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FOREST AND STREAM 
Central Ohio League Tournament. 
The series of five tournaments to be given by the 
League this summer, was most -successfully started -at 
Springfield on April 28. The tournament -was held under 
the auspices of the Mechanicsburg Gun Club, the Club 
at Springfield generously allowing the use of its grounds, 
club house and equipment. The League consists or 
fourteen clubs, nine of which were represented by 
enough members to enter a team in the five-men team 
event. The grounds are located close to the tracks of 
the S. T. & P. Traction line, ten minutes ride from the 
city, and are very finely equipped. The club house is a 
new one, replacing the one recently burned, and was 
erected in one week, and is a credit to the hustlers of 
the local club. It is a large one-story building, with 
ample assembly room, fine accommodations for office, 
good sized shell room in one end of the building, and 
a good array of lockers. A pleasant feature of the house 
is the big open fire place in the assembly room. The 
officers of the League are: J. M. Markham, Dayton, 
president; H. L. Hildinger, London, vice-president; H. 
C Downey, Springfield, secretary-treasurer. Board of 
directors: The officers and F. J. Coburn, Mechanics- 
burg; F. Schindewolf, Kenton; C. A. Root, Sunbury; 
J. J. Anderson, Lima, and R. A. Folkerth, Phillipsburg, 
being a representative from each 'dub holding a League 
tournament during the season or 1914. Program com¬ 
mittee: J. M. Markham, H. C. Downey, R. O. Heikes, 
W. R. Chamberlain and L. J. Squier. The program con¬ 
sisted of four events at 15 and two events at 20 targets, 
entrance $1 in each event, with a $1 optional sweep in 
each. Lewis Class System on the 100 targets, extra en¬ 
trance of $2. Money divided in the regular events, Rose 
System, 5-3-2-1. Optional sweeps on each event, High 
Gun System, one money for each five entries or frac¬ 
tion thereof. Special event at 50 targets, in two 25- 
target events, entrance $1, with optional sweep of $1.50 
on each 25, money divided 40-30-20-10 per cent. Class 
shooting, and an optional sweep of $1 on the total 50 
targets, money divided high guns, one money for each 
five entries or fraction thereof. One-half cent for each 
target trapped in this event goes into the League treas¬ 
ury and will be distributed .at .the close of the season. 
Thi'S program is the same for all the tournaments. Then 
there is a two-men team contest and a five-men team 
match. In t'he last match each club may enter as many 
men as it wishes, but .they must be bona fide members 
of the club they represent, and the best five .scores in 
the regular program, 100 targets, will be counted as the 
team score. High teams receive three points, second, 
two points, and third one point. The club having the 
highest number of points at the close of the series will 
be declared champions of the League and will receive 
a trophy, or trophies emblematic of the win. The Ed¬ 
wards trophy, presented by Dr. F. M. Edwards, is con¬ 
tested for at each of the League tournaments, score made 
in the special event at 50 targets to count for points as 
in the team contest. The President’s trophy, presented 
by J. M. Markham. A contestant must shoot through 
at least four of the five tournaments, scores made _ in 
the regular program events to count. Contestant having 
the highest average on the 400 or 500 targets to be the 
winner. The Secretary’s .trophy, presented by II. C. 
Downey. A contestant must shoot through the entire 
regular League program and also the special event, or 
at 150 targets at each tournament, 750 targets in all. 
Ties for these trophies, if any, will be shot off at 25 
targets immediately after the close of the last tourna¬ 
ment. The predictions of rain for the 28th did not 
come true, but the day was a beautiful one, warm 
enough to make sitting out of doors pleasant, but not 
too hot for those who had to do the steady hustling in 
the sun. The events were shot over two traps, and as 
it turned out, a third trap could have been very profit¬ 
ably employed. The attendance was a surprise to the 
officials, who had looked for about too shooters, but 
were not prepared for the crowd which oame to the tour¬ 
nament. There were over 140 shooters entered, of which 
number 133 were amateurs. Only four shooters failed 
to go through the entire program. Springfield had 25 
men; Dayton turned in 28 names for the big team match; 
Circleville, 14; Kenton, 12. Jamestown .and Mechanics- 
burg, 8 each; Columbus, 10; Lima, 7; London, 6. The 
targets were not the easiest ever trapped, the wind af¬ 
fecting .the flight to a considerable extent, and in differ¬ 
ent ways. At No. 1 trap the wind seemed to beat the 
targets down, making t'he flight low, while at No. 2, it 
caused .them to soar most of the time. Many of the 
shooters failed to catch onto the difference in flight at 
the two traps, 'before dropping several targets. There 
was opportunity for some of the visitors to get >a little 
practice before the start of the program. Promptly at 
nine o’clock the first squad was called to No. 1 trap, 
and the regular program started. Everything worked 
smoothly, but it was impossible to do more than .run 
off the six regular events, too targets, although the traps 
were worked until six o’clock, the special event, there¬ 
fore, was cancelled, and the score made in the last 40 
of the regular program was counted for the Edwards 
trophy, and the score made on the 100 targets was count¬ 
ed for the Secretary’s trophy. Luther J. Squier was in 
charge in the office, and had his hands full. J. R. Tay¬ 
lor, W. R. Chamberlain and H. C. Downey helped with 
the work and prevented it from completely swamping 
the cashier’s department. F. J. Coburn made a good 
hustler, keening the squads moving, and speeding up a 
little once in a while. Long runs were not made in 
abundance. J. M. Markham with 61, K. P. Johnston 
with 60, and F. C. Koch with 57, recorded two points 
each for the Du Pont season long run trophy. H. C. 
Downey and F. J. Coburn had a hot race for high 
amateur average, and finished tied on 96; F. C. Kor 1 
Don Drees and J. A. Smith were in second place with 
93 each; J. M. Markham, after getting his first sixty 
tragets straight, fell down in the fifth event, and fin¬ 
ished in third place with Kramer and K. P. Johnston, 
on 94; C. E. Winkler, J. N. Knox, H. D. Duckham, L. 
Anderson and G. II. Slaughter were fourth with gt 
each. C. A. Young led the professionals with 95; C. F. 
Moore and T. R. Taylor were second with 90 each; R. O. 
Heikes and C. O. LeCompte, third, with 88. H. C. 
Downey and F. J. Coburn scored the win in the first 
contest for the President's trophy, and are likely to 
finish close to the .top, even if neither of them should 
cop the prize. They also stand first in the race for the 
Secretary's trophy, dn the Edwards’ trophy race, C. A. 
Clark, H. W. Heikes and K. P. Johnston, each have a 
credit of three points on their score of 40 each; F. C. 
Koch, R. B. Guy, H. D. Duckham and L. Anderson, get 
two points each on a score of 39; then follow fourteen 
contestants with a score of 38 each, which gives each 
one a credit of one point. In the five-men team match, 
the N. C. R. Gun Club and the Springfield Gun Club 
teams tied on 468 for first place, getting three points 
each; the Kenton Gun Club was second with 453, getting 
two points, and the New Columbus Gun Club got one 
point on a score of 450. There were 28 teams entered 
for the two-men team race, Dayton having ten of these. 
Mechanicsburg No. 2, C. D. and F. J. Coburn, was high 
with .a total of 187; Springfield No. 2, H. C. Downey and 
Alf Hill, and Springfield No. 3, F. W. Kramer and R. 
McGregor, tied for second place with 186 each. In third 
place were Dayton No. 1, H. W. Heikes and F. C. Koch; 
London, J. A. Smith and H. L. Hildinger, and Spring- 
field No. 1, A. B. Shobe and C. E. Winkler, with 185 
each. The Circleville boys were boosting for the State 
shoot on June 3, 4, 5, and from all indications this prom¬ 
ises to be one of the best state shoots ever given by 
the Ohio State Tnapshooters’ League. The Indian shoot 
was also a topic of conversation among the shooters, 
and if every one comes who has put the dates, June 23, 
24, 25, on his engagement book, the Tribe will need tc 
put in more .than the five traps ordered, or run the tour¬ 
nament on a couple of extra days. A number of the 
big Chiefs were present, among them being Right 
Wing (G. W. Maxwell); Round Head (W. R. Chamber- 
lain); Buckeye (J. R. Taylor); Monongahela (C. F. 
Moore); Bloody Ground (C. O. LeCompte); White Scalp 
(iL. J. Squier); Bald Eagle (R. O. Heikes); Hoochee 
Coochee (H. W. Heikes). High Point (R. W. Clancy), 
could not stay to the finish, as business forced him to 
get an early train, he was a mighty welcome visitor, 
and the boys regretted his inability to stay. All did 
plenty of boosting for the Tribe, and the 1914 tourna¬ 
ment is likely to rank with the G. A. H. and Westy 
Hogans in point of attendance. Nearly every amateur 
entered everything in sight, and the optionals were more 
popular than is often the case. The promotors of the 
League .are surely entitled to congratulations on the big 
success of the opener, and the result should make the 
forming of similar leagues in other parts of the state 
an easy matter. The tournament was unique in one re¬ 
spect, viz.: the attendance far exceeded the wildest 
dreams of the officials. Slagle, a man “from the sticks” 
as Chief Sparrow (Charlie Young) says, and with his 
left arm gone, tied with Geo. Maxwell, which is some 
honor, even if the latter was not in form. The next 
League tournament will be held at Kenton, Ohio, on 
Tuesday, May 26, under the auspices of the Kenton Gun 
Club, .and is bound to be a good one. The program for 
these tournaments gives all classes of trap shooters a 
chance, and requires no one to compete on equal footing 
with more skillful shooters unless he so desires. The 
regular program events are under the Squier Money- 
Back System. 
Extra Event, 25 Targets. 
H. Ertel 
Cain ... 
Brandenberg . 20 E. Bittner 
Koch . 23 L. Bittner 
II. W. Heikes . 24 Wolf . 
Butz .. 23 H. Ilessler . 
Dibowski . 20 Towler . 
Schreck . 23 Schatzman . 
Payne . 22 Rutterer, Sr. 
Rybolt . 24 Rutterer, Jr. 
L. Gambell . 24 McKay . 
Meyers . 21 J. B. C. ... 
Practice Events. 
25 15 25 25 25 Sh 
Connelly . 22 .. 21 21 
Schreck . 21 .. 19 21 24 22 
Hessler . 12. 
Meyers . 22 .. 22 25 21 22 
II. Ertel . 13 .. .: .. .. 
Sampson . 23. 
Maxwell . 23. 
Hammerschmidt . 20. 
Dibowski . 20. 
Chamberlain . 23. 
Brandenberg . 25 
Butz . 23 
Koch . 21 
Cain . 20 
A'. Gambell . 22 
Payne . 21 
L. Gambell . 23 
Schatzman . 20 
Rutterer, Sr. 14 .. 13 .. .. 
Rutterer, Jr. 12 .. 13 .. .. 
Boehr . 3. 
J. B. C. 21 14. 
Team Matches, 25 Targets Each. 
A. Gambell . 22 
Schreck . 19 
Butz . 22 
. at Bk. 
75 64 
125 107 
25 12 
125 112 
15 13 
22 22 18 24 
19 17 .. 
21 20 20 
22 20 22 
125 109 
25 21 
25 
75 
100 
100 
50 
50 
50 
25 
40 
58 
82 
87 
41 
27 
25 
3 
35 
Total 
L. Gambell 
Meyers ... 
Payne .. .. 
63 
23 
22 
21 
62 
22 
25 
21 
Total . 66 
Team Matches, 25 Each. 
Connelly . 21 
Butz . 18 
Schreck . 24 
68 
21 
24 
22 
Total _ 
Payne . — 
L. Gambell 
Meyers .. . 
63 
20 
20 
21 
67 
20 
22 
22 
Total 
61 64 
Fairbury Gun Club. 
Fairbury, Neb., April 28, 1914. 
Bad dark day, high wind, rain and muddy. 
Total Total 
Number Number 
Shot At Broke 
*Ed. O’Brien . 150 139 
*Geo. L. Carter .. 150 130 
*D. D. Gross . 150 128 
*J. T. Hollingsworth . 150 118 
C. D. Linderman . 150 139 
F. C. Caldwell . 150 136 
E. W. Varner . 150 136 
E. S. Diller . 150 135 
Clyde Marthis . 150 133 
C. L. Waggoner . 150 129 
D. B. Thorp . 150 128 
W. H. Huscher . 150 127 
C. L. Richards . 150 127 
W. H. Wilkening . 150 127 
R. L. Conn .,. 150 126 
Ira. James . 150 122 
G. O. Rains . 150 122 
C. H. Sewart . 150 120 
Lester Childers . 150 118 
E. E. Van Aken .:- 150 116 
H. F. Magnusson . 150 116 
R. H. Keine . 150 116 
Wm. Tanner . 150 115 
W. T. Fetterling . 150 115 
C. G. Gelletly . 150 114 
W. S. Copperse . 150 113 
O. A. Richey . 150 112 
Louis Holfman . 150 109 
J. J. Hickey . 150 106 
Henry Fraemke . 150 106 
C. E. Hogate . 150 105 
T. W. Cooley . 15a 103 
Joe. Kotouc . 150 104 
C. R. Shelley . 150 97 
W. E. Lenhart . 150 87 
W. C. Stewart . 150 84 
E. T. Poland . 150 58 
LESTER CHILDERS, Secretary. 
Cleveland Gun Club. 
Cleveland. O., May 9, 1914. 
Weekly club contest of the Cleveland Gun Club 
held Saturday, May 9. J. R. Blakeslee was the boss 
of the job in the weekly contest making a score of 
97 out of 100, but the afternoon’s shoot of 150 targets 
was a tie between C. E. Doolittle and Blakeslee as 
each broke 142 out of 150. Mr. Bradley was the win¬ 
ner of the weekly handicap breaking 80 out of ioo. 
which gave him 18 points. 
Targets Targets- 
Shot Broken. 
Blakeslee . 100 97 
Doolittle . 100 93 
Judd . 100 91 
Weeden . 100 go 
Dibble . 100 88 
Donnelly . 100 86 
Dan . 100 81 
Bradley . 100 80 
Harding . 100 79 
Brown ..'. 100 77 
Grant . 100 76 
Burns . 100 72 
Stevens . 100 72 
Rockwell . 5° 35 
Douglass . 5° , 31 
Targets Targets' 
Shot Broken 
Doolittle 
Weeden . 
Stone ... 
Blakeslee 
Dibble .. 
Dan . 
Harding 
Donnelly 
Stevens 
Brown 
50 
49 
50 
47 
50 
45 
50 
45 
50 
42 
50 
42 
50 
42 
50 
42 
50 
39 
50 
36 
F. H. WALLACE, Financial-Secretary. 
Eagle Grove Gun Club. 
Eagle Grove, Iowa, May 5 and 6, 1914. 
Total Total 
Number Number 
Shot At Broke 
Jas. Lautzky . 
Day 
200 
190 
2nd 
Day 
200 
190 
*J. R. Graham . 
Day 
200 
192 
2nd 
Day 
200 
l86 
Chas. Hummel . 
Day 
200 
190 
2nd 
Day 
200 
187 
W. S. Iloora'. 
Day 
200 
188 
2nd 
Day 
200 
185 
"II. C. Hirschy . 
Day 
200 
185 
2nd 
Day 
200 
182 
Frank Fisher . 
Day 
200 
185 
2nd 
Day 
200 
182 
E. C. Hinshaw . 
Day 
200 
180 
2nd 
Day 
200 
185 
Joe Konvalinka . 
Day 
200 
183 
2nd 
Day 
200 
182 
A. L. Yearous . 
Day 
200 
181 
2nd 
Day 
200 
182 
John S. Frink . 
Day 
200 
184 
2nd 
Day 
200 
177 
W. H. Tolen . 
Day 
200 
175 
2nd 
Day 
200 
182 
John Peterson . 
Day 
200 
177 
2nd 
Day 
200 
174 
Sam S. Foster . 
Day 
200 
173 
2nd 
Day 
200 
176 
A. M. Anderson . 
Day 
200 
181 
2nd 
Day 
200 
167 
G. A. Rober . 
Day 
200 
163 
2nd 
Day 
200 
178 
