Vol, XXVIII
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JANUARY 31, 1925
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Number 7
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Annual Midwinter Target Tournament
C77JITH fine weather prevailing, ex
WI cept for the last day when a heavv
M I Scotch mist made good shooting
difficult, and with a splendid field of
shooters on hand, the eighteenth annual
Midwinter target tournament, held the
middle of this month, was run off in fine
fashion. The tournament, as usual, was
under the management of Charles North,
of the Chamberlain Cartridge Company,
with our old friend, John W. Todd, of
Charlotte, at the cashier’s' desk.
The big shoot started on Monday with
a 160-target event at 16 yards, styled the
Midwinter Introductory, and was follow
ed with similar events on Tuesday and
Wednesday, all of which made up the high
average contest on the first 480 targets
thrown from that distance. The Prelimi
nary Handicap was shot on Thursday and;
this led up to the Midwinter on Friday.
The Midwinter was the real classic of the
week from the standpoint of money and
glory and it culminated in a most unusual
finish.
The handicaps ranged from 16 to 25
yards, and for the first time in its long
history it was won by a woman gunner.
Mrs. J. C. Wright, of Atlanta, shot from
the 16-yard line and led the classy field
with 84x100. But, unfortunately, Mrs. Wright, who felt that
she would have no chance among such stars as Mark Arie,
Frank Troeh and other marksmen equally renowned, had
entered to shoot for targets only and was thereby deprived of
first money and a $150.00 trophy.
As a result first money and emoluments fell to Martin Mc
Vqy, New York, and Charles Nuchols, Charlotte, the next
high men, who finished in a tie with 83 apiece. On the shoot
off, McVoy was the winner, and with true sportsmanship he
presented Mrs. fright with a trophy equal in value to the one
she forfeited.
Coburn Wins the Opener
C. D. Coburn, Mechanicsville, Ohio, began the week’s
festivities by carrying off the Introductory event with the ex
cellent score of 159x160. He missed the fifth bird in his first
string and then ran through 155 straight. C. B. Stickley, Van
Cluse, Va., and Frank Troeh, Portland, Oregon, were the next
high men in this event with 155 each. Mark Arie, who was the
outstanding figure in last year’s shoot here and who is con
Isaac Andrews, Veteran of Many Pinehurst Shoots,
who won the Preliminary Handicap
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sidered the best handicap trapshooter
in the world, finished fourth with 154.
Frank Troeh, the Pacific Coast crack,
and P. Miller, Dallas, Texas, were high
guns in the second 160 targets at six
teen yards, shot on Tuesday. Both of
these shooters broke 154x160, and Troeh’s
score of 155 the previous day put him in
the lead in the high average race which
he subsequently won. The Class winners
in this event were: Class A—Troeh and
Miller tied for first; Paul Earle, Star,
S. C., third. Class B—C. B. Stickley,
first, with 152; A. E. Conley and L. R.
Slocum tied for second and third, with
150 each. Class C—E. E. Gardner, first,
with 147; B. J. Hillidge, second, with
145, and W. H. Matthews, third, with 144.
East Defeats West
The 160-target event on Wednesday
was won by Troeh with 156x160. That
event decided the high average contest
on the first 480 targets at 16 yards, which
was also won by Troeh, and the East
versus West team race in which the
Easterners were victorious with a total
score of 2277 as against 2247 for the West.
The Class winners in this event were:
Class A—Troeh, first; Frank S. Wright,
second. Paul Earle and P. Miller tied for
third. Class B—W. H. Fawcet,, Captain of the Olympic team
last summer, and C. B. Stickley tied for first and second, and! .
L. R. Slocum, third. Class C—Isaac Andrews, first; A. IC
Kibler, second, and H. T. Reed, third.
Andrews Wins Preliminary
There was realrejoicing throughout the entire delegation
when Isaac Andrews, Spartanburg, S. C., topped the field
in the Preliminary Handicap and Won first money and the.
trophy with 94x100, shooting from the 18-yard mark. This;
veteran trapshooter has attended most every shoot held here
since its inception in 1906 and his victory in this important
event was a most popular one.
The scores in the Preliminary and Midwinter Handicaps
were as follows:
Sixteen yards
Mrs. J. C. Wright
Val DeCot
Mrs. W. P. Andrews
78
84
75