March 2, 1912 
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Ohio State Championship. 
The annual contest for the white flier championship of 
Ohio was held on the grounds of the Crystal Lake Gun 
Club at Ryland, Ky., on Feb. 22. The attendance was 
not up to expectations, owing to the bad weather. On 
Wednesday night a blizzard visited this section, and its 
force was not spent on Thursday morning, for at train 
time the wind was still blowing a gale, and the air was 
full of snow. A dozen shooters, however, went down 
early, only to find that the supply of birds had not ar¬ 
rived on account of delays to trains. The forenoon was 
passed with a miss-and-out event at targets. The birds 
reached the grounds about 2:30 in the afternoon, and 
the match was started at once with thirteen entries. R. 
H. West, Jr., acting as referee. The mercury stood at 
a number of degrees below freezing, and the wind was 
still blowing hard aeross the traps, making extremely 
hard shooting conditions. The birds were the hardest 
and fastest lot trapped on these grounds for many 
months, and with the aid of the wind a large majority 
proved to be screamers. There were very few sitters, and 
most of these developed a speed, when they did start, 
that carried them safely over the boundary. Left-quar- 
terers, going with the wind, were the hardest proposition, 
and unless stopped with the first barrel, invariably got 
away to be scored “dead out” or lost. The scores give 
a very good idea of the conditions, as it is seldom that 
these shooters have so many lost birds recorded against 
them. Late in the afternoon, it was seen that it would 
be impossible to finish by dark, so all but the residents 
of Ohio dropped out on the 33d round, leaving five 
men, Rowe, Hessler, Johnson, Payne and Hake, to 
fight it out for the title and trophy. At the end of the 
llSth round Rowe had lost but one bird, his 4th, dead 
out, and was 2 ahead of Hake. The last half of the 
match found both men shooting in poorer form than 
at first, owing to the cold and the failing light, but 
Hake made the better showing and led by 2 birds, thus 
tying the score on a total of 41. In the shoot-off at 5 
birds, Rowe killed the first 3 and lost his 4th and 5th. 
Hake lost his 1st, 2d and 4th birds, and lost the match 
after putting up a good fight. Payne was second -with 
40, killing 21 in the last half. Hessler finished third. 
The afternoon was pleasant with the exception of the 
wind. The match was shot_ in strings of 5 birds to 
each man, in order to save time, and finish the match. 
Dan Pohlar, the previous holder of the title, was unable 
to be present. The target event was shot under the 
old-time rule of “gun below the elbow,” and this, to¬ 
gether with the fact that the targets were thrown fur¬ 
ther than usual, accounts for the low scores. Hammer- 
schmidt won with 14, and Johnson was second on 13. 
The former also won the miss-and-out event, Irwin and 
Nicholas tying for second place. Scores: 
Miss-and-out. $2 entrance: Hammersehmidt 7, Irwin 6 , 
Nicholas 6 , Dameron 5. Rowe 3, Payne 3, Schreck 2, 
Walker 1, Robbins 1, Hessler 0. 
Match: Nicholas 4, Hammersehmidt 4. 
Kalamazoo championship, 25 targets, gun below elbow: 
Ham.merschmidt 14, Johnson 13, Hessler 12, Schreck 11, 
Dameron 9, Rowe 8 , Payne 8 , Robbins 8 , Irwin 7. 
Ohio State championship, 50 live birds: 
Hammersehmidt .222*220221222222222*22221—22 
2‘’202222w — 7—29 
Irwin .22'2222’2CI020*221022*20222*—17 
2**00120w — 3—20 
Dameron .2222222220222202)02002022—19 
2’022202w — 6—25 
Rowe 122*222221121221212222221—24 
*122022000102222111112010—17—41 
Walker .2220120*222*1220210222200—17 
21101210W — 6—23 
Schreck .1220221201222022201211021—20 
11110002W — 5—25 
Robbins .2202202220022020022222222—18 
20222220W — 6—24 
Hessler .200112220*221221111001121—19 
222022212*122221002121202—20—39 
Tohnson .1001*202222201*2102222212—18 
2221120102202221022020010—17—35 
Nicholas .22212022220*2201222222220—20 
*12212*2w — 6—26 
Payne . 
I'oige . 
Hake . 
Shoot-off of tie, 5 birds: 
222220*112202222100221101—19 
1102022222222102111221022 — 21—40 
1200222202221112220222020—19 
212w — 3—22 
2222221022222222011211110—22 
20110*2200122122111221210—19—41 
H. Rowe 3, H. Hake 1. 
Crescent Athletic Club. 
Bay Ridge. N. Y.. Feb. 24.—Under excellent con¬ 
ditions the Crescent Athletic Club turned out in large 
numbers to-day, and in the seven matches, many full 
scores were returned. 
In the feature contest of the dav. a 100 target handicap 
match for the take-home trophy, H. M. Brigham proved 
to be the high gun. With a handicap of 1, he broke 95 
cut of his possible 100 targets. His four strings were: 
21, 25, 25, 25. W. Pell was the runner-up with 91. Scores: 
Take-home trophy, 100 targets, handicap: 
H M Brigham. 1 95 C R James. 0 80 
W W Pell. 5 94 F S Hyatt. 1 78 
F B Stephenson.... 0 91 A Blake . 4 78 
I P Sousa. 4 91 H T Spooner. 4 76 
L C Hopkins. 5 89 C W Berner. 2 76 
C Blake . 3 88 R Schneider . 0 74 
J F James. 0 87 H Welles . 0 71 
G N Felix. 3 87 G G Stephenson... 2 67 
C Ramapo . 3 87 G E Brower. 3 67 
J P Fairchild. 1 81 W W Marshall. 7 62 
February cup. 25 la'gets. handicap: 
F S Hyatt. 1 24 C Ramapo . 4 21 
C R James. 0 24 F B Stephenson... 0 20 
W W Pell. 5 24 IF James. 0 20 
C W Berner. 2 23 J P Fairchild. 2 20 
H M Brigham. 1 22 G N Felix. 3 20 
G G Stephenson... 3 21 A Blake . 4 20 
J P Sousa . 4 21 H T Spooner. 5 18 
S C Hopkins. 5 21 
Five shots—Three to get the Cripples. Each separate shot un¬ 
der absolute control of the trigger finger. The action is simple,- 
powerful and sure. Part of the recoil, ordinarily absorbed by 
the shooter’s shoulder, is used to operate the mechanism. Not 
one single ounce of muzzle energy is lost. Handles the heaviest 
loads with least punishment. Handles all loads with equal ease 
and safety, and—a solid wall of steel stands between the shooter’s 
face and the firing chamber always. As a repeater it is better 
balanced—quicker pointing—faster. As a single-loader it is 
simpler to operate. The simple completeness of the take-down 
permits ready cleaning of the barrel from the breech. The 
take-down screw is large and easily handled. Taken down the 
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Best three scores for month: 
G G Stephenson, Jr. 23 22 24—69 
F B Stephenson . 21 23 24—68 
F. B. Stephenson 
C A Ramapo. 
W W Pell. 
A Blake . 
C Blake . 
H M Brigham. 
L C Hopkins. 
J P Fairchild. 
G N Felix. 
F S Hyatt . 
F B Adams. 
J P Sousa. 
trophy, 25 targets, handicap: 
4 
25 
Schneider . 
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31 
5 
25 
A 
W Stake. 
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20 
4 
25 
J 
F James. 
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19 
4 
25 
G 
R James. 
19 
1 
'24 
G 
G Stephenson... 
. 3 
19 
5 
24 
H 
T Spooner. 
18 
2 
24 
G 
E Brower. 
. 4 
18 
3 
23 
G 
\V Berner. 
. 2 
17 
1 
22 
H 
Welles . 
. 0 
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4 
21 
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W 
W Marshall.... 
. 7 
17 
Best 100 out of 150 targets for month: 
J P Fairchild. 91 
F. S. Hyatt trophy, gun below elbow, 50 targets: 
F B Stephenson. 42 J P Sousa 
G G Stephenson. 41 
G E Brower. 37 
H T Spooner. 34 
W W Pell. 34 
L C Hopkins. 33 
32 
I P Fairchild. 30 
C R James. 29 
G Felix . 26 
J F James. 25 
F G Adams. 24 
Crystal Lake Gun Club. 
The fourth contest in the series for the club trophy 
had only seven entries, and was won by Geo. Walker 
on a perfect score of 25, shooting from 33yds. Roanoke, 
Jr., kept up with him until the 12th bird, which he 
missed; his 20 th bird also got away, and he finished 
second with J. Schreck on 23 each. The conditions 
were fairly good, and the birds an average lot. Walker 
now has two wins to his credit, and one more will give 
him the trophy and purse. 
Fourth trophy contest, 25 birds, handicap rise: 
Walker, 33.2221212222222222221222222—26 
Schreck, 33 .2222022222222212202112222—23 
Roanoke, Jr., 29.1222112111202112111022212—23 
Payne 32 .2122222201202221222021222—22 
D Pohlar, 31 .1222110222102221102210211—21 
Rowe 31 .2221202022221211110120121—21 
Robbins, 28 . 0221200022.22212222102210—18 
No. 2, 10 live birds: 
Payne .2212122210—9 Walker. 
Pohlar .1102222202—8 Schreck 
Roanoke, Jr.. .1221011120 —8 
1111000222— 7 
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