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Davenport Tournament. 
Davenport, la., Oct. 9.— Your readers will call to mind that 
two years ago the Cumberland Gun Club held a tournament at 
Davenport which was known as the merchandise shoot, one of the 
most successful shoots held during the year, i'he attendance was 
large, the interest never lagged from the firing of the first gun 
until the close of. the third day. There were prizes for all, and 
several won more than they could carry. 
Oet. 6) 7 and S were the days set apart for the 1905 merchandise 
slioot, afld -while it was not quite as successful as the 1903 shootj 
it was a Cotkef, as oH the third day there were severltyTwo shoot- 
ers who took part. The same array of prizes were Uffeted, btft 
there were circumstances that caused the shooters to drop out 
after one day’s trial; others stayed two days, and only a few shot 
all the three days. 
The grounds used this year were Hot off top of the hill, facing 
north and adjoining the Schuctzen Tark, but at the Suburban 
Park, a .summer resort on the banks of the Mississippi Kiver. At 
first, glance the outlook seemed good, but when the shooters got 
busy; all were surprised at the misses scored. Many of these 
were accounted for by the background, which was a sloping 
field. Then the backstops were too high, which permitted a 
target to get far out before being seen. The sun shone in the 
shooter’s face and caused a reflection on the gun barrels, as the 
traps faced south by east. The flight of the targets was un- 
doubtedly higher than most of the contestants could estimate. 
One of the great sights was the large tent with its 400 prizes 
that had been donated for the patrons of the Club. 
The club is fortunate in having the same experienced men 
who have fun the club’s affairs, and are posted in all the ins and 
outs of these merchandise affairs for several years, viz., Henry 
Eggers, president; W. F. Kray, secretary, ahd C. Thode, treas- 
urer. 
The manner of running these shoots is to charge all the regular 
entrance fee, then divide the mortey 40, 80, 20, 10 per cent. Those 
shooting in first of second plaCe get money only;, then for the 
following nine oh ten places I’nere is a merchandise prize; so 
that every one had a chahce on some prize. The only place that 
there was luck was in the drawing to settle the ties — there was no 
shooting off. 
' The wind blew’ strongly in front of the traps, and the targets 
Seemed uneven the first day; some were fast, some slow, others 
high, and yet again very low. 
There were sixty-four shooters who took part during the day, 
half of whbm shot through the 185 targets. 
The traveling mCn were out in force.: H. Vietmeyer, L. H. 
Fitzsimmons, Dave Elliott, Wm. Stannard, W. H. Cadwallader 
and Fred H. Lord. 
With one or two exceptions, all were dissatisfied with their 
scores. John Garrett was at his best, and he missed 12. He 
Svas followed by Barber with 170 broke. Then Barkley, 109, and 
Kohler 166. Stannard made 169, Cadwallader 165, Fitzsimmons 
161. Scores : 
Speth 
Oct. 6, First Day. 
Events : 
Targets: 
Hilton 
Munson 
Kahler 
Arp 
Vietmeyer 
Loring 11 
Fitz 
Scott 
Groves ....’ 
Garrett 
Kline 
Barber 
Call 
Hass 
Stone 
Goering 
Otto 
Elliott 
M Thorp 
R Sharp ... 
Steege 
Knussel 
Reimers 
Newton 13 
Rogers 14 
Stannard 14 
Barkley 13 
Cad 13 
Lord , 12 
Kinney 13 
Gosch 11 
Boy 7 
Sperry 15 
Shadow 11 
Harrington 9 
Newton 12 
Hoffman 
Carpenter 
Thode 
McBride 
Loechel 
York 
Grant 
Price 
Arthur 
York 
Jennings .' .. 
Dick 
Schmidt 
H Kuehl 
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Shot 
15 16 20 15 20 15 15 15 20 15 20 
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Broke. 
. . . 11 12 17 14 18 10 11 12 16 12 13 
185 
146 
, . . 11 11 17 9 16 9 12 8 13 11 18 
185 
135 
. . 14 15 19 13 18 10 12 11 16 12 17 
185 
155 
. . . 9 15 8 13 18 15 15 13 19 14 17 
185 
166 
. . . 10 11 18 10 15 12 12 11 18 14 16 
185 
147 
. .■ 12 8 16 10 16 8 9 12 17 8 14 
185 
130 
, . . 11 13 16 8 IS 11 
100 
77 
, . . 15 11 17 11 19 14 12 15 18 13 16 
185 
161 
, . . 12 11 19 14 18 13 15 14 16 14 18 
185 
164 
, . . 14 14 16 11 16 14 12 14 19 14 16 
185 
160 
. . 14 14 20 12 19 15 14 14 19 14 18 
185 
173 
. . 12 13 20 14 18 10 11 15 17 13 17 
185 
160 
, . . 14 12 20 13 20 12 14 13 19 14 19 
185 
170 
, . . 10 14 20 15 16 12 13 14 16 13 14 
185 
137 
.. 10 11 12 9 16 
85 
58 
. . 9 12 15 
50 
36 
. . 13 11 19 12 19 12 12 12 16 13 19 
185 
158 
.. 12 12 15 12 16 10 12 11 16 14 12 
185 
142 
. . 12 11 20 12 20 13 14 13 19 11 17 
185 
162. 
.. 11 10 16 9 17 13 12 12 19 11 16 
185 
145 
. . 12 13 16 12 18 13 12 12 19 9 17 
186 
153 
. . ]-5 12 19 13 17 14 15 13 17 10 15 
186 
160 
. . 11 10 16 11 17 16 12 13 17 10 11 
185 
143 
.. 10 10 18 14 15 10 9 11 16 11 13 
185 
137 
.. 10 12 17 9 18 11 11 9 18 11 15 
185 
141 
.. 17 
11 17 
14 20 
14 19 
14 18 
8 19 
14 18 
12 14 
13 16 
14 19 
14 18 
13 18 
13 17 
13 19 
9 17 
13 15 
13 18 
13 19 
14 19 
13 16 
13 17 
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16 18 
14 13 
8 15 
12 .. 
13 .. 
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10 15 
13 12 
11 15 
12 13 
12 13 
13 10 
12 12 
10 8 
12 IS 11 14 15 19 
14 19 12 14 14 18 
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. . . . 13 13 
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8 .. 4 8 
12 . . 13 10 
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14 14 
13 19 
13 20 
12 19 
12 14 
15 17 
12 .. 
7 16 
13 17 
12 19 
6 17 8 15 
8 19 12 14 
10 9 16 9 . . 
10 11 11 11 16 
15 9 16 13 17 
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12 10 . . 7 . . 
9 12 13 12 14 
9 12 14 12 14 
13 10 10 9 13 
50 
185 
186 
185 
185 
185 
185 
160 
80 
185 
185 
65 
60 
115 
70 
45 
115 
65 
15 
80 
85 
86 
30 
45 
85 
85 
85 
38 
152 
169 
169 . 
165 
149 
162 
108 
48 
167 
160 
37 
48 
85 
40 
20 
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61 
8 
53 
59 
70 
20 
29 
61 
61 
66 
Griffin . . 
Thoen . . 
Stone . . . 
Kenklick 
IV hite . . 
Flambo . 
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9 i3 
85 
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Events : 
11 .. .. 
11 
Targets:- 
8 14 .. 
.. 8 
60 
VVestiey ; 
4 8 12 
6 .. 
65 
30 
Grovds .. 
14 .. 
30 
24 
Money 
11 6 
55 
27 
F'rost 
12 .. 
15 
12 
Rogers .. 
8 5 
35 
13 
Hilton . . . 
8 6 
50 
18 
Hageman 
8 7 
50 
23 
Reimers . 
Oct. 7, Secocd Day. 
12 3 
16 15 20 
13 15 14 
13 9 16 
11 12 14 
13 13 15 
Arriving ofi the ground at 9 A. M., the sun was shining brightly 
and the wind was blowing hard crossways to the shooters’ stand. 
Ihus the prospects were that targets would not be easy for this 
day. Garrett 'fell away to 166, and Barber went to the front with 
174, Barkley 197, Sperry 160 
Cadwallader was well to the front on this day, and led the 
“profesh” with 168, to Stannard’s 160. 
It was noticed that some of those who shot the first day were 
absent the second. They were for the most part those who had 
shot three days at New London, and they were tired out with 
their previous three days’ grind. This is another proof that 
shoots closely following each other are not as well patronized as 
those that are two weeks or more apart. Scores: 
Events : 
I’ergets: 
Westley 
Groves 
Scott 
Hageman ..... 
Fitz 10 13 15 
Knussel 10 12 14 
Arp 9 7 11 
Munson 11 13 16 
Sperry 12 11 18 
Goeting 10 14 10 
Garrett 13 14 19 
Kline 11 11 17 
Barber 14 14 20 
Cole 12 13 18 
Cook . , 9 12 14 
V ietmeyer 10 12 16 
Elliott 13 14 13 
Drawne 14 9 16 
Black 12 13 18 
Kahler 1112 17 
Stannard 13 14 19 
Barkley 15 14 16 
Cadwallader 14 12 20 
Lord 12 11 15 
Kinney 11 14 16 
Cooley 9 13 18 
Shadow 10 12 16 
Flilton 11 10 12 
Reimers ,14 1114 
Griffin 13 .. 15 
Loechel 13 12 17 
McCard 10 14 20 
C Kuehl 10 8 9 
Wilkin 6 .. 
Money 11 19 
Lewis 17 
York 
Kelley 
Thode ■ . . 
Dick 
Inguers . . 
N Boy 
Hass 
Samuelson 
Young 
Schmidt 
Martens 
Ely. 
White 
B Schmidt 
Burmeister 
Ely 
Diehm 
Nance 
4 5 6 
16 16 20 
13 . 8 16 
11 13 18 
13 11 15 
12 12 19 
13 14 18 
13 13 18 
10 13 18 
13 12 20 
15 14 16 
11 8 16 
16- 10 19- 
14 13 18 
14 14 18 
13 10 16 
13 12 17 
13 8 17 
11 11 13 
10 13 15 
14 12 15 
11 9 18 
15 12 18 
16 12 17 
15 13 20 
14 13 18 
12 12 18 
12 10 16 
14 13 17 
8 11 14 
11 11 12 
14 .. .. 
10 12 14 
13 10 18 
7 12 .. 
7 8-9 
16 16 20 
- 12 12 11 
10 13 16 
10 10 13 
10 9 17 
11 11 17 
10 12 13 
9 13 19 
11 9 13 
11 11 20 
6 8 9 
12 16 17 
12 12 18 
12 16 19 
8 12 18 
10 10 18 
9 13 15 
12 10 15 
15 10 16 
11 11 19 
12 14 17 
10 14 15 
11 13 20 
13 14 18 
12 13 18 
13 14 14 
12 11 13 
12 12 13 
11 11 14 
13 14 19 
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10 .. 16 
7 6 7 
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13 19 
13 18 
11 17 
14 14 
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14 14 
14 18 
11 .. 
14 17 
13 19 
14 20 
13 16 
12 19 
11 16 
8 8 
10 16 
11 19 
14 17 
13 17 
13 20 
13 16 
11 20 
14 16 
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11 16 
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9 7 
13 12 16 11 13 17 12 16 
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at. 
186 
185 
186 
186 
185 
166 
186 
185 
185 
165 
185 
185 
186 
185 
186 
185 
186 
185 
185 
185 
186 
186 
186 
185 
185 
150 
185 
185 
185 
65 
165 
155 
165 
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155 
Broke. 
141 
160 
140 
148 
150 
123 
136 
146 
160 
103 
165 
168 
174 
148 
146 
139 
128 
143 
156 
159 
160 
167 
168 
157 
158 
114 
137 
125 
146 
64 
125 
129 
82 
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Oct. 8, Third Day. 
The prizes were just as numerous and as attractive on the last 
day as the first, and there were seventy-two shooters present. The 
sun shone brightly and the wind blew strong, and many were 
the poor scores that were recorded. Barber kept up his steady 
pounding and made 169, which gave him the high average prize 
for the three days. Yeung Kahler shot well and did not make 
many slips, and came second with- 166. Black, one of the famous 
Nicholas, la., team, made it very interesting for the ooys on this 
day with his 164. Another one of the Davenports’ good shots 
was surely shooting some, as he landed some straights, with good 
prizes— this was Money Hageman, 163. There was a big turnout 
of the home members, as about thirty-five of them enrolled as 
shooters. 
There were seven averages given for those shooting the entire 
programme. Barber with 513, won a fine silver cup, presented by 
a powder company; Barkley, of Chicago, with 495, was presented 
with a fine gold medal. Kahler, the home boy, who is said to 
be yet in his ’teens, made 485 and was awarded a silver loving 
cup. The next one in line was Russell Kline, of Spirit Lake la • 
his 479 won him a neat gold medal. The next good shooter was 
Money Hageman, heretofore referred to; he carried away a re- 
peating rifle, as a reminder of, his 476. Mr. Kinney, of Chicago 
was next in line, and a fancy carving set was his reward for 462’ 
As there were but seven prizes, the next to be honored was w! 
J. Groves, of JacksonvilJe, I!J. Scores : 
1 2 3 4 5 6 
16 15 20 15 16 20 
7 12 13 10 10 16 
.......... 14 13 16 11 11 14 
......... 12 13 17 14 9 20 
9 9 12 9 11 18 
.......... 13 9 16 9 13 12 
10 J2 17 12 11 17 
12 12 12 12 13 17 
13 14 19 14 .6 16 
Arp 11 13 11 14 11 16 
Coleman 12 13 13 13 11 17 
Scott 9 14 15 13 10 13 
Kline 11 16 18 11 11 18 
Barber 14 13 18 14 12 20 
Cole 9 13 13 7 10 16 
Kahler 13 14 17 15 15 17 
Stannard 12 13 16 11 12 18 
Barkley 14 11 17 12 12 17 
Cad 12 13 17 14 12 20 
Ford 12 10 15 11 11 11 
Kinney 12 12 16 12 8 18 
Brehmer 6 7 14 . . 
O Stohl 7 9 19 . . 9 is 
J Stohl 12 14 18 11 11 18 
McCard 14 11 16 13 .. .. 
Shadow 12 10 14 11 . . 
Black 14 12 16 15 13 is 
-Branmen 5 8 11 7 11 14 
Von 11 12 17 13 11 15 
Drawne 16 12 15 12 7 12 
Kuehl 6 8 9 3 3 5 
Hass 8 is 16 11 8 10 
Newton 11 9 10 
Ditmar 2 10 ii 
Krohn 15 12 
Reading 5 § 
Goshch 
Speth 
Griffin 
Fisher 
Mudd 
Cramer . 
Otto . , . . , 
Goering 
Kneussel ............. . . . . . 
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Kneuckel . . , 
Marcusen 
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Dick 
VV Kiefer 
Diehm 
Krohn 
Geerts 
Henck 
Nance 
Borchers 
Kieffers 
Barnholt 
Dessant .’ 
Arthur 
Blerechford 
Hounaman . . . . 
Ely 
Byrnes 
Berg 
Boos 
Greve 
W Brahmer 
Hemts 
\V ilkins 
Martins 
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15 15 
11 10 
14 12 
14 11 
10 11 
14 14 
10 11 
15 10 
11 10 
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15 12 
16 13 
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15 12 
15 15 
13 15 
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11 12 
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18 9 15 
18 14 19 
15 8 11 
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19 14 19 
14 13 19 
18 10 18 
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19 1-f 17, 
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18 12 13 
18 15 16 
17 13 20 
17 12 19 
16 11 17 
15 11 17 
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Alliance Gun Club tournament, held on 
Uct. 6 and 7, had exceedingly high winds both days. Weather' 
conditions unfavorable for high scores. 
The trophy event on the second day, a handicap, 16 to 20yds 
was won by Maxwell, from the 19yd. mark, with a score of 47 
out of 50. The handicaps and scores follow: Fluntlev tEOf 45- 
laylor (20) 4i, Veach (19) 38, Maxwell (19) 47, Bray (18) 43 ’ 
Carter (18) 36, Shaner (18) 39, Linderman (17) 42, Allen (16) 36* 
Waters (16) 36, Hancock (16) 27, Flicks (16) 22. ^ 
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137 
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112 
127 
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122 
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Professionals. 
Targets : 
Harold Money, St. Louis. Mo 
First Day. 
200 
Chris Gottlieb, Kansas Citv. Mo 
C B Adams, Rockwell Citv. la 
W H Heer, Concordia. Kans 
C D Plank, Denver, (iolo 
Gapt A H Hardy, Lincoln, Neb 
G A Young, Springfield, O 
Walter Huff, Macon, Ga 
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Geo L Carter, Lincoln, Neb 
Geo Maxwell, Holstan, Neb 
S A Huntley, Sioux Citv. la 
Harry Gayhart, Hot Springs, S. D 
H laylor, Meckline-, S. D io^ 
Dick Linderman, Cortland, Neb 
W H Veach, hall City, Neb 
D D Bray, (Jolumbus, Neb 
Geo L Lyons. Durham, N. C 10.1 
L A Shaner, Alliance, Neb ioa 
F E Allen, Alliance. Neb lA^y 
Williams, Hyanni-s, Neb.,,,.,.,,,,,,,,.-, 
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