Show FIFTEENTH WINS IVINS I PISTOL CONTEST CONTESTI I Second Meet Is Arranged at 1 State Prison on After Afternoon Afternoon Afternoon noon of July 3 HOT BUT INTERESTING GOVERNOR SPRY IS GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE WORK i I That Governor William WitHam Spry is Ie inter sted osted in the work of the officers of oC the I National X a lional Guard Guam of Utah and anxious to learn Itar more about them and their thir methods I shown afternoon was plainly yesterday when he and an members of his hill staff spent several Iveral hours beneath a canopy of can cn I ass on a sunbaked hilt hill hi witnessing a In pistol practice at Fort Fot Douglas Dougla With Governor Govel Spry were Cob Colo Colons Coo ns nt net H It E B Booth Colonel W E K Wright t lone R B n A Badger Colonel Colnel J J 1 Payne members of or h his staff sar and n Cap Cal Caplain tam lain Joseph Jos ph E B Calne Caine Cain Colonel Scott com corn commanding manding the Fifteenth U S Infantry and Warden Va Arthur Pratt Patt of the Utah state i ii iv n were present The hill hi was ws hot ht and the temperature r the canopy was but little cooler cool hut hit toe the chief executive stayed stay on th tho ground until the final shot of the com corn comI o 1 petition was fired fr I The occasion was a competition pistol shoot hoot between officers teams from the th thI Fifteenth infantry the National Guard Gur of or ofT T tali tah and the guarda guar from the state I sn The team tm from rr the Fifteenth Infantry In fan p tr try came out victorious by b a good o mar margin marI margin I gin and also had h among Its It number the b t individual shot ot of the day Lieuten Lieutenant ant John Upham The Te guards from the I prison were second and the National Guard team tem finished a third but Captain Webb of the latter latte team made the best bt rore ore for ro one round roun of or five shots during the th day da His score made at 60 50 6 yards was wal 46 4 points lints out of a possible M tO Lively Interest In Shoot The shoot sho of yesterday was the first competition practice ever held between beten tire the tb three thre teams and awakened a lively Interest Probably no man who wh attended the afternoons sport was more enthusiastic antic Uc or interested then than the governor and he was Instrumental In arranging another shoot soot between the three teams to be held July S 3 at the state prison prien The teams team will wi meet at the prison n at noon and after lunch as I guests guest of or Warden Warn Arthur Pratt will begin the shoot No other chief ex cx executive wI of the th state has taken so s keenly keely to the affairs of the th state guard gard as Gov Governor Governor Governor Spry and today toa there is the warm warms warmest est eat feeling existing between the officers of or the regular regiment and the militia miti We e want to become ben better acquainted with ih the people of ef Salt Lake City Ct and An the state tate said ii Colonel Scott Sctt speaking for his hi officers ocel yesterday afternoon Governor Spry Spy assured him that the th peo people pe pIe of or the city and state felt rel the ti same sm way and promised that his visits to the th post pR would wul become more frequent After Aler the shoot the men of or the teams and other oth r guests at the fort rort were we en entertained entertained by b Colonel Colonl Scott at his h quare quarters tera ter A most enjoyable afternoon was w spent and the governor his hll staff and of oC officers fleets fien Warden Pratt Prat and his command comand left lf the poet pt declaring Colonel Colnel Scott Set the prince prin of hosts hot The Te shoot sho was wae In some s respects a stir sur surprise sr and also to prim prise pr to many man who took pert part al those who witnessed the sport The Te of oC officers leers of the Fifteenth have among their number some som of or the best beet bt pistol shots in inthe Inthe inthe the UntIed United Uni States army aray The guards from the state sta prison showed sowed remarkable skill with their weapons and several members of the National Guard Guar team did excellent 1 shooting but the latter later were somewhat I handicapped handicap Three Thre men m on the guard gard teem team tm have up to yesterday confined their pistol shooting to IOOs Indoors and Saturday pito was their thi first attempt at outdoor outdo shoot sheet shooting If sheeting ing In The T final scores were as ae follows Final Scores Fort Douglas 2 25 Yda Yd 19 SG 5 Yda Major K E i l 1 11 Captain ar lO 1 1 Lieutenant Walthall ITS US IS lB In Lieutenant Butcher lt II Lieutenant Upham ItO M W WT 14 Total ToUl T 15 5 T Grand total tol 1 U UState State Stat Prison Pr Yd Y 60 m Ys C CLUre L L Ure v 14 14 W D Davis Dv 11 1 14 W V i E Davis Dv m 1 W WC 1 C H Davies Dv m 1 A G Dyer Dle Ill j MS lii Total Tol SO 14 74 Grand total 14 1 National Quant Gr X Yi GO fO r Yd Gen G K B K A Of 91 9 46 f Colonel Col H M Y eg H I L IB IV 1 M SI Captain W iV C Webb We MS W 1 HI Lut A R It Thomas ThOI Ill 1 1 Leut Max Brown TOX lZ D 73 1 Total Ml 5 4 41 Grand total t 1 1961 1 Referee Refer Clayton Coolidge of o Ogden |