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FOREST AND STREAM 
June 14, 1913 
The Ohio State Shoot 
Circleville, June 4 to 6 
The twenty-seventh anntial tournament of the Ohio 
State Trapshooters’ League was held at Circleville, on 
June 4, 5 and G, under auspices of the Ideal Gun Club, 
of that city. The attendance was not what had been 
hoped for. However, the shoot was a decided success, 
and those who were present enjoyed a pleasant week’s 
sport and went home satisfied. The club was favored 
with ideal weather throughout the shoot, the only rain 
of the week coming on Tuesday night. The days were 
pleasant and cool until Friday, which was uncomfort¬ 
ably warm in the afternoon. There was more or less 
wind each day, but only enough to make the shooting' 
a little more interesting and never enough to seriously 
interfere with the flight of the targets. The local officers 
of the League exerted themselves to see that every man 
present should enjoy himself, both at the grounds and 
during the evening, and their efforts were highly suc¬ 
cessful. The grounds are about a mile north of the city, 
and are reached by the traction cars, although this 
week private automobiles provided transportation for 
most of the contestants going and returning, making 
frequent trips between the hotel and club house. 
The contestants on the firing line faced the east, but 
this caused little inconvenience even at the start, as the 
sun was well up before the program was begun. It 
would be impossible to find grounds with a better back¬ 
ground, the targets were thrown against a perfectly clear 
sky, and were clearly visible the instant they appeared 
above the trap house. This was favorably commented 
upon by almost every shooter. 
In the office Luther J. Squier handled the work in 
his usual efficient manner, some of the minor details 
being looked after by assistants. 
_ Shooting was begun promptly each day, and was 
finished in good season, allowing ample time for extra 
events, and many of these were pulled off. E. M. Stout 
and J. S. Ritt had charge of arranging the grounds for 
the tournament, and were both kept busy during the 
week with the various ground details, which all help 
to make a successful shoot. 
The field force performed its duties satisfactorily. 
At trap No. 1. Lloyd Tompkins was referee; J. C. Jef¬ 
fries, scorer; Fred Tool, puller, and M. De Long, trap¬ 
per. .‘\t trap No. 2, H. Leist, referee; Ed. Smith, scorer; 
H. Tool, puller; C. Peters trapper. At trap No. 3, 
Paul Reed, referee; E. Stout, scorer; J. Snyder, puller; 
George Burns, trapper. 
In addition to the trade representatives who took 
part in the program events, there were present Messrs. 
Y. Dibble and Burton Call. The tournament was reg¬ 
istered, and was given under the Squier money-back 
system. 
Headquarters for the shooters were established at the 
Arnerican Hotel, and every courtesy was extended to the 
visitors by the management, for which the league is 
duly grateful, and wishes to express acknowledgment of 
the members. 
PRACTICE DAY—JUNE 3. 
Thirty-four shooters were at the grounds soon after 
noon. E. M. .Stout was on hand to give them the glad 
hand, and L. J. Squier at the cashier’s window, waiting 
to take in their shekels in exchange for the privilege of 
having a round at the clays. Later “in the afternoon Pop 
and Horace Heikes came out, together with Doc. F. M. 
Edwards and Joe Rummel, in time to shoot in the last 
three events. There was nice work done, and some 
pretty races developed before the finish. W. H. Heer and 
Lester German hooked up at the start, the latter getting 
a lead of one target in the first event, but tying with 
Heer in the third event. Heer lost a target in his first 
time UD, but after that went straight, recording a run of 
97, and finishing in a tie with German on 99. J. S. 
Day, C. F. Moore, W. R. Chamberlain and J. R. Tavlor, 
all professionals, tied for second place on 97. Then 
came J. W. Garrett, professional, tied with J. M. Mark¬ 
ham and Homer Hirth, amateurs, on 96. German went 
out with his last 51 straight, a good foundation for a 
run. R. O. Heikes, Horace Heikes and F. M. Edwards 
shot a 9G per cent, pace in the last three events. C. F. 
Moore broke his last 67 straight. During the evening 
there were many new arrivals, and the hotel lobby was 
a lively place until bedtime. Scores: 
•J s Day. 
. 97 
L ITildinarer. 
.. 89 
*C F Moore. 
. 97 
W G Alkire. 
.. 88 
*W R Chamberlain... 
. 97 
T G Barstow. 
.. 84 
H F Roberts.. 
. 84 
T S Ritt. 
.. 87 
C L Mueller. 
. 90 
W N Camp. 
■"C 0 Le Compte.... 
. 89 
J M Markham. 
.. 96 
J K \\ alters . 
. 82 
H R Comstock. 
.. 80 
*J W Garrett. 
. 96 
J F Carle.'... 
W Webster . 
. 91 
F Young . 
E M Stout. 
. 93 
C L Brandon. 
»J R Taylor. 
. 97 
A B Tones. 
L Stevens. 
. 90 
H Hirth . 
C D Coburn. 
. 92 
G Kistler . 
A B Shobe. 
. 94 
70 
*T A Marshall. 
. 91 
R 0 Heikes f50) ... 
.. 4S 
*W H Heer..... 
. 99 
H \V Heikes ('50')... 
.. 48 
•L S (lerman. 
. 99 
t M Kdwards ('50')... 
.. 48 
F C Koch. 
. 86 
J Rummel (50) . 
FIRST DAY—JUNE 4. 
The special event was started at 8:45, nearly all of the 
fifty-odd shooters present taking part in it. Immediately 
after it was finished, the regular program was started. 
Six events were finished at noon, and a brief rest for 
dinner was called. Before 3 o’clock the last event was 
finished. Many of the townspeople were out at different 
times during the day and were treated to an exhibition 
of shooting which they will not see again for a long 
time. W. H. Heer, with a credit of 97 straight breaks 
from the day before, continued his fine work, and blew 
the clays to powder up to the eighth event, when he 
failed to score his eighth bird, and the run was fin¬ 
ished with a total of 234. After that he went straight 
and quit at night with 62 straight for the second day. 
He missed but one target out of 200 in the specials and 
regular program events, which was conceded to be some 
shooting. In the regular events he was high profes¬ 
sional with 149; J. S. Day gave him a pretty good run, 
going out with 146, and R. W. Clancy came third with 
145. The amateurs, while they did not measure quite 
up to their professional brothers, had no cause to feel 
ashamed of their showing. J. A. Smith and F. C. Koch 
tied for first place with 144 each, which is 96 per cent., 
and not to be laughed at. F. M. Edwards and W. I. 
Spangler were second with 142 each, and Joe Rummel 
got tjiird on 140. Perfect scores in the special events 
were fairly plentiful among the amateurs as well as 
among the professionals, but Heer was the only one 
to go straight in both. German began the day with his 
last 51 targets of the previous day to his credit, and in¬ 
creased this numher until the ninth target in the second 
event in the regular program, when his run came to an 
end with 99. C. F. Moore registered 76 without a miss. 
In the Ideal Gun Club special four amateurs tied 
with Heer and German on perfect scores of 25. Frank 
p. Alkire, at one time one of the best known amateurs 
in Ohio, has been out of the game for two or three 
years, but has not yet forgotten how to shoot, and was 
a welcome visitor at the tournament. He is an advocate 
of the 20 -gauge, and to show that he has the courage 
of his convictions, used it in all the events here, not 
breaking so many as in the old days, but still being a 
long way from the foot of the list. It would be im¬ 
possible to hold a State shoot without Doc. Wm. Shat- 
tuck, of Coal Grove; Doc. knew this, and made a 
special effort to be present. He did not break quite so 
many as usual, but kept some of the younger ones 
hustling to keep up with him. 
The team match for the Review trophy w’as started 
at the close of the regular program, with eleven teams 
entered, a decided falling off from the entry of last year, 
w’hen there were twenty-seven contestants. The win¬ 
ning team was composed of C. L. Culbertson and C. T. 
Stevens, of Zanesville, the former scoring 25, and the 
latter 24. Scores: 
*T S Day. 
F Caldwell. 
... 123 
*C F Moore. 
.143 
TJ E Campbell... 
... 135 
*W R Chamberlain.... 133 
H Hirth . 
... 138 
1991 
... 138 
C L Moeller. 
.1‘’9 
T E Nutt. 
... 124 
*C O Le Compte 
. 125 
Wm Shattuck ... 
... 134 
J E Walters . 
.1Z2 
T Rummel . 
...140 
*J W Garrett.... 
.139 
H R Comstock.. 
... 65 
Wm Webster ... 
.136 
L D Arndt. 
... 128 
E M Stout. 
.133 
W W Coffman... 
... 120 
*J R Taylor. 
.141 
L Fisher . 
... 131 
C T Stevens. 
.128 
A B Jones. 
... 123 
C D Coburn. 
.137 
C B Hedges. 
... 117 
F M Edwards.... 
.142 
Chas Ward . 
... 119 
A B Shobe. 
.125 
C L Culbertson. 
... 138 
*T A Marshall... 
.137 
W G Alkire. 
... 134 
■►W H Heer. 
.149 
Ed Brune . 
... 96 
’•’L S German_ 
.142 
Fred Varing .... 
... 131 
J E Cain. 
. 135 
W I Spangler... 
... 142 
J A Smith. 
.143 
Geo Stout . 
... 123 
*R O Heikes .. 
.144 
F Young . 
... 131 
H W Heikes.... 
. 1.38 
C L Brandon.... 
... 121 
F C Koch. 
. 144 
’•’T G Barstow... 
... 123 
J M Markham... 
.134 
G C Phillips.... 
... 92 
H L Hildinger... 
.133 
R Phillips . 
... 89 
F D Alkire. 
. 134 
W C Nothstine.. 
... 132 
J B Cromley. 
.137 
W N Camp .... 
199 
John Hedges .... 
. 131 
*R W Clancy.... 
... 145 
J S Ritt. 
. 120 
Two special events at 25 
targets each were 
shot on 
the first day, and 
the scores 
were: 
*J S Day. 
20 25—45 
H L Hildinger.. 
21 19—40 
*C F Moore. 
24 24—48 
J B Cromley.... 
24 
*W Chamberlain. 
21 25—46 
J Hedges . 
22 
20—42 
H F Roberts.... 
17 23—40 
1 S Ritt. 
21 
22—43 
C L Moeller. 
23 20—43 
F Caldwell. 
21 
-Le Compte... 
20 19—39 
E Campbell... 
22 
T E Walters. 
19 22—41 
H Hirth . 
22 
*T W Garrett.... 
23 24—47 
Geo Kistler . 
23 
W l\’ebster . 
22 23—45 
j E Nutt . 
20 
E M Stout. 
23 23—46 
T Rummel . 
22 
*T R Tavlor. 
23 23—46 
D Arndt. 
21 
22—43 
C T Stevens. 
25 24—49 
W W Coffman. 
21 
C D Coburn. 
23 23—46 
L Fisher . 
25 
21-48 
F M Edwards... 
24 24-M8 
A B Jones. 
19 
A B -Shobe. 
25 22—47 
C Ward . 
20 22_42 
*T A Marshall... 
24 2.3—47 
C L Culbertson.. 
24 25—49 
■‘W H Heer. 
25 25—50 
E Brune . 
19 
iS German.... 
25 24—49 
F Varwig . 
19 20—39 
J E Cain. 
23 23—46 
\V i bpangler... 
20 23—43 
j A Smith. 
24 24—48 
C L Brandon.... 
15 
*R O Heikes.... 
22 25—47 
*T G Barstow... 
22 
21—43 
H W Heikes. 
23 23—46 
’’'R W Clanev.... 
24 
9.9. 99 4.5 
Carle . 
21 
J M Markham... 
26 24-49 
The Review trophy, emblematic of the team cham¬ 
pionship of <lhio, was presented to the League by the 
Sport.smen's Review. The first contest took place on 
May 11 , 1892, at Dayton, and was won by the Buckeye 
Gun Club, of that chy. The winning team was chal¬ 
lenged by the Grassy Point Gun Club, of Toledo, and 
lost the cun bv default. This club was challenged by 
the North Baltimore Gun Club, which was defeated in 
August, 1892. The third contest was between the Grassy 
Point Club .and the Sherman Gun Club, of Columbus, 
and was held in that city, the home team winning by a 
score of 177 to 170. On Oct. 12 of the same year, the 
Plain City Gun Club challenged and was defeated at 
Circleville, 172 to 145. At Columbus, in May, 1893, the 
Sherman Gun Club’s team No. 2 defeated team No. 6 
of the same club by a score of 95 to 88 . This was the 
fifth contest for the trophy, and the number of men on 
a team was reduced from four to two. The sixth con¬ 
test, June 27, 1894, was won by the Buckeye Gun Club 
team, defeating the Sherman Club team by a score of 
181 to 180; four men shot on each team at 50 targets per 
rnan. The winners were challenged by the Sherman 
Club, and the seventh match was shot on Oct. 5 of the 
same year, the Buckeye again winning; score 152 to 126. 
The eighth match took place at Dayton during the 
league tournament. May 14, 1895, and resulted in a tie 
between the Cleveland Gun Club teams. No. 1 and 2, on 
46; the Cleveland team won the shoot-off 41 to 40. The 
teams consisted of two men, shooting at 25 targets each, 
and this condition was made permanent. The ninth 
contest was held at Dayton in June of the same year, 
the Buckeye Gun Club winning with a score of 49. The 
tenth contest was held at Springfield in 1897, and the 
Buckeye Club was again victorious with a score of 49. 
The next match was also held at Springfield, on June 1, 
1898, and resulted in a tie between the Buckeye Club team 
and a team of the Mechanicsburg Gun Club, on 49. The 
Buckeye team won the shoot-off, 48 to 45. At Columbus, 
June 6 , 1899, the twelfth contest was won by the Sher¬ 
man Gun Club team No. 1, after shooting off a tie with 
a team from Springfield. The next league tournament 
was held at Columbus, June 5 to 7, 1900, when the thir¬ 
teenth contest took place. This year the contestants 
were given a handicap of added targets. The Columbus 
team scored a total of 50, their handicap of 5 targets giv¬ 
ing them a perfect score. They were tied by the Cin¬ 
cinnati Gun Club team. In the shoot-off the former 
team scored 50 with their handicap, to the latter’s 49. At 
Circleville, June 5, 1901, Alkire and Rhoades won the 
fourteenth contest with 49. The fifteenth contest was 
held at Cleveland on June 4, 1902, and was won by 
Heikes and Rike, each breaking 24. The sixteenth con¬ 
test was held at Cincinnati, June 10, 1903, and was won 
by Rhoades and Young with 47. At Akron, June 15, 
1904, the seventeenth contest was ' won by Galt and 
Kreider with 49. The eighteenth match was at Canton, 
June 14, 1905, and was won by the Newark team'with 49. 
At Dayton, June 14, 1906, the Dayton team tied the 
Newark team with 48. The former team won the shoot- 
off with 46 to 39. The twentieth contest took place at 
Columbus, June 4 to 6 , 1907; thirty-seven teams entered, 
and the trophy was won by George Volk and F. Foltz 
with 47. The winners received a silver loving cup as a 
memento of their win. In this contest C. A. Young and 
L. H. Reid with 49 were high, but it was decided that 
they were not eligible for the trophy. The twenty-first 
contest was held at Columbus during the. league tourna¬ 
ment, June 2 to 5, 1908, twenty-two teams being entered. 
The Toledo- team was again the winner with 48. The 
Portsmouth team came second with 47. The next league 
tournament was held at Columbus in 1909, and twenty- 
four teams entered the twenty-second contest for the 
trophy. The result was a tie on 50 straight between the 
Toledo team, winners in the two previous contests, and 
a team from Dayton. In the shoot-off the latter team 
won with 49 to 48. The twenty-third contest was held at 
the league tournament at Cleveland, June 1-3, 1910. The 
interest w'as not so great as in previous years, only 
eighteen teams entering on June 2. The Toledo team 
tied -with the Pomeroy team on 48, each of the four 
men scoring 24. The latter team was given the trophy, 
as the Toledo team failed to shoot off the tie. The 
twenty-fourth contest was shot on June 8 , 1911, during 
the League tournament at Columbus; twenty-two teams 
were entered, and the result was a tie between four 
teams—Cleveland No. 2, Columbus No. 1, Portsmouth, 
and Toledo. The shoot-off was won by the Columbus 
team with a total of 47. The league tournament was held 
at Dayton. June 4 *0 6 , 1912, and the twenty-fifth con¬ 
test w.'is shot on June 5, with twenty-seven teams en¬ 
tered. The Hicksville Team No. 1 tied with the Custer 
Gun Club team on 48. In the shoot-off the latter team 
won, 43 to 40. 
The scores of the twenty-sixth match follow: 
Davton No. 1. 
H W Heikes. 23 
J M Markham.24 — 47 
Gabon. 
H Hirth . 22 
U E Campbell.'22—44 
Circleville No. 1. 
E M Stout. 23 
\V I Spangler.23-46 
• London. 
C D Coburn.23 
J A Smith. 24 — 47 
Dayton No. 2. 
F C Koch. 23 
J E Cain. 23 — 46 
Geo Kistler 
23 
Columbus. 
F M Ed-wards,. 24 
Wm W'ebster . 23 — 47 
Circleville No. 2. 
J E \VaIters. 22 
C L Moeller . 20— 42 
Asheville. 
J N Hedges.20 
J B Cromley. 24 — 44 
Zanesville. 
C L Culbertson.... 25 
C T Stevens. 24—49 
Circleville No. 3. 
Chas Ward . 22 
J S Ritt. 22-44 
Celina. 
F Varwig . 20—43 
W. H. Heer was the maker of the long run for the 
day. .Starting with 62 from Tuesday, he broke straight 
in the special, but dropped his fourth target in the 
first regular event, having a total of 90. He then broke 
them all up to the 13th in the last event, wh’ch gave 
him a run of 143. J. Rummel broke 54, J. A. Smith 57, 
and R. W. Clancy 58 straight. 
ANNUAL MEETING. 
President W. I. Spangler presided at the annual 
meeting of the league, which was held June 4 and was 
well attended. Thirteen clubs of the twenty in the 
league were represented, viz.: London, Mechanicsburg, 
Dublin, Salem, Cincinnati, Gabon, Columbus, N. C. R. 
of Dayton, Zanesville, Dayton, Celina, Portsmouth, and 
Ideal of Circleville. Two new clubs, Mahoning Valley, 
of Niles, and Seneca Gun Club were admitted to the 
league. 
T'ivo ballots were required in selecting the place for 
the 1914 tournament. Cincinnati and Circleville were 
tied on the first ballot, with Columbus having several 
votes. The latter withdrew, and on the second ballot 
