May 7, 1910.] 
'Rifle Range and Gallery . 
Schoolboy Rifle Shooting. 
\Vashington, D. C.—The National Rifle Association 
01 America announces the results of the second annual 
competition among the preparatory, public and private 
schools of the United States for the Astor cup and the 
i Shooting team championship for the year 1910. 
1 his match, which is held under the jurisdiction of the 
National Association, is shot by school teams on home 
ranges under the supervision of judges appointed by the 
National Association. The targets used in the match 
are forwarded to the headquarters of the National As¬ 
sociation, and the scores determined by a committee 
appointed for that purpose. 
The match was open to> teams of ten pupils from any 
public or private school, not conferring a degree. Each 
“°y finn & ten shots standing and ten shots prone, at 
putt., on a target having a bullseye counting 10 , 4 in. 
in diameter, with nine graduated circles counting from 
9 to 1 , using a .22cal. rifle with open military sights, 
horty-two teams entered the match, but eight schools 
either did not compete or failed to send in their scores; 
ln several cases schools entered two teams. 
Ihese schools cover a territory embracing the entire 
ou n ‘, te r , States, stretching from New York, Baltimore, 
Philadelphia and Washington across the continent to 
Eos Angeles and San Rafael, Cal., and from Portland, 
Me., south to San Antonio-, Tex. 
For the second time the trophy went to a public school 
J h f, CIt y ° f J^ ew York > thus demonstrating the fact 
that the rifle shooting now being carried on in these 
^ools, under the auspices of the Public Schools 
Athletic League, is developing some fine marksmen, 
ihe scores of the winning team compare favorably with 
those of the college and civilian club teams, which shoot 
under similar conditions. 
It will be noted also that the second team was from 
the public high schools of New York city. The scores 
then take a considerable drop until it would appear that 
there was another class competing. The third, fourth, 
htth and sixth teams were from military academies 
where rifle practice is carried on as a part of the 
curriculum. 
The De Witt Clinton High School of New York, the 
winner of the match, has an age average of seventeen 
years and four months; their score of 1821 showed an 
average of 182.1 of a possible 200 per boy. By military 
count the score would be 955, or 2 points better than the 
winning score of last year, made by the Morris High 
School, of New York, who were second this year with a 
score of 1802. A member of the De Witt Clinton team 
carried off honors for the best individual scores, 
VAiiliam Krefeld having made a score of 93 standing and 
97 P£? ne ' ° r a total of 190. The best standing score 
was 93, made by C. Brown and W. Krefeld, of De Witt 
Uinton High School, and H. Linicus, of Morris High 
School. Five boys tied with the top score of 96 for 
prone shooting II Wilson, of the Wentworth Military 
Academy; E. Abrahams, of the Harvard Military School; 
K. Adams of the Hitchcock Military Academy; M 
Cohen, of the De Witt Clinton High School, and Wm. 
Carside, oi the Stoneham (Mass.) High School 
Rifle shooting among the schoolboys of the country is 
rapidly increasing in popularity. The President has 
declared his belief that training the schoolboys in marks¬ 
manship is a sound principle for national defense, and 
retary of War > ln his last report, said: 
Ihe encouragement of rifle practice among our citi- ' 
zens and schoolboys is of the greatest importance in i 
this country, where preparedness for war is largely ' 
based on the employment of an army of volunteers, and i 
wisely framed laws will give a healthy stimulus to this : 
branch of military preparation.” : 
A bill is now pending in Congress carrying an appro- : 
priatron of $ 100,000 and a free issue of rifles and am- : 
munition to carry on this movement on a broad and : 
national basis. The bill has been passed in the Senate : 
fairs *of "the House . 2 ^ Committee on Military Af- j 
The scores made in the match are as follows: De Witt : 
Clinton High School, New York city, 1821; Morris High = 
Ne „ w Y ° rk city, 1803; Hitchcock Military = 
y ’ A R m ae C Cal ” 1752 ; St - Johns Military : 
Academy Delafield, Wis., 1747; Harvard School Los : 
Angeles, Cal., 1735; Columbia Military Academy, Colum- ; 
Mass r< tfi 7 i’ n 10 ’- Br op. k h n c High School, Brookline 
Mass., Ib74;. Deering High School, Portland, Me., 1605 
baratoga High School, Saratoga Springs, N Y 1659 
Erasmus Had High School, Brooklyn, N. Y.,’ 1630; = 
m!l n Ll lg | h p Ch f 9 ol >, Phhadelphia, Pa., 1623; Portland = 
High School, Portland, Me., Ibl6; Benedictine College, zz 
i S ^ 9 ani r| h L G ^’ 1 ^, : - Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., = 
ie»2; Kentucky Military Institute, Lyndon, Ky„ 1598; E 
Western High School, Washington, D. C., 1596- Uni- = 
versity Preparatory School, Tonkawa, Okla., 1593; E 
Kemper Military Academy, Boonville, Mo., 1536; Central = 
High School, \\ ashington, D. C., 1534; Peacock Mili- E 
tary College San Antonio Tex., 1499; N. E. Manual = 
rrainmg School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1492; Hitchcock E 
Mi bury Academy (second team), Los Angeles, Cal., = 
1 t 91 ’ n ent 1 a l M , a ,f aI Training High School, Philadel- = 
P]i' 7 a > Pa-,. 1490;. West Side High School, Denver, Colo., = 
1477 Y Hl ? h School, New York city, 1468; Went- = 
worth Military Academy, Lexington, Mo., 1455; Manual = 
training High School, Denver, Colo., 1450; Vashon Mil- E 
itary Acaaemy, Burton, Wash., 1444; Shattuck School = 
(second team) Faribault, Minn., 1429; Harry Hill man 
Academy, Wilkesbarre, Pa., 1427; Baltimore City Col- 
'^ ge ’ ?o a 0 l tlm ^ e ’ M , d “ 4419 > Girard College, Philadelphia, 
Pa 1390; Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, 
N. Y-, 13il; East Side High School, Denver, Colo., 
1356; Wentworth Military Academy (second team) Lex¬ 
ington, Mo., 1354; Nazareth Hall Military Academy 
Nazareth, Pa., 1148. 
Philadelph ia Rifle Association. 
Philadelphia, April 30.—The weekly competitions of 
this Association were shot Saturday, April 30, on the 
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