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Fixtures. 
Indians’ Tournament. 
Sept, 12-13.—Cincinnati (O.) G. C. Arthur Gambell, Supt. 
Sept. 14.—Greenwich (Conn.) G. C. all day shoot. J. H. 
Finch, Capt. 
REGISTERED TOURNAMENTS. 
Sept. 10.—McKeesport, Pa.—Western Pennsylvania T. S. 
L. tournament, under auspices of Youghiogheny 
Country Club. R. J. Caughey, Sec’y. 
Sept. 10-11.—Caro (Mich.) S. A. F. W. Bowles, Sec’y. 
Sept. 10-13.—Denver, Colo'.—Rocky Mountain Interstate 
Sportsmen’s Association; $5,000 added money. Am¬ 
brose E. McKenzie, Mgr. 
Sept. 11.—Worcester (Mass.) Sportsmen’s Club. Jay 
Clark Jr Scc*y. 
Sept. 12-13.—Cincinnati (O.) G. C. A. B. Heyl, Pres. 
Sept. 13-14.—Beverly, Mass.—Massachusetts State tourna¬ 
ment, under auspices of Massachusetts State T. S. A. 
F. E. H. Sheldon, Sec’y. 
Sept. 16-17.—Evansville, Ind.—Indiana State tournament, 
under the auspices of the Recreation G. C. Geo. A. 
Beard, Cor. Sec’y. 
Sept. 17.—Huntingdon, Pa.—Central Pennsylvania T. S. L. 
tournament, under auspices of Alexandria G. C. 
L. M. Hagerty, Sec’y, Alexandria, Pa. 
Sept. 17-18.—Brookfield, Mo.—Linn County G. C. Ed. 
Barton, Sec’y. 
Sept. 17-20.—Atlantic City, N. J.—Westy Hogans of Amer¬ 
ica tournament. Bernard Elsesser, Sec’y. 
Sept. 18-19.—Bloomington, Ill.—McLean County G. C. 
C. A. McDermand, Pres. 
Sept. 19.—Springfield (O.) G. C. Harry C. Downey, Sec. 
Sept. £0.—Sangerfield (N. Y.) Country Club. R. H. 
Terry. Sec’y. 
Sept. 23-24.—Lewiston (Idaho) G. C. P. T. Lomax, Sec’y. 
Sept. 25.—Mt. Kisco (N. Y.) G. C. A. Betti, Sec’y. 
Sept. 25.—Guernsey (la.) G. C. J. W. Dobbins, Pres. 
Sept. 26-27.—Baltimore, Md.—West Forest Park G. C. 
Richard L. Collins, Sec’y. 
Sept. 26-27.—Capron fill.) G. C. Alex. Vance, Sec’y. 
Sept. 27.—Saginaw (Mich.) Canoe Club. T. A. Saylor, 
Sec’y. 
Oct. 1-2.—Omaha (Neb.) G. C. F. T. Lovering, Sec’y. 
Oct. 2.—Piedmont (W. Va.) G. C. G. N. Hoover, Sec. 
Oct. 3—Wapakoneta (O.) G. C. Chas. E. Zint, Sec’y. 
Oct. 3.—Elkton (Md.) G. C. H. L. Worington, Mgr. 
Oct. 5.—Philadelphia, Pa.—Meadow Spring G. C. Wm. 
F. Letford, Sec’y. 
Oct. 8-10.—Iowa State Sportsmen’s Association. Jos. 
Kautzky, Sec’y. 
Oct. 9-10.—Indianapolis (Ind.) G. C. Geo. Alig, Jr., Sec’y. 
Post-Season tournament, on the grounds of the Cin¬ 
cinnati G. C.; $1,000 added money. Elmer E. Shaner, 
Sec’y-Treas., Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Oct. 9-10.—Tarboro (N. C.) G. C. R. E. L. Cook. Mgr. 
Oct. 15-18.—Cincinnati, O.—The Interstate Association’s 
Oct. 16.—Rising Sun (Md.) G. C. H. L. Worthington, 
Vice-Pres. 
Oct. 18.—Adams (Neb.) G. C. H. K. Mitton, Sec’y. 
Oct. 22-23.—Scammon (Kans.) G. C. C. R. Quarton. Sec’y. 
Oct. 22-23.—Demopolis, Ala.—Demopolis Gun Club. W. 
C. Du Fue, Sec’y. 
Oct. 30.—Medford (Okla.) G. C. Dr. I. V. Hardy, Sec’y. 
1913. 
Jan. 22-25.—Pinehurst (N. C.) Country Club. Leonard 
Tufts, Pres. 
DRIVERS AND TWISTERS. 
Secretary Scliortemeier writes that the Bergen Beach 
Gun Club’s next regular monthly shoot will take place 
on Tuesday, Sept 10., at 1. P. M.; and, beginning Sept. 
7, there will be shooting every Saturday at 1. P. M. 
The . Cosmopolitan Championshnp, at 16yds., will be 
the main event on Saturday, Oct. 12, at 9 A. M. Added 
money as usual. 
*► 
The annual registered tournament of the Cincinnati 
Gun Club, will be held Sept. 12 and 13, but the grounds 
will be open on Sept. 11 for practice. Shooting on Sept. 
12, the first day, will begin at 9:30 A. M.; on the second 
day, 9 A. M. The Interstate Association Trapshooting 
Rules, as revised in 1909, will govern. Targets, 2 cents 
each, included in all entrances. A good dinner will be 
served each day. Manufacturers’ representatives will 
shoot for targets only. Grounds are located at Latonia, 
Ky. Take Rosedale car at Fountain Square, Cincin¬ 
nati. A limited assortment of loaded shells will be on 
sale at the shooting grounds. Shells forwarded by ex¬ 
press or freight must be prepaid and marked with the 
owner’s name. They will be delivered to the grounds 
if sent in care of the following firms: The Powell & 
Clement Co., 410 Main street; Bumiller-Remelin Co., 432 
Main street; Brendamour Sporting Goods Co., 17 E. 
Fifth avenue. Cincinnati, O. Further information rela¬ 
tive to the tournament will be cheerfully furnished by 
R. F. Davies, Secretary, 2414 Copeland street, Cin¬ 
cinnati, O. 
W. G. Beecroft. 
The thirteenth annual tournament and pow-wow of 
the Okoboji Tribe of Indians was held on the shores of 
Lake Erie, at Cedar Point, O., Aug. 27, 28 and 29. The 
Point is a beautiful summer resort, ten minutes’ ride 
across the bay from Sandusky, and a more ideal spot 
for an outing would be hard to find. At this tourna¬ 
ment social features take precedence, most of the parti¬ 
cipants bring their wives with them, and the squaws and 
pappooses of the Indians are present to welcome and 
entertain them. It is the one shoot of the year at which 
all meet as one large family, the main point being to 
have a good time yourself and see that others enjoy 
themselves. 
The arrangements for the shoot were in charge of 
R. O. Heikes and J. R. Taylor. Every detail was per¬ 
fectly seen to, and during the tournament not a hitch 
occurred. The weather was not such as would have 
been selected, but as no committee can regulate this, 
no complaint can be made on this score. During the 
week the wind “boxed the compass” with varying de¬ 
grees of violence, and created a greater variety of con 
ditions affecting the targets than is usually seen at a 
shoot. There were frequent showers, but except on 
Wednesday, none severe enough to stop the sport. On 
this day it was impossible to begin the program until 
after dinner, and it was necessary to cut out the special 
event by the Indians in costume. J. N. Lindsey was 
ground manager. He served in this capacity when the 
tournament was held here four years ago, and is strictly 
“on the job” all the time. He got together a good field 
force, which is largely responsible for the smooth run¬ 
ning of the affair. Three Ideal-Leggetts were installed 
on the beach, not far from the hotel. Targets were 
thrown toward the lake, the shooters facing almost due 
north. The office was in a room of a nearby cottage 
hired for the occasion. 
At trap No. 1, Jake Horn was referee and scorer; 
Geo. Seigel puller. At trap 2, Lee Meriam, referee and 
scorer; Frank Link, puller. Trap 3, Jesse Green, referee 
and scorer; C. J. Nesslehorf, puller. 
The program consisted of ten 15-target events each 
day, entrance $1.40 in each, money divided Rose system, 
5, 3, 2, 1. The Indians added $600 to the purse, $500 to 
the money back, and $100 to the twenty low guns. On 
the last day the Mallory cup match was shot, being the 
only extra event during the week. 
This tournament 'was the last one at which the pro¬ 
fessionals will be allowed to annex any of the simoleons; 
hereafter it is “targets only” fer them. This step was 
initiated by the Indians themselves, and was done 
purely in the interests of the amateurs, and to advance 
the game. At the meeting of the Indians, the organiza¬ 
tion was handed over to the amateurs, no office to be 
filled by a professional. The professionals have by no 
means given up their interest in the tribe in taking this 
step, but will continue to work for its success and 
growth, and believe that both will be enhanced by their 
action. 
The attendance this year was disappointing, as at 
least one hundred shooters had been expected. With 
the radical change made by the tribe this year, future 
tournaments should show a constantly increasing entry 
list. 
In resigning as High Chief, an office he has ably 
filled for fifteen years, Mr. Marshall stated that after 
careful deliberation it had been thought best to eliminate 
every vestige of professionalism from the organization, 
but that every professional now an Indian would help 
cut in every wav possible. He predicted a great future 
for the tribe, and thanked the braves for their loyal sup¬ 
port since the tribe was formed. The thanks of the 
Indians and their friends were extended to the Cedar 
Point management, for its courtesy during the tourna¬ 
ment, and they anticipate with great pleasure being here 
next year. 
Practice Day. 
Twenty-nine of the big chiefs and their paleface 
friends assembled on Monday, and lacking better game, 
spent the afternoon in endeavors to kill the elusive clay 
bird, having more than average success. The day was 
some hot—a trip down the line emphasized that fact—and 
shady daces were at a premium when the journey was 
finished. A high sand ridge back of the traps cut off the 
strong west wind and prevented it from having any 
noticeable effect on the flight of the clays. The program 
for practice day consisted of six 15-target events, en¬ 
trance $1.50 in each, divided Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 1. 
Shooting began about one o’clock, and was finished be¬ 
fore five, when most of the contestants made a quick 
change from shooting to bathing costumes and cooled 
off in the lake. 
Geo. Maxwell (Chief Right Wing) bagged the most 
game during the afternoon, letting _ only 4 of the 90 
birds get away. Roundy Chamberlain started off at a 
pace which put him in the lead for the first two events, 
but got lonesome and slowed down, finishing in a tie 
for second on 85. Wm. Ridley (Chief Silent) didn’t get 
off right, but soon hit his gait, got ’em all in the last 
four events, and went out in company with Roundy and 
Painter. The latter (Chief Quick Paddle), shot a nice 
race, and but for a little error of pointing in the fourth 
event, would have been in Maxwell’s company. Moore 
seemed to have a liking for the hoodoo number, 13; 
first, he’d break a straight, and then 13, alternating 
throughout the program, and scoring three of each. He 
was tied for third place on 84, with Dickey, who slipped 
up in the last two events and lost his chance for a 
higher position. J. R. Taylor (Chief Buckeye) got a 
bad start in the race, and could not catch up. He would 
like to know how those four targets in the first event 
got away. T. A. Marshall (Chief Long Talk) came to 
grief in the fifth event. Up to that time he was tied with 
the leader, and it was certainly hard luck to lose four 
birds, and his chances for high honors. 
The unexpected always happens; anything more un¬ 
usual than to see Chief Bald Eagle (R. O. Heikes) 
drop 5 birds in an event is hard to imagine, but that’s 
what he did in the second event, and all because his 
mind was working on the details of the management of 
the shoot. Jas. W. Bell (Chief Ding Dong) did not 
ring true, and only after the second event did he get 
properly toned up. H. D. Smart met with the usual 
fate of one struggling with the gun problem, but after 
the first event seemed to have solved it for a while, only 
to fall dowm again at the finish. Old guns, like old 
friends, are the best, and it pays to stick to them. 
The scores of practice day follow: 
.73 
Painter . 
. 85 
Bell . 
. 81 
Chamberlain . 
.85 
Dickey . 
. 84 
Taylor . 
.80 
Hassam . 
.77 
Moore . 
.84 
Krupp . 
.70 
Ridley . 
.85 
Ebberts . 
.76 
Smart . 
.76 
Harts . 
.4S 
Maxwell . 
.86 
Markham . 
72 
D A Edwards _ 
.78 
Doolittle . 
. 58 
Loving . 
. 68 
Donnelly . 
T A Marshall . 
. 82 
Zinn . 
. 44 
Kuebeler . 
.72 
Hoffman . 
. 2 
Johnson . 
.74 
Young . 
. 54 
Spangler . 
.79 
Kellar . 
.35 
R O Heikes . 
.81 
First Day. 
The weather on Tuesday morning, the opening day 
of the tournament, was not exactly ideal. Heavy clouds 
obscured the sun, and the wind blew a gale from the 
north. Toward roon, however, the sky cleared and the 
wind moderated. The attendance was a great disappoint¬ 
ment to the chiefs of the tribe, who have borne the 
brunt of preparation, and a surprise as well, that the 
very liberal added money should not have proven at¬ 
tractive to the many crackerjack amateurs residing within 
a radius of a few hundred miles of this place. In hopes 
that some might come on belated trains, the program 
was not started until 10 o’clock, and was held open until 
noon for late entries. Forty-three shooters visited the 
cashier, and faced the traps in all of the ten 15-target 
events. Everything worked smoothly, 6,450 targets being 
thrown without a hitch. The first squad finished in the 
tenth event at about 12:45, and three-quarters of an hour 
later the last squad sheet was passed in to the compiler 
of scores. 
The scores made were not up to the average, only 
twelve shooters out of the forty-three broke 90 per cent, 
of better, and that is not a good showing for the men 
behind the guns. But the conditions were strange and 
somewhat hard. The strong wind had its effect, and the 
sound of the breakers, with the line of surf and and 
white-capped rollers confronting the shooter, may have 
caused some of the goose eggs in the score sheets. 
However, a few of the contestants put up some good 
work. L. S. German led the bunch with 144 and a run 
of 77 straight. Then came J. R. Taylor, C. A. \ oung 
and R. W. Clancey with 142 each. An amateur, Horace 
Heikes, crowded the professionals out of third place with 
141, defeating Rclla O. Heikes by one target. The next 
places were filled by amateurs, G. E. Painter scoring 
139, C. M. Moore and T. W. Bell 138 each, and Wm. 
Ridley 137. , 
Long runs were made by C. F. Moore and \\ m. 
Ridley, 52 and 56 each. A few of the boys wanted a 
little more shooting, but a majority had had enough, 
and the afternoon was spent in visiting the various 
amusements at the Point and in the surf. 
J. R. Taylor and wife and W. R. Chamberlain and 
wife were comfortably located in a cottage close to the 
shooting grounds, and enjoyed home luxuries. F. W. 
Markham said the wind had the boys scared, and they 
couldn’t call the bluff. Andy Meaders can hold his own 
with the young ’uns. Only once did he drop out of 
tl.e money. Mrs. Johnston is an enthusiastic lover of 
trapshooting, and acquitted herself creditably at the 
score to-day. A crowd always assembled back of the 
firing line when her squad was up. Ira Krupp, of 
Sandusky, was too busy to shoot his best clip; he cov¬ 
ered the ’shoot for the local papers, and did a little 
boosting for Ye Oak Meadow Gun Club, of which he is 
manager. Scores of first day: 
D L Culver . 
G E Painter . 
C' F Moore 
Wm Ridley 
II D Smart 
D A Edwards . 
Ray Loving .. 
*T A Marshall 
*L J Squier .... 
M H Johnson 
W I Spangler . 
*R O Heikes .. 
J S Speer . 
T W Bell. 
*0 R Dickey . 
*G PI Plassam 
F W Markham 
131 
A Meaders .. 
139 
*C A Young 
134 
C E Doolittle 
142 
E Beckwith .. 
138 
P M Keller . 
137 
S S Johnston 
129 
Mrs Tohnston 
136 
C E Mowery 
123 
*L German .. 
131 
A B Tones..., 
132 
C T Stevens 
133 
Otto Heyman 
124 
Tohn Deist .. 
129 
I ra Krupp .. 
140 
R W Clancy 
122 
A Kuebler .. 
138 
F H Zinn .. 
135 
H Heikes . • 
126 
C W Sadler . 
120 
Wm Hill . 
127 
Lee Parrish 
142 
123 
103 
111 
123 
116 
99 
67 
J Ebberts . 118 
♦Professionals. 
MEETING. 
A business meeting of the tribe was held on Tuesday 
vening, High Chief Tom A. Marshall presiding. D. H. 
' aton" was appointed secretary pro tern, with the ap- 
iroval of the Indians present. The minutes of the last 
neeting were read and approved. High Chief Marshall 
