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FOREST AND STREAM 
Feb. 22, 1913 
R. S. Elliott Tournament 
Special Report by W. T. Irwin 
PKELIMINAKY. 
Fee. 10 the preliminary event of the grand mid¬ 
winter K. S. Elliott Arms Company ninth annual inter¬ 
state shoot was pulled off at Blue River Park, Kansas 
City, Mo. Conditions were unfavorable. 
Ed O’Brien was the only one to get on them just 
where they happened to be. A 98 was a dandy score 
under the trying circumstances, judging by the follow¬ 
ing: I'red Bills 91, D. Elliott 73, Lou Erhardt 73, 
Dell Gross 83, Art Killam 80, Geo. Maxwell 83, Jay 
Graham 88. 
I'red Campbell was the only amateur getting into the 
90s, K. D. Morgan 85, Geo. Nicolai 83, Geo. Mackie 81, 
R. D. Grubb 85. The scores, 100 targets per man; 
Ed Jenkins . 
.70 
R D Morgan . 
. 85 
Harry Grindle . 
.75 
’•‘Geo Maxwell ... 
. S3 
*Fred Bills . 
. 91 
R D Grubb . 
. 84 
*D Elliott . 
. 73 
A E Thomas _ 
.78 
Geo Mackie . 
. 81 
Hendricks . 
.83 
’•‘Louis Erhardt .. 
. 73 
A B Williams .., 
. 63 
T J Whelan .... 
...(40) 20 
M Thompson .... 
..(60) 40 
Jesse Wells . 
. 76 
R Thompson .... 
..(66) 44 
’•‘Ed O’Brien ... 
.98 
C H Paulk . 
. 74 
Geo Nicolai . 
’•'Jay Graham .... 
. 88 
Fred Caldwell . 
. 92 
E \V Houghton . 
.83 
Guy Cooper . 
.77 
Fred Call . 
..(60) 52 
’•‘Dell Gross .... 
.83 
Wm Ridley . 
..(60) 53 
’•'Art Killam . 
. 80 
*Professionals. 
FIRST DAY. 
The shoot was advertised to begin at 9:30, but 
there are late morning trains in this old shooting burg 
and the management was disposed to be lenient with 
the stragglers. The sun shone throughout the day. A 
cold north wind caught the targets in the face and 
sent many skyward, making shooting hard. 
Those who had been in Texas at the Sunny South 
found the weather quite chilly, and though Jay Graham 
was hopping around lively trying to keep warm, he led 
the gang with 117 out of 125, and that with a loss of 
five in one event. Fred Bills and Ed O’Brien tied 
for second on 114; Geo. Maxwell 107, Art. Killam 92, 
Del Gross 108, D. Elliott 87, L. Erhardt 93. 
For the amateurs, H. Dixon was high with 112, H. 
Snyder 111, Caldwell 
and 
Mackie 107, W. 
Ridley 
106, 
Ditto and H. Thomas 
105. 
The scores: 
Ed Jenkins . 
. 91 
A G Copeland 
73 
Fred Bills . 
114 
Hendrix . 
93 
Art Killam . 
92 
J S Thomas .. 
86 
Geo Maxwell . 
107 
Harry Thomas 
105 
Caldwell . 
107 
A W Smith . 
97 
Del Gross . 
108 
H Winzenreid 
. 98 
H E Snyder . 
111 
C H Paulk .... 
.(50) 
26 
Guy Cooper . 
104 
A B Williams 
...(100) 
59 
Geo Nicolai . 
113 
Geo Grubb ... 
91 
V H Greene . 
. 92 
Geo Crosby ... 
102 
G K Mackie . 
107 
Morgan . 
107 
H Gundle . 
94 
Jesse Wells .. 
84 
H Dixon . 
112 
R Page . 
90 
D Elliott . 
87 
G E King ... 
89 
Lou Erhardt . 
93 
J R Wilson .. 
68 
Jay Graham . 
117 
Miller . 
...(100) 
61 
Houghton . 
99 
J Jordan . 
91 
Chas Ditto . 
105 
J T Roth . 
98 
Ed O’Brien . 
114 
Wm Baggerma 
n . 
92 
Wm Ridley . 
106 
J K Boyd .... 
93 
G I Toews . 
73 
Roger Murphy 
...(50) 
43 
Wm Goeller . 
96 
Roy Thistler . 
....(50) 
32 
Chas Wuttke . 
69 
The event of the day was the 100-target individual 
race between Jay Graham and H. E. Snyder, the latter 
being the challenger. One year ago Graham, then an 
amateur, won the cup known as the Elliott Interstate 
Individual Amateur Championship. Conditions call for 
a sliding handicap, contestants to start at 16yds. and 
go back one yard on breaking five straight, and going 
up a yard missing two out of five. The race was inter¬ 
esting up to the last string of 25, when the unex¬ 
pected happened, not Snyder’s good shooting, but rather 
Jay Graham’s fall down. They tied on the first 25 with 
23. Getting another box of shells, they tied again, this 
time with 25 straight, making 48 out of the first fifty. 
Again at the third quarter they tied on 22. Going down 
the home stretch, “Jay” stubbed his toe and lost three 
out of the first five, both shooting then at the 20yds. 
mark. Snyder smashed his five and remained at 20yds., 
while Graham went up a yard, as 20yds. is the limit. 
Graham lost one in the next five and Snyder went 
straight from then on out. It was a tie, as both missed 
five each, making Snyder a fairly good score, 90, and 
Graham 86. 
LIVE BIRD EVENTS. 
Geo. Nicolai and Riley Thompson, the holder, con¬ 
tested for the Elliott Interstate Individual Amateur 
Pigeon Cup. 50 pigeons each, under the Elliott handicap. 
Both started off at the 30yds. mark and grassed their 
first five; moving back a yard, Thompson made it ten 
straight, while Nicolai let two sail away. Nicolai moved 
up a yard and Thompson back to the 32yds. peg, where, 
with five straight, he gained one on Thompson, when 
he “slipped up” on his 14th. In the next five each 
lost one, and in the last five of the first twenty-five 
Thompson lost one, while Nicolai grassed them all and 
tied the score, 22 out of 25. Thompson only lost one 
out of the next twenty from the 33yds. limit, while 
Nicolai at 32yds. lost five, thus being four to the bad. 
The last string of five was declared off, and Mr. 
Thompson was the winner with a total of 41 out of 45 
to Nicolai’s 37. 
At the annual shoot in 1912 Mr. Thompson won 
this cup, and though being challenged five times, he 
was the winner on each occasion, lie scored 48 over 
47 twice, and won once previous to this shoot against 
Nicolai, the latter withdrawing before the end. The 
scores: 
R Thompson 222222122222201221200212222112111212211022212—41 
G Nicolai.. 212210202122221210122222220221120222022222020—37 
KANSAS CITY VS. ALL MISSOURI. 
This was a challenge contest for the amateur team 
cup, five men to each team, 20 pigeons each, losing team 
to pay for all the birds, optional $10 sweep. Any ama¬ 
teur shooter could enter for the optional sweeps. 
Kansas City team, Snyder, Nicolai, Richmers, Hair- 
grove and Green, won on 89 out of 100. Missouri had 
R. Thompson, M. Thompson, Harve Dixon, Roth and 
Plant, and they lost with a total of 83. The scores: 
Five-men team race, 30yds. handicap: 
Kansas City. 
Missouri. 
Snyder . 
20 
R Thompson . 
. 18 
Nicolai . 
17 
M Thompson . 
. 18 
Rickmers . 
17 
H Dixon . 
. 16 
Hairgrove . 
17 
Roth . 
. 17 
Green . 
18—89 
Plank . 
. 14—83 
The following entered 
for a sweepstake event. 
en- 
trance $15: 
Mackie . 
.... 15 
Jenkins . 
. 16 
Morgan . 
.... 12 
Baggerman . 
17 
Grubb . 
.... 18 
Tucker . 
1.5 
Cockrell . 
.... 17 
Weinreid . 
. 17 
Harlan . 
.... 16 
King . 
16 
Floughton . 
.... 16 
Murphy . 
, 15 
SECOND DAY. 
All the events were 25 targets, and the fingers got 
cold going down the line, while the targets were climb¬ 
ing quite a bit. 
While Fred Bills came here about half sick with 
the grip, he spoiled all the saucers but five, which was 
excellent shooting, considering the wind and the dark 
background. Jay Graham and Ed O’Brien tied on 115; 
Geo. Maxwell made 110; Dell Gross 97. Fred Caldwell 
was high for amateurs with 114; Flarry Snyder and Guy 
Cooper, 113; H. Dixon 112; Geo. Nicolai 111. You have 
seen much better scores many a time, but remember 
this is midwinter shooting. There were several cup 
and high average wdnners taking part, yet you would 
hardly recognize them by these scores: 
Ed Jenkins ... 
. 97 
W’m Baggerman 
109 
Fred Bills .... 
. 120 
Fred Call . 
97 
Art Killam ... 
. 92 
C R Hendrix ... 
99 
Geo Maxwell 
. 110 
Hy Thomas . 
94 
Fred Caldwell 
. 114 
Jerry Jordan .... 
90 
Uel Gross .... 
. 97 
H Winzenreid . 
101 
Flarry Snyder 
. 113 
R R Murphy ... 
103 
Guy Cooper .. 
. 113 
J K Boyd :. 
99 
Geo Nicolai . 
. Ill 
Geo Grubb . 
102 
V H Greene 
.104 
Geo Crosby . 
109 
Geo K Mackie 
.105 
R D Morgan .... 
94 
Harry Grindle 
. 97 
J T Roth . 
104 
H Dixon . 
. 112 
A Page . 
98 
D Elliott .... 
. 86 
Geo King . 
85 
Lou Erhardt . 
. 94 
R Thompson .... 
102 
Jay Graham .. 
. 115 
Frank Miller .. 
•. (75) 
44 
G Houghton . 
. 108 
I, L Tucker .... 
..(50) 
22 
Chas Ditto ... 
.109 
H Sherman .... 
.(100) 
67 
Ed O’Brien .. 
. 115 
Geo Howell .... 
.(100) 
67 
Wm Ridley .. 
. 107 
C Freel . 
.(100) 
82 
G I Toews ... 
...(100) 60 
Roy Thistler .... 
.. (.50) 
35 
W'm Goeller 
. 97 
J Grother . 
.. (50) 
36 
INTERSTATE 
INDIVIDUAL 
AMATEUR PIGEON 
RACE. 
Open to any white amateur in the country. Starting 
at 28yds. and going back as far as 31yds., then forward 
to 26yds. The race was interesting, as there were four 
men tied on 24, yet thereby hangs a tale. When Nicolai 
was_ called for his last shot, having previously gone 
straight, which no other shooter had done, all he had 
to do was to call pull, drop the bird in bounds and 
carry _ off the cup and first money. His bird proved a 
no bird, and when the boy went out to get the bird 
others went out to gather up the dead ones, and that 
delayed the shooting, with the result that when Nicolai’s 
bird took wing it did not drop until it passed just over 
the boundary. _ Grubb having missed his 17th, finished 
strong with a like 24. Roth and M. Thompson followed 
suit by downing the last five, after missing one. In 
the shoot-off all went straight on the first five. On the 
6th round both Grubb and M. Thompson drew a bird 
they did not stop, making it a two-man race between 
Nicolai and Roth. From the 32yds. mark Nicolai 
grassed them all up to the 10th round, Roth falling by 
the wayside when the referee called lost on the 10th 
bird. So, though Nicolai failed in two attempts to win 
the cup during last year from Riley Thompson, he now 
has the honor of being subject to a challenge at any 
time. The scores: 
Nicolai . 24 
Grubb . 24 
Morgan . 21 
Mackie . 19 
Dixon . 22 
R Thompson . 23 
Jenkins . 23 
King .19 
Howe . 23 
Caldwell . 23 
Houghton . 21 
Greene . 22 
Snyder .22 
Ridley . 22 
Baggerman . 21 
Ditto .22 
Welles . 18 
Roth .24 
Cockrell . 22 
M Thompson .24 
L Tucker . 20 
C Freel . 21 
Thistler . 19 
Leach and Whelan withdrew. 
THIRD DAY. 
The regular program events, same as previous day, 
five events, 25 targets each, was run off during the day. 
Though the day was warmer and the sun shone, there 
was quite a little wind from the southwest. 
Harve Dixon made high for the day, though he 
missed 10 out of 125; \Vm. Ridley, high 1912 amateur, 
lost 14, as did Nicolai; H. Snyder, Morgan and Roth 
missed 15 each. The professionals are having their 
innings. First it was Graliam, then Bills, and this day 
O’Brien was high. Bills was second with 112, Maxwell 
and Graham third with 109. The scores were low, 88 
by Nicolai being high, while Dixon and Guy Cooper 
were the only ones to make a 25 straight. The scores 
follow: 
Ed Jenkins . 
. 104 
Jerry Jordan ... 
. 96 
’•‘Fred Bills . 
. 112 
Harry Sherman 
.103 
’•'Art Killam . 
.103 
Murphy . 
. 96 
’•'Geo Maxwell .. 
.109 
J K Boyd . 
. 85 
Fred Caldwell .. 
.105 
Geo. Grubb _ 
.107 
tDel Gross . 
.100 
Geo. Crosby ... 
. 107 
Harry Snyder ... 
.no 
R D Morgan .. 
.no 
Guy Cooper . 
. 96 
J T Roth . 
.no 
Geo Nicolai . 
.Ill 
Howell . 
. 81 
V H Greene .... 
. 95 
Geo W King .. 
. 95 
Geo K Mackie .. 
. 92 
R Thompson .. 
.105 
Harry Grindle .. 
. 83 
Miller 1. 
..toij) 24 
H Dixon . 
. 115 
Joe Grother .... 
.104 
’•‘D Elliott . 
. 93 
C Freel . 
.103 
’•‘Lou Erhardt ... 
. 91 
J R Wilson . 
. 61 
*Tay Graham .... 
.109 
M Enochs . 
. 99 
Houghton . 
. 101 
Ross King . 
.106 
Chas Ditto . 
.105 
F Luther . 
.100 
‘•‘Ed O’Brien ... 
.114 
Ed Varner .... 
.105 
Wm Ridley . 
.Ill 
Bob Hubbard . 
...(75) 40 
G I Toews . 
. 95 
Bud Davis . 
,. (100) 65 
Wm Goeller .... 
. 88 
E T Gibbs . 
.104 
. 94 
. 85 
Fred Call . 
.104 
H McMurchv . 
. 100 
Hendrix . 
. 97 
M Thompson .., 
.. (100) 76 
Hv Thomas . 
. 99 
Crosby . 
...(50) 35 
VV A bmith . 
. 93 
*Professiona!s. 
Special event. 
ICO targets: 
Jenkins . 
Houghton . 
.78 
Caldwell . 
.83 
’•‘Graham . 
.75 
*Gross . 
. 84 
Smith . 
.79 
Cooper . 
.83 
Grubb . 
.85 
Nicolai . 
. 88 
Morgan . 
.75 
Greene . 
.77 
Roth . 
.77 
.84 
Grindle . 
.77 
Geo King . 
.70 
Dixon . 
. 87 
^Professionals. 
INTERSTATE AMATEUR TEAM RACE. 
As it happens many times, one man will fall down 
and the team suffers defeat. Now I may say this time 
that the man did not fall down, but withdrew through 
a little misunderstanding of the rules as interpreted by 
the referee, and tnat put the first Kansas City team out 
of the going. This was the team that won the race on 
Tuesday, and the scores of the four, with the man who 
quit, would have enabled them to have won on this 
occasion. As it turned out the Kansas City team with 
one man down with five birds won the race on a total 
of 87 out of 100 . The scores follow: 
Kansas City 
No. 2, 
Missouri. 
Guy Cooper ... 
.18 
M Thompson . 
. 18 
A E Thomas . 
.15 
R Thompson . 
. 17 
L Tucker . 
.18 
G D Davis . 
. 16 
Bob Elliott ... 
. 17 
B Eaton . 
. 17 
F N Cockrell . 
. 19—87 
H Dixon . 
. 15—83 
Kansas City 
No. 3. 
Kansas. 
J W Flarlan ... 
.16 
Ed Jenkins . 
. 13 
J H Harlan ... 
.16 
G Mackie . 
. 16 
Geo Stockwell, 
Tr.. 17 
R King . 
. 13 
Dr Plank . 
.17 
Eugene Howe .... 
. 18 
Hairgrove . 
. 19-85 
Grubb . 
. 13—72 
FOURTH DAY. 
The weather was fine to-day. Some improvement 
was shown in the scores, and yet many were disposed 
to want some one to give them a “swift kick.” There 
was no addition to the number of shooters at the clays; 
in fact, some of the old-timers passed them up, and 
stayed all day long by the pigeon part of the pro¬ 
gram. Ye old-timers were out for the first time during 
the week, there being at least a dozen on the ground 
who shot at the traps here twenty-five years ago. Wm. 
Ridley finally got going and got 95. Dixon and Nicolai 
were not far behind with 93, while Riley Thompson fol¬ 
lowed with 92, as did George Crosby. Fred Bills came 
on top with 94. O’Brien 93, Graham 90 and Maxwell 85. 
The scores: 
Ed Jenkins . 87 
»Fred Bills . 94 
*Art Killam . 82 
*Geo Maxwell . 85 
Fred Caldwell . 87 
Del Gross . 85 
tiarry Snyder . 89 
Guy Cooper . 88 
Geo Nicolai . 93 
V H Greene . 75 
Geo K Mackie .75 
R Thompson . 92 
H Dixon . 93 
*D Elliott . 79 
*Lou Erhardt .71 
"•Jay Graham . 90 
Houghton .86 
Chas Ditto . 80 
*Ed O’Brien .93 
W'm Ridley .95 
E IV X’arner . 90 
\Vm Greller .88 
Wm Baggerman .84 
Fred Call .79 
Joe Grother .79 
Ross King .87 
F Luther .80 
Geo King .72 
H Sherman .86 
Murphy . 78 
E T Gibbs .85 
Geo Grubb .85 
Geo Crosby .92 
R D Morgan .86 
J T Roth .86 
INTERSTATE AMATEUR TARGET CUP. 
The program consisted of 100 blue rocks, sliding 
handicap. It v;as a fine race. Early in the finish Nicolai 
was out with two 21s and two 24s, a total of 90, which 
was a good score, as most of them were broken from 
