Jan. 20, 1912.] 
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Spring Valley Shooting Association. 
Reading, Pa., Jan. 6.—The Spring Valley Shooting 
Association held their midwinter handicap on their 
grounds at Spring Valley, outside of city limits. W. B. 
Lutz furnished the birds, which were all excellent fliers. 
TTie day was an idea! one, but the thermometer regis¬ 
tered 2“ below zero, which caused the attendance to be a 
little low. The sun shone brightly and hardly a bit of 
air stirred. 
The first event was the Valley Handicap, 20 live birds, 
entrance $5. In this event Dinger, of Harrisburg, Pa., 
the old reliable skeeter, proved himself the superior 
marksman by killing 19 birds. He missed his 11th bird, 
which flew away as if never touched. Fred looked jolly, 
but refused to enter into the second event, as the boys 
wanted to stake him at 30yds. 
“Bucky” ranked in the 18 class to-day. Arthur won¬ 
dered why. Gee, Bucky missed his 7th and 10th. Surely 
it was not the red W’s fault. 
Oliver fell a little shy—nervousness—thus scored but 
13; way below his ability. 
Adams showed exceptional skill to-day; he missed his 
15th, then his 17th bird. This placed him in for the 
second money class. Well done, Ed. 
Shupp scored fairly well. Haas, from Fleetwood, 
showed the boys some pace to-day with 18 in the first 
and 10 straight in the second event—a clever eye and 
quick action makes ’em drop. 
Knowles ranged as one of the foremost crackers in the 
handicap special, all to his credit. 
Rehrig lost his third and fith. So he was some how 
back in the woods, but ranked as third man with 17. 
Lee Wert dropped his first. A fly sat on his gun bar¬ 
rel, thus he aimed several degrees below the bird. It’s 
a shame. He scored 16, and received $13.55 as fourth 
money. 
Frank Wertz and Schmeck, two chubby chums, also 
scored 17, and ranked in the third money class. Frank 
proved his superior in the second event, when he killed 
straight. Here Schmeck dropped 3 again. 
A. P. Tyson shot a pretty good clip in the second 
event, missing but one bird. 
Wegeman, one of the old-timers, joined in second 
event, scoring 8 kills. 
Lesneskie, of Lebanon, missed his fourth bird; it made 
a bee line for his gun barrel as soon the trap was 
sprung. This aroused much enthusiasm among the 
crowd. Thus Walter scored but 7 birds. 
“Pompy” had an occasional dip in the snow, when he 
chased for some wounded birds within the boundary 
limit. 
C. Prutzman was kept busy all around the grounds, 
and had no chance to show his skill at the traps. 
H. Trivits had charge of the traps which worked to 
perfection. 
A. A. Fink, of Reading, served as referee. 
A miss-and-out event followed between Wegeman, 
Adams, Lee Wertz, Shupp, Frank Wertz and Haas. All 
had missed in the second round but Lee and Frank 
Wertz, who then divided the receipts. 
The Association intends to hold a registered target 
shoot early in the season, and anticipates a fair attend¬ 
ance. 
Someone remarked, “Why, where’s Harry Coldren, to¬ 
day?’’ No one knew, but Arthur thought it was a 
boy. Well done. If another shooter made his appear¬ 
ance, we all wish him luck. 
Luddy tried to get H. J. Melchior to accompany him 
to the grounds, but he stated he was not able to com¬ 
pete in this kind of game. They must be birds without 
feathers. 
Four hundred and fifty-five birds were shot and fin¬ 
ished at 4:20 P. M. Well done, boys. 
Event 1, 20 live birds, entrance $15: . 
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Bucky, 29 .12222202202222212122—18 
Oliver, 28 . 20022200022220022222—13 
Adams, 28 .22222121222222020221—18 
Shupp, 27 . 02212222222220012222—17 
Haas 26 .22222222220122122120—18 
Knowles, 27 .10221122221102122211—18 
Rehrig, 28 .22020222222222220222—17 
L Wertz, 28 .02022210222222200222—16 
F Wertz, 27 .22222222201022222202—17 
Schmeck. 26 .22202222212202012112—17 
Kurtz, 26 .22202020221222102220—15 
Event 2, 10 live birds, entrance, $5: 
Shupp, 27 . 
Wegeman, 26 . 
Adams, 28 . 
Lesneski, 27 . 
Ice, 26 . 
Haas, 26 . 
Tyson, 26 . 
L Wertz, 28 . 
F Wertz, 27 . 
Kurtz, 26 . 
Schmeck, 27 . 
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A. K. Ludwig. 
Narine and Field Club. 
Five trapshooters found ideal shooting conditions at 
the Bath Beach traps of the Marine and Field Club 
last Saturday. The only drawback to the sport was the 
bitter cold that made it anything but pleasant on the 
firing line. The prizes in the different events were well 
distributed. S. P. Hopkins was high gun in the 100- 
target shoot for the monthly cup, and the take-home 
trophy was won by E, H. Lott. C. M. Camp and S. D. 
Sayre were the winners of the trophy shoots, the latter 
taking two events. 
Hudson Gun Club. 
Jersey City, N. J., Jan. 14.—With the mercury O’ 
below zero, sixteen members of the Hudson Gun Club 
journeyed to the grounds this morning to indulge in 
their favorite pastime at the traps, and after the scores of 
the different events were totaled. Dr. Culver, the New 
York Athletic Club crack shot, was found to be high 
gun with an average for the day of 80 per cent.; George 
Piercy was the runner-up with 75 per cent. 
On Jan. 28 we will be open for business again, and all 
shooters are welcome to come out and try to get a 
straight score over the traps that can throw targets Kyds. 
and then some. 
To reach our grounds, take the Turnpike oar from the 
Pennsylvania R. R. Ferry at Jersey City, or any point 
in Newark, and ride to the west side of the Hackensack 
River bridge; then walk north along the river bank to 
the D., L. & W. R. R. tracks, where the club house is 
situated, and the Stars and Stripes are flying to wel¬ 
come any man that can handle a shotgun. 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
D D Engle. 15 17 19 13 16 19. 
Dr Culver . 22 16 21 18 18 20 22 20 24- 
L H Schorty. 18 16 16 20 20 21 . 
C Durkey . 11 12 .. 15 13 14 14 .. .. 
J Williams . 15 15 17 20 13 15 16 .. .. 
Pfannestiehl . 13 14 15 16 11 10 10 12 .. 
B Beyersdoft . 8 11 14 11 10 12 11 .. .. 
W R Phelps. 12 11 10 13 11 11 15 19 10 
G H Piercy. 14 19 17 19 20 17 19 21 .. 
C von Lengerke . 14 17 18 21 20 21 18 .. 
I Williams, Tr. 10 11 11 15 14 13 19 11 .. 
T Kelley ...! . 10 14 16 14 18 15 18 14 .. 
R Belmont . 12 14 .. .. 15 14 15 .. .. 
W O’Brien . 19 .. .. 18 14 18. 
W Stickels . 6 16 6 10. 
F Rae . 10 11 .. 12 11. 
T. H. K., Sec’y. 
Bennett Gun Club. 
Gloucester City, N. J., Jan. 13. —The weekly shooting 
match of the Bennett Gun Club was postponed this 
afternoon, owing to the weather. Two special matches 
were shot and good scores made. In the first, Frank 
Bennett and Wm. Murray defeated Bert Taylor and 
Charles Sears. In the second Bennett was the victor. 
Scores: 
First event, match shoot, 10 bluerocks each: 
Wm Murray . 9 Sears .. 9 
E Bennett . 9—^18 Taylor . 8—17 
Second event, sweepstake, miss-and-out: Bennett 9, 
Taylor 8, John McLaughlin 8, William Murray 7, Frank 
McQuaid 6, John Blackburn 5. 
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AMATEUR CLEAN 
J. R. Graham wins the combined amateur 
average at singles and doubles, shooting 
/Reming ton. -UMC Steel Lined Shells 
and a Reming ton z UMC Pump Gun 
Mr. Graham shot at 4500 birds breaking 3877 ex 4050 singles and 369 ex 450 
doubles, a combined amateur high average of 88.6% 
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