Sept. 2, 1911.] 
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Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League 
The first registered tournament of the Sea Side Gun 
Club, Bridgeport, Conn., was held Saturday, Aug. 19, it 
being the fifth of a series of six tournaments held by the 
Western Connecticut Trapshooters’ League. It was a 
record-breaker in attendance, there being the greatest 
number of shooters registered ever in the history of 
trapshooting in the State. Many well-known shooters 
were present, coming from New York, Boston, Spring- 
field and about every corner and section of Connecticut, 
and it was certainly very gratifying to the members, who 
had worked very hard to make it a success, to see such 
a good crowd. 
One of the old professionals remarked during the day 
that “This State of Connecticut is the best trapshooting 
State in the Union to-day, in point of interest taken in 
the game, and any of them will have to go some to 
beat us.” 
There was a large gallery present in the afternoon, 
among them a great many of the ladies, which gave 
much tone to the otherwise picturesque scene. 
The first squad was called up at 7:45 A. M., and there 
was something doing every minute until 6:30 P. M., 
when the last squad completed their scores. Early in 
the morning it was realized that it was not to be a day 
of high scores, as there was a stiff northwest wind that 
gave many of the birds a zig-zag flight, that reminded 
the old-timers of the days of live-bird shooting. Never 
mind, boys: come again next year, and we will put up 
wind shields, if necessary. 
Harry Metcalf, Rockville, Conn., the 1909 State cham¬ 
pion, was high gun for the amateurs, scoring 136, which 
gives him a leg on the Du Pont trophy, which is being 
shot for during the six tournaments, the other winners 
being H. M. Judd, at Bethel; L. H. Bradley, at New 
Haven; Chas. Vanstone, at Long Hill and Danbury. 
L. H. Bradley won a leg on the Western Cartridge Co. 
trophy, that being shot for under the same conditions as 
the Du Pont trophy, except that the high gun on the 
team race counts as a leg. The previous winners in this 
event are: W. A. Gregory, at Bethel; W. W. Rice, at 
New Haven and Danbury; and Chas. Vanstone at Long 
Hill. Much interest will be centered in these two 
events at the next tournament, which will decide the 
winner of these trophies. 
The team race was very exciting to the very last bird, 
Danbury winning by one bird, Bridgeport and New 
Haven being tied for second place. 
The special events of 25 birds filled with forty-five 
entries—some entries, I guess, for a special—and was 
hotly contested from start to finish. It looked like an¬ 
other gun for Lew Wilson, when he smashed 24, but 
Sam Senior and Dwight Hall could not see it that way, 
and went him one better, each of them making perfect 
scores, which brought forth much applause from the 
crowd of onlookers. Dr. E. L. Warren also tied 
with Wilson with 24, and it was decided that the two 
ties should be shot off in the next 30 birds of the regular 
program, the result being as follows: Senior first; Hall 
second; Wilson third, and Warren fourth, there being 
four prizes for this event. Pretty good shooters, I guess 
when the Sea Side boys win three out of four of the 
prizes in the special. 
There was a grand bunch of professionals present, and 
squad No. 14, containing Bill Darton, Gil Wheeler Les¬ 
ter German, Jack Fanning and Hank Stevens attracted 
much attention. Among the other well-known profes¬ 
sionals present were J. A. R. Elliott, A. E. Siblev F 
M. Fay, H A. Keller and Dr. E. M. Funk. Hank 
Mevens was high gun among them for the day, scoring 
The office was in charge of Secretary E. R. Lewis 
very ably assisted by W. IT. Lyon and R. A. Lewis! 
the detail work was all handled in a very capable man¬ 
ner, and reflects much credit on the men in charge of 
that part of the program. 
And ; maybe Charley Sherwood ain't some “squad 
hustler. Any time they got away from him, you would 
find .hem out back of the office trying to make ex¬ 
penses, shooting, but with a noiseless ammunition It 
--ported several of the boys picked up quite a "little 
Hope you all had a good time, and want you to come 
again next year, for we are certainly here to stay. 
Shot at. Broke 
T M Adams.150 
W A Gregory... 150 
E C Stiltz. 150 
A W Wolfinger. 150 
P E Osborne... 150 
W F Clarke.... 150 
G B Prest. 150 
I- H Goddard... 150 
H J Hurd. 150 
P W Seery.150 
,T L Sweet. 120 
C W Hull. 150 
G S Lees. 150 
H Metcalf .150 
L II Bradley... 150 
J W Treadwell. 150 
Nick Winblad . 150 
II N Judd. 150 
R IT Bennett.150 
C K Bailey.150 
W B Judd. 150 
B Crane . 150 
F J Wales. 150 
H F Sherman.. 150 
E W Sherman.. 150 
C B Cutter. 150 
C K Plancon.... 150 
John Mahoney.. 150 
L Jennings .... 30 
M Hepburn _ 150 
A Chamberlain.. 150 
E G Southey... 150 
£ T> Cate. 150 
E R Lewis. 150 
A Lewis.150 
F) H Hall. 150 
S P Senior. 150 
Qr c -rr „ Sh °t at. Broke 
195 w 15l > 74 
125 W IT Lyon.150 
107 W B Smith. 150 
119 Henry Cooper .. 150 
122 C F Sauer .150 
120 Geo Hill . 150 
113 F O Hoagland.. 75 
122 R L Shepard... 120 
69 B Robison . 150 
83 W W Rice. 150 
32 Dr Bishop .150 
109 E II Bailey. 150 
107 C W Stevens... 150 
136 A M Arnold.... 150 
131 E II Pinney.... 120 
113 II C Barstow.,. 150 
90 A E Lavery. 150 
111 C E Barrett.150 
108 John Draper ... 150 
102 W J McElIigott. 150 
78 Chas E Hall.... 150 
109 Chas Probst ... 150 
H7 H Ridge . 150 
108 W K, Alcorn.... 150 
101 W W Gale. 150 
HI S r 11 J Staub.. 150 
89 F E Metcalf.... 120 
81 ^ oimstead ... 150 
12 E W Miller. 90 
118 FI II Park. 90 
118 R A Gillespie... 150 
121 Hr E L Warren. 150 
118 J as V\ illiams ... 150 
112 F T Bedford.... 60 
HI 1 Sturges . 60 
115 G J Corbett. 150 
131 John Clarkson... 150 
108 
108 
105 
78 
78 
55 
72 
99 
123 
108 
109 
130 
123 
SI 
129 
97 
96 
120 
118 
124 
120 
109 
100 
107 
123 
SO 
117 
39 
62 
99 
112 
109 
46 
24 
121 
107 
WINNERS IN “SPECIAL” EVENT. 
Reading from right to left: S. P. Senior, D. II. Hall, L. C. Wilson, Dr. E. L. Warren. 
C S Fox. 150 113 
L C Wilson.150 125 
Chas Sherwood. 150 124 
C W Vanstone. 150 120 
Dr C C Smith.. 150 102 
W E Day. 150 120 
Wm E Decker. 75 11 
C R Disbrow... 120 60 
E Kelly . 150 119 
R II Smith. 150 119 
C Dann . 150 107 
L Ferris . 150 123 
I’ W Smith.150 106 
II Fish . 150 102 
A J Williamson. 150 92 
Professionals: 
F M Fay. 150 128 
II Keller . 150 101 
A E Sibley. 150 132 
Arcy . 120 90 
E M Funk. 150 133 
W B Darton_150 139 
c 
H 
Phelps. 
135 
80 
Tames Coughlin. 
60 
29 
V 
B 
Leigh. 
30 
20 
1 ) 
N 
Armstrong 
90 
5S 
G 
P 
Miller. 
60 
24 
T 
H 
Weed. 
30 
9 
F 
11 
Patterson.. 
30 
19 
M 
E 
Thompson 
30 
15 
T 
H 
Dardani... 
30 
10 
11 
A 
Hull. 
60 
45 
H 
arr 
f Way . 
90 
57 
E 
Kaimer . 
30 
19 
1 
M 
1 -ynch. 
30 
14 
M 
B 
eers . 
75 
45 
G 
M 
Wheeler... 
150 
114 
1 . 
s 
German.... 
150 
131 
lack 
Fanning... 
150 
132 
11 
H 
Stevens.... 
150 
142 
J 
A 
R Elliott... 
150 
136 
HARRY METCALF. 
.Amateur High Gun. 
Mechanicsburg Gun Club. 
Mechanicsburg, O., Aug. 22.— Forty-three men shot 
through the entire program here to-day. There were 
forty-six entries. Snuff Taylor was high professional with 
146. C. A. Young was high amateur with a like score. 
There were three ties for second amateur at 143, they 
being II. E. Smith, E. M. Stout and F. M. Edwards. 
O. II. Nutt and J. A. Smith tied for third with 142. 
Shot at. 
Broke 
Shot at. Broke 
Lon Fisher _ 
. 150 
143 
II Slagle . 
150 
131 
11 
F Smith.... 
. 150 
143 
C T Henderson. 
150 
121 
C 
L Moeler .. 
. 150 
132 
II L Hildinger. 
150 
122 
E 
M Stout. 
. 150 
143 
T A Smith. 
150 
142 
F 
1 Coburn... 
. 150 
140 
W Chamberlain. 
150 
137 
C 
D Coburn_ 
. 150 
140 
I E Cain. 
150 
137 
R 
B Guy. 
. 150 
137 
I I Brandenburg 150 
118 
W 
S (iuy. 
. 150 
119 
C A Young_ 
150 
146 
u 
E Bay. 
. 150 
134 
II C Downey... 
150 
130 
0 
M Carter_ 
. 150 
117 
C E. Winkler... 
150 
133 
R 
O Heikes.... 
. 150 
143 
Ben Downs .... 
150 
139 
L 
1 Squier. 
. 150 
137 
A II Hill. 
150 
141 
F 
M Edwards.. 
. 150 
143 
J H Pumphries. 
150 
139 
( ) 
II Nutt. 
. 150 
142 
F C Koch. 
150 
134 
I 
K Taylor_ 
. 150 
146 
A B Shobe. 
150 
133 
F 
G Phellis.... 
. 150 
124 
Wm Poole . 
150 
132 
E 
(i Long. 
. 150 
122 
Wm Webster ... 
150 
134 
G 
E Lockhart.. 
. 150 
116 
Rov McGregor.. 
150 
117 
E 
Swonger .... 
. 150 
103 
B S Cooper. 
150 
139 
L 
E Martin... 
. 150 
126 
E T Winger.... 
15 
14 
T 
B Saxbee... 
. 150 
127 
L Coburn . 
15 
10 
.T 
A Stuckey... 
. 150 
97 
C E Hays. 
30 
20 
J 
Cunningham. 
. 150 
120 
F. J. Coburn, Sec’y. 
Frank Bennett Gun Club. 
Gloucester City, N. J., Aug. 26. —Four well-contested 
shooting matches were held on the grounds of the Frank 
Bennett Gun Club, in South Gloucester, this afternoon. 
The feature of the event was the shooting of Michael 
Monohan, who captured two of the four matches, after 
good contests. 
First event, special shoot, 10 blue rocks—Michael Mon¬ 
ohan 10, Frank McGinley 9, William Murray 8. 
Second event. 10 targets—Frank McGinley 8, Joseph 
Rofuss 6, John McGinley 6, Frank Bennett 6, John 
McLaughlin 5, John Owens 4. 
Third event, 10 targets, $15 a side—Michael Monohan 
9, Frank McGinley 8. 
Fourth event, sweepstake, 5 targets—Stokes Prickett 
4, Frank Bennett 4, William Murray 4, Frank McGinley 
3. Shoot-off—Bennett 3, Prickett 2, Murray 1. 
Highland Gun Club. 
J. F. Pratt carried off the high-gun honors of the 
monthly shoot of the Highland Gun Club Saturday after¬ 
noon at Edge Hill, outshooting a small field by breaking 
88 of the 100 targets on the program. The spoon win¬ 
ners in the different classes were J. Franklin Meehan 
in Class B with a total of 23, J. F. Pratt in Class C 
with 22, and Joel Davis in Class D with 22. Scores: 
Events: 1 2 3 4 Total. 
Dr Wentz, Class B . 21 18 15 17 78 
Davis, Class D . 22 19 16 20 78 
Findley, Class D . 22 19 16 20 78 
Pratt. Class C . 21 22 22 28 88 
Harkins, Class D . 18 16 17 15 66 
Meehan, Class B . 23 .. 23 
Kollock, Class D . 20 12 15 17 64 
Knoblauch, Class D . 17 20 15 17 69 
