FOREST AND STREAM 
[June i, 1907 . 
870 
Pennsylvania Slate Shoot. 
The seventeenth annual tournament of the Pennsyl¬ 
vania State Sportsmen’s Association, held in Lebanon, 
Pa., May 20-23, under the auspices of the Keystone Gun 
Club, of that city, must be classed as one of the most 
successful tournaments ever given by the State Associa¬ 
tion. There were of course a few kicks, but how very 
few, if any, tournaments are free from something of the 
sort. The events each day averaged over one hundred 
entries, about ninety taking part in the preliminary 
events shot on the practice day, May 20. In point of 
attendance, therefore, the State shoot of 1907 was ex¬ 
cellent, notwithstanding the fact that Pennsylvania has 
something like 30,000 sportsmen’s names on the roster 
of the various gun clubs of that State. 
The programme gotten out by the Keystone Gun Club 
for the shoot was out of the ordinary run of State shoot 
programmes. The principal attraction for the majority 
of State shooters (the 85 per cent, and below), was the 
fact that the shoot would be run under the Squier 
money-back system—a system which practically assures 
any shooter who shoots through the programme that, 
while he may not win enough to buy his ticket home, 
yet he cannot lose more than the price of the targets he 
shoots at. There might be occasions in which the system 
could not do all the above, but past experience has 
shown that it comes close every time (if not quite) to 
fulfilling its promise 
To John A. Bollman, the corresponding secretary of 
the State Association, belong the chief honors for the 
getting up of the programme, and he undoubtedly worked 
hard in the cause. W. H. Bollman, Sam Trafford and 
others all had a share in it, while the field force was 
gathered together and captained by Nat. Ressler. He 
was constantly alert, industrious and efficient. It was 
in the field force, perhaps, that the only cause for com¬ 
plaint could be raised with justice. But it must be 
remembered that there were five sets of traps, and that 
Lebanon is not a New York or Chicago in size. Com¬ 
petent help is hard to get under any conditions, and 
unless the field manager is given a free hand in the 
matter of what to pay his help, the smooth running of 
any tournament is bound to suffer. Edw. Melchior, Jr., 
of Wilmington, Del., was in charge of the five traps, 
but had little to do, the traps working well as a rule 
through the entire tournament. 
The office force consisted of Luther J. Squier, chief 
of the cash box, and Barney Elsessor, of York, Pa., 
his assistant, and a competent one, too. Third assist¬ 
ant and compiler of scores was Mr. Melchior, who found 
plenty of time to push the pencil in the office, while the 
traps took care of themselves. Lloyd R. Lewis, of At- 
glen, Pa., also did what he could to help the office out 
in its labors, but to the best of our knowledge had no 
stated title. It was a big shoot to handle, but Luther 
Squier and his men got away with it satisfactorily, and 
played no favorites. 
The Keystone Gun Club was fortunate in the weather 
in that no heavy rains came during the shoot. What 
might have been the plight of the shooters and spec¬ 
tators had a few heavy showers came up on. any one of 
the three regular days is not pleasant to contemplate. It 
is true there was one big tent capable of sheltering a lot 
of people from the sun, but a view from inside looking 
upward gave one the impression that the entire canvas 
roof had been used to pattern guns on. The shooting 
stands were unprotected, and in short the club took 
chances, but won out. 
Practice Day, May 20, 
Fourteen squads shot through the entire programme 
of ten 15-target events on this day, while about fifteen 
more shot a few events to try their hands. J. Mowell 
Hawkins was high with 136 out of 150, C. E. Mink, of 
Philadelphia, running him a close race with 135 breaks, 
Mink losing two out of his last 15, while Hawkins gath¬ 
ered in all of his bunch. IT. Schlicher, of Allentown, 
tied Mink for second honors by breaking 14 out of his 
last 15. Neaf Apgar and G. E. Kelsey of Pittsburg, 
tied for third place, with 132 breaks, Lester German 
coming next with 130, and H. H. Stevens close behind 
with 129. The above totals show pretty well what the 
shooting conditions were like; the game must have been 
more than usually hard when only, three out of 70 
broke 90 per cent, or better. Hawkins lost 6 in his first 
event, and German lost 5 in his last 15. It was a great 
game and set the boys thinking some. 
First Day, May 21. 
The shoot commenced bright and early, the hacks and 
autos being kept busy carrying the shooters out to the 
Fair grounds, where the shoot was held. The early birds 
went out about 8 o’clock, and from then on until 9:30 
or so. all the vehicles were well filled. The shooting 
commenced at 9 sharp, as there was a fairly long pro¬ 
gramme to be carried out, namely eleven events of 15 
targets each, and one event for the Milt Lind'sley trophy, 
that carries with it the two-man team championship of 
the State. The conditions of this event are 25 singles 
and 5 pairs, and as eighteen teams entered, the shoot¬ 
ing of this event took some time. Scores ruled unex¬ 
pectedly low in this event, the winners, J. F. Pleiss 
and Ed. F. Markley, of Easton, Pa., scoring only 58 
out of the 70 shot at. Pleiss and Markley each scored 
29 out of their 35. G. E. Kelsey and A. H. King, of 
the Herron Hill Gun Club, of Pittsburg, were in second 
place with 57, Kelsey scoring 30 and his partner 27. 
M. Brey and A. Heil, of Allentown, were third with 56, 
Brey having the honor of making top score in the event 
by breaking 31 out of his 35. Kelsey, by the way, was 
of the race. 
Scores of the 
several teams 
were as 
follows: 
Two-men 
team 
race: 
Kelsey .... 
...25 
5-30 
Dock. 
.... 16 
5—21 
King . 
...20 
7—27—57 
Kaseman 
.... 21 
3—24—45 
Heil . 
...20 
5—25 
Jackson . 
.... 19 
8—27 
Brey . 
...23 
8—31—56 
Grove ... 
.... 20 
5—25—52 
Pleiss . 
99 
7—29 
Wilnoski 
.23 
3—26 
Markley .. 
...23 
6—29—58 
Hess . 
. 20 
8—28-54 
Maurer ... 
99 
8-30 
Rahm 
. 19 
5—24 
Sked . 
...17 
8—25—55 
Anderson 
....24 
4—28—52 
Buckwalter . 
,..24 
5—29 
Weinert .... 
. 19 
7—26—55 
Derk . 
. 21 
5—26 
ITerrold . 
IS 
7-25-51 
Pfleger . 
. “0 
4—24 
Bender . 
,. 16 
7—23—47 
Clark . 
. 22 
6—28 
Franklin ... 
...17 
2—19—47 
Curtis .. 
. 16 
6—22 
P’ulton . 
.. 21 
4—25—47 
PTeming . 20 5—25 
Hickey . 24 4—28—53 
Hansell .19 7—26 
Millard .21 3—24—50 
Mink . 20 8—28 
N ewcomb ... 22 4—26—54 
Landis . 22 6—28 
Tansey . 22 5—27—55 
Fames . 23 5—28 
Bell . 20 6—26—54 
The scores in the sweepstake events were as given 
below, several amateurs, among them Buckwalter, of 
Philadelphia, being close up among the topnotchers. 
High averages of the day were: Buckwalter 155, New¬ 
comb 152, Atkinson 152, Heil 150, Kelsey 150, Willard 
148, Hickey 148. 
Events: 123456789 10 11 
Targets: 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 Brk. 
Runk . 13 14 8 11 8 11 13 12 13 13 13 129 
I Schaffey . 8 13 12 13 11 12 11 12 12 11 13 128 
Seitz . 12 10 12 12 12 11 9 7 12 10 9 116 
W H Bolman. 12 10 7 9 4 9 8 10 8 6 8 91 
E IC Freas. 11 10 12 11 12 14 12 10 14 12 11 129 
Lawrence . 12 12 14 8 9 15 14 13 14 9 12 132 
Pratt . 13 12 12 12 13 14 11 11 12 9 13 132 
Mink . 13 14 14 14 11 13 13 15 14 11 14 146 
Pfleger . 12 13 12 12 11 12 13 13 12 8 12 130 
Tansey . 14 12 13 14 14 15 14 11 11 14 14 146 
Curtis . 14 14 14 15 11 13 13 13 15 11 12 145 
Dock . 9 11 8 12 11 13 14 10 12 12 15 127 
Kaseman . 12 11 11 11 9 13 12 12 14 6 9 120 
Fulton . 13 13 8 13 11 11 11 9 12 10 13 124 
Stumm . 12 13 12 14 14 14 14 12 13 10 13 141 
Kruger . 12 13 15 9 10 11 11 11 9 9 11 121 
Derk . 13 13 10 13 13 11 14 9 14 15 12 137 
Stephens . 12 10 11 13 10 15 13 12 13 10 13 132 
Brewster . 11 11 9 13 13 9 10 9 10 12 11 118 
Hansel . 12 12 15 12 12 13 14 10 15 11 10 136 
Stackpole . 6 8 4 8 5 10 12 11 11 8 11 94 
Brown . 13 13 13 14 10 14 12 12 14 9 14 138 
Speer . 15 13 13 13 13 12 12 11 13 10 7 132 
Bilsing . 15 12 14 14 11 12 11 12 14 8 12 135 
Glover . 14 13 13 12 10 11 14 10 13 11 13 134 
Schlicher . 15 15 12 12 13 14 13 12 14 13 13 146 
Heil . 15 13 14 14 12 14 15 13 15 12 13 J50 
ICramlich . 12 14 14 12 6 13 12 13 14 9 15 134 
Brey . 15 14 14 15 10 14 15 12 14 12 12 147 
Englert .13 13 12 12 14 14 14 13 14 12 13 144 
McKean . 11 13 10 12 6 13 13 10 14 12 10 124 
Anthony . 15 13 9 9 12 11 14 10 12 11 12 128 
Miller . 10 10 8 12 8 14 9 9 13 9 9 111 
Farmer . 14 11 11 11 7 11 13 8 7 3 12 108 
Atkinson . 14 15 15 10 13 14 15 13 15 14 14 152 
Sked . 12 13 14 14 12 13 14 14 14 12 10 142 
Maurer . 14 11 11 14 11 12 15 11 15 12 12 138 
Pleiss . 15 12 13 12 13 14 15 14 13 12 14 147 
Markley . 11 13 13 12 11 15 15 13 12 14 12 141 
Willard . 11 12 7 13 11 13 11 6 15 11 12 122 
Everett . 12 14 12 12 13 12 13 12 13 12 12 137 
Trego . 12 13 12 13 11 14 11 9 14 10 12 131 
Holderbaum . 10 15 11 10 9 15 13 12 14 11 13 133 
Kelly . 11 14 14 12 10 13 15 9 15 7 15 135 
Long . 11 11 I' 14 10 12 13 8 11 10 10 120 
Ludwig . 12 13 11 11 12 14 12 10 13 9 11 128 
Leaman . 11 10 10 10 6 13 12 8 13 9 11 113 
Krick . 10 12 9 13 7 8 11 10 14 9 13 117 
Barr . 13 14 13 13 11 13 11 9 13 8 14 132 
Morehouse . 10 14 10 10 14 10 13 9 11 9 10 120 
Stroh . 13 13 12 13 8 10 13 11 14 12 12 131 
Wilnoski . 13 14 13 8 9 14 14 12 14 10 13 134 
Hess . 14 12 10 10 12 13 15 13 11 13 13 136 
Herold . 13 11 8 12 12 13 9 11 12 8 11 120 
Hoy . 11 11 11 13 8 10 15 12 11 10 7 119 
Eames . 13 13 13 13 10 12 13 9 15 12 11 132 
Landis . 12 33 15 12 10 15 15 10 13 9 14 138 
Buckwalter . 15 15 15 13 15 15 13 13 15 14 12 155 
Newcomb . 12 14 12 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 15 152 
Wirnert . 14 12 13 11 11 12 9 12 11 10 12 127 
Ressler . 13 13 13 14 10 14 14 13 12 11 13 140 
Duffy . 12 9 12 8 2 9 11 11 8 9 9 100 
Wilson . 11 14 31 9 9 9 12 10 14 9 12 120 
Wise . 13 12 15 11 9 10 11 10 14 10 12 127 
Bennett . 12 14 15 13 13 12 13 13 12 9 10 136 
Tackson . 14 13 10 31 12 13 14 9 11 8 13 128 
Grove . 11 14 11 11 9 10 12 12 12 9 13 124 
Somers . 13 15 13 12 15 14 14 12 12 11 12 143 
Tom Keller . 12 12 33 12 14 14 13 12 12 14 12 140 
Billet . 12 31 6 10 10 9 9 8 10 5 12 102 
N L Clark. 7 14 10 14 11 14 14 10 12 14 15 135 
Bender . 13 15 14 10 9 11 14 13 12 8 9 128 
J Franklin . 12 14 9 12 11 12 13 11 15 9 12 130 
Mrs Park . 9 12 11 12 13 12 14 9 15 13 12 132 
L R Lewis. 12 10 10 9 11 12 12 11 11 11 11 120 
J L Kellar. 11 8 9 11 11 12 10 10 10 11 9 112 
Bombay . 12 5 8 8 4 10 6 6 8 8 8 83 
Rishel . 10 13 7 9 9 11 8 10 9 10 10 106 
Dover . 14 13 14 13 12 15 15 11 13 12 12 143 
May . 6 4 8 7 5 9 4 4 3.. 8 58 
Jebb . 15 15 12 14 II 12 12 11 11 12 13 137 
Benner . 12 15 11 12 13 11 11 11 13 14 11 134 
Williams . 15 13 11 15 11 14 13 13 14 14 15 148 
Minker . 12 13 13 14 9 12 13 11 14 13 10 134 
Coffroad . 12 13 7 11 6 9 12 11 13 9 11 114 
Hickey . 11 13 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 13 14 148 
Kelsey . 11 13 13 15 13 12 13 15 15 15 15 150 
Fleming . 13 14 11 15 12 11 15 13 15 12 13 144 
King . 13 12 10 12 8 14 14 11 11 14 12 131 
Anderson . 12 14 12 14 9 12 15 13 13 10 13 137 
Watson . 13 14 5 13 11 12 13 10 11 14 8 124 
Chambers . 13 11 11 11 8 11 14 10 12 14 11 126 
Uzzell . 7 8 9 8 11 8 9 7 7 12 13 99 
Rahm . 8 11 10 12 7 12 12 11 11 12 13 119 
Marshall . 12 12 14 14 11 11 15 11 11 13 13 137 
German . 14 14 15 14 13 15 14 14 13 14 15 155 
Hawkins . 15 14 11 15 12 14 14 14 13 15 12 149 
Crosby . 13 14 15 14 14 13 15 14 14 15 14 155 
Apgar . 14 14 12 11 15 14 14 12 12 14 13 145 
Stevens . 14 14 13 12 14 13 15 14 14 15 14 152 
Denny . 9 9 10 11 7 10 10 11 12 12 8 109 
Mason . 9 14 10 9 8 8 10 9 12 12 13 114 
Ehrhorn . 11 12 6 8 8 11 12 8 12 15 10 113 
Trafford . 14 13 11 10 5. 53 
Coleman . 13 13 13 13 12 14 14 14 14 13 13 146 
Gerhart . 12 13 8 13 12 14 13 9 12 15 9 130 
Ball . 
. 13 
8 
12 
14 
12 
8 
12 
10 
12 
13 
11 
125 
Adams . 
. 12 
12 
10 
12 
7 
10 
14 
10 
11 
14 
13 
125 
Swartz . 
. 14 
13 
14 
13 
7 
13 
12 
14 
12 
13 
11 
136 
Hamlin . 
. 7 
13 
9 
11 
9 
12 
11 
10 
11 
13 
11 
117 
Confer . 
. 11 
14 
13 
13 
10 
7 
13 
9 
8 
8 
11 
117 
Bell . 
. 12 
13 
12 
11 
11 
12 
14 
8 
13 
12 
11 
129 
Graff . 
. 6 
10 
7 
9 
7 
4 
11 
5 
11 
9 
5 
84 
Hoffman . 
. 11 
13 
10 
12 
12 
11 
13 
11 
12 
13 
9 
127 
Butler . 
. 4 
10 
12 
14 
9 
11 
14 
11 
11 
13 
11 
120 
Firing . 
. 10 
11 
11 
1 1 
11 
14 
11 
12 
12 
11 
12 
130 
Heilman . 
. 11 
15 
13 
14 
13 
7 
10 
8 
14 
12 
12 
129 
Weidner . 
. 15 
12 
10 
12 
6 
15 
19 
9 
13 
6 
12 
123 
Lewis . 
. 10 
10 
11 
10 
7 
10 
10 
9 
8 
9 
11 
105 
W ertz . 
. 13 
14 
12 
11 
11 
12 
9 
11 
9 
15 
13 
130 
Hawley . 
. 12 
8 
10 
8 
9 
13 
9 
11 
6 
6 
11 
103 
Allan . 
. 11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
11 
12 
13 
13 
10 
12 
126 
Schools . 
. 9 
11 
8 
9 
12 
9 
7 
12 
10 
11 
8 
106 
Worden . 
9 
9 
7 
8 
5 
13 
51 
Second Day, May 22. 
The programme for this day consisted of seven 15- 
target events, two 25-target events, and a 50-target handi¬ 
cap event, the Thos. J. Bollman memorial event, with a 
list of fifty-one merchandise prizes. The first of the 
25-target events was the three-man team race for the 
Harrisburg trophy, and the second 25-target event was 
the four-man team race for the Reading trophy. In the 
first-named team race there was some exceedingly keen 
competition for first place. Seven teams entered and 
four of them tied on 68 out of the 75 shot at. These 
were two teams from Philadelphia, one from Easton and 
one from Pittsburg. In the first shoot-off the Easton 
team and one of the Philadelphia teams fell out, scor¬ 
ing 66 to . 68 , made once more by the Pittsburgers and 1 
by the other Philadelphia team. On the second shoot- 
off, C. H. Newcomb, C. E. Mink and T. Tansey ; rep¬ 
resentatives of the Independent Gun Club, of Philadel¬ 
phia, won out with 71 to 70. Scores in this event were 
as below: 
Harrisburg trophy: 
Sked . 
.23 
King . 
. 22 
Markley . 
.21 
Anderson .... 
. 20 
Pleiss . 
.24—6S 
Rahm . 
.19-61 
Heil . 
.24 
Newcomb ... 
.23 
Kramlich . 
.20 
Mink . 
92 
Schlicher . 
.23—67 
Tansey . 
.23—68 
Clark . 
.19 
Eames . 
.24 
Bender . 
.18 
Landis . 
. 22 
Franklin . 
.19-56 
G O Bell. 
. 22—68 
Fleming . 
.23 
Hickey . 
..21 
Kelsey . 
..24—68 
First shoot-off: 
Sked . 
,.23 
Newcomb ... 
. 22 
Markley . 
. .21 
Mink . 
.24 
Pleiss . 
,. 22—66 
Tansey . 
. 22-68 
Fleming ‘. 
. .23 
Eames . 
. 22 
Hickey . 
,.21 
Landis . 
22 
Kelsey . 
..24—68 
G O Bell ... 
. 22-66 
Second shoct-off: 
Fleming . 
,.22 
Newcomb ... 
.25 
Hickey . 
,.25 
Mink . 
.24 
Kelsey . 
..23—70 
Tansey . 
.22—71 
The four-man team race for the Reading trophy was a 
runaway affair. Seven teams entered for the event, and 
once more the Independent Gun Club, of Philadelphia, 
carried off first honors, but not after a hard struggle, as 
in the Harrisburg trophy race, for the four men repre¬ 
senting the Independents scored 96 out of their 100, Mink 
getting his 25 straight, Landis and Tansey 24 each and 
Newcomb 23. The second team of the Independents 
won second place with 94, Frank Eames getting 25 
straight, G. O. Bell 24, Fred Coleman 23, and Mrs. Will 
K. Park, who shot very well through the tournament, 
scoring 22. The P ; ttsburg team scored 90 and won 
third money. Scores were: 
Reading trophy: 
Sked . 
.23 
Franklin . 
22 
Pleiss . 
. 22 
Pfleger . 
.19-85 
Markley . 
.23 . 
Fleming . 
.23 
Maurer . 
.19—87 
Hickey . 
. 22 
Heil . 
. 21 
Kelsey . 
.23 
Kramlich . 
22 
King . 
.22-90 
Schlicher . 
22 
Newcomb . 
.23 
Brey •.. 
.23—88 
Mink . 
.25 
Firing . 
.18 
Landis . 
.24 
Heilman. 
.23 
Tansey . 
.24-96 
Weidner . 
.14 
Eames . 
.25 
Wertz . 
.22—77 
Coleman . 
.23 
Clark . 
.23 
Mrs Park . 
22 
Bender . 
. 21 
G O Bell. 
.24—94 
High averages for the day were made by Kelsey 148, 
Buckwalter 148, Hickey 145, Newcomb 143, Minker 143, 
Pleiss 143, Mink 141, Sked 141. 
The Merchandise Event. 
The long list of prizes, fifty-one in number and in¬ 
cluding almost everything imaginable, from a horse to a 
pair of pants, and from a gold watch to a bath robe, 
attracted an entry of ninety-six at $5 each. It was a 
case of handicap by distance, and Jimmie Atkinson, “the 
Silent Man from Newcastle,” won first prize, the horse, 
by reason of a consistent piece of shooting, breaking 
two 24s from the 19yd. mark. Heil, Brey and Mason were 
close after him with 47, from 19, 19 and 16yds. respec¬ 
tively. It was a good race, and Mr. Atkinson’s win 
was a popular one. The scores and handicaps were: 
Seitz, 16 . 18 21—39 E Arnold, 16 .... 14 21—35 
Bollman, 16 .20 19—39 
Brewster, 16 .21 23—44 
McKean, 16 . 20 23—43 
Anthony, 16 .21 24—45 
Derk, 18 . 21 22—43 
Stumm, 18 . 22 23—45 
Brown, 18 . 21 22—43 
Pfleger, 18 .24 16—40 
Curtis, 18 . 20 22—42 
Hansel, 19 .22 24—46 
Schlicher, 19 .... 20 25—45 
Heil, 19 . 22 25—47 
Atkinson, 19 . 24 24—48 
Withers, 16 .12 18—30 
G O Bell, 16. 17 22-39 
Tebb, 18 . 18 22—40 
linker, 18 . 12 23-35 
Shearer, 18 . 12 24—36 
Stewart, 16 .19 21—40 
Wagner, 16 .20 19-39 
Eames, 17 . 22 23-45 
Duffy, 16 . 18 23—41 
Wilson, 16 . 20 25—45 
Jackson, 17 .24 18—42 
Grove, 17 . 18 19—37 
Somers, 18 . 20 24—44 
