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FOREST AND STREAM 
[June 17, 1911. 
Ohio State Shoot. 
Columbus, O., June 10.—One of the best, and in some 
respects, the best, annual tournament ever given by the 
League was the twenty-fifth, held under the auspices of 
the Columbus Gun Club on June 7 to 9. The weather 
could not have been improved upon during the entire 
week, nor could everything run more smoothly from 
start to finish. Manager Lon Fisher has put in much 
time and work in order to perfect the arrangements, and 
he succeeded admirably. There was not a hitch of any 
sort during the shoot. The events started promptly, and 
with the exception of the stop for lunch, there was no 
cessation of the firing after the first shot until the last 
event was finished. He had charge of the office himself, 
receiving valuable aid from W. R. Chamberlain, a well 
known trade representative. His field force was efficient 
and did not a little toward the success of the shoot. The 
events were run off over three traps. At No. 1, J. Ream 
was the referee, with Wm. Brudlove scorer; H. Gesse 
and F. Newkirk acted in the same capacity at Nos. 2 
and 3, with F. Fisher and L. Markel scorers. The 
pullers were Bud Collins, G. Ream and C. Stickleman, 
and the trappers, Geo. Berry, Dick Templeton and 
Gilbert Drisbeck. 
The trade was represented by W. Henderson, C. A. 
Young, W. R. Chamberlain, R. O. Heikes, F. Shattuck, 
J. R. Taylor, T. G. Barstow, R. W. Clancy, C. North, 
L. J. Squier and Bert Call. 
The attendance was good on all three days, but not 
quite what had been expected, as it seldom is. The 
money-back system kept a large proportion of the shoot¬ 
ers through the three days, and proved once more to be 
all that its inventor ever claimed for it. The team 
matches and championship events attracted much at¬ 
tention from shooters and spectators, and very few left 
the grounds until they had been decided each day. The 
annual meeting was largely attended, and there was 
considrable rivalry as to what club should give the tour¬ 
nament in 1912. The feeding of the shooters and visitors 
was in the hands of a local caterer, and he furnished a 
bountiful dinner at a reasonable price, which was satis- 
tory to all. 
The program was the same on each day, and consisted 
of ten 15-target events, with $1.40 entrance, purses divided 
Rose system, 5, 3, 2, 1. There was also an optional $1 
sweep in each event, divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent. 
Two special 25-target events were added to the regular 
program, but did not count in the average; entrance in 
each of these two events was $2.50, and was optional with 
the shooters. 
Tuesday, June 6, was practice day, and forty-five 
shooters took advantage of the opportunity to get a 
line on the traps and kind of targets that Manager Lon 
Fisher was going to hand out to them during the tour¬ 
nament. No fault could be found with either, the traps 
worked to a charm and the targets were thrown the 
regulation distance, and at fair angles. The day was 
comfortable, clouds hiding the sun for a portion of the 
time, and a fresh breeze helping to allay the heat, but 
not being strong enough to interfere with the flight of 
the targets. Good scores were the rule, C. Doolittle 
leading the amateurs with 98; five targets behind him 
were F. M. Edwards, F. Foltz and George Yolk; and 
then came F. H. Hall, F. C. Koch and J. A. Flick 
with 91 each. Woolfolk Henderson was high man 
among the professionals with 99, missing his 94th tar¬ 
get; J. R. Taylor was second with 97, and C. A. Young 
third with 96. Fred Shattuck, a recent addition to the 
ranks of the professionals, broke 94. W. Webster was 
not in as good trim as usual, and fell a little below the 
mark he has been setting lately. C. Doolittle was un¬ 
lucky in missing his 32d and 87th targets, thus spoiling 
a long run, the best he could get was 54. “Kid” Ran¬ 
dall watched the sport a while and then broke 96 per 
cent, of the last 50 targets. W. R. Chamberlain handled 
the office to-day, and everything went smoothlv, of 
course, and the winners were all paid within ten minutes 
of the close of the last event. The program consisted 
of four 15-targets and two 20-target events, entrance in 
the 15s $1.40 each, and $2.00 in each of the 20s; money 
divided 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent.; no average money. 
F Kingsbury . 87 
O Woolard . 87 
F M Edwards .93 
*J R Taylor . 97 
H E Smith . 89 
L Grubb . 90 
J R Cooper . 82 
*W R Chamberlain.93 
F P Hall . 91 
H C Oden .74 
C H Wagner. 68 
J G Walls . 83 
E S Rogers .85 
C Doolittle . 98 
O Heyman . 88 
H Smart . 88 
C Coburn . 90 
F C Koch . 91 
H D Duckham. 77 
C O Canthers . 31 
P G McCarthy . 81 
F Foltz . 93 
Geo Larky . 90 
♦Professionals. 
W H Moore . 80 
Geo Valk . 93 
A G Brown . 87 
Geo Kistler . 45 
*W Henderson . 99 
H Downey . 43 
*C A Young .96 
*R O Heikes . 93 
Brainard . 90 
J A Flick . 91 
W Webster . 89 
\V D Lowe . 61 
*F Shattuck . 94 
E Brune . 37 
W R Randall . 4S 
Dr Holden . 37 
J H Smith . 68 
R A Metzger . 42 
L Fisher . 47 
E Sampson . 30 
Van Fossen . 30 
Hogen . 17 
First Day, June 7, 
Wednesday, the opening day of the tournament, was 
cool, a most delightful change from the heat of the 
past few weeks. The sun was hidden part of the time 
by clouds, and a strong wind blowing toward the 
shooters caused the targets to perform some puzzling 
flights at times, and hurt some of the scores. The 
manager, Lon Fisher, put over a surprise on the boys, 
by starting the first event at 9 o’clock, a full half hour 
ahead of schedule; this fact is worthy of mention, as it 
has never happened anywhere, barring the G. A. H. 
Lon says it wasn’t his fault. Charlie North was to 
blame. The attendance was fairly good, over seventy 
shooters facing the traps, but when one has been ex¬ 
pecting—or perhaps only hoping—more, this number 
seems small. Charlie North was on hand to prescribe 
for any trap disorder, and as there was nothing doing in 
this line, he helped out in the office in various ways. 
Shattuck came in late; “lost his train,” he said, so they 
took his money and let him shoot up. 
The shoot for the Shooting and Fishing 5-man team 
trophy caused some discussion, as to who was eligible 
for a place on a team. No one seemed to know the 
original condition, so it was decided that only amateurs 
were eligible to win, and the race was shot under these 
conditions. The score bulletin occupied a part of 
Squier’s spare time, and as long as he stayed on the 
job it could be depended upon as correct. 
Charlie North put his name on the squad sheets and 
shot through the program. In some events he was not 
a bit afraid to tell his scores. Lank Grubb is making 
plans to attend the G. A. FI., as he says the “prospects 
tor honey is good.” Charlie Young started the tourna¬ 
ment nicely with a run of 82, and with the last 27 of 
the practice targets had a continuous run of 109. 
“Roundy” Chamberlain comes pretty near to being wise. 
He had one of the nicest schemes for letting another 
shooter earn money for you. 
The events to-day were run off without a hitch. Lon 
had a near-strike to settle among the pullers, but it 
caused no trouble and few knew of it. 
The team match had four teams entered, but only 
three contested for the trophy. The Columbus team 
had a comparatively easy time in winning. In the first 
round they secured a lead which they maintained the 
rest of the time, winning with a score of 214 to 208, 
the score of the nearest competitor. 
W. Webster was high amateur with 144; C. G. West- 
cott, 141; W. R. Randall, 139. The professionals were 
headed by C. A. Young, who missed but fhree targets; 
W. Henderson accounted for 144; J. R. Taylor, 141. 
F Kingsbury ...... 
.. 120 
T A Flick . 
.... 138 
.. 125 
C Doolittle . 
.. 136 
B Wing . 
.... 129 
W Henderson . 
.. 114 
W W Coffman ... 
.... 126 
W W ebster . 
.. 114 
L Grubb .. 
.... 115 
*R O Heikes . 
.. 138 
E D Brune . 
.85 
C Coburn . 
.. 136 
II Hildinger . 
.... 126 
F M Edwards . 
.. 137 
*R W Clancy .... 
.... 133 
F C Koch . 
.. 129 
Brainard . 
.... 120 
Wm Shattuck . 
.. 126 
*L T Squier . 
.... 133 
*F Shattuck . 
.. 132 
D Coffman . 
.... 102 
H Stanbery . 
.. 118 
P A Carteville ... 
.... 127 
G Kistler . 
.. 136 
W Poole . 
.... 108 
E S Rogers . 
.. 122 
F P Hall . 
.... 114 
H E Smith . 
.. 132 
L A Lantz . 
.... 122 
P G McCarthy .... 
.. 132 
Chas Winkler . 
.... 117 
F Foltz . 
.. 130 
T Wells . 
.... 110 
G Larky . 
.. 123 
J Speary . 
.... 128 
W H Moore . 
.. 109 
*C A North . 
.... 126 
Volk . 
.. 131 
A Miller . 
.... 123 
H Smart . 
.. 103 
R A Metzger .... 
.... 110 
H Downey . 
.. 121 
Chas Mowrey .... 
.... 121 
*C A Young . 
.. 147 
Chas Beer . 
.... 1°8 
F H Grant . 
.. 129 
C G Westcott .... 
.... 141 
A I Brown . 
.. 131 
Wm Hill . 
.... 104 
J E Cain . 
.. 123 
N N Ruble . 
.... Ill 
G Bottenfield . 
.. 129 
A J Chanev . 
.... 54 
*T R Taylor . 
.. 141 
J M Rittenhouse . 
.... 108 
*W Chamberlain ... 
.. 134 
C T Henderson ... 
.... 131 
J A Van Fossen ... 
W R Randall . 
.. 120 
G Phellis . 
.. 13S 
F A Hulshizer .. 
.... 138 
J A Payne . 
.. 129 
O Woodard . 
E J Sampson . 
.. 107 
J H Smith . 
.... 119 
T A Penn . 
j 90 
E M Stout . 
Otto Heyman . 
.. 115 
I Cooper .. 
H Hirok . 
.. 138 
fin 
*Professionals. 
The Shooting and 
Fishing 
trophy, emblematic 
of the 
five-man team championship of Ohio, was presented to 
the League by the publishers of Shooting and Fishing. 
At Canton, on June 14, 1905, it was won by the Columbus 
Gun Club team—Rhoades 45, Young 49, Alkire 46, Web¬ 
ster 42, Cumberland 31; total 214 out of 250. In 1906, on 
June 14, at Dayton, the Dayton team won with 210— 
R. O. Heikes 45, Clark 46, W. Watkins 38, E. Watkins 
40, Carr 41. At Columbus, June 6, 1907, the trophy was 
won hy Columbus team No. 1 on a score of 204—Alkire 
36, Webster 45, Rhoades 44, Cumberland 39, Chamber- 
lain 40. 
Team match, Shooting and Fishing trophy, five-man 
teams, 50 targets per man. 
Columbus—Webster 45, H. E. Smith 42, Van Fossen 
41, Fisher 45, J. H. Smith 41; total 214. 
Cleveland—Rogers 44, Doolittle 43, Brown 41, Flick 
42, Burns 38; total 218. 
Springfield—Young 48, Downey 40, Downs 36, Pool 32, 
Winkler 36; total 192. 
Two special events, 25 targets each: F. Kingsbury 42, 
Doolittle 43, Miller 45, Webster 45, Woolard 39, Coburn 
42, Edwards 47, Koch 41, W. Shattuck 41, Kistler 44, 
Rogers 44, H. E. Smith 42, Penn 42, Volk 47, B. S. 
Cooper 48, Downey 40, Young 48, Graist 42, Brown 31, 
Metzger 40, Chamberlain 41, Taylor 48, Van Fossen 41, 
Payne 46, Burns 38, Flick 42, Grubb 44. Brainery 42, 
Pool 32, Winkler 36, Westcott 49. C. Henderson 43, 
Phellis 40, Fisher 45, McCarthy 39, F. Foltz 43, B. 
Downs 36, J. H. Smith 41. 
Second Day, June 8. 
The second day was the same weather continued, but 
the shooters seemed to have become accustomed to the 
wind, for the scores improved somewhat. There was 
again a good crowd during the day, and a few more 
shooters were present. The program was the same as 
on Wednesday, the two-man team race being the extra 
attraction for the day. This contest had twenty-two 
teams entered. Columbus putting in eight and Cleve¬ 
land three. The race was interesting, and the returns 
were closely scanned when put upon the bulletin board. 
Five teams—Portsmouth, Dayton, Cleveland No. 2, 
Toledo and Columbus No. 1—finished in a tie on 48. 
The shoot-off attracted the crowd, and it was an exciting 
contest, only one target separating the winning team 
from two others. The Portsmouth team scored 47 in the 
shoot-off and won the trophy and the two-man team 
championship of the State. Doc Wm. Shattuck and F. 
M. Edwards, winners of the trophy, were named “The 
Gold Dust Twins” by one of the contestants, because 
they are workers, and they clean things up when they 
start. 
Squad No. 1—Kingsbury, Cooper, Doolittle, Hender¬ 
son and Webster—made to-day’s squad record, going 
through event 2 without a miss. 
Woolfolk Henderson won a Du Pont professional long- 
run trophy to-day with a continuous run of 152. He 
finished Wednesday’s program with a run of 55, and 
added the first 97 to-day. 
Elmer Shaner was at the grounds in the morning, tak¬ 
ing a last survey of the scene of his next week’s battle, 
and making final arrangements. He took away a pocket¬ 
ful of entries, for, as the “Daily Bulletin” announced, 
“He needed the money.” 
C. G. Westcott shot a close race with Henderson for 
high gun honors of the day. He did not quite make it, 
finishing one target behind; but he was high amateur, 
146. Webster came next with 145; A. I. Brown and B. 
Cooper 143; F. 
M. Edwards 
140. Henderson 
was high 
professional with 
145 each; L. J. 
Scores: 
147. J. R. 
Squier 144. 
Taylor and R. 
O. Heikes 
F Kingsbury .. 
.125 
Wing . 
. 134 
B Cooper . 
. 143 
W Coffman ... 
. 124 
Doolittle . 
. 136 
Grubb . 
. 135 
*W Henderson 
W W ; ebster .... 
.. 147 
. 94 
. 145 
E M Stout .... 
. 130 
*R O Heikes .. 
. 145 
♦Clancy . 
.135 
C Coburn . 
.137 
Brainard . 
. 128 
F M Edwards .. 
.140 
♦Squier . 
. 144 
E Cain . 
. 131 
D Coffman .... 
.121 
W Shattuck .... 
. 137 
Carlville . 
. 125 
*F Shattuck .... 
. 121 
Le Noir . 
. 125 
Stanbery . 
. 107 
Duckham . 
.122 
Kistler . 
. 138 
Lantz . 
. 129 
Rogers . 
. 127 
Wells . 
. 101 
IT E Smith .... 
. 127 
Speary . 
. 134 
McCarthy . 
.126 
Nutt . 
.128 
Faltz . 
. 131 
Miller . 
. 129 
Laskv . 
. 124 
W r escott . 
. 146 
Moore . 
.122 
Mowry . 
. 127 
Valk . 
. 136 
Beer . 
. 129 
Hildinger . 
. 115 
H L Monibeck 
. 80 
Downey . 
. 124 
Ledgett . 
. 123 
-Young . 
. 135 
Phellis . 
Grant . 
. 1°3 
Hulshizer . 
. 128 
Brown . 
. 143 
T H Smith .... 
.123 
Smart . 
. 121 
Woolard . 
. 130 
Battenfield . 
. 121 
J Schmidutz .. 
.127 
-Chamberlain .. 
. 136 
A W Fisk . 
. 134 
♦Taylor . 
. 145 
H Anderson .. 
. 18 
Van Fossen .... 
. 123 
G Stout . 
.122 
Payne . 
. 125 
W W Ruble .. 
. 37 
Randall . 
. 125 
F Ford . 
. 39 
Sampson . 
. 115 
Chas Ward ... 
. 46 
K Tohnson . 
. 139 
A E Shatford .. 
. 33 
Hevman . 
. 120 
T A Penn . 
. 51 
Hirth . 
. 134 
Weinman . 
. 4S 
Burns . 
. 136 
H Komig . 
. 23 
Flick . 
.131 
Fuller . 
. 14 
Two special events, 25 targets each: Kingsbury 40, 
Doolittle 42, Webster 48, Coburn 47, Edwards 47, W. 
Shattuck 46, Kistler 46, Roger 43, H. Smith 24, Mc¬ 
Carthy 43, Volk 47, Grant 45, Brown 43, Swart 45, Payne 
20, Burns 49, Flick 47, Nutt 39, Westcott 47, J. Taylor 
45, Heikes 49, F. Shattuck 21, Young 49, Chamberlin 2l, 
Wing 22, Coffman 23, Hirth 25, Sampson 21, Penn 50, 
Lasky 41, Fisher 21, Guy 21, Weinman 36, Ford 19, C. 
Ward 19, F. Le Noir 20, Cain 22, Foltz 45, Joyce 37, 
Carson 43, MacCandless 16, Monibeck 24, Fisk 22, An¬ 
derson 19, Downy 21, E. Stout 20, G. Stout 20, J. Smith 
24, E. C. Hill 43, Fuller 49, Romig 19, Phellis 44. 
The Review trophy, emblematic of the team champion¬ 
ship of Ohio, was presented to the League by the Sports¬ 
men’s Review. The first contest took place on May 11, 
1892, and was won by the Buckeye Gun Club, of Day- 
ton. The winning team was challenged by the Grassy 
Point Gun Club, of Toledo, and lost the cup by default. 
This club was challenged by the North Baltimore Gun 
Club, which was defeated on Aug. 10. The third con-, 
test was between the Grassy Point and Sherman Gun 
Club, of Columbus, and was held at Columbus, the home 
team winning by a score of 177 to 170. On Oct. 12 of the 
same year the Plain City Gun Club challenged and was 
defeated at Circleville, 172 to 145. At Columbus, in May, 
1893, the Sherman Gun Club’s team No. 2 defeated No. 6 
of the same club by a score of 95 to 88. This was the 
fifth contest for the trophy, and the number of men on 
a team was reduced from four to two. The sixth con¬ 
test, June 27, 1894, was won by the Buckeye Gun Club, 
defeating the Sherman Club team by a score of 181 to 
180; four* men shot on each team, 50 targets per man. 
The winners were challenged by the Sherman Club, and 
the seventh match was shot on Oct. 5 of the same year, 
the Buckeyes winning, 152 to 126. The eighth contest 
took place at Dayton during the League tournament, 
May 14, 1895, and resulted in a tie between the Cleve¬ 
land Gun Club team; the Cleveland team won the shoot- 
off, 41 to 40; the teams consisted of two men, shooting 
at 25 targets each, and this condition was made per¬ 
manent. The ninth match was held at Dayton on June 
10 of the same year, the Buckeye Gun Club team win¬ 
ning with a score of 49. The tenth contest was held at 
Springfield, in 1897, and the Buckeye team was again 
victorious with a score of 49. The next contest was also 
held at Springfield, on June 1, 1898, and resulted in a tie 
between the Buckeye Gun Club team of Dayton, and the 
Mechanicsburg Gun Club team, 49 each; the Dayton 
team won the shoot-off, 48 to 45. At Columbus, June 6 , 
1899, the twelfth contest was won by the Sherman Gum 
Club team No. 1, total 48, after shooting off a tie with a 
team from Springfield. The tournament was held at Col¬ 
umbus, June 5 to 7, 1900, when the thirteenth contest took 
place. This year the contestants were given a handicap of 
added targets. The Columbus team scored a total of 50, 
