July i6, 1910.] 
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Monongahela Valley Sportsmen’s League. 
The fourth shoot of the Monongahela Valley Sports¬ 
man's League, at Clarksburg, W. Va., was held July 8, 
on their new grounds. The club was hardly ready for 
the tournament, and as was stated on the grounds, the 
trap worked the worst ever seen. Pulling was bad, trap¬ 
ping was bad; in fact, everything was bad, just bow bad 
it must have been you will see by the scores. When four 
amateurs break 9S out of 100, two break 99 out of 100, 
another with 102 straight, numerous 97s and four men 
break 96 per cent, for the 200 targets, things must be 
pretty bad. 
Tn all seriousness the club was not ready, but will have 
one of the finest shooting grounds in the State when it 
gets the grounds leveled off for shooting. 
The five-man team race was won by the Fairmont Gun 
Club, who broke 96 out of 100 in the race. This is the 
record for the League. This same squad, shooting at 
500 targets, broke 91% per cent.—going some. 
Among the good ones pulled off are the following: 
Ed. O. Bower was one down in 80 when his gun went 
wrong—he dropped two shooting two guns. 
T. FT. Funk had a Du Pont fob coming on his 102 
straight. 
R. Gerstell, one of the youngest shooters in the game, 
98 out of 100. 
It is nothing new for O D. Williams to go 99 out of 
100. That’s the wav they do it over in Maryland. 
Squire Hiegenbotham was not going very good, anly 
98 out of 100. If this was not a shooting match, yon 
will have tn show' me. 
Mrs. L. E. Lantz is shooting along with the rest and 
getting over that nervousness that comes with beginners; 
S5 is prettv good. 
Next League shoot will be held at Fairmont, W. Va., 
July 26. 
Shot a f 
Brot'^ 
Shot at. 
Broke 
L C Lantz.200 
185 
G 
M Hooker... 
. 200 
186 
Mr** L E Lantz. 200 
169 
E 
() Bower.... 
. no 
116 
(> Higcenbotham 200 
193 
E 
Hutton . 
100 
77 
w L Boals.1 9 0 
Q9 
T 
O a ' ,,f hrone ... 
. 100 
75 
E Halfast . ISO 
169 
L 
Tohnson .... 
100 
8? 
W YVi'edebusch. 1 9 0 
114 
A 
R Corbett... 
. 160 
H7 
T A Neill. 1’0 
113 
T 
Donaldson_ 
do 
33 
G T Watson__ 120 
112 
R 
foretell . 
“>00 
194 
T T Phillips.1°0 
no 
T 
TT Funk. 
. 200 
192 
G M LiUev .120 
81 
F 
F* Donahue. 
. 80 
69 
O D Williams... 200 
193 
J 
Hooper . 
. 60 
39 
Professionals: 
D Wl Goshorn.. 200 
171 
Ed H Taylor... 
. 120 
115 
Ellsworth (Me.) Tournament. 
The tournament held at Ellsworth. Me., July 4, by the 
Ellsworth Gun Club, did not have the attendance which 
had been assured us. because of the heavy thunderstorm 
of Sunday night, and the continued rain Monday morn¬ 
ing. At the time the trains left, which would have 
brought the shooters, it was raining hard and looked as 
though we were going to have a stormv day. It did, 
however, clear off about 10 A. M., and from that time 
until noon the weather was pleasant and the targets 
were practically easv; in the afternoon a strong wind 
blew in the face of the shooters and caused the targets to 
soar skyward and made the shooting very difficult. 
Taking into consideration the flight of the targets the 
score of 91 per cent, made bv Wm. G. Hill, and that of 
90 per cent, made by Wm. B. Darton, both trade repre¬ 
sentatives. were very good indeed. 
The high gun for amateurs and winner of the silver cup 
was Chas. E. Shea, with F. A. Colby second, which gave 
him the traveling bag. 
The merchandise event was a handicap, figured from 
actual performance of the contestants shooting through 
the program, and resulted in Chas. F. Shea winning the 
vase presented by the Hunter Arms Co.: Frank TT 
Young the Thermos bottle; Wm. E. Whiting the um- 
brella; O. M. Clement the steel fishing rod, and H F 
Wescott the marble hunting case. 
The totals of the contestants are as follows: 
Shot at. Broke 
C F Shea. 200 150 
F A Cnlbv. 20(1 133 
O M Clement... 200 130 
FT F Wescott_ 200 117 
F H Young. 200 113 
Professionals: 
Wm G Hill. 200 183 
Wm B Darton.. 200 180 
G M Wheeler... 200 164 
Shot at. Broke 
W E Whiting.. 200 1 08 
J G Shea. 200 146 
F E Hapworth.. 200 141 
T T Hinch. 180 123 
E A Graham.... ISO 102 
CI R Dickey- 200 163 
Wm. S. Whiting, Sec’y. 
Social Target Club. 
Kansas City, Mo., July 4. — Scores made at this reg¬ 
istered tournament had the following totals: 
T W Harlan. 
200 
122 
W R Fleming.. 
200 
171 
T Fusselman. 
200 
124 
TT E Snvd. 
200 
188 
v H Greene.... 
200 
160 
F Warneke . 
200 
ISO 
Geo Nicolai .... 
140 
118 
A W Smith. 
200 
175 
J S Thomas.... 
200 
182 
W B Cosbv. 
200 
166 
Dr Ragan . 
200 
174 
Dr Ronner . 
200 
172 
Professionals: 
A Mermod . 
’ 200 
184 
J W Gillespie.., 
200 
163 
D J Holland.... 
200 
194 
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newsdealer on order. Ask 
regularly. 
W L Moore. 
180 
113 
N J Kelley. 
100 
71 
Guy Cooper _ 
180 
133 
J T Greninger... 
120 
90 
T R Troxler. 
120 
70 
T E Stonum. 
100 
79 
J M Coleman_ 
40 
22 
Tim Rooney .... 
60 
22 
L C Larsen. 
100 
67 
F M Goward_ 
80 
74 
J Schmelzer .... 
60 
45 
D 
D Gross... 
.. 200 
171 
D 
C Richardson 200 
D 
Elliott . 
.. 60 
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in the hands of W. J. RAUP, Portage, Wis., Won 
THE PRELIMINARY HANDICAP 
Chicago, June 22, 1910. 
Mr. Raup broke 99 out of 100 and “20 straight” in the shoot-off. 
High Average for the Entire Tournament 
was won by J. S. DAY, of Midland, 1 exas. Mr. Day’s remarkable record was as follows 
SWEEPSTAKES, - - - June 21- 96 out of 100 at 16 yards 
PRELIMINARY HANDICAP, June 22- 97 out of 100 at 19 yards 
GRAND AMERICAN HANDICAP, June 23- 96 out of 100 at 19 yards 
AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP, June 24—188 out of 200 at 18 yards 
477 out of 500 (including 30 pairs) 
AVERAGE 95.2 
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