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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[June 15 , 1907 
Ohio State Shoot. 
The twenty-first annual tournament of the Ohio State 
Trapshooters’ League was held under the auspices of the 
Columbus Gun Club, on June 4, 5 and 6, and proved to 
be the most successful one ever given, although the 
attendance may have been a little larger at one or two 
of the previous meets. The weather was probably re¬ 
sponsible for the failure of the expected number of shoot¬ 
ers to be present. The first day was stormy; the second 
day was thieatening, with a gale of wind, blowing; the 
third day was pleasant, and a few new shooters put in 
their appearance. , , , . „ 
Everything possible was done by the tournament com¬ 
mittee to have the events run off smoothly. Superintend¬ 
ent Fred Shattuck was busy all the time in his efforts to 
make the visitors feel at home. Those who know Mr. 
Shattuck will be sure that if he did not succeed, it was 
not his fault. . , 
The events were shot over three traps in charge ot 
Mr. Charlie North, and no delays were caused by break¬ 
downs of a more serious nature than the breaking ot 
one or two of the pulling levers. „ 
The office was in charge of Mr. L. A. Cummings, 
cashiet, with Mr. W. B. Connell, compiler of scores, it 
goes without saying that the work was promptly and 
accurately done. The moneys in each event were figured 
out and posted 1 —in many cases before the men of the 
last squad had time to get to the office from the score. 
The Squier money-back system was used at this shoot 
and again proved its feasibility and populanty. JNo ama- 
teur shooting the programme was out anything but the 
price of his targets. More clubs are adopting this system 
each year, and ' it is proving a great drawing card to 
induce amateurs to enter and stay in to the end. Mr. 
L. T. Squier rendered the management very valuable as¬ 
sistance during the three days, and his help was much 
appreciated. T 
r he reterees and scorers were: JNo. 1 trap, G. is. vacy 
referee; E. Stow, scorer; No. 2, Mr. Mason, referee; b. C. 
Patterson, scorer. No. 3, Mr. McCloskey, referee, Mr. 
Forsman, scorer. . r , T , 
The trade was represented by L. J. bquiei, U. Li- 
Gross, R. O. Heikes, W. R. Crosby, J. R. Taylor, Ralph 
Trimble, C. A. Young, L. I. Wade, J S. French, L. H. 
Reid, H. li. Freeman, T. A. Marshall, Burt Call, Vv. G. 
Hearne, A. W. du Bray, R. C. Clancey, S. McCartney 
and H. W. Vietmeyer. 
The club grounds cannot be excelled. The shooters 
face north, and have a perfect sky background. 1 hree 
sets of traps are in position in front of the house, and a 
set of expert traps was put in east of No. 3 trap, over 
which the doubles were shot/ There is ample room to 
install ten sets of traps in a straight line, if it should 
be necessary. The grounds can be reached in twenty 
minutes from the city, and the car service is of the best. 
The house is a very conveniently arranged building tor 
club purposes, with locker room, assembly hall, la/v- 
atory and telephone booth on the first floor. On the 
second floor is a dining hall with a seating capacity of 
thirty, and the private apartments of the superintendent. 
The club could easily handle an event like the Grand 
American, and will make an effort to bring that shoot to 
Columbus next year.. , 
Monday, June 3, was practice day, and about forty 
shooters availed themselves of the chance to become ac¬ 
customed to the grounds. Eight 15-target events were 
shot, high score being made by J. R. Taylor, 115 out of 
120. Chamberlain, a local amateur, was second with 
113. L. T. Squier and R. O. Heikes tied for third on 111. 
The annual meeting; of the League was held on 
Wednes-day evening in the Chittenden Hotel, at 3 
o’clock, President R. S. Rhoads presiding. Call of the 
roll showed the following clubs represented and entitled 
to vote: Columbus Gun Club,. Portage County Gun 
Club, Recreation Gun Club of Cleveland, Kenton Gun 
Club, Cincinnati Gun Club, Cleveland Gun Club, Mari¬ 
etta Gun Club, Dayton Gun Club, Ideal Gun Club of 
Circleville, Centerburg Gun Club, Portsmouth Gun Club, 
Greenville Gun Club of Newark, Rohrer s Island Gun 
Club of Dayton, Edgewater Gun Club (name changed 
to Consolidated Gun Club), of West Toledo; Scioto Gun 
Club, Wilmington Gun Club, Sherman Rod and Gun 
Club, Columbus. ... ,, . 
It was carried that for this shoot all participants 
should be allowed to join in the money, whether members 
of the League or not. This action was taken because of 
a resolution of the League that only members were 
eligible to shoot for the money, Which fact was not 
mentioned in the programme. .. . r 
Mr. Flick made a motion that the division ot moneys 
at future State tournaments should be by the Rose system 
instead of the percentage system. He spoke at length m 
favor of the change, and was supported in his stand by 
Mr. L. J. Squier, who was asked for his opinion as an 
expert in such matters. The motion was seconded and 
carried. 
A motion made by Mr. E. M. Stout that the mader 
be left to the club, giving the State shoot was carried. 
It was carried that the Columbus Gun Club be given 
the shoot in 1908 if they wished to undertake it. No other 
cities put in a request for the event. 
It was carried that the rule requiring team challenging 
for the Sportsmen’s Review trophy to put up $10 per man, 
be done away with, the losing team to pay for the 
targets. T . 
The officers elected are: President, R. S. Rhoads; Vice- 
President, D. D. Gross; Secretary and Treasurer Jesse 
Smith; Directors, R. O. Heikes, J. R. Taylor, S. Safford 
and F. D. Alkire. 
A motion was made by Mr. Bookwalter that the secre¬ 
tary be paid $50 per year, as compensation for his ser¬ 
vices, but the secretary declined to accept anything and 
the motion -was not voted upon. . 
President Rhoads modestly announced that he thought 
the board ot officers deserved a vote of thanks from the 
Association for the very efficient manner in which they 
had performed their duties the past year. It is needless 
to say that they received the desired boquet by a rising 
A vote of thanks was extended to the donors of the 
new cups, which were offered this year to the .winners 
of the trophy events. The thanks of the Ohio State 
Trapshooters’ League were voted to the Columbus Gun 
Club for the way in which this year’s shoot was con- 
d Mr. d Tom Marshall was introduced and made a few 
remarks, expressing his pleasure at being present an 
concluding with an invitation for all present to join him 
in refreshments at the close of the meeting. The meet¬ 
ing adiourned at once. , 
A go’od crowd of shooters assembled at the grounds on 
Monday,-June 3, nearly forty taking part in the pre¬ 
liminary programme of eight 15-target events. . Th 
weather was fine, and a good day’s sport was enjoyed. 
The shooting was over three traps, and no hitches oc 
curred during the day. J. R. Taylor was high for the 
dav with 115 out of 120. Chamberlin, a well-known local 
amateur, gave him a close run for the honor, finishing 
only 2 targets behind, with 113. Then came two of the 
trade representatives, R. O. Heikes and L. J. Squier 
W The 1 -Columbus Club is making an effort to land the 
Grand American in 1908. The club is well equipped to 
handle this great event. The grounds are perfectly 
level, fine sky background, and room to put in as 
many traps as might be necessary. A twenty-minute 
ride from the city,, with excellent car service-all these 
advantages will be urged as a reason why the authorities 
of the Interstate Association should consider the place 
with favor. 
First Day. 
The tournament proper was started promptly at 9 
o’clock on Tune 4, when the first squad took their places 
at tran No. 1. Every arrangement for running the shoot 
smoothly had been made by the management but they 
could not control the weather, and were certainly up 
against it in this respect. About 10 o clock it began to 
rain in earnest, and the shooting was stopped for nearly 
an hour. At noon another heavy shower drove the 
shooters to shelter, and most of the events m the after¬ 
noon were shot in the ram. This delayed things *,° * at 
the programme was not finished until after 6 o clock. 
The wind, too, was a factor in the game, with which 
the shooters had to reckon. A glance at the scores will 
show that many of them were worsted. A westerly gale 
blew all day, and was especially fierce during the last 
event, the contest for the Press-Post trophy. A- W. 
Kirby, of Greenville, in the seventh squad, succeeded m 
breaking 24, and was congratulated on his skill. Then 
in the eighth squad, Dr. Van Fossen, a local, amateur, 
was picked as a sure winner, but he dropped his twenty- 
third target and finished with 24. The ninth, squad put 
another man in the tie, T. S. Bibbee, of Marietta, being 
the fortunate one. In the shoot-off, Kirby won with 23, 
making 47 out of 50, a remarkable piece of work under 
•-uch harrd conditions. Ninety-four shooters were en¬ 
tered to-day, and a very large proportion went through 
the programme. Every shooter got into the money in 
some one or more of the events, a rather unusual 
record The weather prevented a large attendance of 
spectators, but perhaps one hundred or more were 
present, and a few ladies watched the sport m the after¬ 
noon. The programme consisted of four events at 15, 
five at 20, and one at 25 targets, a total of 185 targets, 
with a total entrance of $18.50. The last event on the 
programme was for the Press-Post trophy, won last year 
by E. Watkins, of Dayton. Following are the scores: 
Events- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 
Targets- 15 15 15 15 20 20 20 20 20 25 Broke. 
targets. .. 12 12 10 10 15 11 14 15 13 23 135 
Hearne. 11 13 15 13 17 20 18 11 18 18 160 
G ra m . 12 11 14 11 18 16 13 16 16 17 144 
Trvon . 14 12 14 12 14 16 19 19 19 23 162 
Vanse . .... 12 12 12 10 17 17 13 17 17 20 147 
Oros S ..'. 14 13 13 14 16 18 14 16 17 21 156 
Crosbv. . 14 14 13 -14 18 18 20 19 18 22 170 
Tavlor . 15 14 14 14 19 16-18 19 20 23 172 
Rhoads. 14 14 13 11 16 15 16 16 17 22 154 
Kins . 12 13 9 14 15 20 19 19 17 20 158 
Webster. . 13 11 15 13 18 19 18 16 16 18 157 
Treat " . 8141113171611131315 137 
Fishing'er.. 11 14 13 12 18 18 16 16 18 19 155 
Fisher ' .15 13 12 13 16 18 14 14 19 14 148 
Han . 15 10 11 13 14 14 14 15 13 16 135 
R O Heikes . 13 15 15 13 19 19 17 18 20 21 170 
Chamberlin . 13 13 12 12 15 16 16 17 17 18 149 
Sauier ........ 13 14 15 12 18 16 18 19 19 23 167 
Shaffer. 10 13 11 12 14 15 16 11 12 19 133 
Alkire '" 15 14 10 10 16 20 19 16 13 20 153 
Bottenfieid '. 12 14 14 14 16 17 14 15 16 15 147 
Hulshizer 11 12 13 14 16 16 19 16 19 20 156 
Young 12 13 12 13 18 17 18 14 19 22 15S 
Wad" " 14 13 11 14 19 18 20 18 19 21 167 
Randall'.'..12 14 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 21 155 
C O Smith . 14 12 14 11 17 19 16 16 18 18 155 
Cromlev ' . 12 14 13 12 19 17 16 16 17 16 152 
Ebv 12 10 11 7 18 13 16 16 13 16 132 
T H 'Hedges .13 12 14 9 16 19 17 16 12 18 146 
E M Stout. 15 13 11 8 13 13 16 17 16 20 140 
Gaston . 11 12 14 13 14 17 14 15 15 12 137 
Steohens . 12 13 13 14 16 17 13 14 17 16 145 
Tack " ' . 15 13 14 14 15 19 18 17 20 20 165 
A W Kirby. 14 13 13 11 16 16 19 15 15 24 156 
Sabine 12 14 11 13 16 19 16 14 20 17 152 
H S-mith "'. ..... 8 11 10 11 17 16 18 15 17 19 142 
Cumberland . 14 13 13 13 19 16 18 19 15 22 162 
Van Fossen . 12 11 10 11 18 17 19 14 18 24 154 
K Johnson . 13 10 9 13 19 19 16 18 15 21 153 
H E Smith. 13 10 10 12 17 14 17 15 10 13 131 
Bibbee 11 11 12 12 19 15 16 17 19 24 156 
Nelson 14 14 14 14 18 18 20 19 19 19 169 
Snearv ' 13 13 13 13 19 20 17 17 18 22 165 
Schlicher' . 11 12 13 12 18 10 19 17 15 22 155 
Tones 12 9 12 12 15 15 15 11 13 .. 114 
E Watkins . 14 13 13 13 17 IS 17 16 17 21 159 
W Watkins . 12 15 13 14 14 18 19 17 18 21 161 
Jeff 13 15 15 14 14 17 18 16 15 18 155 
Cooper.!'.. 13 14 13 14 18 18 18 17 17 22 164 
Warner . 10 14 12 11 14 10 12 18 14 9 124 
Long . 13 11 12 10 16 17 20 15 18 18 150 
Runyon . 10 14 11 8 17 11 14 8 13 14 120 
Lockhart . 9 11 10 11 17 18 17 10 15 16 134 
Reardon . 9 11 12 13 15 IS 14 15 9. 
Mingo . 15 12 11 13 19 17 15 13 18 23 156 
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Press-Post trophy, 25 targets, entrance $2.50. Preset 
to the League by the Press-Post Co., in the spring 
1899. Pirst contested for at Columbus, June 21, 1 
and won by Joseph Vance, of Chillicothe, with 24. 
Tune 6 , 1900, at Columbus, Alex., of Cleveland, 
On June 6 , 1901, at Circleville, C. A. Young, won. 
June 4, 1902, at Cleveland, D. A. Upson won with 
straight. On June 10, 1903, at Cincinnati, C. A. Yo 
won.' On Tune 15, 1904, at Akron, Hull, of Ak;. 
Hogen, of Cleveland, and Ahlers, of Cincinnati, tied 
25, PIull winning the shoot-off with 25 straight On J 
13’ 1905, at Canton, Lee, Raven, Stout, Galt, John 
Trew and J. IP. Smith tied on 25. In the first shoo 
Lee and Raven tied again on 25. In the second sh 
off Lee won with 24 to Raven’s 23. At Dayton, Jun 
1905, E. Watkins and F. H. King tied on 24. In 
shnot-off at '25 targets, Watkins won with 23 to King 
A W Kirby . 24 
Dr Van Fossen. 24 
T S Bibbee. 24 
E Rike . 23 
Trvon . 23 
Taylor . 23 
L J Squier. 23 
Mingo . 23 
Tom Marshall .23 
Volk . 23 
W R Crosby. 22 
C A Young.. 22 
Rhoads . 22 
Cumberland .22 
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Schlicher . 22 
Cooper . 22 
Anderson . 22 
Foltz . 22 
Tatman . 22 
Jansen . 21 
Clancy . 21 
Bookwalter .. 21 
Freeman . 21 
C B Hedges. 21 
Gross . 21 
Mel icker . 21 
R O Heikes. 21 
Wade . 21 
Ranall .21 
K Johnson . 21 
E Watkins . 21 
Doolittle . 21 
H Heikes . 20 
McConnell . 20 
Vanse . 20 
King . 20 
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June 5, Second Day. 
The weather conditions on Wednesday were a £ 
improvement on those of the previous day, although 
shooters still had the strong westerly wind to con 
against, end this proved a big handicap for man; 
them. Late in the afternoon, however, the wind aD 
quite a little of its force, and some of the contestant 
the last event were benefited thereby. , 
The attendance was not quite so large as on luesaa 
few of the shooters leaving for home on account ot 
continued threatening aspect of the weather. Howe 
there were sixteen full squads to start with, and tne 
event was called promptly on schedule time. I he si 
ing was continued without any delays, and the last 
in the team contest was fired about 5:30. More sp 1 
tors were present than on Tuesday, and the numDe 
the fair sex who watched the sport was noticeably ia> 
The programme consisted of six events at 15, tour .j 
and one at 25 targets, a total of 195 targets. I n«i 
eluded the contest for the Ohio State Journal at du 
gets and the two-man team contest at 25 targets per 
for the Sportsmen’s Review trophy. The first tropr 
emblematic of the amateur championship of Dtiio, 
was won by Dr. Jesse A. Von Fossen a local she 
on a straight score of 30. He was tied by C. A- 
