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VOL. XV, NO. 9
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1912
FIVE CENTS
KAHLER AND RANNEY WIN
They are High Guns in Important Events
of Midwinter Handicap
Fifth Annual Attracts Fastest and
Classiest Field rr Oat lie red
Tog-ether for American Shoot
TAKEN all in all, it
is generally conceded
that the percentage of
experts, entry list of
eighty considered, for
the fifth annual Mid
winter Handicap Trap
Shooting Tournament,
has never been equalled
in an independent American shoot of its
character. Fully thirty per cent of the
list were the pick of the country's ex
perts, and the entire four days program
was characterized by just such work as
might be expected of such a fast and
classy field. Ninety per cent wasn't in
it for a minute at any time during the
weeK and to show lust what the pace
was, one need only to mention McCarty's
one hundred and ninety-eight which led
in the first day's program and the equally
fast ninety-eight which won the Handi
cap. Ninety two was best in the Prelim
inary and one hundred and ninety-four
upon the second day. In the first day's
shooting alone seventeen contestants
were better than ninety-four per cent and
iourteen made straight runs of over
fifty, and this may be taken as a fair
average for the week.
Although last on the program, interest
naturally centered in the premier Handi
cap, the result more or less of a sensa
tional surprise because nothing less than
a quadruple, tie was expected, Harry W
Kahler at twenty-one yards, leading in
ninety-eight with William Kidlev, at
twenty yards, second in ninety-seven,
with Henry Powers at eighteen yards,
third in ninety-five, running seventy-five
straight on the last three strings, a twenty
on the first five putting him out of the
running. Hawkins headed the profes
sionals at ninety-four; Storr second in
ninety-three and Skelly fourth in ninety
two.
Next in importance interest centered
in the high general average wins, Kahler
capturing the gold medal offered for the
full eight hundred targets of the tourna
ment, with seven hundred and sixty-six,
or ninety-five and three-fourths per cent.
G. S. McCarty won the gold medal for
the six hundred targets at sixteen yards,
exclusive of Preliminary and Handicap,
with five hundred and eighty-seven or
five-sixths per cent; Kahler winning se
cond and a silver medal, with five hun
dred and seventy-eight, or ninety-six and
one-third per cent. For third position
and a second silver medal, F. S. Wright
tied with II. E. Buck waiter at five hun
dred and seventy-four, or ninet-five and
two-thirds per cent, Wright winning the
the absence of ties for first place caused
comment, ninetv-four winning for A. E.
Rannej' who shot from the eighteen yard
line. In second position, R. L. Spotts,
the Larchmont Yacht Club champion, at
nineteen yaids, tied with IJ. 15. Ward and
It. II. Hrun?, who were a point nearer
the traps; J. A. Smith and J. L. Englert
making ninety-one.
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shoot-off twenty-five to twenty-three.
Lester German led the professionals with
five hundred and eighty -six, or ninety
seven and two-thirds percent, R. W.
Clancy, second in five hundred and seventy-three,
or ninety-five and one half
per cent.
Friday's Preliminary was regarded as
more or less of a gamble and here again
c. DUTTON
In the sweepstakes preceding the
Handicap Frank S. Wright was high with
a tournament record of ninety-nine,
Jesse Young, II. E. Buckwalter and G.
S. McCarty tied for second at ninety
eight. In the sweeps preceding the
Preliminary, G. S. McCarty led with
ninety-eight, and Fred A. Hodgmari and
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PLAY ON SIX POINT SYSTEM
George C. Dntton Wins Gold Medal
witb Best Gross and Net Scores
Kribs, Ilobeson and Nicholson Finish
One, Two, Three In Jfovel Tin
Whistle Tournament
THREE-BALL match
play on the six point
system, twenty-seven
qualifying, proved the
most novel of the Tin
Whistle tournaments ;
Mr. W. E. Truesdell of-
cl fering a first and the
Club second and third
prizes. In qualification George C. Dut
ton, whose allowance was four, won both
the gross and net prize with" a score of
seventy-six. Meeting in the match play
final were II. G. Kribs, I. S. Robeson
and J. G. Nicholson who won in the
order given with scores of forty-one
forty and twenty-seven respectively.
The summary tells the story :
QUALIFICATION
Dutton 80 4 7G
Nicholson v 91 14 77
Kribs 86 9 77
Robeson 82 ' 4 78
Clark, W. G. 90 12 78
Truesdell 87 7 80
Ormsbee 95 15 80
Gardner 87 6 81
Fownes 80 4 82
Harmon 96 14 82
Tracy 105 22 83
Marr 101 18' 83
Abbe 105 22 83
Becker 88 5 83
Cheatham 97 14 83
Boyd 82 8 84
Shannon 98 14 84
O'Brien 99 15 84
Ilumsey 99 14 85
Dean 88 3 85
Robinson 94 9 85
Priest 108 20 88
Caswell 112 24 8S
Hudson 103 15 88
Buckley 102 14 88
Milliken 99 10 89
Kellogg 104 15 89
FAILED TO QUALIFY
Dunlap 105 15 90
Creamer 103 13 90
Hathaway 101 10 91
Rathbone 105 14 91
Martel 102 10 92
Maclaughlin 101 9 92
Johnston 118 25 93
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