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FOREST AND STREAM 
Sept. 27, 1913. 
Fixtures. 
If you want your shoot to be announced 
here, send a notice like the following: 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Sept. 25-27.—Long Beach (L. I.) G. C. tournament. 
Sept. 27.—Beverly, Mass.—United Shoe Machinery Ath¬ 
letic Association G. C. A. C. Spencer, Pres. 
Oct. 2.—Elkton (Md.) G. C. H. L. Worthington, Sec’y. 
Oct. 7 —Milton (Pa.) Sportsmen’s Association. F. A. 
Godcharles, Sec’y. 
Oct. 8-9.—Medford (Okla.) G. C. I. V. Hardy, Sec’y. 
Oct. 14.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. L. Worthington. 
Vice-Pres. 
Oct. 18.—Baltimore, Md.—Maryland Country Club G. C. 
H. L. Worthington, Mgr. 
Oct. 25.—Camden (N. J.) S. A. W. H. Kling, Capt. 
Oct. 31-Nov. 1.—Monroe (La.) G. C. J. T. Austin, Pres. 
Nov. 27.—Holbrook (Ariz.) G. C. J. S. Hulet, Sec’y. 
Dec. 1-5.—St. Thomas (Ont.) G. C. W. J. McCance, Mgr. 
1914 
Jan. 21-24.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club. Leonard 
Tufts, Sec’y. 
July 4.—Syracuse, N. Y.—Hunters’ Club of Onondaga 
County. Chas. H. Stanard, Sec’y-Treas. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
E. Reed Shaner, Secretary, Interstate Association, 
writes: "In accordance with the resolution adopted by 
the Interstate Association at its annual meeting of 1910, 
I beg to advise you that Mr. George E. Ellis, of Stock- 
ton, Cal., was the winner of the eighth Pacific Coast 
Handicap, at Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 16. Mr. Ellis used 
a Smith gun, Winchester-Shelby shells and Du Pont 
powder.” 
On Sept. 25, 26 and 27, there will be held on the 
beach in front of the Hotel Nassau, Long Beach, Long 
Island, the first annual tournament of the Long Beach 
Gun Club. This tournament will be held under the 
personal direction of Jack Fanning, by the courtesy of 
the Du Pont Powder Company. When you fellows from 
Port Washington get back from the Westy’s you’ll be 
in time for this go. 
The Robin Hood Gun Club, of Concord, S. I., will 
hold a special merchandise shoot on Columbus Day, 
Oct. 13, at 1 o’clock. The program consists of 100 birds, 
added bird handicap, so you get an even chance with 
the crackerjack. Entrance fee $1, birds extra at 1 cent 
each. Special prize for high average from scratch. 
Everybody welcome to attend. All standard loads for 
sale. Grounds are forty-five minutes from Broadway. 
New York, and are reached by the Municipal Ferry, then 
by Richmond trolley car. G. Conelley is Secretary. 
* 
At the last shoot of the season at Greenwich Gun 
Club, Mrs. F. F. Rodgers won the ladies’ championship 
with 71 out of 100. This score really denotes exceptional 
shooting for a woman, for the reason that owing to 
high wind, the targets did turkey trots and other synco¬ 
pations in the ambient atmosphere that made grizzled 
mere men, who have been known to go 100 straight, 
shoot well under 75. The nearest of the weaker sex to 
Mrs. Rodgers’ score made 59, and that young lady is an 
unusually accurate aerosaucer breaker. 
W. G. Beecroft. 
Birmingham G. C. 
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 20.—On'y a small bunch of 
shooters faced the traps and hard weather conditions 
here to-day. We had with us Guy Ward, who has been 
away for a long time. He led the shooting with 88 out 
of his 100 shot at. Following are the scores at 100 
targets: 
Guy Ward . 88 
E M Cornwell . 85 
Randolph .72 
Mrs Garl .(75) 65 
O L Garl .(75) 63 
.Toslyn . 54 
House . 52 
Lanksford . (75) 40 
The Westy Hogan Tournament 
By EDWARD BANKS 
The seventh annual tournament of the Westy Hogans 
was brought to a successful close on Saturday afternoon, 
Sept. 20 last, when Louis Colquitt, of Orange, N. J.; 
Henry Eyre and Fred Plum, of Atlantic City, N. J.. won 
respectively first, second and third prizes in the Westy 
Hogan Handicap, the new feature of the program, and 
one which drew 117 entries of which number only six 
withdrew, notwithstanding that it was just about as bad 
a day for trapshooting as one would want to experience. 
Not a ray of sunshine, an easterly breeze, amounting to 
almost “wind” occasionally, driving the heavy “Scotch 
mist” through even the best of cravenettes, etc. No 
better testimonial to the wisdom of the Westy Hogans’ 
tournament committee, in promoting such an event on 
the last day of really a five days’ tournament could be 
asked for. The shoot commenced on Tuesday afternoon 
with 101 starters in the practice events, so it was surely 
“some shoot.” The bad weather alone prevented the 
total number of entries from reaching those of the pre¬ 
vious year. but as it was, there were some 225 different 
shooters on the grounds during the shoot. 
The records from which the following figures are 
given were the official ones: Entries: Practice day, 101; 
first day, 167; second day 168; third day 164; fourth day, 
144. The targets thrown were 127,526 all told, including 
those thrown at Charlie North's “Only Square Game on 
the Island,” the miss-and-out, $1 for three tries, targets 
thrown any height, any angle and any distance, 'TO tar¬ 
gets a throw.” In other words, if a man broke 10 
straight, he was sure of a division of first money; in 
case no straight score was made (and there was not at 
this shoot), it was a case of “high gun division.” As a 
matter of interest, it is worth noting that “8 straight” 
on the first day—and there were only two of them— 
paid over $35 apiece. To those who were not there, the 
above may sound incredible, but when good shots, 
really good shots, too, went up and missed three straight, 
or broke one out of four, it can be seen that Charlie 
North, his trappers and his two expert traps, gave the 
boys something to shoot at. The game was a popular 
one, and the chance of a big pot almost irresistible. The 
complete records of targets thrown per day were: Prac¬ 
tice day, 13.160: first day, 32,525; second day, 32,113; 
third day, 26,128, and last day, about 24,100. 
Another innovation on the program, and one which 
is sure to become quite popular at future tournaments, 
the annual Westy Hogan gatherings included, was due 
to the extremely clever suggestion of one, John Philip 
Sousa by name, known to fame both in concert halls 
and at the trapshooting gatherings of the entire United 
States. The only regret the Westy Hogans registered 
at this last gathering of theirs was that “John Philip” 
could not himself have been on hand to see the success 
of his idea, and to hear the many warm complimentary 
remarks uttered in connection with his name as the 
father of a new tournament idea that proved a success 
the first crack out of the box. Mr. Sousa’s thought was 
as follows: 
He wanted to donate a trophy to be shot for at this 
tournament, but the ground in that line seemed to have 
been so thoroughly covered as to leave him no loophole 
to get in by. Hence he thought up a new plan. He 
would give a trophy to be shot for, and the winner of 
same to be decided by the number of targets he broke 
over any one of the five traps from which the targets 
were thrown. He left the number of the trap to the 
management of the tournament, and the management 
selected No. 1,_ giving Mr. Sousa the right of the line 
by virtue and in recognition of his having thought out 
a scheme which promised so well as an interesting fea¬ 
ture on the program As soon as Mr. Sousa’s idea be¬ 
came known, four other popular shooters and good 
friends of the Westy Hogans, came to the front and 
donated trophies to be shot for under similar conditions, 
'these were B. M. Shanley, Tr., of Newark, N. J.; C. H. 
Newcomb, of Philadelphia. Pa.; II. W. Smith, of Syra¬ 
cuse, N. Y., and Geo. L. Lyon, of Durham, N. C., their 
prizes being apportioned to Traps 2, 3, 4 and 5 respec¬ 
tively. 
The program for the first three days called for 175, 
175 and 150 targets respectively, arranged so that a total 
of 100 targets was shot on each trap. The events which 
counted for the Sousa trophy were Nos. 1 and 6 each 
day; for the Shanley trophy, events 2 and 7; for the 
Newcomb trophy, 3 and 8; for the Smith trophy, 4 and 
9, and for the Lyon trophy, events 5 and 10. Keeping 
track of the scores made for the respective trophies 
entailed of course some extra work on the office force, 
but the Westy Hogans were fully equal to it, and by 
the time the last event was shot on the third day, all 
was in readiness for the several shoot-offs required to 
decide the ownership of the five different trophies. Mr. 
Sousa’s trophy was a beautiful gold wristlet with a 
watch in it; Mr. Shanley’s an exquisite scarfpin, while 
the other three were jeweled gold watch fobs of much 
more than ordinary design and value. In fact, every 
one of the five prizes was much coveted, and each pro¬ 
duced not only a most interesting original contest, but, 
with the solitary exception of the Shanley trophy, also 
produced keen competition in the shoot-offs for final 
ownership. While on the subject of these trophies, it 
might be as well to tell how they were won before 
passing on to the other matters. 
Mr. Sousa’s trophy went to Jay Clark, Jr., of 
Worcester, Mass., who broke 98 out of 100 on No. 1 
trap, and who defeated T. C. Griffith, of Philadelphia, in 
the shoot-off by the score of IS to 17. Frank Stephenson, 
of New York, was close up with 97, and George Mc¬ 
Carty had a 96. No. 1 trap was the hardest of all the 
live, and many a good shot stubbed his toe when facing 
that trap. 
Ralph I.. Spotts, of New York, was the only one to 
break 99 nut of his 100 on trap No. 2, SO' he took the 
Shanley trophy without any further effort. His single 
lost target was in event 7 on the second day. Mr. 
Spotts, however, probably does not know what a narrow 
escape he had from being mixed up in a tough scrap by 
way of shoot off, so it may interest him to know that 
the following all finished their 100 on trap No. 2 with 
scores of 98: W. E. Daub, F. B. Stephenson, C. H. 
Newcomb. P. von Boeckman, F. Billmeyer and C. L. 
Frantz, while George McCarty and Rcy H. Bruns each 
had 97s. As a proof of how close track was kept of the 
progress in each of these trophy contests it may be 
mentioned that Mr. Spotts shot in the first squad, and 
after having finished “down the line,” came to the office 
and asked how he stood on the Shanley trophy; the in¬ 
formation given him was that F. Billmeyer, who was 
shooting in squad 31, was the only one who had a 
chance to tie him by going straight, having lost but 
one target on trap 2, namely in event 7 on the first day. 
Ed. Hellyer and C. II. Coburn tied for the New¬ 
comb trophy on trap 3 by breaking 99 out of their re¬ 
spective 100. On the shoot-off Mr. Hellyer put up a 
stiff argument, breaking 20 straight to his opponent’s 
l k. C. II. Newcomb and Roy Bruns each had a 98 to 
his credit, while L. E. Mallory, Jr., A. L. Ivins and 
Bart Lewis each scored 97. 
For the Smith trophy on trap 4 there was a triple 
tie, C. L. Frantz, F. B. Stephenson and L. E. Mallory, 
lr., each making 98. On the first shoot-off Frantz and 
Stephenson broke 18, while Mallory fell down to 15. The 
second shoot-off resulted in 19 to 18 in favor of Frantz. 
Jay Clark, Jr., who shot extremely well all through the 
tournament,* and H. H. Sloan had 97 apiece on this trap. 
For the Lyon trophy. Jay Clark, J.r., E: H. Adams 
and F. D. Kelsey tied on 98, but Mr. Clark was ruled 
out of the tie under the condition that no one man could 
win two of these trophies. Hence the shoot-off was be¬ 
tween Messrs. Adams and Kelsey, the latter the veteran 
from East Aurora. N. Y., the hero of many a shoot-off 
and many a victory. In this case, however, the younger 
man won our, breaking 20 straight to Mr. Kelsey’s 18. 
ll. D. Duckham, Jack Wise, C. L. Frantz, Allen Heil 
and Bart Lewis, all missed being in the tie for this 
trophy by just one break. A. W. Church, J. F. James, 
II. B. Shoop, George S. McCarty, Ed. Hellyer, F. C. 
Koch and H. H. Sloan had 96. 
The Alamac Hotel trophy (formerly known as the 
Young’s Hotel trophy) was won by C. H. Newcomb, 
who broke 483 out of the 500 targets shot at in the three 
days, the trophy going to the high amateur on the three 
days’ program. Roy Bruns, of Brookville, Ind., and P. 
von Boeckman, of Brooklyn, N. Y., tied for second 
amateur average on 478; J. C. Griffiths, of Philadelphia, 
and Ed. Hellyer, of Alexandria, Pa., were next with 
477; then came C. D. Coburn, of Mechanicsburg, O.; 
G. S. McCarty, of Philadelphia; F. D. Kelsey, East 
Aurora, N. Y., and Jay Clark. Jr , of Worcester, Mass., 
all tied on 476. The high professionals were J. R. Tay¬ 
lor, with 490, and H. D. Gibbs with 488. 
A grand total of $999 95 (or 5 cents less than an 
even $1,000) was the surplus divided among forty-seven 
winners, ranging from Newcomb with 483 down to three 
who broke 454 apiece. 
The Westy Hogan championship at singles, which 
was decided in the last 100 targets on the second day’s 
program, went to Jay Clark, Jr., after a tie with J. C. 
Griffith on 99, Clark winning the Bull’ Durham trophy 
and Griffith the Continental Hotel trophy, the shoot- 
off resulting in 20 straight for Clark to 18 for his op¬ 
ponent. H. D. Duckham, H. II. Sloan, G. S. McCarty, 
C. II. Newcomb and F. D. Kelsey all had 98s, while 
F. M. Edwards, P. von Boeckman, Henry Powers, C. L. 
Frantz and W. S. Jones each had a 97. All the 98s and 
the 97s won gold watch fobs, donated by the Westy 
Hogans. 
Allen Heil. of Allentown, Pa., once more demon¬ 
strated his right to be classed as about the very best 
amateur double-target shot in the country, as he won 
the Westy Hogan doubles championship for the second 
time “in concussion,” scoring 91 out of his 50 pairs, his 
record being 46 out of 25 pairs on the first day and 45 
out of the same number on the second day. He thus 
equalled his winning score of last year, when he was 
also returned the winner with a total cf 91 out of the 100 
targets. Next to him were W. Behm, of Reading. Pa., 
with 85; C. W. Billings, of New York, with 82; C. D. 
