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FOREST AND STREAM 
[June 12, 1909. 
Ohio State Tournament. 
The annual tournament of the Ohio State Trap- 
shooters’ League was held at Columbus on June 1 to 4, 
under the auspices of the Columbus Gun Club, as were 
the two previous tournaments. The affair this year was 
successful, though the attendance fell considerably short 
of what had been expected. The weather was not quite 
ideal. Some rain fell on the different days, and most 
of the time a strong wind was blowing. 
The tournament was given under the Squier money- 
back system, and the merits of this scheme were again 
clearly demonstrated, as it has been wherever used 
Only two or three of the amateurs dropped out after 
starting in a day’s programme, and the percentage 
shooting the three days was larger than is seen in a 
tournament conducted under the ordinary system. The 
programme scheduled on VN’ednesday, the first day, eight 
15- and four 20-target events; on Thursday ten 15- and 
two 25-target events; on Friday, ten 20-target events for 
the Ohio amateur championship. The purses in the 
15-target events were divided Rose system, 8, 5, 3, 2; in 
the 20- and 25-target events, 8, 5, 3, 2, 1. Each of the 
ten low guns received $5 average money. The financial 
end of the tournament was in charge of Mr. L. W. 
Cumberland, assisted by Mr. E. R. Placke, arid the 
events were figured promptly, the results being posted 
within two or three minutes after the finish of each 
event. Mr. Cumberland is a past master of this branch 
of tournament work, and one of the most obliging 
cashiers in the business, but once in a while he would 
get a little peevish, when some shooter would ask him 
what the 8’s paid in the steenth event, when he was 
in the midst of a rather difficult sum in addition. Mr. 
L. J. Squier rendered very valuable assistance. He took 
it upon himself to see that the scores were posted as 
fast as the squad sheets came in, did a little squad 
hustling on the side, and, incidentally, shot at 200 tar¬ 
gets each day. Besides these self-imposed duties he 
worked out the money-back pay roll, so that the money 
was ready in fifteen minutes after the last event was 
finished. He’s just the same wherever be goes, and 
the clubs and individuals appreciate his services. The 
referees were: Messrs. T. F. Atwood, at Ao. 1 trap; 
J. R. King, No. 2; John Mason, No. 3. The purse in 
the “money back” was made up of 1 cent for each tar¬ 
get thrown, amounting to $314.55. Extra entrance $1 per 
day, $128, making a total of $442.55. The losses to be 
made good amounted to $222.65, leaving a surplus of 
$220, which was divided among the fifteen high amateurs. 
The amounts paid back varied from 5 cents to $37.60. 
The amateurs coming in for a share in the high aver¬ 
age money were: D. A. Upson, 583, $39.60; F. Foltz, 
580, $30.08; Geo. Volk, 575, $24.30; K. R. Johnson, 561, 
$22; H E. Smith, 552, $17.00; \V. R. Randall, E. M. 
Stout and C. H. Shell, each with 550, received $12.65 
each; Ed. Cain, 548, $8.80; W. R. Chamberlain 540, Dr. 
Gribble 545 and Burt Cooper 544, each received $6.60; 
G. Kistler, 543, $4.40; Dr. VanFossen, 542, $2.20. The 
League gave $50 for the ten low guns, $5 each. During 
the three days 31,455 targets were trapped. A hot 
lunch was served in the club house every day from ten 
until about four in the afternoon, a plan which met 
with general approval, as compared with a regular din¬ 
ner served at noon. The food furnished was varied and 
good, and the prices such as are paid at all lunch 
rooms. 
Taken all together, the tournament was a very pleasant 
affair, and those who attended were well pleased with 
the sport furnished and the treatment received from the 
club officials and members. Mr. Fred Shattuck, the Sec¬ 
retary, was one of the busiest men on the grounds, and 
showed himself to be one of the most obliging. He 
found time to shoot in only one event, that for the 
two-man team trophy. 
The Columbus has established a record for hospitality 
at the State shoots which will be hard to excel. How¬ 
ever, the Cleveland boys are a mighty fine bunch of 
sportsmen, and they are very enthusiastic over the 
prospect of holding the State shoot in 1910, and will 
rnake every effort to give every one who attends the 
time of their life. It’s a long time ahead, but they 
will get busy at once, planning for the programme, and 
arranging the details. The next Ohio State shoot is 
to be an open tournament, as far as the purses are 
concerned, and the shooters of the country may be sure 
of having a good time if they attend. 
The trade was well represented by the following: J. 
R. Taylor, T. A. Marshall, R. L. Trimble, Lester Ger¬ 
man, R. O. Heikes, Horace Heikes, C. A. Young, C. A. 
North, F. Le Noir, L. J. Squier, W. B. Darton, L. W. 
Cumberland, L. R. Myers, H. D. Freeman, A. G. 
Barstow, Gus E. Greiff. 
Practice Day. 
Tuesday, June 1, was practice day, with a programme 
of five 20-target events. The weather was fine, the sun 
partially obscured by clouds, and a strong cross wind 
blowing, which made the flight of the targets somewhat 
erratic, but not enough so to interfere with good work. 
The attendance was very good, twenty-four shooting in 
one or more of the events, and many shooters, who 
arrived too late to enter for the programme, watching 
the sport from the club house veranda. The traps 
worked smoothly, and no hitch occurred. The shooting 
began soon after 2 o’clock, and was finished about 4:30. 
Entrance was $2 in each event, money divided 35, 30, 
20 and 15 per cent. Lester German, a professional, was 
high gun, with 99, missing a target in the second event 
and then going out straight. C. A. Young was second, 
with 96. J. R. Taylor, third, with 95. High amateur 
honors were won by H. E. Smith, with 95; Gribble, 93; 
Steinbauer and W. R. Chamberlain, 92 each. At the 
conclusion of the programme a sweep at 25 targets 
was shot, all at 22yds., entrance $1, money divided GO 
and 40 per cent. Smith was high with 21. C. A. Young, 
a professional, also scored 21, but was shooting for 
targets only. Fred Shattuck took second on a score of 
20, D. B. Darton, who tied with him, being a pro¬ 
fessional. Other scores were: \V. E. Kirby, Stein¬ 
bauer, Kistler and Fishinger, 18 each; Hains, 14; Gribble, 
13; Warner, 12. 
The 
totals 
follow: 
Shot 
Shot 
at. 
Brk. 
at. 
Brk. 
C A Young ... 
. 100 
96 
T Marshall ... 
... 60 
45 
H Heikes . 
. lOO 
92 
R O Heikes . 
...100 
94 
H Stanbery .... 
. 100 
83 
F Hall . 
... 100 
86 
Gribble . 
. 100 
93 
H E Smith... 
...100 
95 
Steinbauer . 
. 100 
92 
T H Smith .. 
... 100 
87 
J R Taylor . 
. 100 
95 
F D Alkire .. 
... 40 
37 
W Chamberlain 
.100 
92 
Harris . 
... 100 
83 
D B Darton... 
. 100 
92 
Kistler . 
... 100 
89 
L Grubb . 
. 20 
18 
E Brune . 
... 100 
61 
. 100 
93 
Grieff . 
... 20 
17 
L Squier . 
. lOO 
94 
D Smith . 
... 60 
42 
L German . 
. 100 
99 
l-'ishinger .... 
... 60 
54 
June 2, 
First Day. 
Wednesday, the opening day of the tournament, dawned 
cloudy and cool. During the morning a strong east 
wind was blowing, making the flight of the targets very 
erratic. In the afternoon the wind dropped and con¬ 
ditions were more favorable, although' quite a heavy 
rain, beginning about 2:30, made it rather damp work. 
However, the shooting was not stopped and the last 
event was finished, including the shoot-ons in the mer¬ 
chandise event at 5:40. The programme consisted of 
eight events at 15 and four at ^ targets. Events 9 
and 10 constituted the merchandise event. In this event 
the first prize, a $70 gun, was won by Dr. Van Fossen, 
of Columbus, on a score of 40 straight. The shoot was 
started about 9:45 in two traps. At 2 o’clock it was 
found necessary to get a third trap at work. Sixty-two 
shooters were entered, most of them shooting through 
the entire programme. There was a misunderstanding 
about the money in the merchandise event and some 
of the shooters dropped out of this when it was learned 
that the entrance money was not divided. Several good 
straight runs were made during the day, L. J. Squier 
leading with 99, made from the fifth to the tenth event. 
H. D. Freeman broke 80 straight; Burt Cooper, 83; D. 
A. Upson, 74, and Geo. Volk, 66. As soon as the 
regular events were finished, the ties in the merchan¬ 
dise event were shot off, miss-and-out, over No. 2 trap. 
No hitches occurred during the day to cause any delay. 
The number of targets thrown was 11,650. 
The professional high gun was Lester German, 195; 
J. R. Taylor, 192; L. J. Squier, 191. Among the amateurs 
D. A. Upson was high, tying with German on 195; F. 
Foltz and G. Volk, 192 each; Burt Cooper, 191. 
Annual Meeting. 
The annual meeting was held on Wednesday evening 
at the Chittenden Hotel, J. H. Smith presided in the 
absence of President Gross. The attendance was very 
small, fewer being present than at any annual meeting 
since the League was organized, showing the great need 
of steps being taken at once to reawaken the interest of 
the Ohio trapshooters. Of the entire membership only 
the following clubs were represented: Cleveland Gun 
Club; Ideal Gun Club, of Circleville; Rohrer’s Island 
Gun Club, of Dayton; Dayton Gun Club; Cincinnati 
Gun Club; Consolidated Gun Club, West Toledo; 
Kenton Gun Club; Columbus Gun Club; Hyde Park 
Gun Club, of Cincinnati. Nine out of fwenty-six clubs 
which were in good standing a year ago. Several of 
the unrepresented clubs had members at the tournament, 
but they failed to take part in the business of the 
session. 
It was carried that a committee of five be appointed 
to draft a temporary resolution to work upon and to 
report to the meeting. The Chair appointed D. M. 
Smart, E. Cain, S. E. Rogers, F. D. Alkire and R. O. 
Heikes. The committee reported as follows: Recom¬ 
mended that the membership be changed from club to 
individual, with $1 dues, to be paid on the first day of 
the annual tournament. That the Executive Committee 
should prepare a programme for the annual tournament 
that should provide one event at 100 targets from 16yds. 
for the amateur championship of the State and one event 
at 100 targets, handicap 16 to 21yds., for the amateur 
handicap championship of Ohio. Purse to be divided 
as the committee may see fit. This report caused much 
discussion, and the following revised resolution was 
finally drawn up: Recommended that the constitutioa 
and by-laws be amended, so that each contestant at the 
League tournament shall be required to pay an annual 
individual fee of $1, payable on the first day of the 
annual tournament, before he should be entitled to 
contest in any of the events of said tournament, where 
such a shooter is not a member of a club in good 
standing in the League. Such individual membership 
fee shall entitle him to all the benefits of such mem¬ 
bership. It was moved by E. Cain that the resolution 
be adopted, and the motion was carried. Mr. T. A. 
Marshall, a visitor, was called upon, and in the course 
of his remarks he recommended that all handicap events 
should be open to every one, except for the State 
trophies. He stated that only two other States, New 
York and Pennsylvania, now bar outsiders. It was 
carried that the programme of the next annual tourna¬ 
ment shall allow outside shooters to compete in all events 
for the money, except that only Ohio residents can 
compete for State trophies. The result of the vote con¬ 
cerning next year’s shoot was Cleveland 16, Columbus 4. 
The next tournament will be held at Cleveland under 
the auspices of the Cleveland Gun Club. One club, the 
Gabon Gun Club, was admitted to membership. The 
election of officers resulted as follows: President, E. S. 
Rogers, Cleveland; Vice-President, Kent P. Johnson, 
Kenton; Secretary-Treasurer, F. W. Judd, Cleveland; 
Executive Committee—E. Cain, Dayton; E. S. Rogers, 
Cleveland; F. Shattuck, Columbus; Geo. Volk, Toledo; 
U. E. Campbell, Gabon; F. D. Alkire, Williamsport; J. 
M. Sperry, Marietta. A vote of thanks was tendered 
to the Columbus Gun Club for its efforts to keep up 
the game, and for its hospitality extended to the visiting 
shooters. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 12 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 Brk. 
J R Taylor . 15 14 14 14 14 14 15 14 20 19 19 20 192 
F Foltz . 14 15 15 14 15 13 15 14 19 20 19 19 192 
W R Chamberlain 14 12 15 14 13 12 13 14 20 19 19 18 183 
Geo Volk . 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 14 18 18 19 20 192 
H Heikes . 13 15 14 13 15 14 14 14 20 20 18 18 188 
C A Young . 13 15 14 13 14 13 15 14 20 17 19 20 187 
H Stanberry .11 14 13 12 14 11 12 15 17 18 19 16 172 
F Hall . 10 9 13 13 12 13 12 9 19 17 18 16 161 
F D Alkire . 12 13 14 14 12 13 14 15 19 17 18 19 180 
A E Shatford ... 9 13 8 10 12 11 13 11 14 11 19 13 144 
J T Wells . 13 13 13 14 11 12 13 14 19 18 17 18 175 
W Webster . 12 13 14 15 13 12 14 14 19 20 19 20 185 
C F Shell. 15 14 14 14 12 15 14 13 20 19 19 16 185 
Dr Gribble . 11 13 15 13 13 14 14 13 19 17 20 19 181 
W A Fishinger .. 13 13 15 13 13 12 13 11 16 .. 15 .. 134 
E J Campbell ... 12 15 12 13 14 12 14 14 17 19 16 19 ' 177 
F Markman . 14 14 15 13 15 13 13 14 20 18 18 19 186 
Geo Steinbauer .. 12 13 15 12 13 12 14 14 14 18 19 19 175 
J W Walsmith .. 10 10 12 12 12 12 13 12 17 15 19 17 161 
F Le Noir . 12 15 13 13 15 12 13 14 17 13 19 20 176 
L Squier . 15 13 14 14 14 15 15 15 20 18 20 18 191 
L German . 15 14 15 15 14 14 14 15 19 20 20 20 195 
T A Marshall .... 14 14 13 12 13 12 15 15 20 19 18 19 184 
R O Heikes .15 13 15 11 11 11 13 13 18 14 16 18 168 
T S Bibbee . 13 15 15 11 14 14 14 15 16 20 16 20 183 
Dr Shattuck . 14 11 13 12 14 13 14 14 17 15 19 20 176 
J M Sperry . 15 14 15 14 15 14 14 14 17 17 19 16 184 
A W Kirby. 14 14 13 12 9 11 13 13 18 16 20 17 170 
C B Snyder . 14 13 14 14 14 15 13 14 17 17 20 17 182 
H D Smart .11 12 12 11 11 12 12 10 16 11 18 15 151 
L Grubb . 14 15 13 11 11 13 15 13 20 17 19 19 180 
B Cooper . 15 13 14 15 14 12 15 15 20 19 20 19 191 
James Smith . 14 12 13 12 13 12 14 15 19 17 20 17 178 
W B Darton .15 14 14 14 14 13 13 14 18 18 17 19 183 
E M Stout . 14 15 13 11 13 13 13 13 16 18 18 18 175 
J L Stevenson ... 13 10 14 12 10 12 14 13 13 .. 18 18 147 
C B Hedges .11 13 15 13 14 13 13 14 16 .. 17 18 157 
Lou Fisher . 12 12 14 11 14 14 14 14 20 18 19 18 180 
W R Randall .... 13 13 14 14 15 14 14 13 20 18 20 18 185 
Lee Battenfield .. 13 11 15 15 15 13 11 12 17 16 15 20 173 
F A Hulshizer.... 15 13 13 13 15 14 14 12 16 16 15 17 173 
Geo J Kistler .... 15 15 13 12 13 13 14 12 19 18 18 20 182 
Ed Brune . 14 11 13 7 10 10. 65 
H D Freeman ... 14 15 15 15 15 13 15 15 19 18 18 18 190 
H L Jackson .13 15 13 12 13 12 13 13 16 14 18 16 168 
G E Greiff . 13 9 11 10 12 12 12 14 15 16 16 IS 158 
Albert Smith .... 11 10 7 9 11 8 12 13 16 15 14 10 136 
Dr Van Fossen .. 13 14 15 14 13 14 15 14 20 20 17 16 185 
C F Barnthouse . 14 13 14 11 14 15 12 15 .. .. 18 12 138 
Kent Johnson .... 15 13 14 15 14 13 15 15 18 19 19 19 189 
L R Myers . 9 10 10 8 13 13 13 7 8 . 91 
H E Smith . 13 13 14 12 13 13 13 13 18 20 17 20 179 
J H Smith . 7 10 12 8 8 8 12 13 14 17 15 24 138 
Fred Wince . 8 10 13 13 13 14 13 14 18 17 14 19 166 
Ed Cain . 13 13 15 13 15 14 13 14 17 19 17 19 182 
D J Warner .11 10 12 13 11 8 10 10 16 14 13 11 139 
Dr Pumphrey .... 14 12 14 15 15 14 14 14 16 17 18 18 181 
D W Gilbert . 9 10 15 14 12 11 11 10 18 18 18 19 165 
Chas Vl'ard . 13 7 15 10 12 14 12 12 18 17 16 17 163 
D A Upson . 14 15 15 15 15 14 14 14 20 19 20 20 195 
King .20 18 .. .. 38 
June 3, Second Day. 
Thursday was comfortably cool, with cloudy sky and 
no wind in the forenoon. After dinner it breezed up a 
bit, though not enough to do any hurt, and about 3 
o’clock a little rain fell. The programme, ten events at 
15, one at 25 targets, and the two-man team race at 25 
targets per man, was started on three sets of traps at 
9:25, and ran along smoothly, nine events being finished 
at 12:20, when a halt was called for dinner. In about half 
an hour shooting was resumed, and the team shoot was 
started. The last event was finished soon after 3 o’clock. 
The attendance of shooters was not so large as on the 
previous day, but there were ten field squads during the 
day, and forty-seven men who shot through. 
The team match was the feature of the day, twenty- 
four teams shooting in the race, though some of them 
were not eligible to win the trophy, which is emblematic 
of the amateur two-man team championship of Ohio. The 
match was a close one. The Toledo team—F. Foltz and 
Geo. Volk—Winners at the last two tournaments, finished 
first, with a perfect score, and it looked as though the 
trophy was theirs once more. A little later Pop Heikes 
and Horace Heikes also put up a straight score, and the 
crowd began to sit up and take notice. No other teams 
went straight, the nearest of the eligibles being Colum¬ 
bus No. 1, Dr. Van Fossen and H. E. Smith, with 47. 
Professional No. 2, L. German and J. R. Taylor, were 
in second place on 48. The shoot-off of the tie was 
started immediately after the close of the event, over 
No. 2 trap, in front of the club house. The men took 
their places at the score with F. Foltz at No. 1 peg; 
H. Heikes, No. 2; G. Volk, No. 3, and R. O. Heikes, 
No. 4. F. Hall and F. D. Alkire were appointed judges. 
Pop was the first to miss, dropping his third target. 
Then Frank Foltz lost his eleventh bird, again tying 
the score. After that the targets were broken regularly, 
and it began to look like another tie, but Volk failed' 
to connect with his nineteenth target, and his opponents 
had a lead of 1. Every one kept their eyes on Horace. 
If he could go straight the match was won; but whether 
he could stand the strain or not was a question. He 
proved equal to the task, however, and broke targets 
without turning a hair, proving himself to be a chip off 
the old block, one who will do credit to his teacher and 
keen the family name high in the records of trapshooting. 
High run for the day was made by D. A. Upson, who 
broke 106 from the fifth to the eleventh event. H. D. 
Freeman 78, Lester German 69. German started the day 
with a run of 61 to his credit, from the day before, and 
his run this morning made 130 straight, the largest of the 
tournament so far. Professional high gun honors were 
divided by Lester German and J. R. Taylor on 192. R. 
O. Heikes and H. D. Freeman 191 each; H. Heikes 
187, W. B. Darton 186. The amateurs had the experts 
beat to-day, Frank Foltz being high with 194, D. A. 
Upson 193, G. Voik 192, E. M. Stout 188, C. F. Shell and 
