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Show MAHGETTS IS BETTER SHOT THAU iEEOHAM Thieves Break Into Clubhouse. Stealing Property Valued at $150. Harry F. Marpctts and Lorenzo Need-ham Need-ham settled :ui argument as to their respective re-spective abilities as marksmen with shotguns Sunday afternoon at the trap grounds of the Salt Lako Gun club, in a live pigeon shoot. A match of fourteen four-teen birds cn-h. was shot. Margetts killed eleven pigeons out of fourteen, while Nccdham only dropped seven Inside, In-side, the boundary line. Over $500 changed hands on Ihe result of the match. Dorsey Burgess issued a challenge to shoot against cither man for a side bet, two barrels lo tho bird. President Cowan waii asked for the use of the clubhouse, to which he readily readi-ly consented and. going up with tho hoys, Cowan found that thieves had broken into the clubhouse and had carried car-ried off 3Qr,0 targets, together with everything ev-erything else they could cany away. They had also broken tho traps. Cowan says that ihe damage lo the club will be close to 5150. A small hoy who was present said that ho -knew who had broken Into the place and Cowan hopes to apprehend the thief and If he is eaupht Cowan says that ho will use all his Inlluence lo place tho culprit In tho penitentiary. Ever since tho clubhouse has been built some me has made u a practice to break into the house ihreo or four times a vear and carry away everything loose, "and the members are beginning to tire of the thief. It I.- th intention of the club to Jiold a meeting in tho near future to elect new officers and to secure new shoot ins grounds. Boxing Titles. The year 1909 passed by without any championships changing hands. Johnson, John-son, Kctchcl. Nelson and Attell are still in possession of their crowns, but there arc several men in sight who expect to make a strong hid for the titles the coming com-ing lighting season. The first big ring battle to far scheduled sched-uled Is that between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson. Nelson may annex his signature at any time, but at the present time he is doing a little press work, which he believes Is always neces-I neces-I sary to boost his fights. |