Salt Lake Tribune | 1916-08-26 | Page 7 | John G Wulf Wins Classic at St. Louis

JOHN P. WULF f WINS CLASSIC ATST. LOUIS Makes Score of 99 Breaks; Intermountain Shooters Fail to Place Among First Twenty-five. Special to The Tribune. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 25. None of the shooters from Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana or Xevada were listed among the first twenty who shot for scores of 95 or better in the Grand American handicap, according to unofficial scores. It will take all night to make the official of-ficial count. John F. Wulf of Milwaukee, who won the event, the concluding number on the tournament card, with a record of if0 breaks out of 100, later broke twenty-five twenty-five targets to please the movie picture and camera fiends. The event was not completed until dark and no official scores was given out. The professional championship of the world was won bv Phil Miller of Dallas, Dal-las, Tex. He and Homer Clark of Alton, 111., tied at 97, and on the shoot-off Miller broke 25 straight to 24 for Clark. The women's championship was won by Mrs. C. B. Dalton of Warsaw, lnd., over Mrs. Henry L. Potter of Madison. Wis. The score was 23 to 20. Mrs. Dalton, wit,h Mrs. Frank Johnson of Philadelphia, representing the east, won over Mrs. Potter and Mrs. .1. L. Hooper of Chicago, representing the west, 4J to 40. Among the list of scores of the Grand American handicap, unofficial, were: John F. Wulf. Milwaukee, nineteen vards, 99; Eli Maiand, Jewell, Iowa, sixteen six-teen yards, 98; H. ('. Daley, Carlinville, III., sixteen vards, 97; C. A. Atkinson, Creighton, Mo., seventeen yards, 97; C. L. Waggoner, Diller. Neb., sixteen vards, 96; f." Smith, Oklahoma City, Okla., ' sixteen yards, 96; J. G. Frye, Ollie, ! Iowa, nineteen yards, 95.