244 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Aug. 23, 1913. 
Western Pennsylvania Trap Shooters’ League. 
Nearly a hundred devotees of the trapshooting game 
attended the fourth tournament of the season, held under 
the auspices of the Western Pennsylvania Trapshooters’ 
League, on the grounds of the Tarentum Gun Club, at 
Tarentum, Tuesday, Aug. 12, and the results of the day’s 
sport were sufficient to give a line on the possible win¬ 
ners of high individual honors for the season. H. G. 
Gillespie was high amateur, breaking 142 targets out of 
a possible. 150. This gives him an average of 92.71 per 
cent, for the season, ranking by the fraction of 1 per 
cent his nearest competitor. J. F. Calhoun was second, 
breaking 141 clays. His average for the season is 92.17, 
next to the leader. Kelsey scored 139 breaks; he is third 
in the list, with a percentage of 91.3 per cent. S. M. 
Crothers is dangerous, with a mark of 90.82 per cent. 
R. G. West, with 90.35 per cent., is right up with the 
leaders. George Cochran with 89.92 per cent., and Alex¬ 
ander H. King, with a fraction over 89 per cent., are 
within striking distance of the top. Gibles, 146, was 
high professional. 
Any one of these is a possible winner of the presi¬ 
dent’s cup for high individual honors of the seasor. All 
are possible contenders for the Class A fob, which will 
be awarded to the winner of a shoot-off of 100, in which 
the five with the highest standing will compete. 
The scores of the Tarentum shoot follow: 
E Gillespie . 
.... 127 
Brendlinger . 
.129 
Iseman . 
.... 97 
Ashbaugh . 
.105 
R R Thompson ... 
.... 
Barson . 
.126 
Chilcott . 
.... 86 
Hickey . 
.122 
Duffy . 
.... 110 
Zimmerly . 
. 117 
Morrison . 
.... 122 
E Mills . 
. 92 
Kelsey . 
.... 139 
H E Cross . 
. 82 
West . 
.... 135 
E Hill . 
. 99 
Moore . 
.... 141 
Linhart . 
. 129 
Young . 
.... 139 
McGinley . 
. 119 
Bruce . 
.... 119 
F Hill . 
.108 
Davis . 
.... 96 
Nichols . 
. 113 
H Gillespie . 
.... 142 
Curry . 
. 116 
D Young . 
.... 127 
Napier . 
.134 
Purvis . 
.... 105 
Cornelius . 
. 74 
Aber . 
.... 126 
Parker . 
. 115 
Calhoun . 
.... 141 
Meredith . 
. 108 
Hickman . 
.... 129 
Cotter . 
.122 
W C Heisey. 
.... 138 
E Hasley . 
. 89 
Rigsby . 
.... 116 
C George . 
.12« 
J essop . 
.... 114 
Stevens . 
.137 
Schuyler . 
.... 116 
McCutcheon .... 
.107 
Denman . 
.... 121 
Faith . 
.107 
Bishop . 
.... 105 
Groll . 
.123 
Pearson . 
.... 121 
Iber . 
. 109 
Gibbs . 
.... 146 
Louis . 
. 114 
Hassam . 
.... 130 
Lewis . 
.133 
Bunn . 
.... 124 
Linderman . 
.101 
Stewart . 
.... 124 
Thom . 
. 95 
Joslyn . 
.... 137 
ITaberman . 
. 97 
Born . 
.... 124 
McLaughlin . 
. 108 
King . 
.... 65 
A Curry . 
. 138 
Slater . 
.... 116 
MacMeans ....... 
.123 
. 119 
. 95 
Whalen . 
. 81 
Painter . 
. 112 
E Miller . 
.... 129 
Anthony .. 
. 135 
Bennett . 
.... 123 
Matthews . 
. 120 
McClaren . 
.... 113 
L Meyers . 
. 116 
Bosserman . 
.... 122 
Robb . 
.132 
Peach . 
.... 120 
Tannehill . 
. 116 
A H King . 
.... 136 
Kennerdell . 
. 67 
Sherrer . 
.... 116 
Wolford . 
Shaw . 
.... 89 
Humes . 
. 85 
Cochran . 
.... 138 
Kirsch . 
. 73 
Brooks .. 
.... 113 
Hawk . 
. 75 
D Baker .. 
.... 133 
Bruff . 
. 79 
F Smith . 
.... 120 
Birmingham G. C. 
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 16.—Twenty-five shooters 
were present at the weekly shoot of the Birmingham 
Gun Club. Guy Cooper, of Kansas City, Mo., was with 
us and put up a good score. He will be a participant 
in the Alabama State shoot to be held Monday, Tues¬ 
day and Wednesday next. The professionals present 
were Tom Cassity, Geo. Hillman, P. B. Plummer, Dick 
Leland and Clyde Hunter. Gentry Hillman went out 
with the very good score of 95 out of his 100, and C. J. 
Broyles followed with 92. 
Scores were made as follows: 
Shot at. Broke 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Gentry Hillman. 
100 
95 
Tom Cassity . 
.. 100 
S3 
C T Broyles. 
100 
92 
R Baugh . 
.. 100 
82 
C Abbott . 
100 
91 
Hodges . 
.. 100 
82 
1 Fletcher . 
100 
90 
Geo Hillman 
.. 100 
77 
!l C Rvding_ 
100 
90 
Dr Nolan .... 
.. 100 
69 
D Leland . 
100 
90 
Blalock . 
.. 80 
62 
100 
89 
.. fiO 
50 
Dr Sellers . 
100 
89 
Bonham . 
.. 60 
50 
E M Cromwell. 
100 
88 
Heckler . 
.. 60 
46 
C T Barr. 
100 
88 
Tyler . 
,. SO 
44 
Mrs Garl . 
100 
87 
Hatlock .. 
.. 60 
44 
P P. Plummer... 
100 
87 
Wallace . 
.. 20 
11 
C Hunter . 
100 
86 
♦Professionals. 
Charlottesville and University G. C. 
Charlottesville, Va„ Aug. 15. —The eleventh an¬ 
nual shoot of the Charlottesville and University Gun 
Club was held on Aug. 12. The affair was managed by 
Geo. L. Bruffey, who has had charge of every shoot 
since the organization of the club. To Mr. Bruffey is 
due the credit of keeping Charlottesville on the shooting 
map. In all these years he has never met with failure, 
and has always had the loyal support of the business 
men of that place. However, on the morning of the 
12th it seemed that it would be impossible to pull off 
the shoot. Day dawned with a heavy rain falling, and it 
kept up most of the day, and when rain was not falling, 
a heavy mist was blown in the shooters’ face by a 
strong northeast wind, which chilled one to the marrow. 
Most of the boys shot with their raincoats on or were 
bundled up in sweaters, which handicapped them some¬ 
what, and resulted in low scores for most of those pres¬ 
ent. 
The ladies of Ihe Episcopal Church braved the storm 
and fed the shooters and their friends. They are entitled 
to especial praise for the excellence of the lunch served 
and for their uniform kindness to those present. They 
remained until the last shot was fired, and until that time 
the lid was not placed on the top of the buttermilk can. 
E. D. Morgan was high over all, and carried with 
him to Washington the bulk of the prize money. Artz 
was second. Bruffey and Burgess, of the home club, 
tied for third place with 144, and G. D. Kirkpatrick, of 
Washington, landed in fourth place with 143. Scholl, of 
the du Pont company, was high professional. 
Following are the scores, including the eight 20- 
target events and the special handicap event at 25 targets: 
Morgan . 
.. 150 
W B Anderson ... 
.... 138 
Artz . 
.. 146 
M Taylor . 
.... 137 
*Scholl . 
.. 145 
Poffenbarger . 
.... 136 
*Baskerville . 
.. 144 
Runnells . 
.... 135 
*Anderson . 
.. 144 
Sillings . 
.... 132 
Bruffey . 
.. 144 
Day . 
.... 129 
Burgess . 
.. 144 
Sproul . 
.... 128 
Kirkpatrick . 
.. 143 
Ford . 
.... 126 
Page . 
.. 141 
♦Goodloe . 
.... 124 
Massie . 
.. 140 
Harris . 
.... 110 
Wheat . 
.. 139 
Cooke . 
.... 87 
T E Harrison. 
.. 138 
W O Harrison .... 
.... 105 
Rea . 
.. 138 
George (60). 
.... 48 
The special event 
at 25 
.. 24 
tarsrets follows: 
.... 20 
Morgan . 
.. 22 
Rea . 
.... 20 
•Sproul . 
.. 21 
Bruffey . 
.... 20 
W B Anderson. 
.. 21 
George . 
.... 19 
J A Anderson . 
.. 21 
Poffenberger . 
.19 
.. 21 
.... 18 
Page . 
.. 21 
W O Harrison. 
.... 18 
Goodloe . 
.. 21 
Burgess . 
.... IS 
Kirkpatrick . 
.-. 21 
Wheat . 
.... 17 
Massie . 
.. 20 
Cooks . 
.... 15 
Artz . 
.. 20 
T E Harrison . 
.... 17 
Ford . 
.. 20 
Scholl . 
23 
Visitor. 
Chicago G. C. 
Chicago, Ill., Aug. 9. —Eleven shooters took part 
in the weekly club shoot this afternoon. J. H. Mav 
took first place in the club event, with 9G with his added 
handicap. Goode did fine work, standing on the 20yd. 
mark, scoring 86 out of 100 in the distance handican. 
Fethcrston was a close second in this event with 85. 
Cutler copped first in the last event by breaking 24 out 
of 25. All members are urged to participate in the 
distance handicap event on Aug. 17, the prize being 
an Ithaca gun to the winner, and is well worth striving 
for. Scores: 
Targets: 
IT 
T 
100 
15 
25 
T 
IT 
Mav. 
. 6 
96 
19 
O 
P 
Goode, 20 . 
. 6 
93 
86 
T 
Lino. 20. 
93 
78 
12 
C 
B 
Cook . 
. 10 
93 
10 
2i 
C 
W 
Mav... 
. 13 
89 
12 
w 
S 
Cutler . 
. 8 
88 
24 
I 
II 
Amberg. 
. 10 
88 
1 
B 
Seymour. 
. 28 
81 
L 
M 
Fetherston, -20. 
85 
A 
T.i 
no . 
13 
22 
Mrs j 
T H May. 
10 
Aug. 10. — A steady downpour of rain, which lasted 
for several hours, kept our attendance down to thirteen 
shooters, who had some good sport after the rain 
ceased falling. 
Cutler landed top honors with a total score of 100. 
Fred Bills being a close contender for the honors with 
98 actual breaks. 
In the handicap event Seelig, Sr., broke 46 out of 
50 from the 18yd. mark. Cutler taking second with 43 
from the same handicap. Silver broke 44 out of the 
last 50 from 20yds. Stemmer shot a 20-gauge pump 
gun and made a number of excellent shots- from the 
23 and 24yd. line. Scores, events 3, 4 and 5, distance 
handicap: 
W S Cutler. 18vds.. 
100 
13 
43 
23 
F G BilD. 
. 0 
98 
15 
T W ICeiler. 
.“>6 
96 
9 
P Miller . 
.. 13 
94 
8 
C F Seelig. 
. 20 
91 
8 
W Leonard. 16 . 
. 13 
89 
19 
H Wolfe. 18 . 
. 8 
84 
39 
P IT Hark. 16. 
. 13 
84 
8 
19 
A T Rundquist. 
C R Seelig, 18. 
E Silver, 20 . 
. 13 
82 
46 
13 
41 
23 
21 
D F. Thomas, 21. 
11 
40 
20 
19 
C F Stemmer, 20. 
30 
22 
17 
Smith Gmii Club. 
Newark. N. J., Aug. 16.—Scores made over the 
Smith Gun Club traps were not quite up to the average 
to-day. Most of the gunners shot from the 22yd. line. 
High gun went to J. W. Reed with 173 out of 250. Scores: 
W Hassinger 
T W Reed... 
J Lehn . 
G Drew . 
T Murphy .. 
j E Leslie.. 
L McCabe .. 
E Sealv .... 
C King .... 
O Errickson 
.. 16 17 22 19 19 18 . 
.. 21 20 20 15 16 15 22 11 12 21 
.. 19 18 16 15 15 IS 17 13 19 .. 
.. 24 14 16 15 14 13 15 19 21 
.. 16 19 20 18 . 
.. 13 16 12 . 
.. 9 13 11. 
.. 18 19 18 . 
.. 11 11 10 . 
.. 9 12 13. 
Youghiogheny Country Club. 
McKeesport, Pa., Aug. 11.—Again the Youghiogheny 
Gun Club was favored with fine weather for the shoot 
on Saturday afternoon, and a goodly number turned out. 
There was a puffy cross-wind, which puzzled some of 
the shooters considerably and resulted in there being a 
number of low scores made. 
Rigsby carried off the honors of the day with 46 out 
of 50, and was followed closely by J. W. Napier and 
Calhoun. Meredith with Hickman and C. J. Vitos qual¬ 
ified in Class B, and Simpson, of McKeesport, and J. I. 
Morrison, of Brownsville, qualified in Class C. Cal¬ 
houn again easily won the doubles 42 out of 50. The 
total scores for tile day were: 
Singles: 
Rigsby . 46 
J W Napier . 43 
Calhoun . 43 
B F Bunn . 41 
Hickman . 39 
Meredith . 39 
C J Vitos . 39 
H Stewart . 37 
Dr Heisey . 37 
Dr Hodgson . 34 
T I Morrison. 32 
Simpson . 32 
Wm Pry . 30 
Parke . 30 
S O Mason. 30 
C H Napier. 24 
W A Cornelius. 20 
Doubles: 
Calhoun . 42 Dr Heisey . 34 
Rigsby . 36 W A Cornelius. 21 
An interesting handicap club shoot is being contested 
through these regular events, and resulted as follows: 
J W Napier . 0 43 Parke . 10 40 
Dr Hodgson . 8 42 Heisey . 2 39 
W A Cornelius. 20 40 C H Naier. 8 24 
Simpson . 8 40 
The next shoot at the Youghiogheny Country Club 
will be Saturday afternoon, Aug. 30. By the arrange¬ 
ment of these shoots men who qualify in the different 
classes and who shoot through at least five of the eight 
events are privileged to shoot at the end of the season 
for trophies, to be given as prizes to the winning man 
in each class, and as a number have already qualified in 
the different classes, a very interesting contest is being 
looked forward to at the end of the season. 
Some Shooting Match. 
The time, Aug. 13 in the afternoon. The place, Elliott's 
Shooting Park, Kansas City, Mo. The shooters, one 
Harry (“Dutchman”) Snyder and Ted (“Boss”! Doremus 
vs. one Vernon (“Buster”) Greene and Dell (“Gloomy”) 
Gross. And the match was at 100 single 16yd. targets 
per man. The winning team to enjoy free targets. The 
referee, score man and general utility may was Bob 
Elliott, known to all shooters, especially 87 per cent, 
shooters and worse, as the owner and runner of Elliott’s 
Park. Bob is now running a “lead mine” at the park, 
and finds but little spare time to look after his other 
interests, which for the time at least are minor ones 
(minor is not intended to be a pun) and Bob doesn't 
shoot from 21yd. mark. 
A glance at the scores will show who was to blame 
for the downfall of Gloomy and Buster, and had it not 
been for the generosity of Snyder, who loaned Greene his 
“double-barrel Parker” after the first event, the down¬ 
fall would have been something worse than ten birds. 
Scores follow: 
Snyder . 92 Gross . 87 
Doremus . 75 — 167 Greene . 70 — 157 
The “champions” talked so much about their walk¬ 
over that a match at doubles was framed up, and it 
took two races at 12 pairs per man to satisfy the champs 
that their game was at singles. Scores follow: 
Snyder . 16 17 Gross . 21 19 
Doremus . 13 11 Greene . 11 17 
29 38 32 36 
The only unpleasant feature of the whole afternoon 
developed during the fifth event in the 100-target match, 
when Gloomy lost 5 targets and was promptly accused 
by his partner of throwing the race in fear that his Boss 
would fire him. 
Unquestionably there will be other matches, when 
ample notice will be given. In passing, it might be well 
to mention that all contestants are members of the re¬ 
cently constituted trapshooting organization of Fleas, 
and that Bob Elliott was duly initiated with all cere¬ 
monies at the close of the match. 
Independent G. C. 
Easton, Pa., Aug. 9. —The Independent Gun Club 
held its regular monthly shoot to-day for the Stevens 
and Du Pont trophies. J. Maurer and Wenner also 
shot for the club’s challenge cup, the former winning 
with 64 out of 75, while Wenner broke 57. 
Below are the scores. No. 1 is the handit 
trophy; No. 2, the handicap Du Pont trophy: 
Targets: H. 25 H. 25 ' 
J Maurer . 1 22 1 22 
Wenner . 2 22 4 22 
Heil . 1 24 2 22 
Cross . 0 21 3 23 
Ivey . 5 24 8 25 
W Maurer . 0 17 0 20 
Miller . 
cap 
Stevens 
25 
25 
25 
22 
22 
19 
15 
17 
20 
21 
23 
is 
15 
20 
19 
14 
i3 
New Columbus Gun Club. 
Columbus. O., Aug. 9 — Following are scores made 
at the New Columbus Gun Club shoot: 
Webster . 23 23 24 23 .. 
Harris . 22 22 23 21 22 
Shilling . 22 22 23 22 .. 
J H Smith. 21 22. 
Ross . . 21. . 
