0012102211— l! 
Robbins 1022022101— 7[, 
Keiser 1010121012— '/ 
Plarris 0011121102— 7" 
Jackson 1001111220— T 
Shorkley .0022202192—0 
Gauger 1120100022— & 
Richie 0002201222— 6- 
Clinger 0200201211— &■ 
Dougal 1120100001— & 
Lowe 0110201200— & 
Seidal 1022200002— 5 
— 1 
— 0 
— 0 
— 0 
Shorkley 
.0 
Hawkins 
Stevens 
Elliott .. 
HuTI .... 
Flock . . . 
Fulford . 
Coleman 
Rothe ... 
Hoy .... 
G Strine 
Rangier . 
Ferry ... 
1 
2 
0 
t> 
. 4 
5 
6 
10 
15 
20 
15 
25 
15 
Broke. 
.9 
15 
19 
14 
24 
15 
96 
9 
14 
19 
12 
24 
15 
93 
7 
10 
14 
11 
17 
12 
71 
9 
15 
19 
15" 
24 
14 
96 
.9 
12 
18 
14 
24 
14 
91 
10 
15 
20 
14 
25 
15 
99 
9 
15 
"16 
14 
23 
15 
92 
7 
11 
14 
12 
10 
12 
66 
10 
15 
.20 
15 
25 
12 
97 
7 
14 
18 
14 
24 
13 
6 
9 
9 
4 
2 
'3 
5 
12 
11 
10 
9 
9 
15 
10 
7 
'9 
7 
10 
11 
7 
11 
6 
9 
11 
16 
13 
12 
7 
7 
11 
7 
11 
17 
12 
12 
10 
13 
19 
13 
14 
10 
8 
9 
8 
9 
15 
8 
13 
6 
13 
9 
9 
Fox 
Koch 
Richie 
Rohrer 
Tovey 
Longshore 
Keiser 
Jackson 
Beacham 
H Strine 9 .. 
Harris 11 . . 
Herman ..; , 16 
Hawley 11 
Boyd 9 
Dougal 10 
Among the amateurs ColemaH was high gun for the tw 
with 239, Flock 208, and Godcharles 195 out of 270 targets. 
F. A. Godcharles, Captain M. R & 
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13 
7 
12 
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G C. 
West Branch Rod and Gun Club, 
WiLLiAMSPORT, Pa. — The summary of the scores made at the 
tournament of the West Branch Rod and Gun Club, Sept. 16-18: 
Shot 
at. 
Squiers 160 
Stevens 160 
Elliott 160 
Hawkins 160 
Fanning 160 
Kelley 160 
Everett 160 
Wolfe 160 
Hull 160 
Derk ..160 
Dimick 160 
Cooper 160 
Howell 160 
Trego 160 
Metzer 160 
Schuck 160 
R Johnston ......160 
Morley 160 
T W Johnson .35 
Troutz 35 
Wm Flock 50 
Meyers 50 
Smith 35 
Guinzberg 
Quinn 
Datesman 
Conley , 
Burgeon 
Butterbaugh ........ 
McCreight 
Woodward 
C Flock 
Talley 
J Ward 
Colter 
Spicer 
Godcharles 
Deets 
Phile " 
Planey 
Rothe 
PouUiott 
Dice 
Harris 
Fox 
H M 
Lettan 
Koch 
Hill 
Rogers 
Harman 
Kline 
Shot 
Broke, at. 
156 
156 
155 
153 
152 
149 
149 
147 
145 
144 
142 
142 
140 
140 
139 
131 
129 
114 
30 
32 
39 
36 
26 
160 
160 
160 
ieo 
160 
160 
160 
160 
Broke. 
152 
157 
152 
i55 
136 
150 
139 
138 
160 146 
160 
35 
35 
160 
15 
160 
160 
15 
134 
27 
30 
140 
132 
127 
12 
Shot 
at. 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
85 
160 
'55 
125 
125 
90 
160 
160 
ieo 
160 
160 
160 
160 
160 
125 
125 
125 
80 
75 
70 
70 
70 
40 
40 
30 
35 
35 
55 
20 
20 
20 
20 
20 
15 
15 
160 
70 
Shot 
Broke. 
at. 
Broke. 
142 
480 
450 
150 
480 
463 
155 
480 
462 
160 
153 
i53 
480 
460 
139 
480 
424 
140 
480 
439 
141 
480 
427 
143 
480 
426 
146 
320 
290 
144 
480 
432 
160 
142 
160 
140 
i33 
480 
407 
124 
415 
290 
70 
280 
231 
131 
480 
400 
160 
114 
'33 
90 
63 
108 
175 
149 
85 
175 
124 
64 
140 
100 
35 
26 
iss 
320 
270 
148 
320 
275 
15 
12 
i43 
160 
143 
142 
160 
142 
133 
160 
133 
130 
160 
130 
123 
160 
123 
111 
160 
111 
110 
125 
110 
108 
125 
108 
90 
125 
90 
75 
80 
75 
60 
75 
60 
59 
70 
59 
55 
70 
55 
55 
70 
55 
32 
40 
32 
32 
40 
32 
27 
30 
27 
27 
35 
27 
23 
35 
23 
23 
55 
23 
18 
20 
18 
16 
20 
16 
14 
20 
14 
14 
20 
14 
12 
20 
12 
11 
15 
11 
10 
15 
10 
149 
160 
149 
50 
70 
50 
Gales 
Apgar 
Rudy 
Team shoot for West Branch, .$300 trophy, 80 targets per man, 
150 per team: 
Du Bois Team— Burgoon 28, Kelley 29, Quinn 26, ^Volfe 28, 
Guinzberg 26; total 137. 
Williamsport Team— Everett 27, Dimick 29, Talley 25, Troutz 27, 
Johnston 23; total 131. 
Milton Team— Godcharles 27, Rothe 22, De Haas 22, Harris 24, 
Koch 17; total 112. H. A. Dimick, Sec'y. 
Trap at Point Breeze. 
Philadelphia, Sept. 26.— At Point Breeze to-day two matches 
were shot. One was at 50 birds, reported to be for $100 a side, 
between Messrs. F. Miller and C. K. Knight. The match was 
quite close in the way of misses. The misses were: T.''iller 20; 
Knight 24. As the latter succeeded in missing the most birds, he 
lost. Another match, which surpassed the first, was between 
Messrs. J, Murphy and J. Johnson, at 25 sparrows, reported to 
be for ?50 a side. At the end of the seventeenth round Murphy 
had scored 13 to Johnson's 3, and as there was a fair working 
liypothesis that Johnson had lost, Miirphy w^s tjeclarcd -tjic 
winner, 
