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FOREST AND STREAM 
[Oct. 29, 1910. 
116, tying with Fuller; II. G. Taylor and J. T. Skelly 
113 each, and G. W. Maxwell, 110._ In the event at 
doubles, C. Powers was high with 47, which included a 
run of 21 straight Then came F. Gilbert with 46 and 
a run of 17. F. G. Fuller, H. G. Taylor, J. T. Skelly 
and J. R Graham, each broke 43, the latter getting ten 
pairs without a miss. F. G. Fuller made a run of 63 
straight, which, of course, included some of the fast 
ones. Wettleaf got 43 and H. G. Taylor 40. 
Paul North has wanted to see a real shooting match, 
and his desire was gratified in the contest for the hand¬ 
some trophy donated by him. The match was open 
only to the ten high professionals for the season, ac¬ 
cording to the records of the Interstate Association. 
The ten shooters eligible to enter were: VV. H. Heer, 
Guthrie, Okla.; Mrs. Ad. Topperwein, San Antonio, 
Tex.; C. A. Young, Springfield, Ohio.; Sim Glover, 
Rochester, N. Y.; C. G. Spencer, St. Louis, Mo.; F. G. 
Bills, Chicago, Ill.; W. R. Crosby, O’Fallon, 111.; R. O. 
Pleikes, Dayton, Ohio; J. R. Taylor, Newark, Ohio; L. 
S. German, Aberdeen, Md. As Mrs. Topperwein had 
been on a long trip in the Northwest, she did not at¬ 
tend, and the vacancy was filled by YYYlter Huff, next 
on the list of eligibles. About as fine a lot of shooters 
as could be selected, and all of whom had earned the 
right to be considered among the very best by the 
records they had made. The event was called in the 
program, “One Shooting Match,” and the winner real¬ 
ized that he had been up against the hardest proposition 
in his experience when it was all over. The match was 
shot in ten 25-targets events, 18yds. rise and 60yds. 
targets. The conditions were announced by Elmer E. 
Shaner. The names for positions were drawn by Mr. 
Shaner and Mr. Paul North, and the first shot was 
fired by W. H. Heer at 1 o’clock, exactly as scheduled. 
Paul North acted as referee and Charles North as 
scorer. The race was intensely interesting, and was 
closely watched by the other shooters who stayed to see 
the finish. 
At the half-way mark German was 3 targets ahead of 
Heikes, with whom he had tied in the first 100, having 
119 out of 125 to the latter’s 116; Crosby, 114; Heer and 
Spencer were next with 113 each. The positions were 
changed some in the last half. German keeping his 
place at first and winning with 234, Crosby going from 
third and sharing second place with Heer and Spencer, 
who moved up from fourth place, their score being 231 
each. Bills moved up from sixth place to fourth, with 
228. The latter made long run of the match, 58. W. 
R. Crosby was next with 56, and C. A. Young got 42 
without a miss. Not remarkable runs, until we re¬ 
member the conditions of distance and speed, when they 
surely seem worthy of mention. The match was finished 
at 3:28, lasting almost two hours and a half. In this 
time 2,500 targets were thrown, at the rate of almost 
17 per minute, not a hitch of any kind occurring. The 
trophy was presented to the winner by Paul North, who 
* complimented him on having won a “real shooting 
match.” Mr. German made a suitable response. The 
trophy was a Howard gold watch .valued at $100, the 
inner case being inscribed: “Winner of a Shooting 
Match, Indianapolis, Oct. 17, 1910, - out of 250.” 
Blank spaces being left for name of winner and his 
score. 
Practice, Nos. 1, 2, 3, at 25 targets; No. 4, 25 pair 
doubles: 
Events: 12 3 4 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 prs. Ttl. 
*C O Le Compte . 25 24 20 36 105 
F G Fuller . 24 25 24 43 116 
C E Mink . 23 24 23 39 109 
‘Geo Maxwell . 22 22 25 41 110 
W Wettleaf . 24 24 25 42 115 
F Kingsbury . 18 21 22 40 101 
C Coburn . 24 21 17 35 97 
*VV Henderson . 18. IS 
L Fisher . 22 20 21 33 96 
S C Glenn . 20 20 20 41 101 
C Powers . 25 22 25 47 119 
C C Hickman .. 21 25 16 35 97 
*Guy Ward . 21 19 21 36 97 
L R Myers . 19 12 19 .. 42 
*R W Clancy . 25 24 23 29 101 
*F Gilbert . 25 24 21 46 116 
*H G Taylor . 24 25 21 43 113 
*T T Skelly . 25 24 21 43 113 
W D Stannard . 22 25 22 40 109 
J R Graham . 24 23 23 43 113 
Sim Glover . 23 .. 23 
F C, Bills. 25 .. 25 
L S German . 25 .. 25 
R O Heikes . 19 .. 19 
W Huff . 22 .. 22 
C A Young . 20 .. 20 
T R Taylor . 23 .. 23 
C G Spencer . 24 .. 24 
W R Crosby. 23 .. 23 
W H Heer . 22 .. 22 
*Glover . 22 .. 22 
‘Bills . 21 .. 21 
‘German . 22 .. 22 
‘Heikes . 21 .. 21 
‘Huff . 23 .. 23 
•Young . 24 .. 24 
*T R Taylor. .. 24 
‘Spencer . 24 .. 24 
‘Re-entry. 
Professional shooting match: 
Events: 123456789 10 
Targets: 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 Total. 
W H Heer. 22 22 ?4 23 22 24 “>4 73 ”2 331 
J R Taylor . 24 22 21 22 23 21 23 24 23 24 227 
R O Heikes . 25 23 22 25 21 23 22 20 22 24 227 
W R Crosby . 22 22 23 24 23 24 25 24 21 23 231 
C A Young . 23 23 24 19 21 23 25 22 21 20 221 
Sim Glover . 22 23 16 21 22 22 IS 22 21 21 208 
L S German . 23 24 24 24 24 22 25 23 21 24 234 
F G Bills . 21 22 22 24 22 23 24 25 21 24 228 
C G Spencer . 25 23 23 21 21 25 22 24 24 23 231 
Walter Huff . 24 23 18 19 20 21 24 20 22 23 214 
First Day, Oct. 18. 
Tuesday, the first day of the regular program, was as 
nearly perfect as possible. It was a trifle cooler in the 
early moVning. and there was a little wind, but not 
enough to bother the shooters at all. After the arrival 
of the 8:20 car. the shooters were assembled in front of 
the house, and Mr. Shaner explained the rules which 
governed the tournament, also giving the referees and 
scorers instructions as to their duties, and assuring them 
of the support of the management if they did their work 
faithfully. He called the attention of the shooters to the 
necessity of their watching the score board, and re¬ 
minded them of their right to stop the shooting if they 
were unable to see the record of their work recorded. 
He also spoke of the penalty for shooting out of turn, 
saying this rule was probably taken from one about the 
draw in a comparatively little known American game. 
Fourteen squads were entered for the day, and not a 
man dropped out, except in the event at doubles, when 
ten or twelve preferred to watch the sport instead of par¬ 
ticipating. There was a very good attendance of spec¬ 
tators, who evinced much interest in the sport. Mr. 
Skelly was given the place of honor at the head of the 
list, and fired the first shot of the tournament at 9:10. 
I'rom that time until 12 o’clock, the firing was continu¬ 
ous. Five events, 125 targets, were finished and a halt 
was called for dinner. At this point, W. II. Heer was 
in the lead without a miss. German, Bills and Maxwell 
each had 124 to their credit, and J. R. Taylor 123. F. G. 
Fuller and F. M. Edwards were high amateurs, each be¬ 
ing 3 down. During this recess, Charlie North fixed 
traps 1 and 5 for the event at doubles. A buffet lunch 
was served in a tent close to the house, and from the 
way the boys “went to it,” it must have been good. At 
exactly 1 o’clock event 6 was started, all the events at 
singles being finished at 3 o’clock, and half an hour 
later the event at doubles was over, and the day’s sport 
concluded. In the events at singles, W. H. Heer was 
high with 200 straight. Geo. W. Maxwell 19S and F. G. 
Bills and L. S. German. 197 each. The amateur leaders 
were also well up. J. R. Graham and F. M. Edwards 
being first with 194 each: F. G. Fuller 193. C. E. Mink, 
R. Thompson and H. H. Hicks, 190 each. There were 
a number of good scores made in the doubles. F. G. 
Bills, L. S. German and F. Gilbert scored 47 each. VV. 
R. Crosby. R. O. Heikes and G. L. Lyon 44 each. H. G. 
Taylor and C. G. Spencer 43 each. The amateurs also 
did some good work in this event, J. R. Graham leading 
with 44. C. Powers and J. Young 43' each. F. Kings¬ 
bury. L. Fisher and Wm. Wettleaf 42 each. High men 
for the day were L. S. German and F. G. Bills, 244 each. 
F. Gilbert 243 and W. H. Heer 240. The amateurs fin¬ 
ished in the following order: T. R. Graham 238, F. G. 
Fuller 235, C. Powers and J. Young 232 each. 
In the morning Skelly made a fine start, getting his 
first 75 straight, but lost the first target in the fourth 
event. Heer made the long run of the day, 200 straight: 
J. R. Taylor. 152. F. Gilbert got the last 108 of the 
singles, and the first 17 in the doubles, making a total 
run of 125. Geo. Lvon went 119 straight. F. G. Bills, 
122; Geo. Maxwell 105; L. S. German 110. There were 
several other runs of from 63 to 92. Squad 2—Bills. 
Fuller, Powers, Crosby and Graham—made the squad 
record, breaking 123 in events 1, 3 and 4. A team match 
was run in connection with the day’s program. This was, 
of course, a side affair, gotten up by the participants. 
Keplinger and Skelly bantered Tom Marshall and T. H. 
Keller, Sr., to shoot a match, allowing that the two 
Toms were a cinch for them to take on. The result was 
a tie on 427. The teams tying in both the singles and 
the doubles, 361 each in the former and 66 each in the 
latter. The match was agreed to for the next day. Few 
men are better known among the shooters than E. O. 
White, of Butterprint, Kv. He makes it a point to 
attend all shoots within reaching distance. Tom Marshall 
made a sensation in a white sweater and white hat. The 
color is some more becoming than the green vest he wore 
at one of the big shoots a few years ago. Charlie North 
was. busy. Some one said he was looking for trouble, but 
Charlie said it was work, and that’s never any trouble 
to him. A feature of the day. which proved a success, 
was the appearance of the first number of the Post 
Series Bulletin. It had some interesting notes on those 
in attendance. 
Events: 
12345678 
25 
Targets: 
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Total. 
Pairs. 
*T T Skelly . 
. 25 25 25 22 23 25 23 23 
191 
35 
C E Mink . 
. 25 25 24 23 23 25 23 22 
190 
40 
C L Nickle . 
. 24 24 24 22 23 24 21 23 
185 
30 
*W Huff . 
. 21 22 25 21 24 23 23 25 
184 
36 
J A Blunt . 
. 24 20 19 20 19 22 19 18 
161 
23 
*F G Bills . 
. 25 24 24 24 24 24 23 24 
197 
47 
F G Fuller . 
. 25 23 25 25 24 24 24 23 
193 
42 
C Powers . 
. 24 24 24 24 23 21 25 24 
189 
43 
*W R Crosby 
. 24 23 25 25 24 23 25 25 
194 
44 
T R Graham . 
. 25 25 24 24 22 24 25 25 
194 
44 
Lon Fisher . 
. 22 24 23 23 23 24 24 20 
183 
42 
I If Anderson .... 
. 25 21 25 22 22 23 19 21 
178 
26 
A Southard . 
. 22 22 25 24 24 23 23 23 
186 
40 
*R O Heikes . 
. 22 24 23 22 25 24 24 21 
185 
44 
*C A Young . 
. 23 21 23 24 24 21 22 24 
182 
40 
T II Parry . 
. 20 25 22 24 22 22 22 24 
181 
F Kingsbury . 
.. 24 19 20 21 22 IS 19 17 
160 
42 
C Coburn . 
.. 24 24 21 25 22 23 25 24 
188 
. 36 
*W Henderson ... 
.. 23 25 23 24 24 25 24 24 
192 
39 
‘C O LeCompte... 
. 23>22 24 25 24 21 24 25 
188 
39 
*1. S German . 
.. 25 24 25 25 25 24 25 24 
197 
47 
T. I Young . 
.. 23 22 25 24 23 23 24 25 
189 
43 
T 1! Barto . 
.. 23 24 24 23 24 22 24 24 
18S 
40 
*\V D Stannard .. 
.. 22 25 24 23 24 24 24 23 
189 
41 
Wm Wettleaf . 
.. 22 23 23 24 23 25 22 25 
187 
47 
*F Gilbert . 
.. 23 24 25 24 25 25 25 25 
1:6 
47 
*W H Heer . 
.. 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
200 
40 
F M Edwards ... 
.. 25 25 24 24 24 25 24 23 
194 
34 
Wm Shattuck .... 
.. 25 23 23 24 21 22 24 73 
185 
41 
R Thompson _ 
...24 24 23 24 24 24 23 24 
190 
41 
W N Wise . 
.. 23 23 22 23 22 23 25 23 
184 
39 
*G Maxwell . 
.. 25 25 25 24 25 25 25 24 
198 
42 
C C Hickman ... 
.. 22 24 23 24 25 23 22 24 
187 
*T A Marshall ... 
.. 23 25 21 23 22 24 22 22 
182 
35 
J W Veach. 
.. 20 22 21 20 21 22 22 24 
172 
33 
*H G Taylor .... 
.. 24 23 23 24 23 25 23 25 
190 
43 
‘Guy Ward . 
.. 23 23 23 24 25 23 23 22 
186 
41 
S C Glenn . 
.. 23 22 20 19 24 22 25 23 
178 
36 
FI M Creviston .. 
.. 17 20 20 19 15 22 17 18 
148 
23 
E A White . 
.. 24 23 22 23 19 25 19 22 
177 
M Kneussl . 
.. 21 25 23 22 22 23 25 24 
185 
35 
*R W Clancy .... 
. . 24 25 22 24 24 25 25 23 
192 
39 
*G 1. Lyons . 
.. 25 23 24 25 25 25 25 24 
196 
44 
R Loring . 
.. 23 21 22 23 24 21 21 23 
178 
27 
E R Grobe ...... 
.. 21 24 23 22 23 17 18 25 
173 
19 
H D Smart . 
.. 25 22 1 919 23 18 23 22 
171 
27 
W Webster . 
.. 22 24 23 21 22 25 23 22 
182 
38 
*C G Spencer .... 
.. 23 25 25 25 23 25 25 24 
195 
43 
*T R Taylor .... 
.. 23 25 25 25 25 25 25 23 
196 
40 
13 S Cooper . 
.. 22 23 23 23 23 23 22 23 
182 
*T H Keller, Sr... 
.. 20 25 21 23 21 25 24 20 
179 
3i 
C Collins . 
.. 25 25 19 23 22 23 23 21 
181 
32 
1 E Cain . 
.. 23 24 19 23 23 25 23 22 
182 
‘Sim Glover . 
.. 23 24 24 24 24 24 25 23 
191 
37 
E E Neal . 
.. 18 23 22 22 20 24 21 24 
174 
34 
*W E Keplinger . 
.. 23 21 19 23 20 22 20 22 
170 
31 
*11 Clark . 
.. 24 22 23 24 24 24 25 25 
191 
38 
PI Hicks . 
.. 23 24 23 25 22 24 24 25 
190 
*A Killam . 
.. 23 24 23 23 24 25 25 25 
192 
39 
*Ed Banks . 
.. 24 24 21 25 24 24 22 23 
187 
F Howard . 
.. 20 23 24 24 24 19 22 23 
179 
G Moller . 
.. 20 22 23 22 24 22 21 24 
178 
Ed Beard . 
.. 22 21 22 21 23 20 22 17 
168 
34 
I )r Straughn . 
.. 24 24 25 23 25 24 23 21 
189 
40 
C Peck . 
. . 23 23 25 25 24 22 24 23 
189 
40 
S C Bartlett . 
.. 21 20 22 22 22 22 23 20 
172 
C H Ditto . 
.. 24 22 25 21 23 25 23 24 
187 
38 
F C Koch . 
.. 24 24 25 23 23 24 25 21 
189 
A P Smith . 
.. 24 23 23 24 23 24 21 24 
186 
39 
F Ragle .!. 
.. 22 22 24 21 2Q 22 21 22 
174 
‘Professionals. 
Second Day, Oct. 19. 
The weather continued fine, and the attendance was 
practically the same. The shooting was started promptly 
at 9:15 and proceeded with no delays, the last event 
being finished at 3:30. The firs't five events were fin¬ 
ished at 11:45, and the shooting stopped for dinner, and 
to change the traps. At this point, half way through 
the program, F. G. Bills and W. II. Heer were tied on 
124. Henderson and A. Killam 123 each. German, Max¬ 
well and Glover, 122 each. F. M. Edwards was high 
amateur with 123. F. G. Fuller and A. P. Smith 122 
each. Coburn, Webster, Cain, Hicks and Peck 121 each. 
The shooting was resumed at 12:45, and at the finish the 
professionals were in the following order in the singles: 
Bills, Henderson, Heer, Maxwell and Lyon. 197 each. 
Glover, 196. Clancy and Killam 194 each. Skelly, 
Stannard, Gilbert and J. R. Taylor 193 each. The ama¬ 
teurs also had a man who held his own with the best, 
Dr. F. M. Edwards having 197. Fuller and Coburn 195 
each. Graham, Wise and Smith 194 each. In the 
doubles Bills and Heikes were high professionals with 
46 each. Huff, Gilbert, Heer, Spencer and Taylor, 45 
each. Clancy 44. Some nice work was also done by the 
amateurs, Barto getting 45, Smith 44, Mink and J. 
Young 43 each, and C. Powers *42. On the entire pro¬ 
gram Bills was high with 243. Heer, 242, J. Taylor, 
Gilbert and Clancy 238 each. The amateurs finished with 
A. P. Smith in the lead, 238, J. R. Taylor 236 and Mink 
235. The Skelly-Keplinger vs. Marshall-Keller match was 
declared off, as Keller was forced to quit owing to an 
injury to his shoulder. Squad 3 — Gilbert, Heer. Edwards, 
Shattuck and Thompson—and squad 2—Bills. Fuller, 
Powers, Crosby and Graham—tied for squad honors on 123 
out of 125. The former squad had a little the best of it, 
as they made this in two events, while squad 2 did not 
repeat. 
C. Collins, of Aldine. Ind., who shot to-day. was found 
to be ineligible under the rule and shot for targets alone. 
His entry was accepted in the morning with this under¬ 
standing. W. H. Heer made a run to-day of 88. making, 
with his straight run of Tuesday, a total of 288. This 
proved to be the longest continuous run of the tourna¬ 
ment. Henderson got started in the first event, and 
rolled off 124 before dropping one. Bills finished a run 
to-day, getting 107, Lyon 106, F. M. Edwards 110, A. 
Killam 101, Maxwell 121. 
Some one told Elmer Shaner that he had nothing to 
do but walk around and look happy, and that’s about 
the way it looks tO' one who is not “in the know” in 
tournament work. But let anything go wrong, and who 
is first on the spot to start the machine running again? 
Elmer. T]ie apparently easy time he has is the result of 
a whole lot of hard work before the shooters arrive. 
Charlie North took charge of the Bulletin board, just to 
keep himself from getting rusty. He got a list of the six 
high men almost before the office had recorded the 
scores, and they checked up too. 
Events: ' 
Targets: 
*J T Skelly . 
1234567S 
25 25 25 25 25 25 25 25 
Total. 
25 
Pairs. 
. 24 25 23 24 25 24 25 23 
193 
37 
C E Mink . 
. 24 23 22 25 24 24 25 25 
192 
43 
C L Mickle . 
. 19 24 25 22 22 24 23 23 
182 
35 
‘VV Huff . 
. 25 22 23 24 25 25 24 24 
192 
45 
J A Blunt . 
. 24 20 24 25 24 25 25 23 
180 
*F G Bills . 
. 25 25 25 24 25 25 24 24 
197 
46 
F G Fuller . 
. 25 24 24 25 24 25 24 24 
195 
41 
C Powers . 
. 24 25 24 19 25 22 25 25 
189 
42 
‘VV’ R Crosbv .... 
. 23 24 24 25 21 22 25 23 
187 
42 
T R Graham . 
. 24 23 24 24 24 25 25 25 
194 
42 
I H Anderson ... 
. 22 24 25 24 22 25 21 22 
185 
37 
A Southard . 
. 20 21 20 23 24 19 23 23 
173 
37 
*R O Heikes .... 
. 24 24 22 23 24 22 21 22 
1S2 
46 
*C A Young . 
. 23 23 23 24 25 24 23 23 
18S 
41 
T II Parry . 
. 23 23 21 24 24 23 23 23 
„ 184 
F Kingsbury . 
. 24 22 23 22 23 21 24 24 
182 
40 
C Coburn . 
. 24 23 24 25 25 24 25 25 
195 
39 
*W Henderson ... 
. 23 25 25 25 25 24 25 25 
197 
40 
L Fisher . 
. 23 20 23 23 23 22 23 25 
182 
37 
*C O Le Compte . 
. 25 21 22 24 25 25 23 23 
18S 
37 
*L S German. 
. 25 24 25 24 24 25 23 25 
195 
40 
J Young . 
. 25 24 24 22 25 22 24 23 
189 
43 
J 1! Barto . 
. 23 24 21 24 24 23 24 22 
185 
45 
*W D Stannard.... 
. 73 '<3 35 >4 ?5 25 24 24 
192 
41 
Wm Wettleaf ... .. 
.. 25 25 22 23 23 25 21 25 
189 
39 
