556 
FOREST AND STREAM 
The Southwestern 
Handicap 
Special Report by Edward Banks 
Edward Banks. 
The Second Southwestern Handicap Tournament, held 
at Oklahoma City, Okla., April 14 and 16, is now a 
thing of the past, and Treasurer-Manager Elmer E. 
Shaner, and the members of The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion may congratulate themselves that they acceded to 
the request of the Capital Gun Club that the tourna¬ 
ment be held this year in the capital of Oklahoma. 
The entry lists, 'not only in the sweepstake events, 
but more particularly in the handicaps themselves, were 
eminently satisfactory. Whenever a crowd of 100 or 
more shooters is gathered together in one place it is 
surely some shoot! 
As for the weather, barring the last day, which will 
ever be memorable for the way in which holes were 
punched in the Oklahoma atmosphere by many of the 
very best shots in the country, nothing better could 
have been had. Following as it did a period of wet 
weather which made “gumbo” soil practically impass¬ 
ible, and dry and summery temperature of every day 
in the week until the memorable Thursday was reached 
was simply delightful. But Thursday was some day! 
A perusal of the scores made on that day, and which 
appear in their proper place in this report, will be of 
interest to all who were unfortunate enough to be 01. 
hand. What the wind and the dust storms did to 
“averages on registered targets” that day, was suffi¬ 
cient to make contestants thankful the wind didn’t 
begin to find itself until the tournament was almost 
over! 
Think of the Southwestern Handicap, the first big 
handicap event of 1914, being won on a score of 88 out 
of too from 17 yards! Imagine if you can only three 
amateurs able to break “90 or better” and only two 
professionals able to accomplish the same feat, when 
shooting at 100 targets from the “dead easy mark” of 
16 yards! Mrs. Top did a wonderful piece of work 
when she broke her 91 in the morning events from 
16 yards. There were just an even 100 entries in those 
events, but only 20 straight scores were made in the 500 
efforts! Five were made on Trap 1, four on trap 2, one 
on trap 3 (Lou Reed made that ), three on trap 4 and 
seven on trap 5. In the Southwestern Handicap only 
one straight score was turned in, and George Nicolia, 
of Kansas City, who landed third in the event, can in 
years to come tell about how he was the only entry in 
this event to break “20 straight.” He did it in his 
second string and over trap No. 2! 
The tournament was held at the Fair Grounds, and no 
better location could have been desired. The local gun 
club had things arranged nicely and Manager Shaner, 
ably assisted by Charlie North, kept things running very 
smoothly from start to finish. The grounds were easy 
of access, street cars direct from the entrance of the 
Hotel Skirvin, the shooters headquarters, made the trip 
in a short twenty minutes, and with a ten minutes 
schedule. The traps were located in the open space in¬ 
side the race track. The fair buildings, that is, the 
grand stand, furnished ample room for contestants and 
spectators, and promised plenty of shelter if it should 
happen to rain. 
In the cashier’s office was “Bill” Aughtry as compiler 
of scores, E. P. Gallup as cashier, while Ed. Mason 
was an able assistant. The officers of the local club, 
l“ e Capital Gun Club, are J. E. Marrs, president; J. 
W. Keating, secretary; K. L. Eagan, treasurer; O. A. 
Bassett, field captain, and E. V. Fisher, assistant sec¬ 
retary. Ihese gentlemen were always on hand, as was 
the well-selected entertainment committee of which R. 
P. Bennett was chairman, and C. E. Knight and Dr. 
E. P. Mehl the other members, who did so much to 
make things enjoyable for the visitors. 
Each day’s doings are given in detail, so no further 
introduction is necessary. 
PRACTICE DAY, APRIL 13, 1914. 
A grand total of sixty-three shooters were on hand 
tms afternoon for the regular “practice day” program 
of five twenty-target events. Some excellent scores were 
made by both amateurs and professionals, but these 
were the exception, and not the rules as might have 
reasonably been expected owing to the good background 
against which the targets are thrown and the perfect 
weather conditions which prevailed. Even Mrs. Topper- 
wein only just succeeded in keeping her name on the 
honor roll by breaking an even ninety out of her one 
hundred targets. Yesterday afternoon, under somewhat 
worse weather conditions, she made the splendid total 
of ninety-six and led the field of professionals and ama¬ 
teurs competing with her by a safe margin of four 
breaks. 
ilns afternoon Dan Barstow was the bright particu¬ 
lar star. He was the first man to open the game, be¬ 
ingNo. 1 of No. 1 squad, and he went down the line 
with only one skip, his solitary miss occurring in his 
third event spoiling a nice run. His total of ninety- 
nine stood without a tie, although two other profes¬ 
sionals, Billy Crosby and H. E. Concannon both gave 
him a good chase, each losing only one target out of 
the first eighty shot at, but each letting another get 
away in the last string of twenty. 
Harve Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo.,'winnei of the Grand 
American Handicap in 1911 (shot that vear at Colum¬ 
bus, Ohio), was high amateur, with a total of ninety- 
seven out of his one hundred. His total was seventy- 
nine out of his first eighty, but he slipped up on two 
in his last string and landed in a tie on the above 
total with Ed. O’Brien and C. A. Young both profes¬ 
sionals. R. A. King of Delta, Colorado, was second 
nigh amateur with ninety-six, j. W. Strider, of Med¬ 
ford. Oklahoma, and H. C. Hood of Pittsburgh, Kan¬ 
sas, being tied for third honors on ninety-four each. 
The two professionals, Charlie Spencer and George 
Maxwell broke ninety-five and ninety-four, respectively. 
The scores of today’s events are given below: 
Practice Day, April 13. 
* 0 . G. Barstow .. 
L. C. Larsen . 
*Geo. Maxwell 
F. D. Williamson 
J. R. Hinkle . 
Lou Reed . 
H. E. Whitney ... 
A. W. Clark . 
Wm. Peck . 
*Ed. O’Brien . 
W. H. Wilson _ 
D. E. Bunch . 
*H. J. Donnelly . 
A. M. Carson _ 
J. W. Strider . 
* W. R. Crosby ... 
*Edw. Banks . 
’Torn Marshall ... 
*T. E. Doremus .. 
Ray Frye . 
*F. M. Fawrote . 
E. C. Hanser . 
*K. L. Eagan _ 
E. Wilson . 
*J. R. Graham ... 
S. A. Heatly . 
L. S. Noble . 
O. B. Garrison ... 
A. C. Couch . 
John Honea . 
*Mrs. Topperwein 
*C. G. Spencer ... 
R. C. Rains . 
R. A. King . 
Guy Cooper . 
Geo. Nicolai . 
’D. D. Gross . 
*D. W. Bovee ... 
H. E. Snyder . 
Geo. Grubb . 
Chas. Gay . 
*C. A. Young _ 
Wm. Lambert . 
*J. B. Sullaway ... 
*H. E. Concannon 
Clarence Homer .. 
*G. B. Cragg . 
J. M. Furman . 
E. M. Congdon .., 
J. E. Marrs . 
Frank Charles ... 
I. W. Eagan . 
W. I. Jordan . 
E. P. Kerr . 
J. B. Wachtel . 
Total 
.. 99 
.. 84 
.. 94 
•• 75 
-• 85 
.. 86 
.. 84 
•• 93 
•• 93 
.. 97 
.. 84 
.. 87 
.. 81 
•• 75 
.. 94 
.. 98 
.. 89 
.. 90 
•• 77 
.. 87 
.. 89 
.. 80 
.. 88 
• • 77 
.. 88 
• • 75 
.. 8s 
•• 73 
.. 78 
.. 81 
.. 90 
• • 95 
.. 87 
.. 96 
.. 84 
• • 93 
.. 86 
.. 86 
.. 90 
.. 91 
.. 82 
.. 97 
.. 92 
.. 87 
.. 98 
.. 88 
.. 84 
92 
89 
74 
74 
71 
81 
74 
O. A. Bassett . 
E. J. Skidmore 
E. V. Fisher .. 
E. R. Aufricht 
Geo. K. Mackie 
J. F. Caldwell 
H. Dixon . 
H. C. Hood ... 
*Professionals. 
57 
89 
9 i 
77 
90 
97 
94 
FIRST DAY, APRIL 14, 1914. 
The Interstate Association’s second annual Southwest¬ 
ern Handicap was formally opened this morning at 
9 o’clock sharp by Manager Shaner’s address to the 
contestants for the various prizes and trophies offered 
for competition at this tournament. A few minutes 
later the State Fair grounds echoed and echoed again 
to the crack of the shot gun. 
Manager Shaner and his assistant, Charles A. North, 
of Cleveland, Ohio., the latter in charge of the five 
automatic traps used for throwing the targets at this 
shoot, were early on the grounds this morning, and 
found that the management of the local gun club had 
put the finishing touches to the preparations for the 
tournament. They were thus assured that, barring 
some unforeseen mishap in the way of bad weathei, 
etc., everything in connection wtih the big event would 
go smoothly and easily until the last event on Thurs¬ 
day’s program has been completed. 
So far as the weather today was concerned, nothing 
better in the made-to-order kind could have been sup¬ 
plied. There was a summery touch of warmth in the 
air, while there was no disturbing wind to make the 
flight of the targets erratic. Under such conditions 
scores should have ruled high, considering the high 
class of the shooters taking part in the day’s program, 
but as a matter of fact, save for a few extra skillful 
individuals, the majority of those present turned in 
lower scores than had been looked for. 
To Tom A. Marshall of Keithsburg, Illinois, a veteran 
among the veteran professionals at the traps, belongs 
the honor of being high man for the day by virtue of 
his being able to point the muzzle of his shot-gun in 
the right spot 149 times out of 150 attempts; in other 
words he broke 149 out of 150 targets shot at, losing his 
eleventh target in the first event in the morning, and 
running the last 139 without a skip. 
Next to Marshall came the two professionals, C. G. 
Spencer and W. R. Crosby with 146 breaks each. Ed. 
O’Brien with 144^ and George Maxwell with 143 were 
next in the professional ranks. 
Among the amateurs R. A. King, of Delta, Colo., 
who finished with 96 out of 100 in the practice events 
yesterday afternoon, was high amateur in today’s events 
with the excellent total of 145 out of 150. Mr. King 
did not land his honors without a struggle, because he 
was closely pursued from start to finish by Harve 
Dixon, of Oronogo, Mo., and William Peck of Sterling, 
Kansas, both of whom finished only one target behind 
Mr. King, with a total of 144 to their credit. Weaver 
Wilson of Parsons, Kansas, was in third place with a 
total of 143. 
Mrs. Topperwein whose shooting at this tournament 
is just about the main attraction, shot today most con¬ 
sistently well, losing only nine targets out of her 150, 
her scores for the ten events of fifteen targets each 
showing two “straights,” seven 14’s and one 13. 
A grand total of 101 marksmen took part in the 
ten events at single targets, while no less than forty- 
four entered the special event at twenty-five pairs. In 
this event, which was watched with intense interest 
from the time the first pair was thrown until the last 
man of the forty-four had completed his string, highest 
honors went to George Maxwell, the expert professional 
from Hastings, Neb. Maxwell’s total was 47 out of his 
twenty-five pairs, his nearest professional competitors 
being Charlie Spencer and Jay Graham who scored 44 
and 42, respectively. H. E. Whitney of Anthony, Kan¬ 
sas, was high among the amateurs with the good score of 
45 out of his twenty-five pairs. Then came R. A. King, 
who is shooting remarkably well at this tournament, 
with 44, followed by H. E. Snyder of Kansas City and 
Clarence B. Homer, with 41 apiece. 
The scores of today’s events are given below: 
Shot At 
*D. G. Barstow ... 
L. C. Larsen . 
*Geo. Maxwell - 
F. D. Williamson .. 
J. R. Hinkle . 
Lou Reed . 
H. E. Whitney - 
A. W. Clark . 
Wm. Peck . 
*Ed. O’Brien . 
W. H. Wilson - 
D. E. Bunch . 
*H. J. Donnelly .. 
A. M. Carson . 
J. W. Strider . 
Ed. Hauser . 
C. J. Mowry . 
Jno. Honea . 
V. H. Francis .... 
Dr. M. B. Furrow 
*F. M. Faurote .. 
150 
137 
114 
143 
116 
139 
138 
123 
135 
144 
144 
124 
i35 
133 
122 
133 
131 
132 
123 
129 
115 
135 
25 
Pairs. 
40 
47 
36 
45 
40 
41 
37 
23 
33 
26 
