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FOREST AND STREAM 
Western Connecticut T. S. L. 
Bridgeport, Conn., August 15, 1914. 
The fourth and last of the series of tournaments of 
the Western Connecticut Trap Shooters’ League was 
held here to-day at Seaside Gun Club. Over one hun¬ 
dred shooters took part which was next to the largest 
in attendance of the series. 
The Seaside Club has one of the finest grounds in 
New England, being situated on one of the reservoirs 
of the Bridgeport Hydraulic Water Co., which is laid 
out with flower beds and kept in fine shape. 
This was the most important tournament as it decided 
all the trophies of the league and also the team cham¬ 
pionship. Straight scores were made by A. L. Cham¬ 
berlain, C. Van Stone, Jack Fanning and H. H. 
Stevens. 
It was the prophesy of most of those present that the 
race or the day’s honors would be between C. Van 
Stone, of Bridgeport, and A. L. Chamberlain, of New 
Haven, as they were shooting at a great clip, when at 
the end of the first round of three events. Chamberlain 
was four down on 75, with Van Stone six. They were 
the center of attraction when they started the next 
round. Van Stone was the first to finish and he only 
dropped four out of his last 75, finishing with 140-150. 
Chamberlain finished with 141, which was some score 
for the conditions. 
When such shooters as the Pale Face team which 
was in attendance with S. W. Putnam, who broke 147 
at Hartford last week, and won the New England 
championship a few weeks ago, and L. S. Davis, G. L. 
Osborn, J. McArdle, F. O. Williams and J. L. Snow, 
who have been shooting as good as any team in the 
country could not connect with the targets one knows 
conditions were unusually hard. 
For the Du Pont trophy R. D. Cate, of Bridgeport, 
was an easy winner, the conditions being that the high 
gun at each of the four tournaments held by the league 
should count as a “leg,” to the one winning the most 
“legs,” to be the winner. Cate won the “leg” at New 
Haven and Long Hill; J. H. Finch, of Greenwich, won 
at Danbury, and A. L. Chamberlain, of New Haven, at 
Bridgeport. 
For the Parker Bros.’ trophy the race was the closest 
and the winner could not be picked until Bradley, of 
Hartford, had finished his last event. L. H. Bradley 
was the favorite as he had a lead of five and six targets 
over R. D. Cate and A. L. Chamberlain up to this 
tournament, the high total score of the four tourna¬ 
ments, to decide the winner. The first round of 75 
Chamberlain was only four down with Bradley ten 
which made them even up with Cate out of the run¬ 
ning. On the next round Chamberlain was an easy win¬ 
ner, the total score for the four tournaments being 
Chamberlain 539-600, Bradley 536, C. Van Stone 533, S. 
P. Senior 525, R. D. Cate 511. 
The Liberty Cartridge Co. trophy was won by Stanley 
Kellogg, of Bridgeport, with a run of 66 made at Dan¬ 
bury. 
The Western Connecticut Trap Shooters’ League 
trophy resulted in a tie between L. H. Bradley and C. 
W. Van Stone. The high score on the team race was 
to count as a “leg.” Bradley won two “legs” and Van 
Stone two, the shoot off at fifty targets, resulting in 
a victory for Van Stone with 47 to Bradley’s 45. 
The Stevens trophy was won by L. H. Bradley with 
362-400, the high total scores of the team race counting. 
The Hercules trophy was not decided as the winner 
of the special event counted as a “leg,” and darkness 
overtook this event. It will be decided at Bridgeport 
as the three who are tied for it are all members of that 
club. 
The team race was very one-sided. Up to this tour¬ 
nament, Danbury, New Haven and Bridgeport each 
had won a “leg.” Danbury was unable to get some 
of her best shooters out, and Bridgeport was an easy 
winner with 436-500, New Haven 419, Danbury 401, Hart¬ 
ford 373. For the teams outside of the league, the Pale¬ 
faces of Boston A. A. were the winners with 437, beat¬ 
ing the league teams by one target. 
In the special event there were sixty entries, but 
owing to the darkness they were unable to finish. The 
squad that shot last had to shoot kneeling in order to 
see the target as it came into sky line. W. R. Winans 
was the winner with 24-25; F. F. Ward 23; J. L. Snow 
23; C. E. Davis 23; A. L. Chamberlain 22; F. O. Wil¬ 
liams 22; F. F. Rodgers 22; L. Bradley 22; F. Lawrence 
22, and Dr. Van Saun 22. 
There were special prizes for the ladies, there being 
three in attendance. Miss Laura Boles was high score, 
with 98-150; Miss Jessie Thorpe 92, and Mrs. Rodgers 
88. Miss Boles and Mrs. Rodgers have attended every 
one of the league tournaments. 
The management of the tournament was of the best 
and the Bridgeport boys were congratulated on the way 
the tournament was handled. E. G. Southey, the pres¬ 
ident of the club, was on the run every minute. There 
were twenty-six shooters who went through the four 
tournaments and their average was better at Danbury 
than at any other tournament. 
The individual and team race scores were as follows: 
A. L. Chamberlain 
C. Van Stone .. 
*H. H. Stevens 
G. L. Osborn .. 
S. P. Senior .. 
L. H. Bradley 
L. PI. Davis ... 
F. H. Lawrence 
S. W. Putnam . 
J. McArdle _ 
W. W. Rice ... 
R. Winans 
S. Fanning 
M. Funk .. 
W. H. Lyon ... 
C A. Cornen . 
F. F. Rodgers . 
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WESTERN CONNECTICUT T. S. L. 
From Top to Bottom—C. Van Stone, Bridgeport, 
Winner, League Trophy and Fair Field County 
Championship. A. L. Chamberlain, New 
Haven, Winner for the Day and Parker Bro¬ 
thers Trophy. L. H. Bradley, Hartford, 
Conn., W.nner Stevens Trophy. R. D. Cate, 
Bridgeport, Winner Du Pont Trophy. 
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M. Hepburn .,r 0 
W. A. Gregory .mo 
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J. H. Finch . mo 
R H. Hall .. 
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W. R. Newsome . ;c 0 
C. B. Cutter .mo 
H. P. Camp . j-o 
W. G. Olmstead . IS o 
H. B. Moulton . mo 
*W. A. Brown . j=o 
J. Williams . mo 
E. R. Lewis . i 50 
J. L. Snow . !5o 
Ward Hammond . 150 
E. F. Ward . i S0 
R. A. Lewis !. ij 0 
J. B. Robertson . mo 
Dr. G. H. Martin . 150 
L. S. Ferris . 150 
R. A. Stierler . ,- 0 
Dr. B. W. Bishop . mo 
E. G. Southey . mo 
E. Jenne . IS0 
Dr. C. C. Smith . mo 
W. B. Smith . „o 
F. W. Smith . ic 0 
* 0 . R. Dickey . mo 
E. W. Dann . mo 
r. d. cate .4 0 
S. D. Levings . mo 
C. T. Hale . m 0 
*P. B. Keenen . mo 
R. M. Fetridge . 150 
G. Ailing . I50 
J. S. Standard . mo 
T. M. Adams . 150 
F. G. Clark . ic 0 
C. Hull . 450 
A. J. Williamson . 150 
J. Trumbull . mo 
E. H. Bailey . 150 
W. B. Leigh . ,50 
C. Sherwood . 150 
r ^° gg . 150 
J. Clarkson . 150 
R. H. Smith . mo 
G. R. Gibson . mo 
G. H. Platt . 150 
E. E. Downs . 150 
A. W. Currie . 150 
E. A. Shepherd . 150 
A. Hull . 150 
F. Keifer . 150 
F. J. Ham . 150 
J. W. Lockhart . 150 
F. E. Lockwood . 150 
L. Fisk . 150 
J. P. Conlin . 150 
W. F. Alcorn . 150 
H. Y. Billings . 150 
E. Bouton . 150 
Miss Laura Bolles . 150 
Dr. Van Saun . 150 
M. Scofield . 150 
R. E. Curley . 150 
J. R. Talcott . 150 
G. Derrick . 150 
A. W. Marsh . 150 
E. C. Stiltz . 150 
D. F. Bedient . 150 
Miss Jessie Thorpe . 150 
L. L. Parker . 150 
^Professionals. 
LEAGUE TEAMS. 
BRIDGEPORT. 
C. Van Stone . 
S. P. Senior . 
W. H. Lyon . 
C. Fox . 
D. H. Hall . 
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81 
Total . 
A. L. Chamberlain 
W. W. Rice . 
M. Hepburn . 
Dr. Bishop .. 
E. Jenne . 
Total . 
C. Cornen . 
W. G. Olmstead . 
W. A. Gregory ... 
F. G. Clark . 
H. B. Mills . 
NEW HAVEN. 
DANBURY. 
436 
93 
87 
84 
79 
76 
419 
87 
83 
83 
74 
74 
Total . 401 
HARTFORD. 
L. Bradley . 88 
W. R. Newsome . 81 
R. McFetridge . 73 
J. Trumbull . 7 ° 
J. Conlin . 61 
Total . 373 
