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FOREST AND STREAM 
May 24, 1913 
The Southern Handicap 
Montgomery, Ala., May 13-15 
Montgomery, Ala., May IV.—The Interstate Associa¬ 
tion’s eighth Southern Handicap tournament was held at 
Montgomery, Ala., May 13-15, under the auspices of the 
Capital City Gun Club. The personnel of the attendance 
could not be excelled, and it proved to be an interesting 
study to one who knows trapshooters and the game of 
trapshooting. From all over the country came the men 
who like to shoot at the discs. In fact, it was a tourna¬ 
ment attended by the best bunch of aerosaucer exter¬ 
minators in the country, which year after year increases 
in numbers without lowering in quality. 
There was no preliminary speech-making or the 
touching of an electrical button when the shooting be¬ 
gan on practice day. The chief managers of the tourna¬ 
ment were all present, and their time was taken up more 
in starting off the squads than in saying nice things to 
each other about the wonderful success of their enter¬ 
prise and foresight. Moses Moore, president, and A. A. 
Ross, treasurer of the Capital City Gun Club, to whom 
principal credit is due for the success of the tournament, 
were the first to appear on the grounds and go into 
conference with Manager Elmer E. Shaner, of the In¬ 
terstate Association, and it was only a matter of a few 
minutes to get things going. 
The traps, placed in position and managed by II. E. 
Winans, gave perfect satisfaction, and as predicted, in¬ 
creased the shooting averages of a number of amateurs. 
There were no repairs necessary, and the traps received 
very little attention during the da,y other than given 
them by the trapper boys. Mr. Winans found plenty of 
time to assist the local management, and his services 
were of high class and appreciated. 
PRACTICE DAY, MAY 12. 
The first squad came to call promptly at 1 o’clock. 
The shooting was fast, squads handled quickly, and at a 
few minutes of 4 o’clock the last shot was fired and the 
seventy-three entrants and the audience started for the 
city. 
With several of the best shots in America present, 
the scores were high, but this was to be expected. 
Among the amateurs G. H. Waddell and G. L. Lyon 
were in first place with 97 out of the 100 targets shot at. 
T. L. Salter and T. W. Hightower were in second place 
with 96, and 1. R. Livingston in third place with 95. 
Among the professionals, W. R. Crosby was in first 
place with a score of 100 straight. W. H. Heer \yas 
second with 99, and E. R. Holt and Homer Clark third 
with 9.S. The scores of practice day follow: 
■►Walter Huff . 
...95 
S W Anthony .... 
67 
G H Waddell . 
...97 
M FI Sullivan .... 
85 
G L Lyon . 
...97 
M Norwood ... 
84 
J P Sousa . 
...91 
*F S German . 
94 
*Geo W' Maxwell ... 
...95 
*II ]) Freeman ... 
89 
■►J S Day. 
...94 
1' Cate . 
90 
J S Paden . 
...91 
J H McDuffie .... 
87 
E C Little . 
...89 
W H Cochran .... 
92 
C L Gunn . 
...84 
*E C Goodrich .... 
91 
■►E M Daniel . 
...94 
E R Alexander ... 
90 
R H Bruns . 
...91 
W T Laslie . 
94 
■►F G Bills . 
...97 
D A Edwards _ 
86 
J S Young . 
...92 
R W Clancy . 
93 
H E Dickerman ... 
...89 
F F Joerg . 
84 
■►T R Taylor . 
...93 
*H D Gibbs . 
97 
■►E R Holt. 
...98 
T L Satter . 
’U U Ee Compte .. 
...92 
W E Carpenter .. 
90 
J H Hillman. 
T W Pre’stwood .. 
78 
Dr C M Davis . 
...87 
A J Hill . 
92 
A H Hill . 
...77 
D T Leahy .... 
92 
■►Mrs Topperwein ... 
... 93 
■►r R Graham . 
91 
*Homer Clark . 
...98 
*\V H Heer . 
99 
.T M Barrett . 
...89 
J W Hightower .. 
96 
*Fred Gilbert . 
...98 
*W R Crosby .... 
,100 
H N Erskine . 
...93 
Geo Crosby . 
"■T A Cassity . 
... 85 
•C G Spencer ... 
►Clyde Hunter . 
...61 
W A 'i\ addington 
, 91 
A A Ross . 
...91 
1 K Livingston .. 
. 95 
E C Fowler . 
...91 
W M Teague, Jr.. 
. 78 
F M Lonff . 
...84 
C Green . 
86 
*U K Dicker . 
...90 
H N Rogers . 
. 76 
*G 0 Fisher . 
... 9! 
*J T Skelly. 
I Andrews . 
... 88 
*Tate Mason . 
. 90 
Moses Moore . 
...90 
*T E Doremus ... 
.(40) 
32 
N Tucker . 
J N Sadler . 
.(40) 
37 
’►E A Holt . 
... 91 
J E Duskin . 
.(40) 
21 
Dick Stephenson ... 
... 83 
’’’Professional. 
FIRST DAY, MAY I 3 . 
Fine weather, a clear sky and practically no wind 
brought out the highest scores ever recorded at a 
shooting tournament on the grounds of the Capital City 
Gun Club. Montgomery can justly boast of having one 
of the finest trapshooting grounds for pulling off a 
tournament of any city in the United States. A few 
years ago a score of 90 per cent, was exceptional, but 
in the Southern Handicap tournament day by day several 
shooters averaged 95 per cent, or over, which will give 
an idea of how proficient has become the trapshooter of 
to-day. 
The program called for ten events of 15 targets each, 
a total of 150 single targets, and one event of 25 double 
targets, making a grand total of 200 targets for the day. 
Among the amateurs, G. H. Waddell, J. S. Young and 
E. R, .Alexander were in first place with a total of 146 
out of 150 single targets shot at. G. L. Lyon was second 
with 144, and A. J. Hill and Bart Lewis were third with 
143. Waddell was also first with 47 out of 25 double 
targets shot at. W. H. Jones was second with 46, and 
J. K. Warren third with 43. 
Among the professionals, W. H. Heer was in first 
place with 150 out of 150 single targets shot at. W. R. 
Crosby was second with 149, and Fred Gilbert was third 
with 148. J. R. Graham was first in the doubles with 48 
out of 50 targets shot at. Fred Gilbert was second with 
45 and H. Clark third with 44. The scores of the first 
day follow: 
25 
150 
25 
150 
Prs. 
Sgls. 
I’rs. 
Sgls. 
■►Walter Huff .... 
43 
143 
E R Alexander 
146 
G H Waddell ... 
47 
146 
W T Laslie _ 
139 
W H Jones .... 
46 
138 
D A Edwards .. 
. 33 
138 
J P Sousa . 
136 
*R W Clancy... 
. 40 
146 
*Geo W Maxwell. 
36 
141 
W W Cocke .... 
. 39 
141 
’►J S Day . 
40 
137 
T H Noel . 
. 42 
136 
J S Paden . 
38 
108 
E C Fowler .... 
117 
E C Little . 
33 
133 
M H Sullivan .. 
128 
Dr C L Gunn ... 
35 
134 
J W Prestwood 
125 
*E M Daniel .... 
26 
145 
A J Hill . 
3.5 
143 
Roy H Bruns ... 
39 
139 
D T Leahy ... 
. 37 
139 
■►F G Bills . 
40 
143 
R Graham ... 
. 48 
145 
J S Young . 
42 
146 
■►W H Heer .. 
. 42 
150 
ti E Dickerman. 
38 
137 
T W Hightower 
. 42 
137 
■►J R Taylor .... 
40 
142 
G Hillman . 
. 33 
140 
■►E R Holt . 
40 
145 
Geo Crosby .... 
142 
*C 0 Le Compte 
35 
139 
■►C G Spencer . 
. 4i 
145 
J hi Hillman .... 
36 
123 
*W R Crosby.. 
. 42 
149 
Dr C M Davis... 
29 
126 
W A Waddington 37 
128 
A H Hill . 
32 
118 
T K Warren ... 
. 43 
135 
'*‘Mrs Topperwein 
33 
145 
Chas Green ... 
. 28 
140 
■►Homer Clark .. 
44 
145 
H N Rogers . 
110 
J M Barrett . 
43 
141 
■►J T Skelly.... 
139 
■►Fred Gilbert .. 
45 
148 
Bart Lewis ..... 
. 33 
143 
W N Erskine .. 
33 
141 
■►H D Gibbs... 
. 42 
147 
■►T A Cassitv ... 
29 
132 
F F Joerg .... 
. 35 
128 
Hunter . 
23 
117 
W H Cochrane 
. 29 
145 
A * A Ross . 
140 
T L Salter .. 
130 
J 0 Sirmon .... 
35 
132 
W E Carpenter 
. 34 
132 
F M Long . 
27 
101 
*L M Norwood 
. 30 
111 
K Dickey ... 
41 
140 
W J Timms ... 
. 36 
116 
U hisher .... 
40 
132 
*T Trade . 
.. 31 
124 
I Andrews . 
27 
123 
B S Dunbar ... 
.. 33 
138 
Moses Moore ... 
37 
131 
Brad Timms .. 
.. 25 
124 
N Tucker . 
32 
141 
■►Oscar McDade 
. 37 
142 
■►E A Holt . 
36 
141 
*T E Doremus . 
.. 29 
119 
0 Bomar . 
32 
124 
S W Anthony. 
.. 33 
92 
■►T Mason . 
35 
139 
T H Crenshaw 
t>7 
J R Livingston.. 
33 
142 
T N Anderson . 
127 
Dick Stephenson 
124 
P H Perry .... 
127 
*L S Cierman... 
41 
14J 
H M Herin .... 
96 
■►H D Freeman. 
41 
142 
R P Torbert ... 
112 
U D Tvon. 
40 
144 
J A Blunt .... 
137 
V Cate . 
38 
140 
C W Wheeler . 
139 
J H McDuffie . 
33 
130 
C W Dunlap .. 
.. 36 
141 
■►C E Goodrich . 
39 
145 
■►W Henderson 
.. 46 
70 
SECOND DAY, MAY I 4 . 
The second day’s program drew out a larger number 
of entrants than the first day presented. With fine 
events of 20 targets each and the Preliminary Handicap 
at 100 targets, there was shooting from 9 o’clock in the 
morning until 4:30 in the afternoon, with an adjo.urn- 
ment of one hour and thirty minutes for luncheon, which 
was furnished by the ladies of the local churches. 
The Preliminary Handicap at lOO targets resulted in 
a tie for high honors between Messrs. T. K. Warren and 
E. R. Alexander. The tie was shot off at 20 targets to 
decide the winner of fir.st money and the trophy. Warren 
broke 19 and Alexander 17, and Warren was declared the 
winner. 
A feature of the day w-as the fine work of squad No. G, 
composed of Messrs. F. G. Bills, W. R. Crosby, F. Gil¬ 
bert, J. R. Graham and W. II. Heer, in the regular events. 
This squad in events 1, 3 and 5 broke 100 straight in 
each event. The squad went out with a total of 4^t out 
of 500 single targets shot at, which is claimed to be a 
world’s record. The squad was followed by a large gal¬ 
lery, and their w’ork was loudly applauded. 
Among the amateurs in the regular events at 100 
targets, Vassa Cate and G. L. Lyon were in first place 
v.'ith 97. H. E. Dickerman, W. H. Tones and Bart Lewis 
were second with 96. N. Tucker, T. K. Warren, W. A. 
Waddington, George Crosby, E. R. Alexander, T. L. 
Salter and J. S. Young were in third place with 95. 
Among the professionals in the regular events, F. G. 
Bills, J. R. Graham, W. H. Heer, R. W. Clancy and 
J. R. Taylor were in first place with 99. W. R. Crosby, 
Fred Gilbert and L. S. German were second with 98. 
Walter Huff, H. D. Gidds, W. Henderson, C. G. Spencer, 
Homer Clark and H. D. Freeman were third with 97. 
The scores of the second day follow: 
M Moore . 
J H Hillman ., 
W E Carpenter, 
A H Hill. 
81 M H Sullivan. S3 
89 ’"T E Doremus. 84 
85 *G O Fisher. 94 
85 A A Ross. 87 
^Record 496 out of 500. 
Wilmington, Del., May 16 .—Editor Forest and Stream: 
I notice in the daily papers that they announced that a 
world’s record was made at the traps during the South¬ 
ern Handicap tournament at Montgomery, Ala., the 13th 
to 15t’ii inst., inclusive, the record being given as 493 
out of 500. As a matter of fact, on Nov. 21, 1907, the 
following squad broke 496 out of 500. On the grounds 
of the Gun Club at Leesburg, Fla.: W. R. Crosby and 
J. R. Taylor, 100 straight each; J. M. Hawkins and Lee 
Barkley, 99; Fred Gilbert 96. I saw the record made 
myself, and I know that the members of the Leesburg 
Gun Club who were present, as well as a few experts, 
who were traveling with the squad at that time, will 
agree with me that the targets were by no means as 
easy as they would appear to have been from the score 
made. Edward Banks. 
H C Ryding. 
. 87 
■►C Hunter . 
.. 74 
. 92 
J A Blunt. 
.. 92 
T 0 Sirmon . 
. 91 
C W Dunlap. 
.. 91 
B S Dunbar. 
. 86 
C W Wheeler. 
.. 90 
G Hillman .. 
. 93 
D A Edwards. 
... 90 
“►J Prade . 
. 87 
*T A Cassety. 
... 77 
C 0 Bomar. 
. 81 
■►C 0 Le Compte. 
... 92 
E C Fowler . 
,. 58 
C D Hunt.. 
... 91 
J H McDuffie. 
.. 91 
Chas Green . 
... 93 
J S Paden. 
.. 69 
A J Hill. 
... 91 
I Andrews .. 
.. 84 
F M Long. 
... 80 
*L M Norwood. 
.. 75 
R H Bruns. 
... 90 
N Tucker . 
.. 95 
D T Leahy. 
... 92 
T H Crenshaw. 
.. 90 
J H Non. 
... 88 
■►E A Holt. 
.. 93 
J P Sousa. 
... 82 
E C Little. 
.. 92 
G H Waddell. 
... 93 
*0 McDade . 
.. 92 
■►O R Dickey. 
... 89 
C L Gunn. 
.. 92 
H E Dickerman..., 
... 96 
J W Prestwood. 
.. 77 
W N Erskine. 
... 91 
F T Joerg. 
.. 92 
W H Jones. 
... 96 
*F G Bills. 
.. 99 
■►H D Gibbs. 
... 97 
■►W R Crosby. 
.. 98 
■►E R Holt. 
... 95 
■►Fred Gilbert . 
.. 98 
*G W Maxwell. 
... 93 
■►J R Graham. 
.. 99 
■►R W Clancy. 
... 99 
■►W H Heer. 
.. 99 
*W Henderson . 
... 97 
■►J T Skelly. 
.. 92 
■►L S German. 
... 98 
J K Warren. 
.. 95 
G L Lyon. 
... 97 
W A Waddington... 
.. 95 
■►J R Taylor. 
... 99 
W T Laslie. 
.. 93 
Bart Lewis . 
... 96 
W H Cochran. 
.. 87 
J S Young . 
■►Mrs Topperwein.... 
.. 95 
■►C G Spencer. 
... 97 
■►C E Goodrich. 
.. 95 
►Homer Clark . 
... 97 
J R Livingston. 
.. 94 
:i S Day. 
... 91 
Geo Crosby . 
.. 95 
■►E M Daniel. 
... 91 
■►Walter Huff . 
.. 97 
►H D Freeman. 
.... 97 
V Cate . 
.. 97 
P H Perry. 
... 74 
E R Alexander. 
.. 95 
K P Torbert. 
... 68 
W W Cocke . 
.. 92 
H M Herin. 
.... 81 
J W Barrett. 
.. 92 
H N Rogers. 
.... 80 
J W Hightower . 
.. 89 
T E Henderson_ 
.... 81 
T L Salter. 
... 95 
L J Matlock.■ 
.... 77 
J N Anderson. . 
... 72 
E H Eubanks. 
.... 88 
B Timms . 
... 78 
D P Hughes.. 
.... 66 
W T Timms.. 
... 80 
W B Waddell. 
.... 83 
C M Davis. 
... 85 
’’’Professional. 
PRELIMINARY HANDICAP. 
54 entries at $5 each. 
4 penalty entries at $8 each. 31.00 
34 entries for targets only. 
92 entries. 
Added to the purse. 
100.00 
.$402.00 
Total purse . 
The winners, their scores and winnings follow: J. K. 
Warren, 94 broken, $80.40; E. R. Alexander 94, $64.30; 
JL. V.. «4- 
W. H. Tones, 92 
$34.85 
each; 
; N. 'fucicer, C. 
L. Gunn, 
A A. Ross and 
Chas. Green, 91, $20.10 each; 
Geo. 
Crosby and E. H. 
Rubanks 00, $i0.0b each. 
Yds. T’l. 
Yds. 
T’l. 
16 
85 
Brad Timms ... 
16 
71 
j H Hillman.... 
16 
87 
W J Timms .. 
16 
69 
\\' E Carpenter. 
16 
85 
C M Davis . 
16 
71 
A H Hill. 
16 
87 
M H Sullivan .. 
16 
75 
H C Ryding. 
18 
83 
■►T E Doremus 
16 
80 
■►T Mason . 
18 
79 
G O Fisher .... 
16 
91 
T 0 Sirmon ... 
18 
82 
A A Ross. 
16 
91 
B S Dunbar.... 
18 
83 
Clyde Hunter .. 
16 
78 
G Hillman . 
18 
87 
J A Blunt .... 
16 
89 
*J I’rade . 
16 
87 
C W Dunlap ... 
18 
86 
C 0 Bomar. 
16 
77 
C W Wheeler .. 
18 
73 
E C Fowler.... 
16 
71 
D A Edwards . 
18 
87 
J H McDuffie.. 
16 
88 
*T A Cassity.... 
17 
79 
J .S Paden. 
16 
70 
C O Le Compte 
18 
92 
I Andrews . 
17 
87 
C D Hunt ... 
18 
89 
*1. M Norwood. 
17 
69 
Chas Green .... 
17 
91 
N Tucker . 
17 
91 
A J Hill . 
18 
89 
T H Crenshaw . 
17 
72 
F M Long . 
17 
85 
►E A Holt . 
17 
91 
R H Bruns .... 
19 
87 
E C Little . 
17 
93 
D T Leahy .... 
18 
92 
■►O MsDade .... 
17 
84 
J H Noel . 
18 
83 
C Jj Gunn . 
17 
91 
T P Sousa. 
18 
88 
J W Prestwood 
16 
85 
G H Waddell . 
19 
87 
F" T Joerg . 
16 
86 
■►O R Dickey .. 
19 
92 
*F G Bills. 
23 
82 
H E Dickerman 
19 
89 
*W R Crosby .. 
23 
93 
\V N Erskine .. 
19 
85 
*Fred Gilbert ... 
23 
93 
W H Jones ... 
18 
92 
■►J R Graham.... 
23 
85 
L J Matlock .. 
19 
68 
*W H Heer . 
23 
91 
■»H D Gibbs.... 
22 
97 
«J T Skelly ... 
20 
88 
*E R Holt ... 
•■’2 
86 
J K Warren .... 
19 
94 
*G W Maxwell 
22 
91 
\V A Waddington 
19 
88 
■►R W Clancy_ 
21 
95 
W T Laslie. 
19 
89 
■►W Henderson . 
21 
86 
W H Cochrane. 
19 
87 
■►L S German .. 
23 
87 
Mrs Toperwein.. 
20 
84 
G L Lyon . 
23 
88 
*C E Goodrich . 
20 
93 
■►J R Taylor .... 
23 
91 
J R Liyingston.. 
20 
92 
Bart Lewis . 
. 23 
84 
Geo Crosby .... 
21 
90 
J S Young . 
23 
79 
Walter Huff .... 
21 
90 
■►C G Spencer .. 
23 
85 
Y Cate . 
19 
88 
’►Homer Clark .. 
22 
90 
E R Ale.xander 
19 
94 
■►J S Day . 
22 
84 
W W Cocke .... 
19 
84 
’^E M Daniel .. 
22 
82 
J M Barrett ... 
19 
89 
D Freeman. 
22 
87 
J W Hightower 
19 
89 
T E Henderson 
18 
86 
T L Salter . 
16 
83 
E H Eubanks .. 
18 
90 
J N Anderson... 
16 
81 
^Professional. 
THIRD 
DAY, 
MAY 15 . 
The final day of the tournament attracted 101 en¬ 
trants. A large number of the followers of the sport were 
on hand early in the morning and stayed until the close 
of the most successful tournament that was ever held in 
this vicinity. The crowd, which had increased day by 
dav, occupied every bench in the. spectators’ tent. 
F. T. Joerg, of Columbus, Ga., won the main event 
of the tournament, the Southern Handicap, by breaking 
93 out of 100 from 16yds. C. L. Green, R. H. Bruns, Bart 
