534 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Oct. 25, 1913. 
Philadelphia Trapshooters , League 
Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 18.—Over two hundred 
marksmen fired over tile traps in the opening matches 
of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League yesterday, and 
out of the double century of participants two perfect 
scores were hung up. Butch Landis, of the Highlanders, 
and Frank Cantrell, of the S. S. Whites, achieving the 
feat. 
Ideal shooting weather and easy working traps made 
conditions practically perfect for clay pigeon shooting, 
and not a club finished below the 400 mark for team total. 
The S. S. Whites, in defeating Lansdale by 463 to 449, 
hung up the largest score made in the city, while the 
champion Du Pouts, in conquering Clearview by 469 to 
401, were the high scorers out of town and for the entire 
League. In the other matches Meadow Springs nosed out 
Camden by 449 to 446, while Highland triumphed over 
Glen Willow by 458 to 428. 
In shattering their 50 birds, Landis and Cantrell were 
given close races for the high gun honor of the day by 
Tuchton and Minnick, of Du Pont; Ridge, of Glen 
Willow, and Borden, of Camden, all of whom splintered 
Meadow Springs’ rally on the last squad of the 
match, by which they beat out Camden, was the best 
bit of shooting of the day’s matches. Torpey’s score of 
47, made at the psychological moment, saved the match 
for the West Philadelphians. The next shooting day 
falls due on Nov. 22, when Meadow Springs shoots at 
Clearview, Du Pont at Camden, Glen Willow at Lansdale 
and S. S. White at Highland. The points scored and 
targets broken follow: 
Pts. Tgts. 
Du Pont . 2 469 
S. S. White. 2 463 
Highland . 2 458 
Meadow Springs. 2 449 
Pts. Tgts. 
Lansdale . 1 449 
Glen Willow . 1 428 
Camden . 1 446 
Clearview . 1 401 
Meadow Springs—Camden. 
Coming from behind on the last squad through the 
effective shooting of Torpey, Meadow Springs managed 
to win the first match in the 1913-14 season of the Phil¬ 
adelphia Trapshooters’ League to-day at 57th and Lan¬ 
caster avenue, by defeating Camden by 449 to 446. When 
the last squad of the West Philadelphia gunners faced the 
traps, Camden was leading by 3 targets. The Jerseymen 
had excellent prospects of winning the match then, and 
would have done so, too, had not Soley, developing a 
sudden burst of true professional marksmanship, shat¬ 
tered all but three of his 50 clay skimmers. He ran 
straight on his first 25, but let three slip away on the 
final round, but as he had accomplished his purpose in 
bringing in Meadow Springs a winner, there was no 
regret over his failure to duplicate his first string mark. 
The day favored good scores, and the majority of the 
gunmen profited by the good conditions to get a flying 
start in the year’s race. Borden, of Camden, shot the 
high gun of the day, landing 49 of his 50 clays, while 
beside Torpey, who led the Meadow Springs, Tomlin, 
Springer and Hineline all cracked 47. 
Four marksmen made perfect scores in one of their 
events. Every one breaking 1 all their birds on their 
first string, they being Torpey, Harvey, Borden and 
Hineline. Scores: 
Meadow Springs. 
Camden. 
Torpey . 
.47 
Borden . 
Ford . 
. 46 
Tomlin . 
.. 47 
Harvey . 
. 45 
Springer . 
.. 47 
Stevens . 
.45 
Hineline . 
.. 47 
Murdock . 
.45 
Kling . 
.. 44 
Renner . 
.45 
Wakeman . 
.. 43 
Turner . 
. 44 
Soestman . 
.. 43 
Soley . 
Dungan . 
.. 42 
Williams .... 
.43 
Anthony . 
42 
Coyle . 
Goodfellow . 
.. 42- 
Du Poni—Clearview. 
Wilmington’, Del., Oct. 18.—The 1913-14 championship 
season of the Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League opened 
to-day. There were matches between the Du Pont Gun 
Club and the Clearview Gun Club, of Darby, Pa., on the 
local grounds; Meadow Spring Gun Club and Camden 
Shooting Association, at the former’s grounds, Fifty- 
seventh street and Lancaster avenue. Philadelphia; S. S. 
White Gun Club and Lansdale (Pa.) Gun Club, at 
Holmesburg Junction, Pa.; and Glen Willow Gun Club 
and Highland Shooting Association at Roxboro, Phila¬ 
delphia. 
The match on the Du Pont Club grounds was won 
by the local organization, 469 to 401. Fifty-eight men 
were on the Du Pont team, as against twenty-one for 
Clearview. The aggregate scores of the ten highest men 
on each team were taken in computing the total. 
The showing of the Du Pont Club’s representatives 
was remarkable. Each man shot at 50 targets. J. H. 
Minnick, W. H. Swayne and Stanley Tuchton were high 
with 49. A. B. Richardson, W. S. Colfax, Jr., J. G High- 
field, Jr., arrd J. B. McHugh each broke 47. D. J. 
Dougherty was next with 46. H. W. Bush made 45 and 
Isaac Turner was the lowest of the ten high with 43. 
H. B. Fisher was high man for the visitors with 45. 
The scores of the other nine high men for Clearview 
were: W. Harper 43, A. L. Armstrong 42, Charles S. 
Horne 41. G. II. Spackman 41, W. F. Letford 40, J. E. 
Killian 38, D. M. Elwell 38, J. Shuster 37, and G. F'. 
I’. Ferry 36. 
The Du Pont Club won the championship of the 
League last season. The series which began yesterday 
will continue at intervals of about a month until 
March 7, when the concluding matches will take place. 
The next shoot will be held Nov. 22, when Du Pont 
will meet the Camden Shooting Association on the latter’s 
grounds, Camden, N. J. 
The Du Pont Club offered a silver spoon to the 
high man on each team. Minnick and Tuchton waived 
their rights to the trophy, thus allowing it to be awarded 
to Mr. Swayne. This was due to the fact that it was the 
first appearance of Swayne in the League race. It is his 
initial prize. 
There were seventy-seven marksmen on the Du Pont 
grounds to-day The scores of the ten highest men on 
each team follow: 
Du Pont Gun Club. 
A B Richardson... 47 
I Turner . 43 
H W Bush. 45 
J II Minnick. 49 
W S Colfax, Jr_47 
j Highfield, Jr.47 
D J Dougherty. 46 
W H Swayne.49 
J B McHugh.47 
S Tuchton . 49—469 
The scores of those who 
respective teams follow: 
Clearview Gun Club. 
J E Killian.38 
W Letford .40 
J Shuster .37 
H B Fisher.45 
D N Elwell.38 
C S Horne.41 
G F P Ferry. 36 
G H Spackman.41 
W Harper .43 
A L Armstrong_ 42—401 
did not qualify for their 
Du Pont Gun Club.—Jarrell 41, Wood 40, Joslyn 43, 
N. K. Smith 40, Cann 41, Martin 42, Tomlinson 36, Win¬ 
chester 29, Stevens 29. Highfield 28, V. du Pont 38, 
Springer 40. Guest 35, Anderson, Jr., 40, Carlon 43, Handy 
38, W. B. Smith Jr., 36, Griswold 40, Crawford 37, Ross 
37, Dr. Betts 37. Morgan 39, Kaiglin 39, Robelen 38, 
Mathewson 43, Hill 36, E. E. du Pont 43, Mayer 31, New¬ 
man 33. David 38, Reed 43, Neely 34, Pennington 29, 
Wood 42, Galvin 42, Dr. Patterson 38, Foord 41, Marsden 
42, Leedom 43, Frances 27, Grier 39, Jensen 27, Ort 40, 
Doremus 41. Lindsay 40, Taggart 38, Eugene du Pont 43. 
Clearview Gun Club.—C. Puff 33, Stellar 15, Walber 
25, Fink 34, Seiberling 38, E. Bonsall 33, Edgar Bonsall 
36, Powers 32. 
S. S. Whites—Lansdale. 
The S. S. Whites won the opening match of the 
Philadelphia Trapshooters’ League season on their home 
traps at Holmesburg Junction, to-day by defeating Lans¬ 
dale by the score of 483 to 449. It was some match all 
the way, and it was not until almost the final squad 
that the Dentists were sure of their victory. The target 
was well nigh perfect, and though the list was not what 
it should be, all the scores were consistently high, con¬ 
sidering that it was the first shoot. The Whites won be¬ 
cause their memoers were right at tjje top of their form, 
and it took 44 or better to qualify, while the Lansdale 
organization was more erratic and had to count in as 
low as 41, although some of their men made particularly 
good scores. Frank S. Cantrell, Jr., was essentially the 
star of the afternoon, making a perfect score to start off 
the race, though he has not handled a gun for months 
previous to yesterday. He set the pace for the Whites, 
and Severn, Newcomb and Ford fell -into line, each with 
a 48, though the last-named was the only one of the trio 
to get a straight in any one of the two strings. Ray¬ 
mond Waters continued the pace he set the week before 
at the Independents, and his score of 46 was made by 
consistently fine work with the gun. Hand was also 
shooting a streak, while Freeman and even Secretary Rob¬ 
inson succeeded in qualifying in that classy squad. 
Frank Bender and Noah Cla'rk divided the honors for 
Lansdale, each breaking 48, the former getting a straight 
on his first swing at the traps. These, with the 47, by 
C. Swartz and 46 each by L. Swartz and Taylor, were 
the best of the visitors’ scoring: 
S. S. 
White. 
Lansdale. 
Cantrell .... 
.50 
Bender . 
. 48 
Severn . 
.48 
W L Clark. 
. 48 
Newcomb .. 
. 48 
C Swartz. 
. 47 
Ford . 
. 48 
L Swartz . 
. 46 
W’aters . 
. 46 
Taylor . 
. 46 
Hand . 
. 45 
Pflegar . 
. 44 
Keene . 
Gerber . 
. 44 
Freeman ... 
. 45 
Haas . 
. 43 
Pratt . 
. 44 
Hunsberger . 
. 42 
Robinson .. 
. 44—483 
Rodgers . 
. 41—449 
Highland—Glen Willows. 
Ten of Highlands* high men totaling 458 breaks out 
of a possible 500 targets swept the Edge Hill men into 
their first Trapshooters’ League victory, at Roxborough 
yesterday, when they defeated the Glen Willow Club by 
458 to 428. The Glen Willows shot a strong race, not 
having a man of the team ten to fall below the 40 mark; 
but the Highlanders having more consistent shots, fin¬ 
ished 30 targets to the good when the final count was 
made. The Highlands had many high gunners, but to 
the ve:eran Butch Landis went the honors of the day. 
He smashed every target he fired at, giving him the best 
score of the day, and setting him well on his way toward 
the individual high gun mark for all League shooters. 
Hoover, with 48, was another big Highlander, while T. 
Meehan ran him a close second, finishing but one rock 
behind. 
Ridge led the Glen Willow brigade with 49 breaks, 
losing one on his first round, which prevented him from 
tying up Landis for the clean-up honors of the day. 
Kinckiner with 47 was the next best Manavunk marksman. 
With clear weather, barren of wind, the shooting con¬ 
ditions were practically ideal, and with an easy going 
target the gunners had every incentive to do their best 
at the traps. Scores: 
Highland. 
Glen 
Willow. 
Landis . 
50 
Ridge . 
. 49 
Hoover . 
48 
Kinckiner 
. 47 
T Meehan . 
47 
T Smith .., 
. 45 
Crooks . 
46 
G Farrell . 
. 43 
Freed . 
46 
R Hal .... 
. 41 
Davis . 
45 
Gillinger . 
. 42 
Clegg . 
44 
Crullinger 
. 41 
Money . 
44 
Reinert ... 
. 40 
Meehan, Sr. 
44 
Gerhart ... 
. 40 
Tansey . 
44—458 
Pepper .... 
. 40—428 
Jersey City G. C. 
Jersey City, N. J., Oct. 18.—A good breeze from the 
east to-day had the boys guessing, and the scores were 
very ordinary. George Piercy laid aside the fishing rod 
long enough to come out and play one of his old tricks 
on us by showing' how easy it is to hit them when you 
have to in order to land on top. George finished high 
for the day with an average of 86 per cent., two points 
higher than Dixon with 84 per cent. Kearney was trying 
out a 20-gauge gun, and found it hard to locate them 
as often as usual. Dr. Ittner began hitting them again 
to-day, after being a bit off for a couple of weeks, and 
just before quitting time got a 24. Doc is a regular 
Marathoner when it comes to shooting, and after he 
shoots about 200 loads of 3Ms x 1)4, he is right in shape 
for a brush with any of the boys. Dave Engle is still 
using a borrowed gun, and of course is shooting away 
below the form he will show after he gets that new one. 
The scores follow in strings of 25: 
Haas . 9 14 16 19 19 14 12 12 .. ., 
Piercy . 21 22 23 20 20 23 . 
Dr Ittner . 16 20 19 16 19 21 19 20 18 24 
Engle . 16 18 17 16 19. 
Kearney . 10 10 5 9 14 14 9 14 .. 
Dixon . 21 21 22 18 24 20 . 
Ilallinger . 19 21 13 15 20 18 20 . 
Alpers . 6 10 9 6 . 
Tompkins . 9 10 14 12. 
Hubbell . 18 16 14 12 15. 
Lou .14 13 10 12. 
II Lawrence . 12 14 17 14. 
I C Lawrence. 8 11 9 11. 
Vogt . 8 11 11. 
Everett . 14 9 6 . 
Brown .12 12 16. 
Next Saturday, Oct. 25, we start shooting for the 
Du Pont trophy, a silver watch fob, and we hope to have 
a good turnout of members. 
Siwanoy C. C. 
Mt. Vernon, N. Y., Oct. 13.—With wind enough to 
give the targets a decided flutter, ten members tried to 
be among the lucky five to win the take-home trophies 
and to add points toward the President’s and Captain’s 
trophies. All ten won points on the President’s trophy, 
with M. R. Guggenheim and Miss Jessie Thorpe sharing 
the high honor No one qualified for the Captain’s 
trophy with 10 straight breaks on the miss-and-out plan, 
although H. f. Smith made 8. 
In the 50-target handicap. Dr A. W. Currie captured 
first prize, a Winchester rifle, with 48. The other three 
take-home trophies in this event were won by Miss Jessie 
Thorpe 46, E. I. Haas 45, and W. M. Wylie 45. Dr. 
R. J. Held won the high gun scratch trophy with 80 
per cent. Scores: 
President’s trophy. 50 targets, handicap: 
Miss Jessie Thorpe. 15 50 Dr R J Held. 
M R Guggenheim.. 12 50 G A Wylie_ 
Dr A W Currie. 12 48 H J Smith... 
E L Haas. 9 43 W Thorpe ... 
W M Wylie. 10 42 G L Yates... 
1 41 
3 36 
9 35 
12 31 
4 30 
Take-home trophies, 50 targets, handicap: 
Dr A W Currie. 12 48 W M Wylie 
Miss Tessie Thorpe. 15 46 " 
E L Haas. 9 45 
Dr R J Held. 1 41 
M R Guggenheim.. 4 41 
G L Yates. 
II J Smith. 
G A Wylie. 
High gun trophy, 100 targets, scratch: 
Dr R J Held. 80 
M R Guggenheim. 78 
Dr A W Currie. 72 
E L Haas. 70 
Miss Jesssie Thorpe... 66 
W M Wylie. 
G A W^ylie.. 
G L Yates... 
H J Smith.. 
W Thorpe .. 
12 45 
W Thorpe .12 31 
65 
65 
65 
59 
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Queens G. C. 
Queens, L. I., Oct. 18. —A prize shoot on 100 rocks 
was pulled to-day. A three-man tie with M. R. Guggen¬ 
heim, Huggins and D. D. Morrell from handicaps of 12, 
25 and 14 respectively, resulting in full scores. In the 
shoot-off on 25 scalers, Guggenheim broke 24, Morrell 23, 
Huggins 22. Jack Fanning was high pro with 94. Mr. 
James from Marine and Field, was high net score, 94. 
Guggenheim . 12 100 
Huggins . 25 100 
D D Morrell. 14 100 
James . 4 98 
Dr Sauer . 6 98 
M McVoy . 22 97 
Dr Martin . 8 95 
J Fanning . 0 94 
Ford . 4 93 
Roberts . 30 93 
Pressinger . 20 93 
Geo Wiggins . 25 S3 
J H Hendrickson... 2 92 
Shoot-off: 
Guggenheim . 24 
D K Morrell. 23 
Hyland . 5 91 
Chandler .10 89 
J Vandervcer . 6 90 
McLemore . 18 89 
Van Siclen . 20 89 
Rowland. 8 87 
Nash . 0 87 
Shannon . 5 SG 
Dr. Medler . 4 85 
Hathaway . 5 86 
Hyatt . 10 85 
Geo Covert .15 85 
Huggins . 22 
Dr Sauer . 23 
Rhode Island Country Club. 
Nayatt, R. I., Oct. 18.—In a clay pigeon shoot at the 
Rhode Island Country Club here to-day, the first one 
of (he fall series, H. T. Merriman had the highest point? 
on four strings, while G. M. Parks led on seven strings. 
It was an open shoot without handicap. The summary: 
H T Merriman . 19 19 21 19. 
G M Parks. '19 19 11 19 20 13 18 
Mrs S Borden, Jr. 14 10. 
S Borden, Jr. 12 13. 
T G Cook. 19 17 16 20 19 19 15 
A O Ostby. 8 10 12. 
Mrs V M Wilson. 14 13 10. 
H H Sears. 12 13 12 11. 
