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Show What chancs would the kaiser have here?! KEY TO C.KOIT I-oft to riht. C. 1. LetcMukl, J. W. Aiicv, Flunk lln-in, M. A. Kcyscr. Ora Lcc, N. II. Burlingame, C. I. Fox. . . 7 v.t A . ' - " . ,. ! ; SHVr f - I 1 . f J - . v -1 U ! ; 1 . i - i - - - '-. ' " it 1 . : ; iv.j : lyiKSJ iJ S-i: Lake Riflemen Determined to Excel Record v ''T'FE ( CL?i f 4 ' TIl. i of Last Year; Benefits to Be Gained From VGSi J - I I Sport; Government Gives Liberal Aid: . , . . -TZf-.,. ,.Cli7 . ,.:., - TZT"" f , ... - - -- '- S-i: Lake Riflemen Determined to Excel Record of Last Year; Benefits to Be Gained From I Sport; Government Gives Liberal Aid. j Br X. K. BtTKUXGAME. i ; fTO avorae rr.su the fellow - I v.-ho h;n 't a.tuaP.v ma.le a : : I of rifle?, ammunition aiii j j T!Te science of shooting Target 1 looks quire simple. Ve hear on now the American i? a j shor. and in some quanefs it is zz XH'j that a person entirely j 2: iJvme can score well the first j h? t r i ? to shoot. Suoh a thing v-:en doao. huz ozly because the bs,; more iuok than science, Yon j z ':' di-in'i make a pood score on ! i.ext tarzot, nor on his Dexi. The ! :-iea" stems :o be that all one j to do is iook 103 the top of ,the . --j-.:1 :arjr-t is in lii:e, yvM the "- Ji?r. i po Vl the ame. -:l:a.s is iijrther rrcm the truth, he:: rifle shots make a stniy of -"iTrns. ?.i:ra;:ni:ion and the tlirferent ' -.-L.r-:?. sin-Mi t cov.nrl' ss. which tctr , s.ienee of offeciire shooting. v. riter. who knows many rule ex- : '-:t:, ha Eer heard of a man who ; : - .'i shoot gaol scores consistently the : nn.e t.e hanoIe-3 a un. or evon j r Lavir.2 prar-need several times. : ira cne scps to eonsicier what has ; : ? dene, the multiplicity of factors ' Live a bearirs: on the -work, in : i r;n up scores like those re-, eirv scores for the Salt Lake, scd Rerolver club members during , ":: i'?t wee"-. one raa bejin to appre-Ttbt appre-Ttbt a!i men familiar v,i:'a lire-: ''s hr.0Tv--that it requires practice, perse eraace aad brains to be-: be-: 1 :"' a goc.i hot. I Counting the Score. ! -a the first j.la-:e. the distance rr-eci- hj :he peverament for indoor i -ii-iriFs is twenty-five yards (seventy-1 j -7" t:--'.j The target a jiack bul"'-t'.vo bul"'-t'.vo inches in diameter, made i-p I - four rin?, ore vithra the- other, a j -i-arter ol an inch ooart. The inner t '''le is one-half inch in diameter ii--il:?r than a dime. In ordor to make s:cre of 100 called a possible' ' fis inner half-inch c:r:ie has to be ..rr;d with every shot If nice shots f i-'"2?h the middle and one through - y t'-TJrter circle the score is nine 'y and o 9, rrakinr &9 the totai. : :- next eircie outwrr i counts S ar.d - ft 7. If the bii 1 let soes outside ; :t--ii5eye into the white it counts G - .pendin bow far out it goes-. goes-. biiiiseye at twentv-five yards ap- ;-rs about the sizo of the nead of a ar.d rexember, the mardsnan is : Ehootjn? mereiy at the- buiiseye, et the small spot in the center of : tniiseye. The movement of the ""'tht the width of a eiik thread ! -rJfi':jeDt to make a change of over in;' a in the shot where the bullet - the tarsr-x. & ;.o:it. unlea i Ij'j '.i'?s are controlled, will deflect the - over haif an ;n-:h. Ths breath a.rrays held whi'e the trigser is .-lea man can shoot his best if is the slightest movement or .''"o:e to the bodv anywhere. In fact, -- ration of pulling the trigger cor-.;.v' cor-.;.v' commonly supposed to be ex-"J.'-y s;mp, is one of the most -O-iit thin 3 to learn in target shoot-ar'd shoot-ar'd requires considerable study !; V a 1 i c e in itself. It is so im-;,J.:ar't im-;,J.:ar't that tho government in all its -.a rfyj'ations for the army devotes Jabie attention to that one small fc -tion ,uid sriecifies a separate drill :"Jent for it. Lake Experts. -It Lake Kifle and "Revolver . -,. -a seTorai men who have held j . own against the best shots of , -opntry. All of these men aree trjev are able to maintain their t v-'ie mainly on account of the fine -lr!t w'aich demands that every r-.': fit and f:ne" and con-1 con-1 1 ln Practice. This wiJ' perhaps ' -ItV;1 t0. reaer3 of The Tribune the I- ''a? there are o riany gun -j.r!TrtllEhont' the "ountrv. ' r"2-n thin r. for practice in '?t.r,2 '!?hfv a- qcci ft. or?, men cet i 1 f ''r- u:zc. In order la p!';,f-'- 1"-"' ,ln f':T"-s i;- is jfi'hfrr dlffir-.-.t aad wor lccdeat 10 preparing and I maintaining a ranso i;i a-rr.? a ".:mber of n-.r-n. Or.f it. an alone .11 not oor.?ri:i.t a r:i;e lor idms-li r.or fciuvt :t5 often .13 he s,u)!d uniil joir.d by o:rers. wV.on the !o:ni of oon:p.-t:tion cti-tor? cti-tor? into i.,e sa-j Alton 10 lend n;;ereit ar-J j t'.irr,"!?. te prfirn.aiH e. The cove rn men t. 1 ecorr.z:ns- tnose 1 nines urd in teres; tM !a having us citizens know how to sliOot. and shoot well. enconr?.eg the club idea by furnishing ammunition at low prices, putrinc i-p medals for com pen '.ion and arraivonsr big1 rifi.tion.al meets in whicti only clmen can take part. Club Plan Valuable. The cliib idea in shootir.r is the 5isJi".e as in any other line o: sports. A ri '. j ciub rr ember can progress mere rapid I v than the non-:!ub:i:.i:: ort account of hi cioser association w;i n others int-restd in th.e sanie sport, the cor.srar.t exchansre ! of lcas trat n.st res-It, tr.e competition ! between ntembers, the opportunities that I exist for keep:i,g interest buoyed up oy means of cJub matches, social activ.ties, etc. As for why a man ehouid want to shoot at all, I woui3 say that tne man who ciinnot answer that question satisfactorily ; himself wouid better r.oi try to shoot. Rif;; men lore the srne as a bowler I loves to bowl, a billiard player to play i biiltards, a baseball player to play tse-ball. tse-ball. A man tiiat loves the outdoors, the I mountain?, the streams, the meadows, the v oods, invariably love to hunt. Rifle practice is trie preliminary for hunting. The average man cannot go hunting: once a wtti:. or een once a month, but if he wants to keep himself in hunting form lie must con tine to shoot at comparatively j short and regular intervals. iie makes I the most of tne necessity for practice by I elevatin- the "work ' to a separate and , a:si:nct 57 ort. i Then there are the real, tangible bone-fits bone-fits thv training of the rye, the muscles, the nerw-i the health that comes from even limited p-ericJe out of doors, both on the range and m actual hunting:. There's the relAxat-on from business cares, and in this respect nfie practice or hunting furnishes a brain and body stimulus that cannot be excelled for the man who doesn't care for the more strenuous sports, like tennis, hand Uail, toxins ajid gyci work. iLetchfield a Shark. J Amon? the best shots of the Salt L&ke ' Hif.e and Revolver ciub are Me&sra. Litchfield, Stokes, Lee, Hojran, Arey, Keyser and Fox, all pretty well assured I of places toward the top in the coming 1 national indoor matches which start Feb-1 Feb-1 ruarv 2S. The writer confesses a modest ! ambition to rank among these, too. A man is considered a good shot with a jnr'ic il" he can average i-o that Is, aver-i aver-i aze a pcore of out of a possible 100 : tiiat can be maae. ln the coming I matches, medals will very likely be given j l'v the government to every man In the United States averaging a score of DO or, better for the entire meet, in addition to ! the prizes given to tr.e winning teams. ; Each of the men mentioned has averaged I around Ki for the entire- season, several 1 doing bet'er than that. An example of j some of the class tluit can be expected I from Salt i-ake is th season's average i run-up by C. T. Letchfieid. president of I the club, winner of last year's state J charn-jior.jhip u;d possessor of many medals and championships. This average ls cioso to the fS mark. As soon as the indoor matches are over there will bo several club matches, and then all hands will gel out their Ioils-rance. Ioils-rance. hiph-power rifles for outdoor work in preparation for the bisnest event of the year, the rational outdoor matches. Here comes the test tor those who have neglected to practice indoors during the w, liter. It is usually discovered that the men who practiced faithfully indoors aro the veiy men who walk off v.iih the outdoor out-door honors. LLst year, out of 106 teams throughout through-out the Vniied States entered in the na-i na-i tional indoor matches. Salt Lake stood thirteenth. This was a pood showing, but every member of the team is determined this rear to rao'.e up sceral notches on the list. Scores for the past we:k: are aa follows: 6rleSL't ?b 07. SS. 100. 27, 9S, 26, '-I A vrage, 97 7-9. C. T. Leiclifieid ?6, 9S, f-i. ??. 3S, SS, '31 9$, f", Average, 9, 3-10. j Frank Hogan &o, 'J$, &S, 97, 37, 97, 9S. ' Average, 17 2-1. I j. w. Arey 9, 100, 99, 96, 96, 91, 100, 1 37. Average, 974. K H. Burlingaine 9-t D7, 96, 96, 9o, 97, 97. S3, 'J. Uh, 9d, 9S, 91. Average, C. Irwin Fox 93, 93, 95, 9S, 9S, 9fj. Aver- j M. A. Koyser ?3. 94. 97, 99, 05. Avrr- l' .U.i'ena'nt Brcnckift 90. Avci-a,, 90. I Ku'- o' i-ry. 1 c lrrin Fox . SS, S'?, Aer-! Aer-! ; ' Vraiik. llcsan So, Si Average, S3 , ,-. .Vj.-jj-, ! v. r j u ; 1 1 : i j 1 in " ffi j 1 j nr--y'l yr ff J' ".i" ' V 'y 'v ; i? -fi, A r, ; - v- ' - fi! i . , ! -UH" ,? - " ; ' " : . i H1 -1 rCi 1 t- ." " ' - - -yl " t 1 1 -v j i r . - . i y . I. i i ' : ; !- - ------ , i i . f ; 1 , " - r ;f - ' M.f . - - t - i . ' r - - 'i - i l . J 51 . - . - X. - r" t : 1 f f- , I , V - i V - y- '1 : T i - - - ?vV- ' " y ' - - , v w t- s - , ii r - - - - si,- - - j t , - , - - s . ; - " 1 - - - - ' i i I " " i r ' -' v . N - -." 1 ! j . - " ' - 1 " , , : " x N c " 1 I - - I ? , ' , v - v S - N X , I'll I'-ll ' I t- 'v ; , Sk ' i . ' " ( - i 4 , - , ' 4 v , x - ' ; . . . t v I |