592 
FOREST AND STREAM 
Drivers and Tv.-'^srs 
George Lyon shot in the traffic squad at the na¬ 
tional amateur championship last Friday. It happened 
this wise: On Thursday night lie tried to corner the 
diamond flush market and lost his voice saying “that’s 
good,” consequently during the shoot he used a police¬ 
man’s whistle, and Charley North, to call pull. 
Speaking of that same George Lyon. Charley New¬ 
comb hung a good chromo on his frame a bit ago. 
George, then a “pro,” selling for Remington U.M.C. 
Co., was greatly interested in getting material for ad¬ 
vertising copy for the popular Mr. Briggs. On his 
way through Philadelphia, George ran into “Newcy”— 
said he: “ ‘Newcy’—come on down to the Jersey state 
shoot and make some copy for us”—knowing that 
“Newcy’s” pet brand wa Remington stuff. Said 
Charley: “All right I’ll try to arrange it.” After George 
had gone on his way it occurred to “Newcy” that he 
had a couple of business dates that he could not break 
on so ballistic an excuse as a trap shoot. The call of 
the wild clay was too much however, and “Newcy” 
decided to go to the tournament and shoot under the 
name of Hastings. There was nothing in a name and 
with the Newcomb habit, strong under the disguise, 
he was high man with 97 x 100. George, much dis¬ 
turbed led “Newcy” aside and whispered “Charley, 
there’s a new shooter named Hastings that tied your 
97, but you can be the son of a gun on the shoot off. 
When George looked up the final scores no Newcomb 
appeared on the board and. when the ruse was gently 
broken on the boy from Bulltown, he—well, it was his 
buy; nevertheless Remington got credit for Hasting’s 
win. 
They pulled a hot one on Charley North at Oklahoma 
City at the southwestern handicap. Bill Hite, a good 
shooter and a local wag, complained to Charley that 
the Blue Rocks were too full of cement and couldn’t 
be broken. Charley bristled up and argued that they 
didn’t use cement t ir Blue Rocks, the principal ingre¬ 
dient being Aunt Jemima’s nan cake flour. To settle 
the dispute Hite challenged Charley to a 12 bird match. 
After the match the score showed Hite eleven, North 
0. Charley was dismayed, because, when driven to it, 
he is some shooter. After he had paid his bet, Hite 
brought in one of the targets, threw it on the ground 
and jumped on it, without breaking it. That’s the 
trouble with Blue Rocks said Hite, only every alter¬ 
nate week they break. Charley was some worried. He 
picked up the target and, immediately noticed the 
weight of the rock. Explanations were in order and 
the joke was on Charley. Hite had made a mould of a 
blue rock, poured in aluminum, painted the yellow 
and black in and had them all thrown for Charley. It 
is said that Hite gave the money back to Charley—this 
however, is only an unconfirmed rumor. 
Speaking of serious things — a week or two ago we 
printed the scores of the New Jersey State Shoot, at 
Riverside Gun Club, in which A. L. Ivins was given 
credit for high gun with 48 x 50. This was an error. 
High gun was the popular New York Athletic Club 
shooter, C. W. Billings, who cracked 48 x 50 and 
topped the bunch. 
C. W. Billings, who successfully piloted the Olympic 
Team last year, has been appointed captain of the 
1916 Olympic Team. This will give Mr. Billings plenty 
of time to corral the best in America to bring in the 
kale. 
No wonder Dr. Culver didn’t win. He sold his Daly 
trap gun to Brother p ratt of the Tryon Co., and after 
that the rocks wouldn’t stop going. 
Will some one please tell me what is Primrose pow¬ 
der. It broke ’em pretty well and upon examination 
looked lots like E. C. 
Ward Hammond, who wasn’t allowed to shoot in the 
tournament because he was a pro (not pro-deuce be¬ 
cause lie’s an ace), got his press agent knob work¬ 
ing and found a 28 gauge from around the premises. 
He loaded 12 28 gauge shells with 16 gauge loads and 
broke 10 x 12. Some shooter that Hammond boy—and 
some publicity manufacturer. 
Ralph L. Spotts, amateur champion has come into 
his own gracefully. He has won about when, and 
where he pleased, in the East, during the last year 
or two. It is pretty generally conceded that, with an 
even break in luck, R. L. is the best amateur shooter 
in America. 
Teddy Baker, through courtesy Hercules Powder Co., 
was in charge of the office at Travers Island. Every¬ 
one was pleased with the way he handled the job. Let 
us hope Teddy will officiate often in these parts. 
Miss Jessie Thorpe was the only woman shooter at 
the amateur champs, and she acquitted herself nobly. 
Little Miss Thorpe is kept from suffrage only by the 
smell of smoke. She says “the gun is mightier than 
the vote.” 
If Bill Bryan would stop looking for the Nobel prize 
and cast his eyes toward marksmen, he would find a fine 
bunch of killers among last Saturday’s target wreckers. 
Wonder how far one would have to shoot ahead of 
c.ne of those spiggaties around Vera Cruz, to get him. 
shooting gun below the elbow style—wouldn’t mind hav¬ 
ing a match on live Mexicans, would you? 
Bill Joslvn, Ward Hammond, Jack Fanning, Pop 
Dickey and Carl Von Lengerke took pretty good care 
of the demonstration interests at Travers Island, and,’ 
although they were not allowed to shoot, even for 
wads only, they were welcome as a zephyr in August. 
Incidentally Brother Moran, from Marlinsville smiled 
on the multitude for awhile on Saturday. 
Let’s get President Wilson to compel the secretaries 
of different gun clubs to send in scores our linotype 
men can read—no names mentioned but some scores I 
get are—well they’re not fit for publication. 
W. G. BEECROFT. 
West End Gun Club. 
Richmond, Va., April 28, 1914. 
The last shoot in April was held Saturday afternoon. 
Beginning next Saturday, May 2nd, trophy spoons and 
other prizes go in competition. The regular score was 
led by John E. . Avery of Atlanta, Ga., who only 
dropped one in fifty. Swartwout's good score of 45 
was a feature. The score: 
E. H. Storr . 
J. C. Easley . 
Wm. Reuger, Jr. 
T. E. Avery ... 
W. E. Nelms . 
C. B. Cooke .. 
P. T. Flippen . 
T. H. Fox . 
St. Geo. Anderson ... 
W. E. Grant. Jr. 
H. C. Froehling . 
M. D. Hart . 
W. A. Hammond, Sr. 
W. Houseman . 
H. PI. Hills . 
E. D. Hotchkiss. Jr. . 
R. B. Jones . 
W. Hunter . 
P. B. Watt . 
J. B. Carey . 
A. S. Jones . 
T. F. Williams . 
A. Anderson, Jr. 
R. G. Cabell . 
J. B. Swartwout . 
W. L. Boyd . 
R. W. Carrington .. 
L. C. Grant . 
A. Brook . 
J. A. Schultze . 
>t At 
Broke 
50 
47 
50 
42 
50 
7 
5 ° 
49 
5 l) * * * * 6 7 8 
39 
50 
40 
50 
38 
50 
27 
50 
39 
50 
2 5 
50 
29 
50 
47 
50 
44 
50 
27 
50 
26 
50 
41 
50 
34 
50 
37 
50 
26 
50 
39 
50 
42 
50 
7 
5 ° 
30 
50 
38 
50 
45 
50 
44 
50 
28 
50 
20 
50 
32 
50 
46 
“T. B.” Trap and Gun Club. 
U. S. Naval Hospital, Las Animas Colo., April 22, 1914. 
Total Total 
Number Number 
Shot At Broke 
R. A. King . 150 146 
Will Bowen . 150 139 
E. A. Oakley . 150 130 
H. C. Keefe, Winchester . 150 141 
R. E. Stotts . 150 135 
B. E. Moritz . 150 136 
F. Prinster . 150 136 
J H. Rohrer . 150 139 
Jos. Higgins . 150 134 
R. G. McQueen . 150 136 
B. F. Simonds . 150 138 
C. A. Blaine . 150 127 
F. Luther . 150 135 
D. C. Allen . 150 133 
R. E. Murray, U.M.C. 150 127 
C. C. Lane . 150 129 
W. R. Thomas . 150 135 
A. D. Hardy, Peters . 150 130 
C. A. Gunning . 150 133 
P. Hudnall . 150 131 
F. A. Bart . 150 131 
W. M. Bowman, Du Pont . 150 132 
E. Fulton . 150 118 
E. A. Thaxton . 150 131 
A. C. Bridges . 150 122 
Pete Kranz . 100 84 
F. P. Williams . 150 126 
J. F. Cook . 150 118 
E. U. Reed . 150 122 
E. R. Lee . 150 99 
R. T. McClurkin . 150 117 
P. L. Holland . 150 in 
L. M. Kenworthy . 100 76 
V. Welch . 150 125 
E. L. Bowdish . 100 74 
C. A. Thomas . 150 no 
W. C. Lloyd . 150 in 
G. W. Mitchell . 150 101 
A. M. Palrang . 150 104 
A. H. Lehman . 100 62 
J. F. Rupert . 135 106 
J. W. DuBose . 60 40 
O. Lunn . 30 n 
C. M. Dolan . 30 16 
C. A. Stroup . 135 104 
H. R. Jackson . 95 68 
F. P. WILLIAMS, Paymaster, U. S. N., Secretary. 
Cincinnati Revolver Club. 
The teams showed up at the range on April 22, each 
with six men, for the last of the club team matches 
this season. The Red won the match by a score of 
1,136 to 1,072. High individual score was made by A. 
E. Forester, of the Blues, who shot a very even race, 
his five targets totaling 208. Second place was scored 
by Kenan of the Blues, and II. Cox, of the Reds, on 
207. 
.... Red Team. 
H. Cox . 10 9 9 
10 10 10 
9 9 9 
10 9 8 
10 7 7 
Col. C. F. Hake . 8 5 6 
7 10 7 
7 10 8 
6 10 9 
„ „ 9 9 10 
F. Cist . 6 9 6 
5 7 8 
7 9 8 
9 6—43 
7 7—44 
8 5—40 
8 7—42 
7 7 — 38 — 207 
6 8—33 
5 10—39 
10 10—45 
8 7—40 
7 10—45— 202 
Reaching the 
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8 
9 
IO 
9 
9—45 
8 
8 
9 
7 
6—38— 193 
1 F. McCarthy . 
8 
6 
6 
5—35 
IO 
9 
9 
9 
8—45 
9 
8 
9 
6 
4—36 
8 
7 
7 
7 
6 —35 
9 
8 
8 
8 
7—40— 191 
K. W. Stevenson . 
. 9 
7 
7 
7 
5—35 
9 
9 
9 
7 
5—39 
9 
7 
7 
6 
6—35 
9 
8 
8 
7 
6-38 
IO 
9 
7 
5 
5—36— 183 
R. II. Flvnt . 
9 
6 
6 
4—35 
9 
8 
4 
6 
•—30 
5 
5 
5 
6 
4—25 
9 
7 
7 
7 
5—35 
10 
8 
7 
6 
4—35— 160 
Total .1136 
Blue Team. 
A. H. Kenan . io 
A. E. Forester 
9 
10 9 
10 8 
10 10 
10 9 
10 10 
10 9 
10 10 
10 9 
J. F. Stevenson (Capt.) . 8 
A. A. Yungblut 
E. Hake 
C. V. Bowman 
io io 8 
9 9 
9 8 
9 9 
10 io 
6 5 
8 7 
9 
4 
8 
3 
4 
6 
3 
3 
8—43 
6—41 
6— 38 
7— 41 
8— 44— 207 
7—43 
7—42 
6— 41 
7— 42 
7—40— 208 
7— 40 
8- 35 
6—40 
8—42 
8—44— 201 
6—36 
6—39 
5—36 
8 8—41 
8 6—43— "95 
0 7—35 
9 10—44 
7 7—38 
9 9—35 
7 6—37— 189 
5 .-18 
.— 9 
•—13 
3 6—18 
5 -—'4— 72 
Total 
.1072 
