658 
FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 28, 1911. 
SQUAD 4 AT THE POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT. 
Second Day. 
Tile day was pleasant, but a strong' wind caused the 
targets to take unexpected flights at times, and kept the 
scores below those of the first day. Sixty-four shooters 
entered for the day, and all but one went through the 
program. J. G. S. Dey had the misfortune to break his 
gun in the first event and was obliged to pull out. The 
shooters were gotten to the grounds in good season, and 
the first event was started on time. At noon the shoot¬ 
ing was stopped for an hour, in order to allow the shoot¬ 
ers to get lunch and enjoy a little social talk. At 3 
o’clock the last squad sheet was handed into the office, 
and a few moments later, Luther Squier had the moneys 
figured and the results posted on the bulletin board. 
The star of this day’s sport was C. G. Spencer, the pro¬ 
fessional. He broke straight in the first five events, lost 
his twenty-fourth target in the sixth event and finished 
the day with 199, which included a run of 144. Walter 
Huff gave him a very good race, finishing' in second 
place with 198, and a run of 130. Following Huff came 
L. S. German and W. R Crosby with 195 each. H. C. 
Kirkwood and H. Clark with 194" each; J. R. Taylor 193. 
T. G. Hills and H. D. Gibbs with 192 each. 
W. H. Heer took the honors in the event at doubles, 
breaking 48, which proved to be the record on doubles 
for the tournament; Fred Gilbert 45, Ed O'Brien and 
L. S. German 44 each; W. Huff, H. Clark and Geo. 
Lyons 43 each. 
The amateurs also made a fine showing. J. R. Graham 
and J. B. Barto shared first place honors with 194 each; 
W. Ridley 193, H. Dixon, J. S. Young and T. M. 
Ehler 191 each. In the doubles Young and H. 1,. Win- 
zenreid were high with 43 each; Ridley, Graham, A. C. 
Connor and S. A. Huntley 42 each. 
The long amateur run was made by H. Dixon, who 
broke £0 straight in the first five events. Squad 2— 
Lyon, Clancey, Ridley, Graham and O’Brien—broke 124 
in the second event, O’Brien being the one to spoil a 
perfect squad score. In event 3 this record was equaled 
by squad 5—Bills, Heer, Spencer, Taylor and German, 
the lost target being charged to Heer. 
Rolla O. Heikes, who was too sick on Monday to 
come out to the grotinds, was feeling some better to-day 
and showed the improvement in his score. Pop was 
bound not to give in as long as he could stand, and 
certainly gave a fine example of endurance to go through 
the day shooting in all events. Alex Mermod had things 
running smoothly in the field department, and got into 
the game himself to-day. Pie did some nice shooting in 
several events, but could not keep his mind on the work 
all the time and fell down in one or two events. Ger¬ 
man created some sensation before the shoot started by 
firing a few shots in the air. Some of the boys who were 
exploring in a little grove near the tents, thought he 
was gunning for them, but their calls to stop only made 
Les. smile and load a little faster. Squad 5 was known 
as the championship squad, as the members were in a 
close fight for the season’s average, and there was always 
a crowd watching them at the firing line, or comparing 
notes around the bulletin board. At the close of the 
day Spencer was in the lead with 50 down out of 1700 
targets; Taylor 51, German 53, Bills 57 and Heer 59. 
The attendance of spectators was large, over fifty 
automobile parties visiting the grounds during the day, 
and the ladies who came out took a lively interest in 
the sport and watched the experts with as much interest 
as was shown by the members of the sterner sex. The 
absence of the St. Louis amateurs was remarked, and 
no reason could be given for their failure to enter. There 
are many good shots in the city, and a considerab'e 
number were eligible, but they failed to come to the 
front, although several were at the grounds among the 
spectators. St. Louis has beep anxious to land one of 
the big Interstate tournaments, and it does seem that 
the local shooters should turn out in force when one of 
these shoots is held in their city. Scores: 
*A Killam. 
200 
Sgles. 
. 172 
25 
Prs. 
37 
T C Davidson.. 
200 25 
Sgles. Prs. 
.180 
*W E Grubb... 
. 181 
35 
Bart Lewis ... 
. 188 
*E M Funk.... 
. 189 
32 
R Thompson... 
. 183 
40 
*11 Kirkwood.. 
. 194 
37 
G Mackie . 
. 183 
. . 
*0 R Dickey... 
. 185 
36 
F P Ford. 
. 182 
*Geo Lyon .... 
. 187 
43 
H Dixon . 
. 191 
36 
*R W Clancey. 
. 188 
42 
D A Edwards. 
. 169 
27 
Wm Ridley _ 
. 193 
42 
4 IT D Gibbs.... 
. 192 
42 
1 R Graham... 
. 194 
42 
Joe Victor .... 
. 172 
*Ed O’Brien... 
. 191 
44 
C I? Eaton. 
. 173 
W Griffith .... 
. 175 
39 
C E Orr. 
. 173 
. . 
*W Henderson. 
. 190 
41 
F Grundeman.. 
. 163 
34 
*W Huff . 
. 198 
43 
G A Beard. 
. 175 
37 
O H Nutt. 
. 1S6 
J S Young. 
. 191 
43 
TI Clay . 
. 181 
38 
I IT Noel. 
. 181 
40 
F McNeir . 
. 172 
39 
1 B Barto. 
. 194 
40 
W R Campbell 
. 180 
36 
A C Connor.... 
. 181 
42 
G A Schroder.. 
. 176 
*R O Heikes.. 
. 189 
42 
*G W Maxwell. 
. 187 
3g 
W A Brown.... 
. 181 
Fuchs . 
. 176 
34 
S A Eluntley.. 
. 186 
42 
*F G Bills. 
. 192 
44 
T M Ehler.... 
. 191 
40 
*W H Heer.... 
. 189 
48 
C II Ditto. 
. 183 
*C G Spencer.. 
. 199 
37 
H VVinzenreid. 
. 176 
43 
*1 R Taylor.... 
. 193 
37 
1 G S Dey. 
. 19 
*L S German.. 
. 195 
44 
R A PowelE ... 
. 169 
35- 
*W R Crosbv.. 
. 195 
41 
M F Bingham. 
. 166 
*T T Skelly_ 
. 187 
37 
'1' B Flickline.. 
. 162 
*F Gilbert _ 
. 188 
45 
*A Mermod ... 
. 179 
*1 S Day. 
. 183 
35 
H H Hicks.... 
38 
*'C A Young... 
. 183 
40 
1 A Campbell.. 
38 
*TI Clark. 
. 194 
43 
G W Ball. 
25 
II Pottinger .. 
. 181 
. • 
Third Day. 
The weather clerk continued to be kind, and gave the 
shooters a splendid day on Thursday. The air was cool 
and crisp, making a seat in the sun not at all uncom¬ 
fortable, and there was considerable wind. The targets 
were rather erratic in their flight, and the scores suf¬ 
fered a little. Sixty-three shooters were on hand, only 
one of them dropping out before the finish. In the event 
at doubles there were forty-four shooters. The attend¬ 
ance of spectators continued good, and the ladies were 
much in evidence, their bright costumes adding color to 
the scene. The first event was started at 9:45, and the 
last shot was fired at 2 :30. Everything worked smoothly, 
and the shooters were so well along with the program at 
noon that Mr. Shaner stopped the shooting for an hour, 
thus giving the contestants a chance to enjoy their lunch 
and incidentally to have their pictures taken in the 
group which was lined up in front of the house. 
The professionals made the highest scores of the day, 
Bills and Taylor leading with 197; O’Brien and Hen¬ 
derson 196 each; Maxwell and Kirkwood 194; Huff 193. 
The amateurs finished in the following order: H. Pot- 
tinger 196, ,T. R. Graham 191, Young and Bafto 190 
each, W. Ridley 1S8, J. A Campbell and Griffith 187 
each. 
In the event at doubles. Bills was high professional 
with 45. Clancey and German 44 each; Maxwell, Taylor 
and Gilbert 43 each. 
W. M. Griffith was the leader of the amateurs with 
41, sharing the second high place with two of the 
professionals; S. A. Huntley came next with 42; Graham 
and Ridley finished with 41 and 39 respectively. 
Huff broke the first 53 targets straight, and this, with 
the last 130 of Wednesday, gave him a continuous run 
of 183. Ed. O’Brien started in to-day with the last 29 
targets of Wednesday to his run credit, and proceeded to 
increase this number by breaking the first 133 targets 
straight, making his total 162, in a continuous run. Tay¬ 
lor broke 110 straight in the fourth to the eighth events. 
Henderson succeeded in breaking 82 without a miss. 
H. Pottinger captured one of the coveted Du Pont 
amateur long-run trophies by breaking 103, starting his 
run in the fourth event and finishing in the eighth. 
Squad 7—Clark. Pottinger, Davidson, Lewis and Thomp- 
soon—made the day’s squad record in the fifth event, 
breaking 124, the missed target being charged to Clark, 
the only professional on the squad. 
At night it looked as though Taylor had got the 
season’s high average cinched, for he had a lead of 5 
targets over his nearest competitor, his score showing 
54 down out of 1900 targets; Spencer 59 down, Bills 60, 
German 62, and Heer 68. The work of this squad has 
been closely watched each day of the tournament. Geo. 
W. Maxwell, the one-armed shooter of Hastings, Neb., 
has always had a good gallery when he was on the firing 
line, and he has done such work as any shooter would 
be proud of. Pie is always one of the leaders, and takes 
a back seat for no one when it comes to using the 
scatter gun. 
Snappy Whitney took charge of the commissary for 
the office force, and the lunches lie foraged were just 
about right. One of the new Winchester self-loading 
guns was being shown on the grounds, and was care¬ 
fully examined. After the conclusion of the regular 
events a number of the shooters stopped to try the new 
arm at a lew targets. Fred Stone, the well-known actor, 
was in the city this week. Mr. Stone is known to 
many shooters in different parts of the country as an 
enthusiastic trapshooter, and a good shot also, and a 
theater party was gotten up to greet him at the theater 
on Thursday night Over fifty of the shooters attending 
this tournament joined the party and gave the actor a 
warm reception when he made his appearance. Scores: 
*W E Grubb.. 
*E M Funk.... 
*H S KirkwoO' 
*0 R Dickey.. 
*G L Lyons_ 
Wm Ridley ... 
J R Graham... 
*Ed O’Brien... 
W M Griffiths.. 
*W Henderson 
*W Huff . 
O H Nutt. 
W H Clay. 
200 
Se'es. 
. 179 
25 
Pr= 
35 
J C Davidson 
200 
Sgles. 
. 180 
25 
Prs. 
. 180 
26 
Bart Lewis .... 
. 186 
36 
. 189 
28 
R Thompson.. 
. 182 
d 194 
37 
G K Mackie . 
. 173 
. 184 
38 
*A Mermod ... 
. 182 
. 186 
44 
H Dixon . 
. 185 
38 
. 190 
40 
D A Edwards.. 
. 168 
. 188 
39 
*11 D Gibbs.... 
. 186 
41 
. 191 
41 
Joe Victor .... 
C B Eaton. 
. 175 
. 196 
40 
. 171 
. 187 
44 
M F Bingham. 
. 162 
. 196 
40 
F Grnndman... 
. 167 
. 193 
39 
G A Beard. 
. 183 
36 
. 186 
T S Young. 
. 190 
. . 
. 184 
37 
T H Noel. 
. 185 
SQUAD 6 AT THE POST-SEASON TOURNAMENT. 
W. R. Crosby, J. T. Skelly, Fred Gilbert, J. S. Day, C. A. Young. 
