Show I At the Traps lit HY nY PETER I I P. P C. National Sports A systematic lic reorganization of or the sport port of or trapshooting b by the American Trapshooting association Is under way This reorganization will be accorn- accorn pushed b by a careful survey of the tho units unit that hat go to make up the national organization or or- or tho the state associations ions second the leagues and clubs and nd third the tho individual shooters There Thera arc iG G associations in the tho United States and one In the Eastern section of ot Canada Some of or these asso asso- associations a. a are o always active quite a number number- are arc active once a year ear and several are dead dead A great majority if It not ot all aU of ot the tho Inactive associations can cane be e made active by a little Intensive effort and the he chance charee are that tho the dead dead cad associations ons can eRn bo be revived also Tho American Trapshooting association association asso asso- elation has enlisted the assistance of or ortho tho professional shooters In up tho the state organizations Under the new plans a state association will bo be mor mord J than lhnn an or organization which will wil conduct conduct con con- duct tho the state champlon championship ing tournament arid and O. O K the tournament tournament ment meat applications from tho the gun hun clubs cluba Those things thing's are e essential but a state association n can do and should do much rn more ore This y year ar each state han haB the privilege e of s sending a 1 delegate to tho annual meeting of the American Trapshooting association which will be beheld beheld beheld held in New York in No November Th These so will have havo a a voice and antI vote Inthe in inthe inthe the affairs of or th the sport directly Concerning concerning con Con- them Therefore they should represent tho the rs of ot their rc res respective oz stales and in order that these thene I delegates ates represent t all aUthe alithe the shooters It is I necessary nn for tor er e every club to become affiliated atI at- at I with Its state association In I union there Is strength It Is 15 pcr perfectly obvious that there Isio is fr ro io Incentive e for a 3 club not nol active or active or plainly only half hal alive Consequently Consequently Con Con- s th the first step in the tho of th the tho be he to sport w will establish establish es es- es on an active hasi basl each ench ono one of the tho state tc a associations When tho state associations fire are active then the campaign campaign cam earn I n for activity will m be started on the clubs This looks ns is If Ir the association was starting at the th top nn and working down n but hut that i Is I the tho plan It seems seem's seems more morelo lo logical that sf f c the clubs were made active ac ac- ac tive that Jt ft be easier to pet get et an active state or organization R Right ht along th these se lines hues we v might add acid that In the first Clr t three months rn of at this year car 88 now I run un n clubs saw aw th the lI light t of day ilay and andi i 54 gun clubs that were Inactive during the hc war a again Jin showed signs signa of life Ufe Nearly Nearl 2000 OO trapshooting clubs went wont out of busin business sa while America was engaged en en- in the world orM conflict but all an of of hess 8 clubs will co come e back ninny back many of of or them stronger than ever before 1 be because lic- lic cause of or tho the additional interest in shoo shooting t i n g. g I |